[From Hans Hecht's 'Songs from David Herd's MSS, 1904. Slightly different in form than that contributed by Murray on Saltspring to DT, third version with notes, giving further identifications of King Cole.]

KING COUL

Old King Cowl was a jolly old soul,
And a jolly old soul was he,
Old king Coul he had a brown bowl,
And they brought him in fiddlers three,
And every fiddler was a very good fiddler,
And a very good fiddler was he,
Fidell-didell, fideiil-didell with the fidlers thee:
And therre's no a lass in all Scotland
Compared to our sweet Margarie.

[next verse, 'pipers', ending:]
Ha-didell, how-didell with the pipers,
Fidell-didell, fidell-didell with the pipers three etc.

[next verse, 'harpers three':]
Twingle-twangle, twingle-twangle with the harpers,
Ha-didell etc.
Fidell-didell etc.

[next, 'trumpeters three':]
Twerre-rang, twerre-rang with [the] trumpeters.

[next, 'drummers;:]
Rub-a-dub, rub-a-dub, withe the drummers,
Twerre-rang, twree rang with trumpeters,
Twingle-twangle, twingle-twangle with harpers,' Ha didell, ha didell with the pipers,
Fidell-didell, fidell-didell withe the fidlers three:
And there's no a lass in a' Scotland
Compared to our sweet Margarie.

[That it's a song with cumulative chorus is obvious. For another such see the 16th century "Derry's Fair/ Monaghan Fair" in Scarce Songs 1 on my website.]