Somebody asked me about the song "Jolly Shilling." I found a transcription at the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. Can anybody tell me more about this song and direct me to a melody for it, recordings, and other information? There's an obvious relation to "I've Got Sixpence." JOLLY SHILLING O I like my jolly shilling And I love my jolly shilling And I love my jolly shilling As well as I love my wife I There's a penny I will lend And another I will spend And there's tenpence I'll carry home To my dear wife CHORUS Nor the pot nor the poem shall [decrieve] (decree) me Nor the wide world never shall deceive me But give to me the girl that shall keep me While I goes a rambling about II O I like my jolly tenpence etc. . . . And there's eightpence I'll carry home to my dear wife III O I like my jolly eightpence etc . . . IV O I like my jolly sixpence etc . . . V O I like my jolly fourpence etc . . . VI O I like my jolly twopence etc . . . And there's nothing I'll carry home to my dear wife VII O I like my jolly nothing etc . . . There's nothing I will lend and there's nothing I will spend And there's nothing I'll carry home to my dear wife Mayle of Barrington Jan 6th 1904 (86) Last three lines giving Singer etc. are on the right of the verse.
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