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Thread #19803   Message #1482204
Posted By: Jim Dixon
11-May-05 - 01:07 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Coming Home from the Wake/Nellie Milkmaid
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Coming Home from the Wake
COMING HOME FROM THE WAKE is sung by Harry Cox on his album "The Bonny Labouring Boy: Traditional Songs & Tunes From a Norfolk Farm Worker," Topic 2-CD set #512, 2001.

I listened to a sound sample, and here's what I think I heard:

Now the wake bein' over and Nelly goin' away,
He dragged poor Nelly along to some new-mown hay.
He laid poor Nelly down and her promise she did break,
And he kissed his pretty Nelly comin' home from the wake,
And he kissed his pretty Nelly comin' home.