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Thread #84022 Message #1548279
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
24-Aug-05 - 12:03 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Mallard
Subject: Lyr Add: THE MALLARD
Lyr. Add: THE MALLARD
1. Oh, I have eaten him, what did I eat? I ate the head of the mallard. Head head and two two's and two nonnicks I know, I have been to the Finnegan's ball, And good meat was the mallard.
2. Oh, I have eaten him, what did I eat" I ate the neck of the mallard. Neck neck and head head and two two's and two nonnicks, I know, I have been to the Finnegan's ball, And good meat was the mallard.
3. Oh, I have eaten him, what did I eat? I ate the back of the mallard. Back back and neck neck and head head and two two's and two nonnicks I know, I have been to Finnegan's ball, And good meat was the mallard.
4. wing 5. side 6. breast 7. tail 8. leg 9. foot 10. toe
Sung by Mrs. Mary Ann Gulpin, Codroy, NFLD., 1961. With music. Kenneth Peacock, 1965, "Songs of the Newfoundland Outports," vol. 1, pp. 16-17. "This rollicking nursery rhyme may be regarded as the Engish equivalent of "Alouette,..." ""The Mallard" is of English origin." The Traditional Ballad Index says this was first published by Kennedy, 1889 (not seen).