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Thread #92279 Message #1762353
Posted By: Joe Offer
17-Jun-06 - 03:23 PM
Thread Name: Origins: I've Got Sixpence, Jolly, Jolly Sixpence
Subject: RE: who wrote: I've Got Sixpence.. Jolly Jolly
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Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection (#572C - Source Miss Bell Robertson, 1909?)
Hey my jolly shilling, how my jolly shilling,
I love my shilling as dear's I love my life.
I've a penny for to spend, I've a penny for to lend,
I'll take tenpence home to my wife.
Neither pint stoup nor glass shall grieve me,
And no flashy girl shall deceive me
But happy is the girl that does keep me,
When I go rolling home,
Rolling home, rolling home,
When I go rolling home.
Miss BELL ROBERTSON — Collector: Greig
I have to say I don't completely understand the notes in Greig-Duncan, and it's unclear to me when and how versions B and C were collected from Spence and Robertson - but 1909 is mentioned in the notes.
-Joe-