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Posted By: Snuffy
29-Jun-06 - 09:42 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Any more of this Irish parody?
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Any more of this Irish parody?
Probably not specifically Irish, s it seems to have been quite well known in England too.
Great Wolford Mummers Play collected 1913, Warwickshire England In comes I Fidler Wit My head's so large, me wits so small I've brought me fidler to please you all. Toll-de-roll the tinder box Father died the other night And left me all his riches, A wooden leg, a feather bed, And a pair of leather breeches, A coffee pot without a spout, A jug without a handle, A guinea pig without a wig, And half a farthing candle. Sing brothers sing.
Stony Play, Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire England (To the tune of 'The Red Flag') Father died the other night and left me all his riches A wooden leg, a feather bed, a pair of leather breeches A coffee pot without a spout, a jug without a handle A guinea pig without a wig, and half a farthing candle Sing brothers sing
Not knowing which tune was originally used, the Shakespeare Mummers sang it to Yankee Doodle, but now use Brighton Camp instead
I believe there is a much longer song on a similar subject in the DT but I can't find it