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Thread #18410   Message #182535
Posted By: GUEST,Guest-Meadow Muskrat
21-Feb-00 - 10:59 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Three Jolly Boys All in a Row
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 3 jolly boys all in a row
I saw Barrand and Roberts perform this with Cliff Haslem years ago, although I don't think they recorded it. As best as I can recall it starts:

We three jolly lads all in a row,
One says yes and the other says no.

and continues several verses in which the 2nd person says yes and the 3rd says no, until the final verse which goes:

You'll buy all around, sir. No, sir, no, sir.
He will, will he not, sir? No, sir, no.
You will, will you not, sir? No, sir, no, sir.
He will, will he not, sir? No, sir, no.
O we three thirsty lads all in a row,
One says no and the other says no.