The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #3873   Message #225371
Posted By: Richard Bridge
09-May-00 - 03:29 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Nipperkin and a brown bowl (Barley Mow)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: good luck to the barleymow
The version of this I know is I think common in Kent (UK) and is similar but not identical. Starts with Pint, of course, but the whole thing is Those capitalised HALF syllables are sort of barked, which adds a difficult off-cadence because they don't come round symmetrically.