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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
Here's good luck to the COmpany, good luck to the Barley Mow Jolly good luck to the company, good luck to the Barley Mow Oh the COmpany, Brewer, the Drayer, the Slavey, the Daughter, the Landlady, Landlord, the Barrel, the HALF Barrel, Gallon, the HALF Gallon, Quart Pot, Pint pot, HALF pint, Gill pot, HALF gill, Quarter gill, Nippikin, Pippikin and the Brown Bowl - Here's good luck good luck good luck to the Barley Mow.
Those capitalised HALF syllables are sort of barked, which adds a difficult off-cadence because they don't come round symmetrically.