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Thread #42319 Message #2359198
Posted By: Jim Dixon
06-Jun-08 - 07:43 AM
Thread Name: Meaning of Twanky Dillo
Subject: Lyr Add: TWANKYDILLO (trad. Sussex)
These lyrics are very similar to those in the DT:
From Songs of the British Isles by Max Spicker, 1909, page 24 (which also has the musical notation):
TWANKYDILLO
Sussex
1. Here's a health to the jolly blacksmith, the best of all fellows
Who works at his anvil while the boy blows the bellows;
CHORUS 1: Which makes my bright hammer to rise and to fall;
Here's to old Cole, and to young Cole, and to old Cole of all!
Twankydillo, twankydillo, twankydillo, dillo, dillo, dillo,
A roaring pair of bagpipes made of the green willow.
2. If a gentleman calls, his horse for to shoe,
He makes no denial of one pot or two,
CHORUS 2: For it makes my bright hammer to rise and to fall;
Here's to old Cole, and to young Cole, and to old Cole of all!
Twankydillo, twankydillo, twankydillo, dillo, dillo, dillo,
And he that loves strong beer is a hearty good fellow.
3. Here's a health to King Charlie, and likewise his queen,
And to all the royal little ones where'er they are seen:
CHORUS 3: [Same as Chorus 1.]