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Thread #3873   Message #2554939
Posted By: GUEST,Capn'Rob
01-Feb-09 - 10:11 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Nipperkin and a brown bowl (Barley Mow)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Nipperkin and a brown bowl (Barley Mow)
Forget not "Little Sir John and the Nut Brown Bowl proved the stronger man at last!"
I refer to John Barleycorn. I learned of the measures from Toby Lynch. The song referred to the "Barley Malt" and the the last measure being little brown bowl.