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Thread #63879   Message #2617072
Posted By: Jim Dixon
23-Apr-09 - 12:55 PM
Thread Name: Origins/Info: Dolli-ah (Newcastle Song)
Subject: Lyr Add: DOL LI A / DOL-LI-A (trad Newcastle)
From Rhymes of Northern Bards by John Bell (Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed for J. Bell by M. Angus, 1812).

DOL LI A.
A Song famous in Newcastle about the Years 1792-3-4.

1. Fresh I'm cum fra Sandgate Street,
    Do li, do li,
My best friends here to meet,
    Do li a,
    Dol li th' dil len dol,
    Do li, do li,
    Dol li th' dil len dol,
    Dol li a.

2. The Black Cuffs is gawn away,
    Do li, do li,
An that will be a crying day.
    Do li a, &c.

3. Dolly Coxon's pawn'd her sark,
    Do li, do li,
To ride upon the baggage cart.
    Do li a, &c.

4. The Green Cuffs is cummin in,
    Do li, do li,
An that 'ill make the lasses sing.
    Do li a, &c.