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Thread #130320 Message #3233428
Posted By: Jim Dixon
03-Oct-11 - 10:59 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: I know a Milk maid - Napoleonic folk song
Subject: Lyr Add: WELL DONE LIAR (from Cecil Sharp)
From The Idiom of the People: English Traditional Verse by Cecil J. Sharp & James Reeves (London: Heinemann [1958]), page 221:
WELL DONE LIAR
I saw a wren kill a man
Well done Liar
I saw a wren kill a man
Give him his due
I saw a wren kill a man
With a dag in his hand
Isn't that a comical thing to be true
I saw a maid milk a bull
Well done Liar
I saw a maid milk a bull
Give him his due
I saw a maid milk a bull
Every stroke a bucket full
Isn't that a comical thing to be true