The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #157219   Message #3709202
Posted By: Richard Mellish
16-May-15 - 12:40 AM
Thread Name: Meaning of 'ball and down'?
Subject: RE: Meaning of 'ball and down'?
I've heard several versions of this song, from recordings of traditional singers and in the revival, with many minor variations of the words. A search for Roud 191 in The Full English gives 57 hits. "... a shilling from the Crown ..." would seem the most appropriate version of that last-mentioned phrase, referring to "the King's shilling".