Another example of a song used for a Morris Dance...."Come Landlord Fill the Flowing Bowl" was used by The Adderbury Morris - certainly before 1918..as below...“The Flowing Bowl”

Morris Dancers Song with Stick Clap as used at Adderbury, Oxon by the Morris men in Walton’s youth.

Noted J.H.B. [Janet Blunt] March 1918 from William Walton

A music: Once to yourself. Dancers stand in position but do not walk round. Music only.

A no.1: Song only, in this first part, for the solo verses.

B music. For Chorus and stick clapping. Repeat twice. Then stand and sing only in solo verses.



Come Landlord, fill the flowing bowl

Until it does run over. (repeat)

For to-night we’ll merry be; For to-night we’ll merry be.

For to-night we’ll merry be__ And tomorrow we’ll give over.



The man that drinks small beer at night

And goes to bed sober (repeat)

Falls when the leaves do fall, Falls when the leaves do fall

Falls when the leaves do fall__ and dies in October.



The man that drinks strong ale at night

And goes to bed mellow. (repeat)

Lives as he ought to do; Lives as he ought to do.

Lives as he ought to do__ And dies a jolly fellow.



Mr Walton was a little hazy over the words, until he was reminded of them – in 2nd & 3rd verses. He had mixed them together – but thinks they were as above, which is how J.H.B.’s father (also a singer of folk songs) used to sing them.