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Thread #40514   Message #580722
Posted By: masato sakurai
26-Oct-01 - 10:56 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Round - Come Follow Me
Subject: RE: Help! PartII - Folk songs info needed!
#1 "Come follow, follow me, whither shall I follow"

This song is contained in John Hilton's Catch That Catch Can: A Choice Collection of Catches, Rounds, and Canons, first published in London in 1652. I have an unabridged reproduction of the first edition, published by Da Capo Press in 1970. The song is on page 22 with music. The composer's name is given as "Mr. John Hinton" at the end of the lyrics. The name of the song on the contents page is "Come follow, follow me, whether shall I follow" (underline mine). There's one more verse given.

Wee have oft been Rogues together,
Now we must hang 'twixt winde and weather:
We have oft time nipt a Bung boy
Neatly, neatly, in a throng boy,
Neatly, neatly, neatly, neatly, neatly, neatly, in a throng boy.

~Masato