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COB O'COALING We come cob o'coaling for Bonfire time, Your coal and your money we hope you'll enjoy, Fol-di-day, fol-di-day, fol-di-diddle-i-do-day, Down in yon cellar, there's an old um-ber-ella, And in yonder corner ther's an old pepper pot (or box) Pepper pot, pepper pot morning till neet, If you give us nowt, we'steal nowt, But wish you good neet!- (Oldham, Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, Oxford, Clarendon,1961.) A chumping,wooding or cob coaling chant used when collecting burnables for the fire. Lancashire @seasonal @ritual filename[ COBCOAL1 CB  8note Sheet |
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