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D'YE KEN JOHN PEEL [parody]

D'ye ken John Peel
Wi' the beelin' on his heel
His wife made a poultice
Wi' linseed meal
She stuck it on his nose
And he thought it was his brose
And he had it for his porridge
In the morning.
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The Ian Campbell Folk Group Songbook (1965), 20.

@parody @Scottish
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In Mudcat MIDIs:
John Peel ( -W. Metcalfe's version, 1868. This is referred to in more detail above; bear in mind that the tune usually used nowadays is just the third part (refrain) of the original. )
Red House (ancestral to 'Do YOu Ken John Peel' from Playford's Dancing Master (1706). The tune first appeared in the edition of 1695 in a slightly different form. )
Tycoch Caerdydd (The Red House of Cardiff) ( -from Alawon Fy Ngwlad, c.1896. Described as a pib-ddawns (pipe-dance). ancestral to John Peel)
Where Will Our Goodman Laye (from Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion for the Flute, vol.II, c.1750. ancestral to 'John Peel')




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