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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. ________________________________________________________ The Ian Campbell Folk Group Songbook (1965), 20. @parody @Scottish filename[ JOHNPEL2 TUNE FILE: JOHNPEEL CLICK TO PLAY MS oct96 |
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') |