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RTim	Origins: When Jones's Ale was New (68* d)	RE: Origins: When Jones' Ale Was New	25 Feb 17
From 1594...........!! https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/Doe168.html Tim Radford When Jones's Ale Was New DESCRIPTION: Stories from Jones's Bar. Various drinkers come in, each with his tale or his unruly behavior or his demand. Most are hard workers whose burdens are relieved by the ale. AUTHOR: unknown EARLIEST DATE: 1594 (stationer's register) KEYWORDS: drink nonballad landlord ritual FOUND IN: US(Ap,MA) Britain(England(All),Scotland) Australia REFERENCES (18 citations): Doerflinger, pp. 168-169, "When Johnson's Ale Was New" (1 text, 1 tune) Ford-Vagabond, pp. 273-277, "When John's Ale Was New" (1 text, 1 tune) GreigDuncan3 561, "When Jones' Ale Was New" (1 fragment, 1 tune) Williams-Thames, pp. 276-278, "When Joan's Ale Was New" (1 text) (also Wiltshire-WSRO Wt 507) Wiltshire-WSRO Ox 243, "When Joan's Ale Was New" (1 text) Copper-SoBreeze, pp. 284-285, "Four Jolly Fellows" (1 text, 1 tune) Hamer-Green, pp. 14-15, "When Jones' Ale Was New" (1 text, 1 tune) CopperSeason, pp. 286-287, "When Jones's Ale Was New" (1 text, 1 tune) Kennedy 287, "When Jones's Ale Was New" (1 text, 1 tune) Reeves-Sharp 50, "Joan's Ale Was New" (1 text) Palmer-ECS, #117, "When Jone's Ale Was New" (1 text, 1 tune) Dixon-Peasantry, Song #22, pp. 206-208,249, "Joan's Ale was New" (1 text) Bell-Combined, pp. 417-419, "Joan's Ale Was New" (1 text) Combs/Wilgus 166, pp. 132-133, "The Jovial Tinker (Joan's Ale is Good)" (1 text -- a heavily modified version with a floating first verse and a final verse that may imply a Civil War setting) Paterson/Fahey/Seal, pp. 245-248, "When Jones's Ale Was New" (1 text plus an excerpt from a British broadside) Silber-FSWB, p. 231, "Johnson's Ale" (1 text) BBI, ZN2502, "There was a jovial Tinker" DT, JONESALE JONESAL2 JONESAL3 Roud #139 RECORDINGS: Bob & Ron Copper, "The Jovial Tradesman" (on LomaxCD1700); "The Jovial Tradesman" (on FSB3) Fred Jordan, "When Jones's Ale Was New" (on Voice13) John M. (Sailor Dad) Hunt, "When Jones's Ale Was New" (AFS, 1941; on LC27) A. L. Lloyd, "When Johnson's Ale Was New" (on Lloyd12) BROADSIDES: Bodleian, Douce Ballads 1(105b), "Joan's Ale is New"["Jones" in the text], T. Vere (London), 1644-1680; also Douce Ballads 1(99b), "Joan's Ale is New"["Jones" in the text]; Harding B 28(139), "Joan's Ale"["Joan's" in the text]; Harding B 11(652), "When John's Ale Was New"; Harding B 16(336b), "Joan's Ale Was New"["Joan's" in the text]; 2806 c.18(169), "Joan's Ale is New"["Joan's" in the text] Murray, Mu23-y2:014, "When John's Ale was New," Poet's Box (Glasgow), 19C CROSS-REFERENCES: cf. "The Young Man Who Travelled Up and Down" ALTERNATE TITLES: Jone's ale is newe When John's Sail Was New NOTES [20 words]: The song was sung by the "jolly boys" (pace-eggers) in Overton, Lancs, as part of their Easter house-to-house ritual. - PJS Last updated in version 5.0 `File: Doe168` Go to the Ballad Search form Go to the Ballad Index Song List Go to the Ballad Index Instructions Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography The Ballad Index Copyright 2020 by Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle.

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