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Thread #62969   Message #1019628
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
15-Sep-03 - 10:46 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Billy Barlow
Subject: Lyr Add: Another 'Billy Barlow'
This is the version of this song I know, which is somewhat different from, and I think better than, the one in the DT, which is found HERE, IN THE DT

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BILLY BARLOW

What shall we do? said Risky Rob
What shall we do? said Robin to Bob
What shall we do? said Dan'l to Joe
Let's go huntin! said Billy Barlow.

What shall we hunt? said Risky Rob
What shall we hunt? said Robin to Bob
What shall we hunt? said Dan'l to Joe
Let's get us a rat! said Billy Barlow.

How will we kill him? said Risky Rob
How will we kill him? said Robin to Bob
How will we kill him? said Dan'l to Joe
Let's borry a gun! said Billy Barlow.

How can we cook him? said Risky Rob
How can we cook him? said Robin to Bob
How can we cook him? said Dan'l to Joe
Strike up a match! said Billy Barlow.

How will we share him? said Risky Rob
How will we share him? said Robin to Bob
How will we share him? said Dan'l to Joe
Tear him apart! said Billy Barlow.

I'll take shoulder, said Risky Rob
I'll take side, said Robin to Bob
I'll take ham, said Dan'l to Joe
Tailbone mine! said Billy Barlow

I'll boil shoulder, said Risky Rob
I'll broil side, said Robin to Bob
I'll bake ham, said Dan'l to Joe
TAIL-BONE RAW!!!! said Billy Barlow.

From the singing of Richard Dyer-Bennett, in the late 40s or early 50s.

DRO