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Thread #14931   Message #131154
Posted By: Bruce O.
02-Nov-99 - 11:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Felton Lonnin?
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Felton Lonnin?
It's a Northumberland ditty. [See Margart Dean Smith's 'A Guide to English Folk Song Collections' for copies]

This fragment appeared in Cuthbert Sharps's 'The Bishoprick Garland', 1834.

Pelton Lonin

The swine com jingling down Pelton lonin,
The swine com jingling down Pelton lonin,
The swine com jingling down Pelton lonin,
There's five black swine and never an odd one:
Three i' the dyke, and two i' the lonin,
Three i' the dyke, and two i' the lonin,
Three i' the dyke, and two i' the lonin,
There's five black swine and never an odd one: