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Thread #77877 Message #1393531
Posted By: Barbara
30-Jan-05 - 03:56 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Tarry Woo' / Tarry Wool
Subject: Lyr Add: MORE words for Tarry Wool
We have one set in DT here: Tarry Wool I learned the song about 25 years ago from Helen Kivnick, and she sang these words (though she thought perhaps she had the verse order wrong, and had forgotten one):
TARRY WOO'
Tarry woo, and Tarry woo, Tarry woo is ill to spin, Card it well, oh card it well, Card it well e're ye begin:
When you have carded, wove* and spun; Then your work is neary done. When you woven, pressed & cleaned You will have clothing for a Queen.
2.Poor, harmless creatures without blame Clothe the back & cram the wame, Keep us warm & hearty, too, Wields(?) on us our Tarry woo.
3.A shepherd's, he has a happy life Far from care and free from strife Whilst the gimmers bleat & bay And the lambkins skip and play
4.Who'd be a King, can any tell When a shepherd lives so well Lives so well & pays his due With honest work & Tarry woo.
5.Here's to our blameless, harmless sheep That o'er the hills and valleys creep Whilst the gimmers bleat and bay And the lambkins skip and play
6. Up you shepherds dance & skip O'er the hills & valleys trip. Singing the praise of Tarry woo And the flock that bears it, too.
*I I think this word should be 'rolled' as in 'to make a rolag'.
In my next post I will put up another version of the words that I found online. I would be curious to know what Helen's source is, as well. Blessings, Barbara