The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #94972   Message #1842733
Posted By: The Borchester Echo
25-Sep-06 - 07:33 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: All of a Row (from Martin Carthy)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: All of a row / all in a row
Oddly enough, I found this MIDI and downloadable tab only yesterday when searching for something else entirely. It's in the 2nd block, scroll quite a long way down:

http://www.consult-eco.ndirect.co.uk/guitar/tab.htm

As for lyrics, it's on Martin Carthy's Sweet Wivelsfield and I think it's one of those 'seasons go round' sort of songs. It may also be related to the dance of the same name in Playford's English Dancing Master 1651:

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/dance/Cuckolds_All_In_A_Row.html