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Thread #3113   Message #1862893
Posted By: GUEST,DS
19-Oct-06 - 01:33 AM
Thread Name: Halloween Songs [1]
Subject: Lyr Add: OLD MOLLY METCALFE (Jake Thackray)
I suggest _El Tejano_, _Qeho's Trail_, _Brushy Bill Roberts_ and _The Lost Belle Mackeever_ on the following CD [http://tinyurl.com/y4n98j] by Jim Pipkin a.k.a. "Trooper" Gahar.

Then there's _Old Molly Metcalf_;

Old Molly Metcalfe
Words & Music: Jake Thackray

Old Molly Metcalfe counting sheep
Yan tan tether mether pip she counted
Up upon Swaledale steep and bleak
Yan tan tether mether pip she said.

Grow little sheep come hail come snow / Yan tan...she counted
Fine warm wool for a gentleman's shoulderblades / Yan tan...she said.

Over the heather when the weather is cold / Yan tan...she counted
Stiff Molly Metcalfe goes bow-leggedly / Yan tan...she said.

Grow little sheep, come wind come rain / Yan tan...she counted
Fine warm wool for a lady's counterpane, / Yan tan...she said.

On her back in the bracken with frozen bones / Yan tan...she counted
Daft Molly Metcalfe singing alone / Yan tan...she said.

Grow little sheep, come death come dark / Yan tan...she counted
No such wool for Old Molly Metcalfe, / Yan tan...she said.

There's a fantastic introduction to this song at

http://tinyurl.com/yfxcr9

All this is available at http://tinyurl.com/yndj62