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Thread #98830   Message #1962045
Posted By: GUEST,Terry McDonald
09-Feb-07 - 05:03 AM
Thread Name: Help-Early Dickensian Songs (1807-70)
Subject: RE: Help-Early Dickensian Songs (1807-70)
I used to sing a song from the Hammond Brothers' collection called 'To Marry the Queen of England', an anti-Albert song presumably from about 1840. The chorus goes:

Oh I'm the lad so gay and bright
And I have done the trick so right
Gathered the shining gold so bright
And married the Queen of England.

Somehow, though, I've lost a couple of the verses. Many years ago I gave a complete copy to Martin Carthy and when I saw him at Frome in December, he said he was sure he'd still got it and, if he had, he'd send them to me. Hasn't happened yet, but he's never let me down.

If it's of any use, I could get most of the song to you.