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Thread #15557   Message #2479062
Posted By: GUEST, Sminky
29-Oct-08 - 12:00 PM
Thread Name: Jokes turned into songs...
Subject: RE: Jokes turned into songs...
It was also known as "Dearly you must pay for your mutton" and appeared on broadsides, though I've not been able to find a copy.

Horry White of Ringsfield, Nr Beccles, Suffolk, sang a much abridged version, substituting "a Hebrew" for the Irishman. Horry can be heard on the Double CD 'Comic Songs of the Stour Valley and East Coast Fishermen', though I don't know if it includes the above song.

The website is here (scroll down a bit to see the words).