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Thread #23085 Message #254064
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
08-Jul-00 - 10:50 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: Jolly Waggoner
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Jolly Waggonner
That would be "Like chaff before the wind". It certainly sounds like "caff" or "calf" on the recording, so I checked with another version (in Roy Palmer's English Country Songs) so as to be sure. I'd be inclined to "whoa" rather than "woe", since horses are involved. "Waggon(er)" is an alternative spelling, not used so much nowadays though still current.