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Thread #110777   Message #3373514
Posted By: GUEST
08-Jul-12 - 02:12 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Artichokes & Cauliflowers
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Artichokes & Cauliflowers
Here they are: I've just transcribed them from 'Among the Many Attractions' by John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris.

Artichokes and Cauliflowers – John and Sue Kirkpatrick

You fair maids of London who lead a single life
It's better far being a barrow girl than a rich merchant's wife
So early in the morning you will hear her to cry

Artichokes and cauliflowers, pretty maidens will you buy?

There sits a girl at Saint Billingsgate, I'll not tell to you her name
She's proper tall and she's handsome and worthy of her fame
As she waits for her jolly waterman to come rowing by still she'll cry

Artichokes and cauliflowers, pretty maidens will you buy?

Now her husband is a quiet man and a quiet man is he
Oh for to wear the horns me boys contented he must be
For she goes and takes her pleasure when the waterman comes nigh

Artichokes and cauliflowers, pretty maidens will you buy?

Now the waterman is a trade me boys it's a trade that seldom fails
Come hail, rain or sunshine our boats are in full sail
And the barrow girl so merrily with the waterman she'll fly

Artichokes and cauliflowers, pretty maidens will you buy?

Here's to your love here's to my love and all true hearted souls
Likewise to the jolly waterman with his full flowing bowl
And here's a health to the barrow girl as in Billingsgate still she'll cry

Artichokes and cauliflowers, pretty maidens will you buy?