The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #151629   Message #3543363
Posted By: Lighter
29-Jul-13 - 09:10 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Lloyd's 'Soldier and the Maid'
Subject: RE: Origins: Lloyd's 'Soldier and the Maid'
About two minutes ago I uploaded the words after 20-odd minutes of meticulous reanscribing.

They immediately vanished.

The biggest differences between Lloyd's version and those I'm familiar with is the "teeth" business, the phrase "the moon shone bright as dawning" (sounds also like Lloyd) and the final stanza, which includes "Let this be a warning!" and ends with an unfolklike, "And I'll be back for your mummy in the morning!"

The refrain is,

"With a toorin ah,
Fol the diddle ah,
Starva lump all the dah dee o."

The first two lines of each stanza repeat.

Steve, the broadside you mention seems not to be online. Could you post it?

I hope you have better luck than I did.