Lyr Req: A Soalin' (Peter, Paul & Mary)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Soalin' (Peter, Paul & Mary)
From: GUEST,me
Date: 23 Aug 08 - 12:48 AM

hey ho anybody home?
meat not drink not money have i none
yet i will be merry anyhow..
hey ho anybody home?

This is another version of this song :)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Soalin' (Peter, Paul & Mary)
From: GUEST,Ron Delby
Date: 08 Oct 09 - 04:09 PM

I start singing this song in public , the same pp&m version, starting from october till new years. it is a halloween-christmas and yuletide song combined.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Soalin' (Peter, Paul & Mary)
From: Rasener
Date: 08 Oct 09 - 04:27 PM

Is this helpful

http://nowdownloadall.com/join.asp?q=02 12 A soalin mp3&PID=0ad770df-4c68-45ea-84ef-211be7927e6d&sw=1

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Soalin' (Peter, Paul & Mary)
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Mar 11 - 09:32 AM

The PP&M rendition would appear to be an amalgam of verses from both Yuletide and All Hallows traditions. The majority coincides strongly with the verses referenced in the Barthomley in Letters from a Former Rector to His Eldest Son By Edward Hinchliffe, 1856: and Notes and Queries, Nov. 15, 1851, page 381 both noted by Jim Dixon. I believe the Wikipedia web entry for Halloween should also help to aid understanding. I must say despite the erudition of Muttley, I feel I must side with the All Saints camp as the source of this musical tradition.