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31 Mar 05 - 03:55 PM (#1448243) Subject: Lyr Req: irish folk song perhaps? From: GUEST,louise I am desperate to find the lyrics of a song that my late dad used to sing. I thing it is Irish in its origin. I only have a snippet left in my memory and would love to have it all again. Alice m'dear will you lend me a spear To go to the woods, to kill a fat deer. With a right down bickles and bockles And straw fish (snort)! |
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23 Feb 20 - 12:45 PM (#4035680) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Alice m'dear, will you lend me a spear.. From: cnd I may have found the song Louise was looking for: it looks like a variation of "William a-Trimbletoe" or William Trimbletoe, part of a counting game. Here's a version collected in Texas: William a-Trimbletoe, He's a good fisherman; He catches hens and puts them in pens, Some lay eggs, and some lay none White foot, speckled foot, trip and begone. Wire, briar, limber lock, Three geese in a flock, Sit and sing till daylight spring, Till comes the Tod with his long rod, To chase the Czar, to wig, to war. Ellison, dear, come lend me a spear, To go in the woods and kill the king's dear. Hetom, petom, potom, pie, Popular, gigama, gi From Texas and Southwestern Lore, p. 67 |
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25 Feb 20 - 10:00 PM (#4036189) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Alice m'dear, will you lend me a spear.. From: GUEST,Starship https://books.google.ca/books?id=Vi8YAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA191&lpg=PA191&dq=lend+me+a+spear,+till+I+go+to+the+wood+till+I+kill+a+fat+dee That is from a book published in 1887. One can view the whole book I think, but it takes a few seconds for the pages to load. |
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26 Feb 20 - 08:28 AM (#4036259) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Alice m'dear, will you lend me a spear.. From: mayomick Oh, Bishop Supreme won't you pass me the cream? I will you buggar if you pass me the sugar The only lines I can remember |
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26 Feb 20 - 10:40 AM (#4036277) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Alice m'dear, will you lend me a spear.. From: GUEST,Starship mayomick, I tripped over the following which likely won't be much help but it adds to your post and may stir a memory: http://niamhboyce.blogspot.com/2013/01/pass-me-butter.html |