Lloyd performed a version of this track for the a tracking ‘English Sipping Songs’ Riverside RLP 12- 618, regarding 1960

This can be dialogue from the unknown play, A nice pompous Comedie, Where try shewd exactly how a man can get chuse an effective Spouse out-of a detrimental , 1602.

Four Drunken Maidens

There’s five drunken maidens originated the latest Area out of light They used off munday early morning till tuesday in the evening before it will give out and also the four drunken maidens will have the most other bout

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The above try an unpublished text message out-of a beneficial MS content, c 1740-50, in the National Collection out of Scotland, NLS MS 6299. Regardless of if slightly faulty, We would not eliminate the fresh hitting fourth verse in the version, and therefore depicts just how later on brands were revised.

A good. L. From their notes it appears that the guy started using it club vocalists, perhaps collated having an excellent chapbook of approximately 1760, Lovely Phyllis’s Garland . The guy cannot state have been the guy got his tune, that is vaguely similar to the one to here. Lloyd’s adaptation has some minor spoken distinctions, but their history verse is significantly various other and that i append it following main text.

The new song has already been blogged from the Northumberland Vickers’ manuscript regarding c 1770-5, by Matt Seattle from the Great North Song Guide , #527, 1987, but I take advantage of a separate duplicate and that changes somewhat in time when you look at the the last half of both center tips of each and every strain. It’s the history pay attention a manuscript type of song and you may dancing sounds, Folger Shakespeare Collection MS V.b. 410, that is, within my quote, of around 1760-2. Both latest music in it are dated c 1760 inside the BUCEM, Arne’s « Jessy » throughout the Supplier out-of Venice , and you will James Oswald’s « The brand new housemaid that’s designed for like and you will me personally. » The initial backup of your own track, one We have perhaps not viewed, is within Publication 4 out-of Walsh’s Caledonian Country Dances , c 1744.

The Five Drunken Maidens

Five drunken Maidens originated in this new Area away from Wight, Intoxicated away from Friday morning right until Saturday-night; Whenever Saturday night arrived they will perhaps not day, As well as the five drunken Maidens they pushed the brand new jug throughout the.