| Author | Topic: Add: The Penny Wager | |
| dmcg | Posted - 20 Sep 02 - 10:29 pm | |
Penny Wager, The As I travelled from the North Country Seeking for good company, It was good company I did find There's nothing to equal it to my mind Singing fol-le-diddle-lero, rite-fol-le-day Whilst I in my pocket had one penny Oh! I saw two gentlemen playing at dice, They took me to be some young nobleman nice, As they sat a-playing and I looking on, They took me to be some young nobleman's son, Singing fol-le-diddle-lero, rite-fol-le-day Whilst I in my pocket had one penny They asked of me if I would play, I asked them what bets they did lay, The one said a guinea, the other ten pound, The bargain was made but no money laid down, Singing fol-le-diddle-lero, rite-fol-le-day Whilst I in my pocket had one penny I took up the dice and I gave it a spin, It was my good fortune that time to win, If I had-a lost and not had a-won I should have had to throw my empty purse down, Singing fol-le-diddle-lero, rite-fol-le-day Whilst I in my pocket had one penny I stopped there that night and part of the next day, When I thought it quite time to be jogging away, I asked the landlady what was to pay, She said, Give us a jiss, love, and then on your way! Singing fol-le-diddle-lero, rite-fol-le-day Whilst I in my pocket had one penny Source: Marrow Bones, Ed Frank Purslow, EFDS, 1965 Notes: Collected by Gardener (H.834) from William Tod, in Portsmouth Workhouse, Hants, Aug 1907 Database entry is here | ||
| Mr Happy | Posted - 21 Sep 02 - 01:27 am | |
celebration!! this is the very first song i ever sang in a folk club - in front of other people!!! shock, horror!! it was an INDESCRIBABLE experience, but i must have got away with it or i wouldn't be still maiming songs now! it's the 1st one i did as a floorsinger- its a matter od crossing the boundary/threshold of nervousnes/inexperience etc. my glasses steamed up, i had to sing with my eyes shut, sweat poured down my forehead, hair swung into my eyes, [i had hair then !]but i got through, i did it!. enough rambling, its my age you know. btw, the version i know & still sing occasionally isn't quite the same as dmcg's one. when i'm more sober & awake, i'll post the variation + source. thanks dmcg, cheers, mr h | ||
| dmcg | Posted - 21 Sep 02 - 08:26 am | |
I'd like to claim I had a good reason for entering this one now, but in truth, its just obsessional behaviour on my part. I want to see at least one entry under each letter. We didn't have a P or Q, so I posted those yesterday ... | ||
| Ed | Posted - 21 Sep 02 - 08:48 am | |
LOL Dave Trying to do that occurred to me too! Ed | ||
| Malcolm Douglas |
Posted - 21 Sep 02 - 04:29 pm | |
Roud 393 An English song which turns up under a number of titles such as The Hearty Good Fellow; The Little Grey [Black] Horse; One Penny, and so on. It has also been found in Ireland and Australia. Sharp and Baring Gould collected sets, and it continues to turn up; Peter Kennedy recorded a number of versions in the 1950s, including one from Bob Arnold, who later became a household name as "Uncle" Tom Forrest in the BBC Radio rural soap-opera, The Archers. The song appeared on broadsides as The Adventures of a Penny; there are three examples by Pitts at Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads; the most legible is: Adventures of a penny Printed between 1819 and 1844 by J. Pitts, Wholesale Toy and Marble warehouse, 6, Gt. Saint Andrews Street, Seven Dials [London]. Harding B 11(3387) | ||
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