| Author | Topic: Add: The Husbandman | |
| dmcg | Posted - 28 May 03 - 01:29 pm | |
The Husbandman (Serving man) Well met, my brother friend, All on the highway riding, So simply all alone; I pray to tell to me What calling you may be; Or are you some serving man? (Husbandman) Why, why? my brother dear, What makes you to enquire Of any such thing at my hand? Indeed I will not feign, But I will tell you plain: I am a downright husbandman. (Together) Indeed I will not feign, But I will tell you plain: I am a downright husbandman. (Serving man) If a husbandman you be, Then gang along with me So readily out of han', And in a little space I'll help you to a place Where you cmay be a servingman. (Husbandman) As for your diligence I return you many thanks I require no such thing at your han' But pray, before you go, Do something to me show Of the living of a Serving man. (Together) But pray, before you go, Do something to me show Of the living of a Serving man. (Serving man) The meat that we do eat, Is the finest of all meat There's Turkey, Capon and Swan; And our drink is very fine We mix sugar in our wine:- That's victuals for the Serving man. (Husbandman) As for your dainty capon, Give me some beef and bacon, And a good bit of cheese now and then; There's chitterlings and souse Always in the farmer's house:- That's victuals for the husbandman. (Together) There's chitterlings and souse Always in the farmer's house:- That's victuals for the husbandman. (Serving man) Then the clothing we do wear Of all clothing is most rare: Our hats they are laced all around, Our shirts as white as milk Our stockings made of silk:- That's clothing for the serving man. (Husbandman) As for your clothing rare Give me the shoes I wear The bushes to trample upon; Give to me a good great coat, And in my purse a groat:- That's clothing for the husbandman. (Together) Give to me a good great coat, And in my purse a groat:- That's clothing for the husbandman. Source: Jones Lewis, 1995, Sweet Sussex, Ferret Publ, Sutton Coldfield Notes: Reprinted by Ferret Publications from Songs of the Peasantry of the Weald of Surry and Sussex, arranged by GA Dusart and published privately and anonymously by John Broadwood in 1843. Database entry is here. | ||
| Malcolm Douglas |
Posted - 28 May 03 - 03:50 pm | |
Roud 873 Lucy Broadwood (English County Songs 144-5) quotes a Hampshire set from David Gilbert's Ancient English Carols, and comments: "The oldest printed version of this dialogue is in The Loyal Garland (Percy Society, vol. xxix.) ...the collection dates [from] the Civil Wars." Sharp and Williams found versions in tradition, and they were still turning up in the 1950s during the BBC's collecting initiative. The song appeared on broadsides, of course, and some can be seen at Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads: [A new dialogue between a] husbandman and servant man See also Dixon & Bell, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England, for a text from tradition (1836) and a broadside text from the Roxburgh collection. The editors suggest that the latter was printed by Peter Brooksby and is therefore "at least as old as the close of the fifteenth century"; which is puzzling, as Brooksby was active in the later years of the 17th. Simpson, The British Broadside Ballad, 1966 p.333, dates it to "1665 or earlier". Poem XII: A Dialogue Between the Husbandman and the Servingman Poem XI: God Speed the Plow, and Bless the Corn-Mow. a Dialogue Between the Husbandman and Servingman. | ||
| Abby Sale | Posted - 29 May 03 - 04:18 pm | |
"There's chitterlings and souse" Of course, we all know that chitterlings (ie, chitlins or chitlings) are (I _think_ that's 'are') the small intestines of a pig, cooked and eaten with a sauce. But "souse" is new to me: pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled Sounds tasty. Edited By Abby Sale - 29/05/2003 16:17:42 | ||
| dmcg | Posted - 29 May 03 - 04:24 pm | |
Here's a recipe. A friend cooked it when I was at University. It was ... well, ...memorable. (Especially the smell in the flat while it cooked.) Edited By dmcg - 29/05/2003 16:29:25 | ||
| Mary in Kentucky | Posted - 01 Jun 03 - 04:29 am | |
How many of you know what a capon is? I once routinely had to use an instrument in a lab that was the domain of some "good ole boys." They threatened anybody who dropped resin squares to be tested into the hot oil bath and DIDN'T CLEAN THEM OUT with caponhood! All the guys were pretty careful after that. | ||