| Author | Topic: Add: Eynsham Poaching Song. The | |
| dmcg | Posted - 31 Aug 02 - 01:24 pm | |
The Eynsham Poaching Song Three Eynsham chaps went out one day To Lord Abingdon's Manor they made their way They took their dogs to catch some game And soon to Wytham Woods the came Laddie-i-o, Laddie-i-o Fal-de-ral over a laddie-i-o We had not long been beating there Before our spaniel put up a hare; Up she jumped and away she ran, At the very same time a pheasant sprang. We had not beat the woods all through When Barrett, the keeper, came in view; And when we saw the old beggar look We made our Cassington Brook. When we got there 'twas full to the brim, And you'd have laughed to see us swim, Ten feet of water, if not more; When we got out our dogs came o'er Over hedges, ditches, gates and rails, Our dogs follows us after behind our heels; And you can all say what you will We'll have our hares and pheasants still Source: Room For Company, ISBN 0 521 8174 2 Notes: COMPOSITE Sung by Henry Leech, Eynsham, Oxfordshire; collected (text only) by ALfred Williams 1914-16 (Folk songs of the Upper Thames, pub 1923) Tune (The Buckingham poaching song) sung by George Paradine, Ivinghoe, Bucks collected by R.C. Puddyfoot. The chorus has been added with the melody. This version has been put together by Dave and Toni Arthur who sing it on their Transatlantic Record Morning stands on tiptoe (TRA 154) Database entry is here I added this song as an example of a well documented composite. The text was collected by Alfred Williams who did not collect any tunes and so the only way to perform them now is to find the song collected elsewhere or add a tune collected from elsewhere or composed specially. Roy Palmer's notes, included above, give a good account of where the tune from, how the song has been modified and who was responsible for this composite version. Edited By dmcg - 8/31/2002 1:24:41 PM | ||
| Malcolm Douglas |
Posted - 31 Aug 02 - 04:30 pm | |
Roud 1268. Williams also noted a variant in Wiltshire, Southrop Poaching Song. | ||
| Mr Happy | Posted - 12 Sep 02 - 02:15 am | |
i sing this now & again.a good rousing chorus song. i got it from the singing of 'the portway pedlars'[oswestry] | ||