The second one looks likre a version of India's Burning Sands / The Paisley
Officer (Laws N2 / Roud 550). See for example: Mackenzie, Ballads & Sea
Songs from Nova Scotia pp.143-146
Steve Roud
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From: Julia C.Bishop <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 2:33 PM
Subject: (Fwd) RE: A song search
> Can anyone help Anna Guigne with the following songs from the
> Kenneth Peacock Collection she's working on, please?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Julia
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> Date sent: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 15:10:31 -0330
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> On Wednesday, November 29, 2000 12:12 PM, Anna Guigne
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> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Dear Julia:
> > > I wonder if you could help me with something. I have two songs in the
> > > Peacock collectin which are from the United Kingdom and I can't find a
source for
> > > anywhere here. I've tried a few places but nothing seems to match.
> > > the first one is
> > >
> > > Goodbye John But Don't Stop Long
> > >
> > >
> > > Oh my Nance she was a lass , me b'ys, of fifteenstone full weihgt,
> > > And her face it was a face , me b'ys, like a good-sized dinner plate.
> > > My Nance she keeped a goods-stuff shop as your eyes do good to see,
> > > Lollypops and tom-tom drops, but there's none sop sweet as she.
> > >
> > > Chorus:
> > > Oh it's good bye John, but don't stop log
> > > Soon come back to your old chick-a-biddy,
> > > For my heart beats so that the winds do blow
> > > That takes away my sailor.
> > >
> > > There are two more verses followed by a spoken passage (very fast)
> > >
> > > Ha lads as 'm a British sailor, stand by and see a British maiden
when in
> > > distress. Now to shiver me timbers take the reefs out of me slacks,
and
> > > quid
> > > out of me mouth. Went to work for three quaters of an hour and here
she was
> > > sinking for the third time. I grabs her by the hair-those dear little
locks
> > > I loved. She cries "Save, sav!" when all of her hair came off. She
never
> > > told me she wore a waterfall. And down to the bottom of the river
Thames
> > > she
> > > went crying out:
> > >
> > >
> > > Chorus
> > > Oh it's good bye John, but don't stop log
> > > Soon come back to your old chick-a-biddy,
> > > For my heart beats so that the winds do blow
> > > That takes away my sailor.
> > >
> > > I have found one reference to the "Chickabiddy" refrain in "Wehman
> > > Brothers Irish Song Book" circa 1900 under the title "Chick biddy"
As
> > > Follows:
> > >
> > > To Go is wrong don't stop long
> > > but come back to your old Chickabiddy
> > > For my hear tbeats so when away you go from Pat and Dear Old
Ireland"
> > >
> > > The rest of the song is quite different. This is the closest I've
been
> > > able
> > > to come.
> > >
> > > The second song is
> > >
> > > "In Bright and Bonny Scotland"
> > >
> > >
> > > Verse 1
> > >
> > > In Bright and Bonny Scotlanda where blooming bells do grow
> > > There dwelt a lovely maiden fair all in her youthful bloom;
> > > Aand all day long the sheep do mind, it's on the banks of Boyne,
(Clyde?)
> > > Although her lot of life was run she was the village pride.
> > >
> > >
> > > Verse 7
> > >
> > > And soon her lover was cut down, a bullet pierced his side
> > > And form his colours he never flinched, right where he fell he died.
> > > She rose him from that bloody spot and in her arms pressed
> > > And when she tried to heal his wounds a balled passed through her
breast
> > >
> > >
> > > Anything you can do to help would be greatly appreciated. I've been
able to
> > > pin doown most of Peacock's unpublsihed stuff but there are a few
hanagers-
> > > on
> > > such as these. Feel free to forward this on. Many thanks for all your
help
> > > Anna Kearney Guigne
> >
>
>
>
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