Norm Cohen wrote:
>
> Bruce:
> Was this really by D'Urfey? Where was it published?
> Norm Cohen
>
> > Thomas D'Urfey's version was a bit different, and evidently
> > sung by MacDonald Hen [the old], himself in 'The Kingdom of the Birds'.
> >
> > In the Fields in Frost and Snows,
> > Watching late and early;
> > There I keep my Father's Cows,
> > There I Milk 'em Yearly:
> > Booing here, Booing there,
> > Here a Boo, there a Boo, everywhere a Boo,
> > We defy all Care and Strife,
> > In a Charming Country-Life.
> >
> > Then at home amongst the Fowls,
> > Watching late and early;
> > There I tend my Fathers Owls.
> > There I feed them Yearly:
> > Whooing here, Whooing there,
> > Here a whoo, there a whoo, everywhere a whoo,
> > We defy all Care and Strife,
> > In a Charming Country-Life.
> >
> > And so through, Sheep - baa, Turkey - gobble, Hens - cackle,
> > Ducks - quack, and Swine - grunt, in 9 total verses.
> >
> > Bruce Olson
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> > Roots of Folk: Old British Isles popular and folk songs, tunes,
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> >
> > Motto: Keep at it; muddling through always works.
It's in all but the first edition of 'Pills to Purge Melancholy'. In the
1719-20 edition it's in vol. 2, pp. 214-6, with music.
Bruce Olson
--
Roots of Folk: Old British Isles popular and folk songs, tunes,
broadside ballads at my no-spam website - www.erols.com/olsonw
or just <A href="http://www.erols.com/olsonw"> Click </a>
Motto: Keep at it; muddling through always works.
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