X:750200
T:GB/7e/20 Old King Cole
C:William Tufts junior, near Diss, Norfolk, 1911
F:http://archives.vwml.org/record/GB/7e/20
F:http://katiehowson.co.uk/south-norfolk-singers-1911
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
L:1/8
M:4/4
Q:"(Editorial suggestion)" 1/4=140
K:Bb
F2 | d2 d2 c2 cA | B B B2 D2 D D | FF F2 F2 F2 | B6 F2 | d2 dd c2 cA |
B2 BB D2 DD |E2 EE F2 F2 | B,8 | B,2 C2 D2 E2 | FF F2 F2 FF |
BB B2 B2 B2 | A8 |: B3 B B2 BB | B2 FF D2 F2 :|
F2 |G3 G c2 B2 | A4 F3 F | d3 B c3 A | B2 d2 F2 DD |
E2 E2 F2 F2 |B4 F3 F | d3 B c3 A |B2 d2 F2 DD | E2 E2 F2 F2 | B6 |]
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W:Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he.
W:He called for his pipe and he called for his glass and he called for his fiddlers three.
W:Every fiddler has a fine fiddle and a very fine fiddle had he.
W:We the de the de went the fiddler, and merry we will be
W:For there's none so rare that can compare with the sons of harmonee.
W:
W:Verses in reverse order:
W:
W:Painter              brush           slab it up and down the wall
W:Sailor                rope             damn and b(last) the rope
W:Parson              book            Lord have mercy upon us
W:Cobbler            awl               bore a hole through the sole
W:Tailor                needle         in and out of the coat 
W:Drummer          drum            rum a dum a dum 
W:Harper               harp            clang a lang a lang 
W:Fifer                   fife               fi the fi the fi