X:92011850
T:RVW2/1/185 An Alderman Lived in the City
F:http://www.vwml.org/record/RVW2/1/185
C:source unidentified
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
L:1/4
Q:"(Editorial suggestion)" 1/4=160
M:3/4
K:C
G | c G E | A F D | B, HC c | c (A/B/) c | Hd (c/B/) A | G2 G |
d c E | A F D |[M:5/4] B,2 HC2 D |[M:3/4] E c A | G F D | C2 |]
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W: An alderman lived in the City,
W: And he kept a beautiful maid,
W: And she was so wonderful witty,
W: Her cards she so cunningly played.
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%%Editorial notes: This fragment, unidentifiable as to its source or date,
%%is unmistakeably in RVW's hand. RVW collected his major version 
%%of this song, entitled "The Witty Lass of London" in 1904 from Mrs Verrall, 
%%in Horsham, Sussex. For more details, and a more complete set of words, 
%%see item 102 (pp. 157-8) in Roy Palmer's "Folk Songs Collected by Ralph 
%%Vaughan Williams" (London: Dent, 1983). The Verrall version can also be 
%%found here with the reference RVW2/2/97.
%%endtext