X:167
T:RVW2/2/167 The Ranter Parson
F:http://www.vwml.org/record/RVW2/2/167
C:Mr. Earle, Leith Hill, Surrey, September/October 1904
Z:Transcribed by Lewis Jones and Simon Furey.
L:1/8
Q: "(Editorial suggestion)" 3/8=60
M:9/8
K:C
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w: It is of a sly ran-ter par-son, for preach-ing he lived in great fame. In a
ccc cBc ABc | (GA)G GGE C2 G/2G/2 |
w: town near this place he did dwell, but I must_ not men-tion his name. And it
A3/2B/2A Adc BHGG | A3/2B/2A Adc HBzG |
w: is of a jol-ly young far-mer, a neigh-bour who liv-ed hard by, and
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w: soon on the wife of this far-mer this ran-ter he cast his eye.
"^CHORUS"C | C3/2C/2C D3/2C/2D EFG | A3/2B/2A GGE C2 |]
w: Fal lal de lal lal de lal lid- dle, li fal de lal did-dle di day.
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%%text Editorial note: The version in the RVW MSS is defective. The editors are therefore indebted to Roy Palmer, whose transcription
%%text appears as no. 89 in his work "Folk Songs Collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams" (London: Dent, 1983) p.138.