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GB/6b/1 All Round My Hat Version 1 of 2
Editorial notes The tune is similar to those of GB/6a/1 and GB/7a/70. In the MS the version sung by Mr. Verrall at Horsham in July 1909 (GB/7a/71) is appended to this version but crossed out.
GB/6b/2 All Round My Hat Version 2 of 2
Editorial note This song was collected by H E D Hammond, not by Butterworth. It is assumed that it is in the MS collection for comparison purposes.
GB/6b/3 Highland Jane
GB/6b/4 The Banks of Green Willow Version 1 of 2
For version 2 see GB/6b/27 below.
GB/6b/5 The Bonny Bunch of Roses
Editorial note The tune is similar to those of GB/6a/36 and GB/7b/4B.
GB/6b/6 On Christmas Night Version 1 of 2
Editorial note The tune is similar to those of GB/6a/125 and GB/7a/56.
GB/6b/7 On Christmas Night Version 2 of 2
Editorial note The tune is identical to that of GB/7a/57. See also GB/6a/126. For words to this carol see GB/6b/6 above. In the MS there is this note relevant to this Version 2: "The words belong to the first version. Mrs. Cranstone could only remember fragments. G.S.K. B(utterworth)."
GB/6b/8 The Cruel Father and Affectionate Lovers
Editorial note The tune is similar to those of GB/6a/56 and GB/7a/76.
GB/6b/9 Johnny Harte
Editorial note The tune is similar to that of GB/7b/29.
GB/6b/10 A Lawyer Fine and Gay Version 2
GB/6b/11 A Lawyer Fine and Gay Version 1
Editorial note The tune is similar to that of GB/7b/25. For the Second Version 2 see GB/6b/10 immediately above.
GB/6b/11A [A Lawyer Fine and Gay]
Editorial note This version is from Cecil Sharp, who included it in the MS collection for comparison purposes.
GB/6b/12 The Mistress's Health
Editorial note The files for GB/6b/12 and GB/6b/13 are identical.
GB/6b/13 [The Great Bell of Lincoln]
Editorial note The files for GB/6b/12 and GB/6b/13 are identical.
GB/6b/14 Shule Agra
Editorial note Butterworth remarks that this piece is Dorian, whereas it is, in fact, Hyperdorian. The key signature should thus be G as it is here transcribed, and not C as it appears in the MS.
GB/6b/15 Admiral Benbow
GB/6b/16 It's Of A Farmer All In This Town
GB/6b/17 The Tinker
Editorial note This is a version of "The Tinker's Courtship." For a fuller version with copious notes on it see p.103 and p. 141 of Frank Purslow's "The Constant Lovers."
GB/6b/18 Little Brown Jug
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T:GB/6b/18 Little Brown Jug
C:Sung by Mr. Smith, at Stoke Lacy, Hereford, September 1907
P:Noted by Francis Jekyll and George Butterworth
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
W:
W:1. Me and my wife we live alone
W: In a neat little cottage we calls our own
W: She likes gin and I likes rum
W: And that's where we has lots of fun.
W: Singing old brown ale, old brown beer,
W: The bonny little brown jug that I loves dear.
W:
W: 2. If I had a cow that would give such milk
W: I would dress her up in the finest silk
W: I would feed her up on the best of hay
W: I would milk her nine times every day. Singing...etc.
W:
W:3. Then it's if my brown jug was in gaol
W: I'd pawn my shirt and bring it out on bail;
W: And if my wife would me despise
W: I'd up with my fists and give her two black eyes. Singing...etc.
W:
W: 4. Then in comes the landlord, so noble and fat
W: He puts on his three-cocked hat
W: He fills your beer till the cellar runs dry
W: And he wouldn't care a damn if you live or die. Singing...etc.
W:
W: 5. The brewer brews it into a pan
W: The landlord spills it into a can
W: He fills your beer till the cellar runs dry
W: And he wouldn't care a damn if you live or die. Singing...etc.
W:
W:Frank Kidson remarks: Is this a Folk-Song? JFK To which Lucy Broadwood responds: No! LEB
W: Kidson then adds the following note: Little Brown Jug This is not a folk song. It is an American
W: production which came to England about 1880. A copy will be found the 'The Scottish Student's
W: Song Book' and other places. It is said to be by R. A. Eastburn. Frank Kidson
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"^Dorian" (B3/2 A/) | G E E (B,/C/) | D D D D/ D/ | E E/ E/ G/ G/ A |$ B A A2 | B B d B |
w: Me *|and my wife we *|lives a- lone In a|neat lit- tle cot- tage we|calls our own,|She likes gin and|
A A A (G/A/) |$ B B (B/A/) G | A A B B/ A/ | G E E2 |$ D D D3/2 D/ | G/ A/ B/ c/ d B/ A/ |
w: I likes rum, And *|that's where we * has|lots of fun, Sing- ing|old brown ale,|old brown beer, The|bon- ny lit- tle brown jug that|
G E E2 |]
w: I loves dear.|
GB/6b/19 Horse Racing Song
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T:GB/6b/19 Horse Racing Song
C:Sung by Mr. "Blue" Fisher, Tidenham, Norfolk, December 1911
P:Noted by R. Vaughan Williams and George Butterworth
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
W:
W:1. It's of three north noble country dukes from the Newmarket came
W: All for a wager they did run, and the riders to do the same,
W: The same, the same, and the riders to do the same.
W:
W: 2. And as they were a-riding along the road, they met with a little boy
W: "Come show to me Lord Framplin's halls that his horses we may see."
W: May see, may see, etc.
W:
W: 3. Then he took them into his middlemost stable, among those riders all
W: There was great Greasy-heel, little Lamp-boy Jack, little Molly shall run with you all.
W:
W: 4. Then up bespoke the poorest duke, the poorest of those three
W: "I'll run you for thirty thousand pounds, and tomorrow shall be the day."
W:
W: 5. So when Lord Framplin heard those words, he stood with his hat in his hand
W: "I'll run you for gold whilst gold shall hold, and I'll make it upon your land."
W:
W: 6. Then the drums and the trumpets we did sound, all for them to get ready
W: And all Lord Frampton had to say, "Mind you, Jack boy, and be steady."
W:
W: 7. The first milepost he did come at, Lord Thompson's man did say:
W: "If you can't go no faster than this, kind sir, I'll show you the way."
W:
W: 8. The second milepost he did come at, the people all declared
W: They hardly could decide the case between the horse and the mare.
W:
W: 9. There was heel to heel and toe to toe, so merrily they did run on,
W: They were shoulder to shoulder and flank to flank, and the whip and touch began.
W:
W: 10. And just as they did climb the hill, Lord Framplin's mare being free
W: She took to her heels and away did run, and Lord Framplin he carried the day.
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F2 | B2 B2 B2"^(a)" dc | c2 F2 !fermata!F2 F2 | B2 B2 (Bc) (de) |$ f6 (fe) |
w: 1.~It's|of three north nob- le|coun- try dukes from|the New- mar- * ket *|came, All *|
d2 (dc) B2"^(b)" (BA) | G2"^(c)" B2 F2 FF | GA B2 d2"^(d)" e2 |$[M:3/2] B4 G4 F2 F F |
w: for a * wa- ger *|they did run, and the|rid- ers to do the|same, the same, and the|
[M:4/4] GA"^(e)" B2 d2 (ec) | B6 ||$ F2 | B2 B2 B2"^(a) var." d2 | c2 F2 !fermata!F2 F2 |
w: rid- ers to do the *|same.||||
B2 B2 (Bc) (de) |$ f6 (fe) | d2 (dc) B2"^(b) var." B2 | G2"^(c) var." (BG) F2 FF |
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GA B2 d2"^(d) var." (ec) |$[M:3/2] B4 G4 F2 F F |[M:4/4] GA"^(e) var." (Bc) d2 (ec) | B6 |]
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GB/6b/20 Royal George
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T:GB/6b/20 Royal George
C:Sung by Mr. Robert Hurr, Southwold, Suffolk, October 24th, 1910
P:Noted by R. Vaughan Williams and George Butterworth
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
W:
W:1. As we set sail from [for?] the rock of Gibraltar,
W: As we set sail from sweet Dublin Bay,
W: O little did we think of our sad mis fortune,
W: A-sleeping in the briny sea,
W: O little did we think of our sad misfortune,
W: A-sleeping in the brin-y sea.
W:
W: 2. O there was one poor woman a-living in the city
W: As soon as she heard that her husband was dead
W: It filled her [?] poor heart full of grief and pity
W: To hear what that poor woman said,
W: It filled...etc.
W:
W: 3. She said, "I'll go and seek for my own true lover,
W: "I'll go and sail the wide world round,
W: "Then if my own true lover I do not discover,
W: "All in some salt seas I will drown."
W: Then if...etc.
W:
W:Take 6 Editorial note: See also GB/6b/23 The Wreck of the Royal George; the two songs are perhaps linked.
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(Bc) | d2 d2 d2 c3/2 d/ |"^(a)" (e>d) c3/2 B/ (B<A) G2- |[M:2/4] G3 d |
w: As _|we set sail from~[for?] the|rock _ of Gib- ral- * tar,|_ As|
[M:4/4] e3 (d/e/)"^(b)" f2 B F |$ A2 B2 !fermata!c3 F | B3/2 A/ B3/2 c/ (B>A) G F |
w: we set _ sail from sweet|Dub- lin Bay, O|lit- tle did we think _ of our|
(B>A) B2 c !fermata!f2 d |"^(c)" e2- (3e(fg) f3 e |$ d2 c2"^(d)" (B>A) (G>F) |
w: sad _ mis- for- tune, A-|sleep- * ing _ in the|brin- y sea, _ O _|
B3/2 A/ B3/2 c/ (B>A) G F | (B>A) B2 c !fermata!f2 d | e2- (3e(fg) f3 e | d2 c2 B2 ||$ (Bc) |
w: lit- tle did we think _ of our|sad _ mis- for- tune, A-|sleep- * ing _ in the|brin- y sea.||
d2 d2 d2 c3/2 d/ |"^(a) var." (ed) c B (B<A) G2- |[M:2/4] G3 d |
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[M:4/4] e3 (d/e/)"^(b) var." f3 B |$ B3/2 A/ B2 !fermata!c3 F | B3/2 A/ B3/2 c/ (B>A) G F |
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(B>A) B2 c !fermata!f2 d |"^(c) var." e2 (fg) f3 e |$ d2 c2"^(d) var." (BA) (GF) |
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B3/2 A/ B3/2 c/ (B>A) G F | (B>A) B2 c !fermata!f2 d | e2- (3e(fg) f3 e | d2 c2 B2 |]
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GB/6b/22 As Robin Was Driving
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T:GB/6b/22 As Robin Was Driving
C:Sung by Mr. 'Blue' Fisher, Tidenham, Norfolk, December 1911
P:Noted by R. Vaughan Williams and George Butterworth
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
W:
W:Butterworth adds: The rest of the words are not suitable for publication. GSKB
W: (Take 6 Editorial note: The words will, however, be found on p.8 of
W: "The Ploughboy's Glory", edited by Michael Dawney and published by the EFDSS - SF)
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"^Dorian" ((A/B/)) | c B A |"^(a)" B E E |"^(b)" c B G | A2 (A/B/) | c A A |$ G E E/E/ | F D D |
w: As *|Ro- bin was|driv- ing his|wag- on a-|long, The *|trees in full|blos- som and the|birds in full|
E2 B | c B A | B E E |$ c B G | A2 (A/B/) | c A A | G E (E/"^?"F/) | G G A | E2 (D/C/) |$
w: song, I|saw a young|dam- sel was|going to and|fro, As *|Ro- bin was|driv- ing his *|wag- on gee-|ho, That's *|
(C3/2 D/) (E/"^?"F/) | G !fermata!E2 | (c B) A | G E D | E A"^#?" G | A2 ||$ ((A/B/)) | c B A |
w: well * done *|Ro- bin,|Drive * on,|Ro- bin, ride|up and gee-|ho.|||
"^(a) var." G E E |"^(b) var." c B (A/"^?#"G/) | A2 (A/B/) | c A A |$ G E E/E/ | F D D | E2 B |
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c B A | B E E |$ c B G | A2 (A/B/) | c A A | G E (E/"^?"F/) | G G A | E2 (D/C/) |$
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(C3/2 D/) (E/F/) | G !fermata!E2 | (c B) A | G E D | E A"^#?" G | A2 |]
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GB/6b/23 The Wreck of the Royal George
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T:GB/6b/23 The Wreck of the Royal George
C:Sung by W. Wickham, Blackham, Sussex, May, 1907.
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
W:
W:(I noted it in G.)
W:
W: Full English Editorial note: This song was not collected by Butterworth, but by Annie Gilchrist, who wrote a letter
W: that was attached to GB/6b/20. Her letter was subsequently annoted by Lucy Broadwood. For reasons of space,
W: the text is quoted here, rather than with GB/6b/20. Royal George To Mr Keel: I do not think this is properly a
W: folk-song - at any rate as regards the tune. I obtained what appears to be the chorus from a young labourer in
W: Sussex in 1907. He had learnt it "from other men" - very likely in camp, as he had been a volunteer and had learnt
W: other songs in a similar way. I doubt whether the tune is even as old as the time of the loss of the Royal George
W: (1782). The phrase "little did we think of our sad misfortune" certainly has quite a modern ring. I can't account
W: for the "fourteen hundred men, women and children" - some other wreck seems to have got mixed up with the
W: Royal George! A.G.G. I don't think we should print this. It does not seem to me to be anything other than a
W: reminiscence of a quite late 18th Century composed story.
LEB
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"^Chorus (in marching time)" !>!B !>!B !>!B !>!B | d (3c/ c/ B/ A3/4 G/4 F | f f g f/ d/ |
w: Four- teen hun- dred|men, wo- men and chil- der- en,|On- ly four of them|
B d c3/2 F/ |$ B3/4 c/4 d3/4 c/4 B F |[M:5/4] A B (c/>d/) !fermata!e f/ d/ |
w: reached the shore (And)|all the Roy- al George and|all its glo- * ries They went|
[M:4/4] e (3(d/ c/) B/ c f | B2 z2 |]
w: down and * was seen no|more.|
Notes on GB/6b/23 This was collected not by Butterworth but by Annie Gilchrist. See GB-6b-23.pdf for more information.
GB/6b/24 [O Madam I'll Present You] [The Keys of Heaven] Version 1 of 2
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T:GB/6b/24 [O Madam I'll Present You]
T:[The Keys of Heaven] 1st Version
C:Sung by Mr. Woods, Tidenham, Norfolk, December 1911
P:Noted by R. Vaughan Williams and George Butterworth
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
W:
W:1. O Madam I'll present you a fine coach and six,
W: Four black horses as black as any jet,
W: If you will walk abroad with me,
W: If you will walk abroad with me.
W:
W: 2. O I won't accept your fine coach and six, (etc.)
W:
W: 3. O Madam I'll present you a fine easy chair,
W: To set in the garden and take the morning air, If you... (etc.)
W:
W: 4. O I won't accept... (etc.)
W:
W: 5. O Madam I'll present you a fine silken gown,
W: Four yards long all a-trailed on the ground,
W: If you... (etc.)
W:
W: 6. O I won't accept... (etc.)
W:
W:7. O Madam I'll present you a fine gold watch,
W: To hang by your side to tell you what's the time,
W: If you... (etc.)
W:
W: 8. O I won't accept... (etc.)
W:
W: 9. O Madam I'll present you the key of my chest,
W: And all my gold jewels and jewels I possess,
W: If you... (etc.)
W:
W: 10. O I won't accept... (etc.)
W:
W: 11. O Madam I'll present you the key of my heart,
W: And married we will be and never never part,
W: If you... (etc.)
W:
W: 12. O I will accept... (etc.)
W:
W:Lucy Broadwood has annotated this ms, first by crossing out Butterworth's title of "The Keys of Heaven"
W: and writing in "No! it isn't - LEB" and she adds a the following note: Please don't call this 'The Keys of
W: Heaven' which don't come into this version & is merely the title of my particular version in 'County Songs'
W: which does turn on the Keys of Heaven. "Madam I present you" is the title that usually covers this class of song.
LEB If any songs are to be omitted I should leave this out as the song is in most nursery-rhyme books in similar versions (Halliwell, Chambers, etc.etc.etc.)
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w: O|Ma dam, I'll pre- sent you a|fine coach and six,|Four black hor- ses as|black as an- y jet, If|you will walk a-|broad with me, If|
c B A G D2 F2 | G6 |]
w: you will walk a- broad with|me.|
GB/6b/25 [O Madam I'll Present You] [The Keys of Heaven] Version 2 of 2
File:GB-6b-25-Specimen setting.pdf
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T:GB/6b/25 [O Madam I'll Present You]
T: [The Keys of Heaven] 2nd Version
C:Sung at Fernhurst, Sussex
P:Noted by Francis Jekyll
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
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G | DG GG G2 GG | A>B cA B2 BA | GGGF E2 FG | A3/2 B/ A G GF Bd |$[M:3/4] d4 d2 | B4 AG |
[M:4/4] G2 B2 D2 z D | EFGA B2 A2 | G6 |]
GB/6b/26 The Banks of Green Willow Version 1 of 4 (Duplicate)
Notes on GB/6b/26 See GB/6b/4 and the Notes to it.
GB/6b/27 The Banks of Green Willow Version 2 of 4
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T:GB/6b/27 The Banks of Green Willow Version 2 of 4
T:Second Version
C:Sung by Mr. Cornford, East Chiltington, July 1908
P:Noted by George Butterworth
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
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A>B | c2 A2 B2 | A>G E>F =G>A | F>E D>F A2 | A2 E2 (3EF=G |$ A3 =G E>D | B,>C D2 D>D | E2 B3 E |
FG A2 |]
GB/6b/28 The Banks of Green Willow Version 3 of 4
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T:GB/6b/28 The Banks of Green Willow Version 3 of 4
T:The following tune comes from the collection of the late Mr. Hammond. R.V.W.
C:Sung by Mr. J. Welsh, Wareham (Dorset)
P:Noted by H.E.D. Hammond
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
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G | B G B | A F D | E3/2 F/ G/ E/ |"^(a)" D B, B, |$ G G B,/ B,/ | C E B,/ C/ | D c B | A G ||$ G |
w: 'Tis|of a sea|cap- tain who|lived near the sea-|side (o) he|court a fam- ous|daught- er that he|once love so|dear- ly.|Come|
B/ >A/ G B | A/ >F/ D G/ F/ | E C A/ F/ | (G/>F/) D D |$ G G B, |"^(b)" C E B,/C/ | D c B | A G ||$
w: toll the bell come|toll the bell oh come|toll it loud and|eas- * i- ly|||||
G | B G B | A F D | E3/2 F/ G/E/ |"^(a) var." D/C/ B, D |$ G G B, | C B, B,/C/ | D c B | A G ||$
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G | B/>A/ G B | A/>F/ D G/F/ | E C A/F/ | G/>F/ D D |$ G G B, |"^(b) var." C B, B,/C/ | D c B |
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A G |]
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GB/6b/29 The Banks of Green Willow Version 4 of 4
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T:GB/6b/29 The Banks of Green Willow Version 4 of 4
T:The Merchant's Daughter [Bonnie Annie]
C:As sung in Aberdeenshire in his childhood
P:Noted by the Rev. J.K. Maconachie
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
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D | F2 D >D D2 E F |$ d2 e d B A2 A | d2 c >B A2 D >E |$ F2 A >F E D2 :|
w: There|was a rich mer- chant who|lived in Dum- bar- ton, And|he had a daugh- ter whose|name was called An- nie.|
w: Whose|name was called An- ie, whose|name was called An- nie, And|he had a daugh- ter whose|name was called An- nie.|