You lads and you lasses that live at long let

DMI number:

12087

First Line:

You lads and you lasses that live at long let

Last Line:

Let him first make a better or kiss my bum fiddle | Derry down down and hey derry down

Poem Genre / Form:

Ballad, Quatrain aabb, and Song with refrain

Themes:

Music[fiddle]

Related People

Author:

Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill]

Confidence:

Speculation (10%)

Comments:

'Uncertain attribution' c. f. Keith.

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First Line:

Ye lads and ye lasses that live at Longleat

Last Line:

He must first make a better or kiss my bum-fiddle | Sing down down hey Derry-down

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First Line:

Ye lads and ye lasses that live at Longleat

Last Line:

He must first make a better or kiss my bumfiddle

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First Line:

Ye lads and ye lasses that live at Longleat

Last Line:

He must first make a better or kiss this bum fiddle

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Content/Publication

Title:

A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [Vol III] [2nd ed] [ESTC N395]

Page No(s):

pp.233-235

Poem Title:

XLIII. The Fiddle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

Title:

A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [Vol III] [ESTC N940]

Page No(s):

pp.233-235

Poem Title:

The Fiddle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

Title:

A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant... Vol. III. [N941]

Page No(s):

pp.233-235

Poem Title:

The Fiddle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed