Here comes a lusty wooer, My a dildin, my a daldin; Here comes a lusty wooer, Lily bright and shine-a! Pray, who do you woo? My a dildin, my a daldin, Pray, who do you woo? Lily bright and shine-a! I woo your fairest daughter, My a dildin, my a daldin; I woo your fairest daughter; Lily bright and shine-a! Then there she is for you, My a dildin, my a daldin; Then there she is for you, Lily bright and shine-a!
Songs of wonder
Song Cycle by Geoffrey Bush (1920 - 1998)
1. Here comes a lusty wooer  [sung text checked 1 time]
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. Polly Pillicote  [sung text checked 1 time]
Down in yonder meadow where the green grass grows Pretty Polly Pillicote bleaches her clothes; She sang, she sang, she sang, O so sweet, She sang O come over, O come over, across the street. He kissed her, he kissed her, he bought her a gown, A gown of rich cramasie out of the town; He bought her a gown and a guinea gold ring, A guinea, a guinea, a guinea, a guinea gold ring. Down in yonder meadow where the green grass grows Pretty Polly Pillicote bleaches her clothes; She sang, she sang, she sang, O so sweet, She sang O come over, O come over, across the street.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]3. The wonder of wonders  [sung text checked 1 time]
I saw a peacock with a fiery tail, I saw a blazing comet drop down hail, I saw a cloud with ivy curled around, I saw a sturdy oak creep on the ground, I saw a pismire swallow up a whale, I saw a raging sea brim full of ale! I saw a Venice glass sixteen foot deep, I saw a well full of mens' tears that weep, I saw their eyes all in a flame of fire, I saw a [horse high]1 as the moon and higher, I saw the [sun at twelve o'clock at]2 night, I saw the man [who]3 saw this wondrous sight!
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- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , written c1665, published in Westminster-Drollery, Or a Choice Collection of the Newest Songs & Poems Both at Court & Theaters, first published 1671
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Bachlund: "house, as big"
2 Bachlund: "sun, even in the midst of"
3 Bachlund: "that"
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4. Old Abram Brown  [sung text checked 1 time]
Old Abram Brown is dead and gone, You'll never see him more. He used to wear a long brown coat That button'd up before, And on his feet two silver shoon And buckles by the score. Old Abram Brown is dead and gone. Never, never, never more.
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- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , from Tom Tiddler's Ground, ed. by Walter de la Mare
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]5. The little nut‑tree  [sung text checked 1 time]
I had a little nut-tree,
[Nothing]1 would it bear
But a silver nutmeg
And a golden pear;
The King of Spain's daughter
[Came]2 to visit me,
And all for the sake
Of my little nut-tree.
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- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , written <<1797
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "Ik had een notenboompje", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book, 1955.
1 Bush, Real: "And nothing"2 Bush: "She came"
3 Real:
I danced over the sea But all the birds of the air, They couldn’t catch me.
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Lidy van Noordenburg