“Skipper's Wedding, the”

Description

"Good neighbours, I'm come for to tell you, Our skipper and Moll's to be wed; And if it be true what they're saying, Egad, we'll be rarely fed." The available foods are listed, as are the odd characters who will be present

Supplemental text

Skipper's Wedding, the
  Partial text(s)

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From Stokoe/Reay, Songs and Ballads of Northern England, pp. 24-26.

Good neighbours, I'm come for to tell you,
  Our skipper and Moll's to be wed;
And if it be true what they're saying,
  Egad, we'll be rarely fed.
They've brought home a shoulder of mutton,
  Besides two thumping fat geese;
And when at the fire they're roasting,
  We're all to have sops in the grease.
      Blind Willy's to play on the fiddle.

(8 additional stanzas)

Cross references

• cf. "The Blythesome Bridal" (theme) and references there
• cf. "The Night Before Larry Was Stretched" (tune)

References

1. Stokoe/Reay, pp. 24-26, "The Skipper's Wedding" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. ST StoR024 (Partial)
3. Roud #2620
4. BI, StoR024