This will be a touch of amplification towards Brags, Amazing things, Lays, farcical news like Tom Share with-Information, Rumors Joan, Teague’s Ramble, Darby Ram, Red-herring, Wonderful Crocodile, Sow took the measles and you will she died regarding spring season, etcetera.
A tune regarding 1519 generally seems to use lines and you can parodies away from lines from dated sounds. It’s a good 'ballad' from Robin Bonnet sung because of the Ignorance into the 'The Interlude of Five Elements'. Robin Bonnet for the Barnesdale endured, And leant him right up until a great maple thistle; Upcoming showed up all of our Woman and you may sweet Saint Andrew; Sleepest thou, wakest thou, Geoffrey Coke? A hundred wintertime the water is actually strong, [The water are broad?] I can not let you know how greater. The guy got a great goose neck within his hands, And over water the guy ran. He kick off so you're able to a thistle most readily useful, And reduce your down an effective hollen pub. He heart attack brand new wren below the horns, [Cutty Wren?] You to fire popped out of the pig's end San juan girls are hot. Jack boy, is actually thy bow i-bankrupt? Otherwise hath any man complete this new wriguldy wrag? [prinkum prankum/ And put them in the good satchel! hinkum booby/ looby loo/ The guy plucked system regarding an excellent willow, hokey-pokey?] Wilkin are an archer an effective, And you can better you are going to deal with a spade; He took his curved bend in his hands, And set your down by flames. The guy got with your 60 bows and you will 10, An item of meats, another type of regarding bacon. Of all the wild birds for the merry The united kingdomt [.. birds you to ever before We select?] So merrily pipelines the new merry bottles. [.. water pipes the brand new jay] [end] O sleepst thou otherwise wakst thou Ieffery Cooke, brand new rost they burnes, turne round throughout the regarding the- 'Pammelia', 1609
Untitled ‘News’ out of Bassus , 1530 [I believe this is certainly a great medley out of track contours
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John Ashton rates just a bit of a belated content, “A strange and you may Wonderful Family members of your Old Lady who was drowned at the Ratcliffe Highway” in Ashton’s Chapbooks , p
Because the # 2013 from inside the Analytic Index Rollins have “The outdated Lady out-of Ratcliffe street, a layer from paper entitled”. This is inserted so you’re able to an effective ballad printer, however, Rollins located zero duplicate. It actually was after issued due to the fact good chapbook, is within prose, and is a nonsensical facts during the impossibilities. 273, 1882, 1966. And additionally for the Thomson’s Pepys’ Penny Merriments .
Zero ‘backwards’ when you look at the Collins’ “Paddy Bull’s Expedition,” You.S. II, p. 215. = “This new Irishman’s Visit London,” Paddy Whack’s Container Partner , 1791. Paddy’s Visit to London area – Once i took my deviation- The latest Shamrock or Hibernian Songster , p. 24, c 1808. There can be an excess regarding audio out-of Irishmen, Yorkshiremen, an such like, and you can “Ralph and Nell’s Ramble so you can Oxford” and the like with comic activities throughout the big city where things are backwards towards the ‘country yokels’ (possibly, very, truly the only sane ones), c 1780 -1830.