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Title
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Here's away to the downs
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Singer
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Ash, George
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Notes
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Note 1
Williams, Alfred: Ms / WGS: This very old hunting song I discovered at Ampney Crucis. It was sung by a shepherd, who learned it when he was young, of an aged Morris dancer, near Cirencester. I am not sure whether the fox or hare is intended in the sport and there a few words in the piece which I do not quite understand. The song is a good one, nevertheless: I have not heard it elsewhere. Copy of George Ash, Ampney Crucis.
Williams, Alfred: FSUT: 'This very old hunting song I discovered at Ampney Crucis. It was sung by a shepherd, who learned it when he was young, of an aged Morris dancer, near Cirencester. There a few words in the piece which I do not quite understand. The song is a good one, nevertheless: I have not heard it elsewhere. Copy of George Ash, Ampney Crucis.
Note 2
Williams originally had a chorus:
Chorus
Fol the rol the riddle rol the day
Note 3
In Verse 2 Line 3 the WGS text read:
Three little beauties winding in a ring.
Note 4
There are minor punctuation differences between the Ms and printed versions.
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.
