Notes

Title
Of all the brave birds
Singer
Bond, Mary Mrs.
Notes
Note 1

Williams, Alfred: Ms / WGS: 'I first heard this at Aston, afterwards at Inglesham, and finally obtained the complete words of Mrs M. Bond, Quenington. The piece is very old, and does not rank with the ordinary folk ballad.'

Williams, Alfred: FSUT: 'I first heard this at Aston, afterwards at Inglesham, and finally obtained the complete words of Mrs Bond, Quenington. The piece is very old.'

Note 2

The WGS text for Verse 2 is:

Tu whit, tu whoo.
To whom drink'st thou?
The song is well sung,
I'll make thee a vow,
And he is a knave who drinketh now.

Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.