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Title
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Snail
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Singer
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Brown, B.A. Mrs.
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Notes
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Note 1
Williams, Alfred: Ms / WGS: 'We printed several lines of this a few weeks ago, and I stated the song was sung at Blunsdon by a very aged man. A correspondent, Mrs B A Brown, of Colesbourne, Gloucestershire, very kindly sends the complete copy as it was sung in her girlhood.'
Note 2
In Verse 3 the original text read:
Still, still still, still, in the darkness of night,
He stealeth away ere the morning light.
In Verse 4 Line 2 the original text read:
But the blackbird at last hath found him out.
In Verse 5 Line 2 the original text read:
Tap, tap, tap, tap, on the roof of his house,
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.
