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Title
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Come, my lads, and let';s be jolly
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Singer
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Sawyer, David [Phoebus]
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Notes
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Note 1
Williams, Alfred: Ms / WGS / FSUT: ‘A second rate drinking song, that enjoyed great popularity. Obtained of David Sawyer, of Ogbourne and Henry Potter, Standlake, Oxfordshire.’
Note 2
In the manuscript both Verse 2 and Verse 5 are later additions.
Note 3
The chorus published in FSUT reads:
Why shouldn’t you and I agree?
Always keep good company;
Since we’ve met let’s merry be,
Because it is our holiday.
Note 4
The usual citation for this song is: WSHC: 2598/36 Packet 4 - Wiltshire: Williams, A: MS collection No Wt 438. The above text is taken from the original which is the citation given above.
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2014.
