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Title
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Old Adam
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Singer
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Barrett, Alfred [Tibby]
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Notes
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Williams, Alfred: Ms / WGS: 'There exist several ancient songs concerning Adam and Eve, of which this is the best. The writer of 'Old Adam' was no common scribbler of ballads, but one endued with a sense of literary style, and gifted with imagination. The song is not often met with. I have only heard it at Highworth, where it was sung by an old blacksmith, of Sevenhampton, named Barrett. Obtained of 'Tibby' Barrett, the mat maker.'
Williams, Alfred: FSUT: 'There exist several ancient songs concerning Adam and Eve, of which this is the best. The writer of 'Old Adam' was no common scribbler of ballads, but one endued with a sense of literary style, and gifted with imagination. The song is not often met with. I have only heard it at Highworth, where it was sung by an old blacksmith, of Sevenhampton, named Barrett.
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.
