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Title
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Parson and the sucking pig
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Singer
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Morgan, Daniel
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Notes
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Note 1
Williams, Alfred: Ms / WGS / FSUT: 'A humorous old song telling of how the parson went to take his tithe in the shape of a sucking pig, and relating the unfortunate issue of the adventure. The story was widely known. Old Elijah, of Inglesham, remembers that in his boyhood he had seen a picture in which were represented the parson in the act of grabbing at the young porker, and the sow running at him open mouthed. Obtained of Daniel Morgan, Braydon Wood Lane.'
Note 2
Verse 4 is omitted from the WGS text.
Note 3
The tune for this song was collected by John Baldwin from John Morgan of South Marston, a descendant of Daniel Morgan from whom Williams collected the words. The Baldwin material is held by the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds. An earlier transcription, by Julia Bishop, of the tune appears in Andrew Bathe's thesis, Pedalling in the dark, a copy of which is held in the Vaughan-Williams Memorial Library, run by the EFDSS. The transcription given here is a revision made in 2010 by the same Julia Bishop whom I thank for the revision and the permission to publish. The copyright in the tune rests with her. At the time of writing, January 2011, Julia Bishop is a Research Fellow, Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen.
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.
