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Title
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Cuckoo
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Singer
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Barnett, Alice Mrs.
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Notes
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Note 1
Williams, Alfred: Ms: 'I have been waiting to hear a song about the cuckoo for a very long while. I am certain it was sung about the upper Thames. When I heard the opening of this piece I felt sure I had at least met with it, but I was disappointed. Nevertheless, the song is very quaint, and pretty and I am pleased with the words. Obtained of Mrs Alice Barnett, Quenington, late of Ablington.'
Williams, Alfred: WGS: 'I have been waiting to hear a song about the cuckoo for a long while. I am certain it was sung about the upper Thames. When I heard the opening of this piece I felt sure I had at least met with it, but I was disappointed. Nevertheless, the song is very quaint, and pretty and I am pleased with the words. Obtained of Mrs Alice Barnett, Quenington, late of Ablington.'
Note 2
There is a note in another hand saying: 'Copy of M/S found in Packet 23.'
In Verse 2 Line 4 the original text read:
I'll see him by and by
Verse 6 has been added later by Williams.
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.
