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Title
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T stands for Thomas
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Singer
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Unknown
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Notes
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Note 1
Williams, Alfred: Ms: 'A quaint old song, composed by one who, whatever other qualifications he might have possessed, was never a naturalist, or he would not have wished to climb up to the highest tree top to rob the cuckoo's nest. Obtained of Robert King, Castle Eaton, Also heard at Bishopstone.'
Williams, Alfred: WGS: 'A quaint old song, composed by one who, whatever other qualifications he might have possessed, was never a naturalist, or he would not have wished to climb up to the highest tree top to rob the cuckoo's nest. Obtained of Robert King, Castle Eaton, Heard also at Bishopstone.'
Note 2
This song appears in the manuscript collection and in the Bathe / Clissold index as 'T stands for Thomas' but appears in WGS under the title 'As I walked out one May morning. Andrew Bathe uses both forms of the title in his thesis, p 311, [T] and pages 447 and 508 [A], without apparently linking the two forms of the name.
Note 3
In WGS there is an additional verse:
Verse 3
Come, sit you down all by my side,
On the grass that grows so green,
For it's past three quarters of a year,
Since together you and I have been.
The subsequent verses being numbered appropriately.
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.
