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Title
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Twankydillo
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Singer
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Hinder, Samuel [Sam]
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Notes
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Note 1
Williams, Alfred: Ms: 'A very old blacksmith's song. It probably dates from the seventeenth century, if it is not earlier, and it figures in several collections. I first heard it at Hinton Parva, on the edge of the Wiltshire Downs. I also met with it at Crudwell. In each case it was sung by the son of a blacksmith; the first version by John Johnson of Hinton Parva; and the second and more complete by Sam Hinder, of Crudwell, Wiltshire.'
Williams, Alfred: WGS: 'A very old blacksmith's song. It probably dates from the seventeenth century, if it is not earlier, and it figures in several collections. I first heard it at Hinton Parva, on the edge of the Wiltshire Downs. I also met with it at Crudwell. In each case it was given me by the son of a blacksmith; the first version by John Johnson of Hinton Parva; and the second and more complete by Sam Hinder, of Crudwell, Wiltshire.'
Williams, Alfred: FSUT: 'A very old blacksmith's song. It probably dates from the seventeenth century, if it is not earlier, and it figures in several collections. I first heard it at Hinton Parva, on the edge of the Wiltshire Downs. I also met with it at Crudwell. In each case it was sung by the son of a blacksmith. Version by Sam Hinder, of Crudwell, Wiltshire.'
Note 2
The Hinton Parva version lacks the final verse of this one, and in the chorus, instead of a 'Roaring pair of bagpipes' etc., we find 'He that drinks strong beer is a hearty good fellow' and 'He that likes a pretty girl is a hearty good fellow'.
Note 3
Hinton Parva is in the civil parish of Bishopstone.
Note 4
The recording differs from the printed text of the chorus in the third line to fit the music, the tune is the common one.
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2011.
