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Title
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Two babes in the wood
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Singer
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Harvey, Henry [Wassail]
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Notes
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Williams, Alfred: Ms: 'Formerly a great favourite with the old men throughout the Thames Vale. I have heard it at Cricklade, Castle Eaton, Black Bourton and Brize Norton, though I have not found it sung by any young or middle aged people. At Castle Eaton it was sung by the aged members of the King Family, who employed delightful vernacular, and always pronounced wood as 'yood'. Words obtained of the late Wassail Harvey of Cricklade and Fred Falconer, Black Bourton, Oxfordshire.'
Williams, Alfred: WGS: 'Formerly a great favourite with the old men throughout the Thames Vale. I have heard it at Castle Eaton, Black Bourton and Brize Norton, though I have not found it sung by any young or middle aged people. At Castle Eaton it was sung by the aged members of the King Family, who employed delightful vernacular, and always pronounced wood as 'yood'. Words obtained of the late Wassail Harvey of Cricklade and Fred Falconer, Black Bourton, Oxfordshire.'
Williams, Alfred: FSUT: 'Formerly a great favourite with the old men throughout the Thames Vale. I have heard it at Castle Eaton, Black Bourton and Brize Norton, though I have not found it sung by any young or middle aged people. At Castle Eaton it was sung by the aged members of the King Family, who employed delightful vernacular, and always pronounced wood as 'yood'. Words of Fred Falconer, Black Bourton, Oxfordshire.'
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.
