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Title
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Arthur O'Bradley o
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Singer
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Poole, Walter James
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
Twas on the twenty ninth of May,
The pretty maidens they did say
A Maypole they would have,
And one that was fine and brave;
So sallybub they brought up,
That everyone might sup -
'And I'll drink out of my cup,
For my name it is Arthur O'Bradley O.'
Verse 2
So Arthur a-courting went
Against his friends' consent,
And a sweetheart he would have,
And one that was fine and brave:
His sweetheart had one eye,
Her nose was all awry,
She'd a mouth from ear to ear,
And teeth as rotten as a pear,
And her name was draggle tailed Dorothy O.
Verse 3
The old woman squeaked and cried,
And called her daughter aside,
Saying - 'Daughter, you need not fear;
You are too young in years.'
'Peace, mother,' said she,
'Don't trouble your head about me,
I'll speak to a young man or two,
Besides my Arthur O'Bradley O.'
Verse 4
'Get out, old woman,' said he,
'I'll have as good as she.
When Death my father does call,
He straight will leave me all:
Barrels and bucket and broom,
A dozen of old wooden spoons,
Besides a rack and a reel,
And the rim of an old spinning wheel.
Verse 5
A cheese rat and a cheese ladder,
And two jem locks together,
A cart nail and a whimble,
A pack needle and a thimble,
And the last to fall to my lot,
A jolly old mustard pot;
A dozen of brassen buttons
Tied on a leather string,
Two left handed mills,
And a jolly old curtain ring.
Verse 6
Then a wedding we will have,
And one that is fine and brave;
We'll invite our neighbours round,
One out of every town.
There's old Mother Cobb in a cobble,
And old Mother Wobb in a wobble,
And in came neighbour Reef,
And he laid on upon beef;
And in came neighbour Sutton,
And he laid on upon mutton;
In come neighbour Stork,
And he laid on upon pork;
In came Stephen Ball,
With the round of his rump before,
And in came industrious Will,
Ready to eat his fill,
At the wedding of Arthur O'Bradley O.
