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Title
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Dick of Taunton Dene
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Singer
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Rumble, Fanny Mrs.
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
Last New Year's Eve, as I've heard say,
Young Richard he mounted his nobbin grey,
And strolling off from Taunton Dean,
To court the parson's daughter Jane.
Chorus
For it's dumble dum dollicky, dumble dum day.
Verse 2
So Dick rode along without any fear,
Till he come to the home of his own sweet dear,
And up and shouted, 'Hip, Hoo, Hoe!
Be the folks at home? Say yes or no.'
Chorus
Verse 3
So the servants are quickly let Dick in,
That he his courting might begin,
So Dick he strode into the hall,
And loudly banished the steward he did bawl.
Chorus
Verse 4
So Miss Jane come down without delay,
To hear what Dick had got for to say,
'And it's I suppose you know, Miss Jane,
That I am Richard from Taunton Dene.
Chorus
Verse 5
For I can reap and I can mow,
For I can plough and I can sow,
And I goes to market with father's hay,
An' earns me nine pence every day.'
Chorus
Verse 6
'Oh, nine pence a day will never do,
For I must have silks and satins too.
'Twill never do for you and I,'
'Oh, come,' says Dick, 'we can but try.
Chorus
Verse 7
For we got a gert fat pig in the sty,
It'll be left to me when Granny do die,
And if you'll consent to marry me now,
Why father'll give us his old fat sow.'
Chorus
Verse 8
So Dick's compliments were so polite,
That he won Miss Jane before 't were night,
And when he's got no more for to say,
He give her a kiss and he comed away.
