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Title
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Twas of three jolly Welshmen
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Singer
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Iles, Elijah
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
'Twas of three jolly Welshmen, as I have heard them say,
And they went out a-hunting on good Saint David's day;
They whooped and they holloaed, but nothing could they find,
But a broken plough stuck in the ground, and that they left behind.
The first man said it was a wooden horse,
The next man he said, 'Nay',
The third he said it was a windmill,
And the vanes were blown away.
Verse 2
'Twas of three jolly Welshmen, as I have heard them say,
And they went out a-hunting on good Saint David's day;
They whooped and they holloaed, but nothing could they find,
But an owl up in the ivy, and that they left behind.
The first man said it was a shepherd's house,
The next man he said, 'Nay',
The third he said it was an old man,
And his beard was turning grey.
Verse 3
'Twas of three jolly Welshmen, as I have heard them say,
And they went out a-hunting on good Saint David's day;
They whooped and they holloaed, but nothing could they find,
But a shepherd's house all by a wood, and that they left behind.
The first man said it was a shepherd's house,
The next man he said, 'Nay',
The third man said 'twas an old black hut,
And the thatch was blown away.
Verse 4
'Twas of three jolly Welshmen, as I have heard them say,
And they went out a-hunting on good Saint David's day;
They whooped and they holloaed, but nothing could they find,
But a milestone underneath the hedge, and that they left behind.
The first man said it was a milestone,
The next man he said, 'Nay',
The third he said it was an old hare,
And his legs had run away.
Verse 5
'Twas of three jolly Welshmen, as I have heard them say,
And they went out a-hunting on good Saint David's day;
They whooped and they holloaed, but nothing could they find,
But a hedgehog in an open field, and that they left behind.
The first man said it was a hedgehog,
The next man he said, 'Nay',
The third man said it was a pin cushion,
With the pins stuck in the wrong way.
