Barley Straw (II), The

DESCRIPTION: "As Jan was hurrying down the lane, He met his sweetheart Kit." He is going to the barn, and asks her to help him thresh. He then asks her to marry. They have many children, who also work at the threshing
AUTHOR: H. Fleetwood Sheppard
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd)
KEYWORDS: love farming marriage children
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd, #98, "The Barley Straw" (1 text, 1 tune, the text not being traditional)
NOTES [51 words]: This is another case of Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd inflicting a "decorous" modern text on a traditional tune. I would guess that the original text was "Davy Faa (Remember the Barley Straw)," but we can't be sure. I think we CAN be sure that the original was better than the bowdlerization. - RBW
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File: BGSW098

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