Harry the Tailor

DESCRIPTION: Harry seeks a wife. He tickles Dolly, the dairymaid. She shoves him into the well. The farmer hauls him out. He accused the farmer of knocking him in; the farmer throws buttermilk at him. He tells his mother "If this is your courtin', the devil take all"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1877 (Bell-Combined-EarlyBallads-CustomsBalladsSongsPeasantryEngland)
KEYWORDS: courting accusation abuse farming humorous mother
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (5 citations):
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "HARRY THE TAILOR"
Bell-Combined-EarlyBallads-CustomsBalladsSongsPeasantryEngland, p. 455, "Harry the Tailor" (1 text)
Williams-Wiltshire-WSRO Bk 8, "Harry the Tailor" (1 text)
Kennedy-FolksongsOfBritainAndIreland 131, "Harry the Tailor" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, HRRYTAIL*
Roud #1465
RECORDINGS:
Bill Westaway, "Harry the Tailor" (on FSBFTX13)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Friar in the Well" [Child 276] (plot)
File: K131

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