Cottage Well-Thatched with Straw, The

DESCRIPTION: An old farmer envies no one "while I have home-brewed, brown bread, and a cottage well-thatched with straw." His father built it with money he earned. The farmer turns no one away from his door before giving him brown bread and home-brewed beer.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd)
KEYWORDS: home drink food farming nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "COTTAGE WELL THATCHED WITH STRAW, THE"
Williams-FolkSongsOfTheUpperThames, pp. 154-155, "The Cottage Well-Thatched with Straw" (1 text) (also Williams-Wiltshire-WSRO Ox 203)
Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd, #34, "The Cottage Thatched with Straw" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1270
File: WT154

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