On the Sign of an Old Wiltshire Inn

DESCRIPTION: "Come, my dear brother, let's comfort each other; There's whisky and gin, and brandy within; There's ale and good cider, that's fit for a king."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1923 (Williams-FolkSongsOfTheUpperThames)
KEYWORDS: drink nonballad brother
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Williams-FolkSongsOfTheUpperThames, p. 306, "On the Sign of an Old Wiltshire Inn" (1 text) (also Williams-Wiltshire-WSRO Wt 520)
Roud #22079
NOTES [35 words]: The current description is all of the Williams-FolkSongsOfTheUpperThames text. I included this just to have a complete record of Williams-FolkSongsOfTheUpperThames. Roud does not assign a number to this entry. - BS
Last updated in version 5.0
File: WT306B

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography