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A Brisk Young Widow
Roud Folksong Index (S139596)

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In Chester town there lived a brisk young widow

Roud No

2438 [Search for 2438 in the current indexes]

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Source

Karpeles, Cecil Sharp Collection 2 (1974) pp.546-547

Performer

Radford, George

Place

England : Somerset : Bridgwater

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1905 (22 Aug)

Format

Printed : Book

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Text; Music

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Chester : Brisk young widow : Proper stout and tall : Comely dame : Farmer : Hat turned up all round : Proposes : She refuses : Wants a lively lad : Collier : Hat bent down : Wins her

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C.J. Sharp MS

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X5127

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Brisk Young Widow
Roud Folksong Index (S170710)

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In Chester town there lived a brisk young widow

Roud No

2438 [Search for 2438 in the current indexes]

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Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Words pp.664-666 / Folk Tunes p.582

Performer

Radford, George

Place

England : Somerset : Bridgwater

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1905 (22 Aug)

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X4675

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A Brisk Young Widow
Roud Folksong Index (S139598)

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First Line

In Chester town there lived a brisk young widow

Roud No

2438 [Search for 2438 in the current indexes]

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Sharp, Folk Songs from Somerset 3 (1906) pp.2-3

Performer

Radford, George

Place

England : Somerset : Bridgwater

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

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Printed : Book

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X5257

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A Brisk Young Widow
Roud Folksong Index (S139597)

4 of approx 6 results
First Line

In Chester town there lived a brisk young widow

Roud No

2438 [Search for 2438 in the current indexes]

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Source

Karpeles, Crystal Spring (1987) p.146

Performer

Radford, George

Place

England : Somerset : Bridgwater

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1905 (22 Aug)

Format

Printed : Book

Src Contents

Text; Music

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Performer characteristics

Male

Topics

Chester : Brisk young widow : Proper stout and tall : Comely dame : Farmer : Hat turned up all round : Proposes : She refuses : Wants a lively lad : Collier : Hat bent down : Wins her

Author / Composer

Named Tune

Notes

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Most texts in this work amended/completed, etc.

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C.J. Sharp MS

Roud Bib ref

X5128

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A Brisk Young Widow
Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/582)

5 of approx 6 results
First Line

In Chester town there lived a brisk young widow

Performer

Radford, George

Date collected

22 Aug 1905

Place

England : Somerset : Bridgwater

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Roud No

2438 [Search for 2438 in the current indexes]

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FW 664-666 / FT 582

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Frag. text; Music

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Notes

Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Words pp.664-666 / Folk Tunes p.582

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Clare College, Cambridge

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Folk Tunes

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Date extant
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Brisk Young Widow
Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/9/664)

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First Line

In Chester town there lived a brisk young widow

Performer

Radford, George

Date collected

22 Aug 1905

Place

England : Somerset : Bridgwater

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Roud No

2438 [Search for 2438 in the current indexes]

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Alt Ref No

FW 664-666 / FT 582

Format

Manuscript

Type

Song

Subtype

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Text

Named Tune

Child No

Laws No

Notes

Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Words pp.664-666 / Folk Tunes p.582

Author / Composer

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Clare College, Cambridge

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Folk Words

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Date extant
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  Brisk young Widow
  
  In Chester Town there lived
  
  A brisk young widow
  
  For beauty and fine clothes
  
  None could excel her
  
  She was proper stout & tall
  
  Her fingers long & small
  
  She's a comely dame withal
  
  She's a brisk young widow.
  
  At length of all there came
  
  A Brisk young farmer
  
  With his hat turned up all round
  
  Thinking to gain her
  
  Saying O madam 'tis for you
  
  This wide world I'll go 'thro'
  
  If that you'll prove true
  
  If you'll wed a farmer.
- t
  
  She says I'm not for you
  
  Nor no such fellow
  
  I am for a lively lad
  
  That hath got riches
  
  Its not your hogs nor yows
  
  Can maintain furbelows
  
  Besides all my fine clothes
  
  That's all my glory.
  
  O Madam don't be coy
  
  In all your glory
  
  For fear of another another day
  
  Another story
  
  If the world on you should frown
  
  Your top knot must come down
  
  To a linsey wolsey gown
  
  In all your glory.
- t
  
  At last of all there came
  
  A sooty collier
  
  With his hat bent down all round
  
  And soon did gain her
  
  Which mad the farmer swear
  
  The widow's 'mazed I'm sure
  
  I'll never go no more
  
  Courting a widow.
  
  George Radford. Bridgwater. Aug [August] 22nd. 1905.
  
  (582)
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Brisk young Widow

In Chester Town there lived

A brisk young widow

For beauty and fine clothes

None could excel her

She was proper stout & tall

Her fingers long & small

She's a comely dame withal

She's a brisk young widow.

At length of all there came

A Brisk young farmer

With his hat turned up all round

Thinking to gain her

Saying O madam 'tis for you

This wide world I'll go 'thro'

If that you'll prove true

If you'll wed a farmer.
She says I'm not for you

Nor no such fellow

I am for a lively lad

That hath got riches

Its not your hogs nor yows

Can maintain furbelows

Besides all my fine clothes

That's all my glory.

O Madam don't be coy

In all your glory

For fear of another another day

Another story

If the world on you should frown

Your top knot must come down

To a linsey wolsey gown

In all your glory.
At last of all there came

A sooty collier

With his hat bent down all round

And soon did gain her

Which mad the farmer swear

The widow's 'mazed I'm sure

I'll never go no more

Courting a widow.

George Radford. Bridgwater. Aug [August] 22nd. 1905.

(582)

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Roud Folksong Index (S139596)

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Roud Folksong Index (S170710)

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Roud Folksong Index (S139598)

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Roud Folksong Index (S139597)

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Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/582)

Brisk Young Widow
Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/9/664)