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God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
Roud Folksong Index (S146314)

1 of approx 12 results
First Line

God bless you merry gentlemen

Roud No

394 [Search for 394 in the current indexes]

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Source

Karpeles, Cecil Sharp Collection 2 pp.456-457 (version b)

Performer

Ison, Tom

Place

England : Cambridgeshire : Ely

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1911 (12 Sep)

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Printed : Book

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C.J. Sharp MS

Roud Bib ref

X5127

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The Green Mossy Banks Of The Lea
Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/2668)

2 of approx 12 results
First Line

Performer

Ison, Tom

Date collected

12 Sep 1911

Place

England : Cambridgeshire : Ely

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Roud No

987 [Search for 987 in the current indexes]

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FT 2668

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Laws O15

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Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Tunes p.2668

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Clare College, Cambridge

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God Bless You Merry Gentlemen
Roud Folksong Index (S176417)

3 of approx 12 results
First Line

God bless you merry gentlemen

Roud No

394 [Search for 394 in the current indexes]

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Source

Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Tunes p.2669

Performer

Ison, Tom

Place

England : Cambridgeshire : Ely

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1911 (12 Sep)

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Roud Bib ref

X4675

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The Flood
Roud Folksong Index (S175401)

4 of approx 12 results
First Line

When Noah was the man and in the ark he stand

Roud No

13228 [Search for 13228 in the current indexes]

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Source

Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Tunes p.2672

Performer

Ison, Tom

Place

England : Cambridgeshire : Ely

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1911 (12 Sep)

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The Cobbler and the Goose
Roud Folksong Index (S172007)

5 of approx 12 results
First Line

There was an old cobbler lived at York

Roud No

2421 [Search for 2421 in the current indexes]

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Source

Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Tunes p.2670

Performer

Ison, Tom

Place

England : Cambridgeshire : Ely

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1911 (12 Sep)

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X4675

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God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
Roud Folksong Index (S146315)

6 of approx 12 results
First Line

God bless you merry gentlemen

Roud No

394 [Search for 394 in the current indexes]

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Source

Karpeles, Crystal Spring p.114

Performer

Ison, Tom

Place

England : Cambridgeshire : Ely

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1911 (12 Sep)

Format

Printed : Book

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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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Green Mossy Banks of the Lee
Roud Folksong Index (S177049)

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Roud No

987 [Search for 987 in the current indexes]

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Laws O15

Source

Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Tunes p.2668

Performer

Ison, Tom

Place

England : Cambridgeshire : Ely

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1911 (12 Sep)

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[Date of collection surmised from adjacent pages]

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X4675

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The Flood
Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/2672)

8 of approx 12 results
First Line

When Noah was the man and in the ark he stand

Performer

Ison, Tom

Date collected

12 Sep 1911

Place

England : Cambridgeshire : Ely

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Roud No

13228 [Search for 13228 in the current indexes]

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FT 2672

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Child No

Laws No

Notes

Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Tunes p.2672. Note by Cecil Sharp 'Sung by an old woman to Tom when he was a boy. A very long song but the above verse all that he c[oul]d remember'

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Clare College, Cambridge

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The Cobbler And The Goose
Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/2670)

9 of approx 12 results
First Line

There was an old cobbler lived at York

Performer

Ison, Tom

Date collected

12 Sep 1911

Place

England : Cambridgeshire : Ely / England : Cambridgeshire : Fulbourn

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Roud No

2421 [Search for 2421 in the current indexes]

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FT 2670

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Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Tunes p.2670. Note by Cecil Sharp 'Learned this at Fulborne [Fulbourn], 5 miles from Cambridge, his native place'

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Clare College, Cambridge

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God Bless You Merry Gentlemen
Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/2669)

10 of approx 12 results
First Line

God bless you merry gentlemen

Performer

Ison, Tom

Date collected

12 Sep 1911

Place

England : Cambridgeshire : Ely

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Roud No

394 [Search for 394 in the current indexes]

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FT 2669

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Child No

Laws No

Notes

Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Tunes p.2669. Note by Cecil Sharp 'Often went round from house to house singing this. Sang only this one carol at farm-house etc., no others'

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Clare College, Cambridge

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The Cobbler and the Goose
Roud Folksong Index (S140903)

11 of approx 12 results
First Line

There was an old cobbler lived at York

Roud No

2421 [Search for 2421 in the current indexes]

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Source

Karpeles, Cecil Sharp Collection 2 pp.372-373

Performer

Ison, Tom

Place

England : Cambridgeshire : Ely

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1911 (12 Sep)

Format

Printed : Book

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Cobbler : York : Wife : Needlework : Fal de ral chorus : Goose : Got loose : Cobbler chases goose : Fell in river : Lost goose but got a duck in the river

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C.J. Sharp MS

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X5127

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