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|f_annotation='''NOBODY COMING TO MARRY ME.''' English, Scottish; Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Composed by Mr. Cooke | |f_annotation='''NOBODY COMING TO MARRY ME.''' AKA - "There’s Nobody Comes to Marry Me." English, Scottish; Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Composed by Mr. Cooke. The song [Roud 846] was performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in the early 19th century. | ||
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''When I was a smart young girl''<br> | |||
''Of fifteen or sixteen years old''<br> | |||
''Oh then I had plenty of suitors''<br> | |||
''But now there(sic) grown wonderous (sic) cold.''<br> | |||
<br> | |||
Cho:<br> | |||
''Oh what will become of me''<br> | |||
''Oh what shall I do''<br> | |||
''Nobody coming to marry me''<br> | |||
''Nobody coming to woo''<br> | |||
''Nobody coming to woo.''<br> | |||
<br> | |||
''My father's a hedger and ditcher''<br> | |||
''My mother does nothing but spin''<br> | |||
''I once was a pretty young Maid''<br> | |||
''But the money comes slowly in.''<br> | |||
<br> | |||
''Last night when the Dogs did bark''<br> | |||
''I went to the door to see''<br> | |||
''And every Lass had a spark''<br> | |||
''But no one came to me.''<br> | |||
<br> | |||
''Oh dear how shocking the thought''<br> | |||
''that all my beauty must fade''<br> | |||
''I am sure it is not my fault''<br> | |||
''That I must die an old Maid.''<br> | |||
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I sharp-eyed poster to Mudcat noticed a thematic connection with "Slighted Nansy" in Allan Ramsay's '''Tea-Table Miscellany''' (set to the tune of "The Kirk wad let me be"). However, the song has numerous variants of both words and title, including "My Father’s a (Hedger and Ditcher)" and "Seven Braw Gown." | |||
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|f_printed_sources=William Cahusac ('''The German Flute Preceptor'''), c. 1814; p. 13. Manson ('''Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book, vol. 2'''), 1846, p. 41. Edward Riley ('''Riley's Flute Melodies vol. 1'''), New York, 1814; No. 290, p. 79. | |f_printed_sources=William Cahusac ('''The German Flute Preceptor'''), c. 1814; p. 13. Manson ('''Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book, vol. 2'''), 1846, p. 41. Edward Riley ('''Riley's Flute Melodies vol. 1'''), New York, 1814; No. 290, p. 79. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:18, 14 March 2024
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NOBODY COMING TO MARRY ME. AKA - "There’s Nobody Comes to Marry Me." English, Scottish; Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Composed by Mr. Cooke. The song [Roud 846] was performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in the early 19th century.
When I was a smart young girl
Of fifteen or sixteen years old
Oh then I had plenty of suitors
But now there(sic) grown wonderous (sic) cold.
Cho:
Oh what will become of me
Oh what shall I do
Nobody coming to marry me
Nobody coming to woo
Nobody coming to woo.
My father's a hedger and ditcher
My mother does nothing but spin
I once was a pretty young Maid
But the money comes slowly in.
Last night when the Dogs did bark
I went to the door to see
And every Lass had a spark
But no one came to me.
Oh dear how shocking the thought
that all my beauty must fade
I am sure it is not my fault
That I must die an old Maid.
I sharp-eyed poster to Mudcat noticed a thematic connection with "Slighted Nansy" in Allan Ramsay's Tea-Table Miscellany (set to the tune of "The Kirk wad let me be"). However, the song has numerous variants of both words and title, including "My Father’s a (Hedger and Ditcher)" and "Seven Braw Gown."
