'''WE'RE A' DRY WI' DRINKING.''' Northumbrian. The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800. There is a nursury rhyme dating from the first half of the 19th century that goes:
'''WE'RE A' DRY WI' DRINKING.''' Northumbrian. The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800. There is a nursury rhyme dating from at least the early 19th century that goes:
<blockquote>[[File:alldry.jpg|300px|thumb|right|An illustration of the rhyme from Harry's Ladder of Learning (1850)]]
<blockquote>[[File:alldry.jpg|300px|thumb|right|An illustration of the rhyme from Harry's Ladder of Learning (1850)]]
''We're all dry with drinking on't,''<br>
''We're all dry with drinking on't,''<br>
Line 9:
Line 9:
''And I can't sleep for thinking on't.''<br>
''And I can't sleep for thinking on't.''<br>
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The song [Roud 13581] can be found in '''Gammer Gurton's Garland''' (1810, p. 12) and similar collections of songs and nursury rhymes.
WE'RE A' DRY WI' DRINKING. Northumbrian. The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800. There is a nursury rhyme dating from at least the early 19th century that goes:
An illustration of the rhyme from Harry's Ladder of Learning (1850)
We're all dry with drinking on't, We're all dry with drinking on't; The piper kiss'd the fiddler's wife, And I can't sleep for thinking on't.
The song [Roud 13581] can be found in Gammer Gurton's Garland (1810, p. 12) and similar collections of songs and nursury rhymes.
