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'''OH! MOTHER A HOOP.''' English, Air (6/8 time) and Country Dance Tune. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody appears under the same name in Wright's '''Country Dances'''. | '''OH! MOTHER A HOOP.''' AKA and see "Molly's Hoop." English, Air (6/8 time) and Country Dance Tune. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody appears under the same name in Wright's '''Country Dances''' ("[[Molly's Hoop]]"). The melody was was used in Cibber's '''Love in a Riddle''' (1729) for his song "What woman could do, I have tried, to be free,” and in several other ballad operas. | ||
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What a fine thing I have seen to-day, | ''What a fine thing I have seen to-day,''<br> | ||
Oh! Mother a hoop! | ''Oh! Mother a hoop!''<br> | ||
I must have one, you cannot say nay, | ''I must have one, you cannot say nay,''<br> | ||
Oh! Mother a hoop! | ''Oh! Mother a hoop!''<br> | ||
For husbands are gotten this way, to be sure, | ''For husbands are gotten this way, to be sure,''<br> | ||
Men's eyes and men's hearts they so neatly allure, | ''Men's eyes and men's hearts they so neatly allure,''<br> | ||
Oh! Mother a hoop! | ''Oh! Mother a hoop!''<br> | ||
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OH! MOTHER A HOOP. AKA and see "Molly's Hoop." English, Air (6/8 time) and Country Dance Tune. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody appears under the same name in Wright's Country Dances ("Molly's Hoop"). The melody was was used in Cibber's Love in a Riddle (1729) for his song "What woman could do, I have tried, to be free,” and in several other ballad operas.
What a fine thing I have seen to-day,
Oh! Mother a hoop!
I must have one, you cannot say nay,
Oh! Mother a hoop!
For husbands are gotten this way, to be sure,
Men's eyes and men's hearts they so neatly allure,
Oh! Mother a hoop!
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), 1859; p. 649-650. Scott (English Song Book), 1926; p. 46.
Recorded sources: