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As Tom Was A-Walking. An Ancient Cornish Song |
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Title: As Tom Was A-Walking. An Ancient Cornish Song Author: Anonymous (Poetry's author) [More Titles by Anonymous (Poetry's author)] [This song, said to be translated from the Cornish, 'was taken down,' says Mr. Sandys, 'from the recital of a modern Corypheus, or leader of a parish choir,' who assigned to it a very remote, but indefinite, antiquity.] But Mal stamped along, and appeared to be shy, 'Tom Treloar,' cried out Mal, 'I'll nothing do wi' 'ee, 'As for Fanny Trembaa, I ne'er taalked wi' her twice, Says Mal, 'Tom Treloar, ef that be the caase,
Footnote: {1} A fig newly gathered from the tree; so called to distinguish it from a grocer's, or preserved fig. [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |