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My Jolly Waggoner, Drive On
[
Roud 1302
; Master title: My Jolly Waggoner, Drive On
; Ballad Index WT236
; Wiltshire
893
; trad.]
Bob and Gill Berry sang My Jolly Waggoner Drive On on their 2018 WildGoose CD Echoes of Alfred. They noted:
A fun little song from the singing of David Sawyer from Ogbourne St Andrew. It would seem that this song should actually be sung by the horse! A new tune from Bob brings the song to life as the horse tries to decide who he'd prefer as a master.
Lyrics
David Sawyer sings My Jolly Waggoner Drive On | Bob and Gill Berry sing My Jolly Waggoner Drive On |
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I won't have a carpenter, he's stingy with his chips; |
I won't have a carpenter, he's stingy with his chips; |
Chorus (after each verse): |
Chorus (after each verse): |
I won't have a blacksmith, his apron is so black; |
I won't have a blacksmith, his apron is so black; |
I won't have a cowman with a milk pail on his head; |
I won't have a cowman with his milk pail on his head; |
I won't have a shepherd that goes tending his flock; |
I won't have a shepherd that goes tending of his flock; |
I won't have a mower that goes mowing down the grass; |
I won't have a mower a-mowing down the grass; |
I won't have a reaper, to go reaping in the sun; |
I won't have a reaper a-reaping in the sun; |
I won't have a thresher with his sieve and his flail; |
I won't have a thresher with sieve and with flail; |
And a miller I'll have none of grinds on the stream; |
A miller I'll have none of that's grinding by the stream; |