HAM/05/32/25	Worcestershire Wedding
HAM-02-237.gif	Hammond's field notes - tunes
HAM-01-688.gif	Hammond's field notes - words 1
HAM-01-689.gif	Hammond's field notes - words 2
HAM-05-065.gif	Purslow's transcription - tune
HAM-05-066.gif	Purslow's transcription - words
HAM-05-067.gif	Purslow's transcription - words - broadside
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HAM-02-237.gif	Hammond's field notes - tunes
[left of title:] Modal 529
[title:] 'An old Lady was clothèd in grey
[right of title:] Mrs Russell of Upwey
[after tune:] Words D VII p 6 [indistinct]

HAM-01-688.gif	Hammond's field notes - words 1
[opposite start of words, on verso leaf:]
See "Collection of Old Ballads" p. 230,
Where this ballad is given in full
under the Title of "The Worcestershire Wedding,
or Joy after Sorrow. To the tune of
"The kind Husband & Imperious Wife"
[recto:] [page hand numbered:] 69.
[above and left of title:] Tune 529
[above right end of title:] D.793
[title:] An old lady was clothèd in grey.
[right of title:] Russell
An old lady was clothèd in grey
 Whose daughter was charming & young
 Young Roger delude her away
 With his false & flattering tongue
Three guineas he gave her in hand
 He told her she must not dispute
 He brought her unto his command
And 'tis done & 'tis not to be helpt
 Fal the dal the diddle al
 Fal the dal diddle al day

Oh! what will you give me, hold hard,
 If I do take her from your hand
Will you make me a lord of the manor
 Likewise of your houses & land
Your barns & your stables also
 Bothe every wether and yeowe
If I do take her as my bride
 And speak up, if you will. Yes or No.
	Fal &c

Then the bargain it was soon made
 And the job it was soon done
The old woman whished them good luck
 And was proud with her daughter & son

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[on a page numbered:] 70
[above the title:] 529
[title:] An old lady &c continued
[right of the title:] Russell
So now for a girl or a boy
You see they are greater than duchess
The old woman wished them good luck
And she danced a fine jig on her crutches.
	Fal &c.

HAM-05-065.gif	Purslow's transcription - tune
[left of title:] 529.
[title:] Worcestershire Wedding.
[on a label under title:] D793
[right of label:] Mrs. Russell. Upwey.
[there is a symbol above the middle note of bar 17, and after the tune, the same sort of symbol, and some text:] :+: The [natural sign] has been added later in pencil. [initialled:] FEP

HAM-05-066.gif	Purslow's transcription - words
[on a label above the title:] D793  
THE WORCESTERSHIRE WEDDING.
Note-book D.VII. p.69. 		Mrs. Marina Russell,
					Upwey, Dorset.
					Jan/Feb. 1907.

An old lady was clothed in grey,
Whose daughter was charming and young,
Young Roger delude her away,
With his false flattering tongue,
Three guineas he gave her in hand,
He told her she must not dispute,
He brought her unto his command,
And 'tis done and 'tis not to be helpt.
	Fal the dal the diddle al,
	Fal the dal diddle al day.

Oh! what will you give me, hold hard,
If I do take her from your hand?
Will you make me a lord of the manor,
Likewise of your houses and land?
Your barns and your stables also,
Both every wether and yeowe,
If I do bake (sic) her as my bride
And speak up, if you will, Yes or No!.
	Fal &c.

Then the bargain it was soon made,
And the job it was soon done,
The old woman wished them good luck,
And was proud with her daughter and son,
So now for a girl or a boy,
You see they are greater than duchess,
The old woman wished them good luck
And she danced a fine jig on her crutches.
	Fal &c.

		- o - o - o -

See: "Collection of Old Ballads" p.250. where this
ballad is given in full under the title of "The
Worcestershire Wedding; or Joy after Sorrow." To
the tune of "The Kind Husband and Imperious Wife."
					H.E.D.H.

HAM-05-067.gif	Purslow's transcription - words - broadside
[above title, on the far right:] With Dt.793.
THE OID WOMAN CLOTHED IN GREY.
Broadside - no printer's name. Bod. 2806 c l8.

An old woman all clothed in grey,
Whose daughter was charming and young,
And she was deluded away,
By Roger's false flattering tongue;
With whom she so often had been,
Abroad in the meadows and fields,
Till her belly grew up to her chin,
And her spirits quite down to her heels.
At length she began to puke,
Her mother possessed with fear,
Straight gave her a gentle rebuke,
And said, Child, a word in your ear,
I hear you've been playing the fool,
Which some folks call hey ding a-ding,
Why did you not follow my rule,
And tie your two toes in a string?
But who is the father of it?
Tell me without further delay,
For now I am just in a fit,
To go and hear what he does say.
'Tis Roger, the damsel replied,
He called me his dear pretty bird,
He told me he'd make me a bride,
But he was not as good as his word.
What! Roger that lives at the mill?
Yes, verily, mother the same,
Of me he has had all his will.
I'll hop to him though I am lame.
Go fetch me my crutches with speed,
And bring me my spectacles, too,
A lecture to him I will read,
Shall ring in his ears through and through.
This said she went hopping away,
And came to young Hodge in the mill,
On whom she her crutches did lay,
Saying, You have ruined my poor girl,
In getting her dear maidenhead,
The truth you can no ways deny,
With her I advise you to wed,
And make her as honest as I.
But what will you give me? quoth Hodge,
If I'take her now off your hands.
You shall make me sole heir to your lodge,
Your money, your houses and land.
Your barns, your cattle and plows,
With every we(a)ther and ewe,
This done I will make her my spouse,
Speak up, are you willing or no?

[I don't know who failed to recognise the word "wether" n. Castrated ram. com.-Teut.: OE wedher ~ Oxford Concise Dict. - PJH]

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[surely, we were expected to get HAM-05-068.gif? - PJH]
[nonetheless, here is HAM-05-32-078.gif]
[above title, on label:] D797
Note-book D.VII. p.71.	Mrs. Marina Russell,
				Upwey, Dorset.
				Jan/Feb. 1907.
Since you say so, my dearest Nancy,
There is one thing more shall crown our breast, (?)
That's you and I'll be joined together,
And along with you I will take my rest,
	Then to church they did repair,
Which banished all their grief and care,
	Married they were together.

He waved his hat, she waved her fan,
Much like some goddess bright she stand,
Ready for to receive him.

[This material prepared by P J Headford, Nov 2010]