 | Ballads, English - 1834 - 480 pages
...flaxen-headed cow-boy, as simple as may be, The next a merry plough-boy that whistled — Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he ; He call'd forThe lase of Patty's mill, so bonny, blithe, and gay, And, in spite of all my skill, she stole... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Christian life - 1836 - 204 pages
...riotous song, Old king Cole was a jolly old soul, And a jolly old soul, was he, was he; Ho called for bis pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers, three. I stood, for a moment, upon the stairs, and looked in upon this scene of revelry — upon this band... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot ABBOTT - Christian life - 1837 - 184 pages
...bursting forth in the riotous song, Old king Cole was a jolly old soul, And a jolly old soul was he, was he: He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl. And he called for his Tiddlers three. I stood, for a moment, upon the stairs, and looked in upon this scene of revelry—... | |
 | 1838 - 308 pages
...work, but I must certainly say — it's positively shocking. [Spart sings ici/bon!. " Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he ; He call'd for his lass, His bottle and his glass, And he call'd for his fiddlers' three." Drill. Ha !... | |
 | John Timbs - 1840 - 430 pages
...and got squeezed to death by the wheel ? Was he the same person of whom 'be song saysOld King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he ? • And was his dog proud because his master was called King ? Чете are questions to be proposed... | |
 | Caricatures and cartoons - 1886 - 348 pages
...YOUNG KING COAL. New Version of an Old Song. YOUNG King COAL was a merry young soul, And a merry young soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddltrs three. There was (.'nv 11 IIKUL UXINI, and HABTIXOTONINI, And, GOSCHENI to make up the three... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1841 - 476 pages
...curtsey, The dog made a bow ; The dame said, your servant, The dog said, bow, wow. LXXVII. OLD King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he ; And he called for his pipe, And he called for his glass, And he called for his fiddlers three. And... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Ballads, English - 1841 - 434 pages
...The Welshman had like to be chok'd by a mouse, But he pull'd her out by the tail." n. " Old King Coel Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he ; Old King Coel, He sat in his hole, And he call'd for his/npers three. " Thp first, he was a miller... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1841 - 468 pages
...kings. The following two versions differ from that which I have printed in the text : I. " Old King Coel Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he ; Old King Coel, He sat in his hole, And he call'd for his fiddlers three, &c. " The first, he was... | |
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Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, And he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. 
