From Albert Beale
Recorded by Peter Kennedy and Maud Karpeles, Kenardington, 14th January 1954
BBC recording 21157
Toast: Beef when you’re hungry
From Albert Beale
Recorded by Peter Kennedy and Maud Karpeles, Kenardington, 14th January 1954
BBC recording 21157
Beef when you’re hungry
Beer when you’re dry
Feather bed to lay on
And heaven when you die
If you don’t like that you can have:
Bread when you’re hungry
Water when you’re dry
Chaff bed to lay on
And hell when you die
In London’s Fair City (Villikins and his Dinah)
From Albert Beale
Recorded by Peter Kennedy and Maud Karpeles, Kenardington, 14th January 1954
BBC recording 21156
A frog he would a-wooing go
From Albert Beale
Recorded by Peter Kennedy and Maud Karpeles, Kenardington, 14th January 1954
BBC recording 21156
The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington
From Albert Beale
Recorded by Peter Kennedy and Maud Karpeles, Kenardington, 14th January 1954
BBC recording 21156
Roud 483, Child 105
The Moon Shines Bright
From Albert Beale
Recorded by Peter Kennedy and Maud Karpeles, Kenardington, 14th January 1954
BBC recording 21157
This was presumably one of the songs which the Beale family would sing when they went out carolling. Cecil Sharp had previously noted the carol from Albert’s father James Beale, and from his sister Alice Harden.
A comical ditty (Fol the rol lol, The Limerick Ditty)
From Albert Beale
Recorded by Peter Kennedy and Maud Karpeles, Kenardington, 14th January 1954
BBC recording 21156
‘Fol-the-rol-lol’ was first published in 1902. Credited to Fred W. Leigh and Fred Murray, it was sung by George Lashwood (1863 – 1942), a popular English singer and comedian of the Edwardian era. For more information, see https://folksongandmusichall.com/index.php/fol-the-rol-lol/