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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. "
Glasgow and Its Clubs: Or, Glimpses of the Condition, Manners, Characters ... - Page 376
by John Strang - 1856 - 599 pages
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The Universal Songster, Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete ...

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,...
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Pattie's Modern Stage: A Collection of the Most Approved and Popular Dramas ...

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....
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The Literary world, conducted by J. Timbs, Volume 3

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 ? Χεςε are questions to be proposed in the...
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the ..., Volume 4

Percy Society - 1841 - 476 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 ; < ild King Coel, He sat in his hole, And he call'd for his fiddlers three, &c. " The first, he was...
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First Love: a Drama [in five acts, and in prose and verse].

Conway Edwards - 1841 - 104 pages
...BELLOWS. And file my eyes, if you shall ever laugh at it ! Now, chorus, lads ! SONG. — " Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he." Chontt — "Was he," Sec. (All stamp their feet, and dash their pints on the table.) OMNES (when finished)....
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The Early Naval Ballads of England, Volume 2, Issue 2

James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 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...
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ...

Percy Society - 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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The Dublin Magazine, Volume 1, Part 2

1842 - 468 pages
...carried the key, he laid down his hat and walked into the supper-room, singing — " Old King Cole, was a merry old soul, " And a merry old soul was he, Sec. &c." The whole affair was the transaction of a few minutes, for so quickly had he managed, that...
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Phantasmagoria of Fun, Volume 2

Alfred Crowquill - 1843 - 312 pages
...more ancient than the renowned King Cole, of pleasant memory ? for the poet distinctly avers, that " He called for his pipe, and he called for his glass, And he called for his fiddlers three." After such an assertion, can there exist a doubt that " he had a call," as Mawworm quaintly expresseth...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 44

1855 - 846 pages
...daughter of that old King Cole of whom the song says, with such delicious and iterated emphasis, that he Was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he ; whether she was daughter of a venerable potentate or of a joyous inn-keeper; whether she was born...
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