[The Mummers' chorus sung before entering the house]
Thomas Fairman Ordish Manuscript Collection
(TFO/2/1/29/2)
- First Line
- Good people all of high degree
- Performer
- Date collected
- c. 1900
- Place
- England : Berkshire : Kintbury
- Collector
- Batson, H. M. (Henrietta M.)
- Roud No
- 1066 [Search for 1066 in the current indexes]
- Alt Ref No
- Format
- Typescript
- Type
- Song
- Subtype
- Src Contents
- Named Tune
- Child No
- Laws No
- Notes
-
Text of song (one verse)
- Author / Composer
- VWML Location
- Repository
- Folklore Society Archive
- Printer / Publisher
- Pub Place
- Pub Date
- Level
- Item
- Volume
- Assoc Source
- Date extant
Media
1 media item.
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At Kintbury, where the Play has been discontinued for many years, there was a preliminary stanza to the Chorus, which ran as follows:--
Good people all, of high degree,
Both rich and poor draw near,
I beg you pay attention
To these few lines you here.
(Chorus) Hi dum-dum to me
Ho dum-dum to me
Hi dum-dum to me derry.
We don’t come here but once a year
On purpose to be merry.
The Mummers’ dresses are generally of gay cretonnes, made into jacket and trousers. High crowned head-gear, with fringes of coloured paper or print hanging before and behind the head. The doctor wears a morning suit with a top-hat; King George a military uniform, or as near as he dares approach to it. Happy Jack has flag-basket slung behind him to hold his wife and family (six dolls, one larger than the rest.)
Transcription
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At Kintbury, where the Play has been discontinued for many years, there was a preliminary stanza to the Chorus, which ran as follows:--
Good people all, of high degree,
Both rich and poor draw near,
I beg you pay attention
To these few lines you here.
(Chorus) Hi dum-dum to me
Ho dum-dum to me
Hi dum-dum to me derry.
We don’t come here but once a year
On purpose to be merry.
The Mummers’ dresses are generally of gay cretonnes, made into jacket and trousers. High crowned head-gear, with fringes of coloured paper or print hanging before and behind the head. The doctor wears a morning suit with a top-hat; King George a military uniform, or as near as he dares approach to it. Happy Jack has flag-basket slung behind him to hold his wife and family (six dolls, one larger than the rest.)
Relationships
- TFO/2/1/29 English Miracle Plays
- TFO/2/1/29/2 [The Mummers' chorus sung before entering the house] (This record)