An Apres Morris Song Archive - The Morris Ring

Cuckoo’s Nest (traditional)
As I was a walking one morning in May
I met a pretty fair maid and unto her did say
I'll tell you me mind, it's for love I am inclined
An me inclination lies in your cuckoo's nest
ch. Some like a girl who is pretty in the face
and some like a girl who is slender in the waist
But give me a girl who will wriggle and will twist
At the bottom of the belly lies the cuckoo's nest
Me darling, says she, I am innocent and young
And I scarcely can believe your false deluding tongue
Yet I see it in your eyes and it fills me with surprise
That your inclination lies in me cuckoo's nest
Me darling, says me, if you can see it in me eyes
Then think of it as fondness and do not be surprised
For I love you me dear and I'll marry you I swear
If you'll let me clap my hand on your cuckoo's nest
Me darling, says she, I can do no such thing
For me mother often told me it was committing sin
Me maidenhead to lose and me sex to be abused
So have no more to do with me cuckoo's nest
Me darling, says me, it's not committing sin
But common sense should tell you it is a pleasing thing
For you were brought into this world to increase
and do your best
And to help a man to heaven in your cuckoo's nest
Me darling, says she, I cannot you deny
For you've surely won my heart by the rolling of your eye
Yet I see it in your eyes that your courage is surprised
So gently lift your hand into me cuckoo's nest
This couple they got married and soon they went to bed
And now this pretty fair maid has lost her
maidenhead
In a small country cottage they increase and do their best
And he often claps his hand on her cuckoo's nest
Dandy Vernon/Never Say No To a Jar (Michael Snow)
I'll tell you a tale of a sailor bold
His name was Dandy Vernon
He worked as a steward on the old Cunard,
And money he was earnin'
He knew his way round every port,
He wandered near and far,
And he took his stand as a drinking man and
Never said said no to a jar boys Never said no to a jar
Take your stand as a drinking man
Never say no to a jar (x2)
In Amsterdam or Yucatan, New York or Zanzibar
Take your stand as a drinkin man & never say no to a jar.
Now Dandy likes the sailors life, it agrees with his ambition
For to see the world and meet the girls was Dandy's given mission
He's stolen hearts in every port, he's known in every bar
And he took his stand etc.
There comes a time in most mens lives when they get tired of roamin'
And the roaring fire is their desire, and the glass of ale a foamin'
But then you have you dandies who need the ooh lala
And take their stand etc
Daisy Bell or a Bicycle Made for Two
(Written and Composed by Harry Dacre)
There is a flower within my heart Daisy, Daisy
Planted one day by a glancing dart
Planted by Daisy Bell
Whether she loves me or loves me not
Sometimes it's hard to tell
Yet I am longing to share the lot
Of beautiful Daisy Bell
Daisy, Daisy give me your answer do
I'm half crazy, all for the love of you
It won't be a stylish marriage
I can't afford a carriage
But you'll look sweet on the seat
Of a bicycle built for two
Henry, Henry here is your answer true
You must be crazy if you think I will marry you
If you can’t afford a carriage
There won’t be any marriage
I’ll not get hitched to a tight old git
On a bicycle made for two.
Daisy,Daisy the coppers are after you,
If they catch you,you know what they will do.
They'll tie you up with wire
Inside a Black Maria
So ring your bell and pedal like hell
On a bicycle made for two!
Dancing At Whitsun (John Austin Martin-lyrics)
Yetties version)
It`s fifty long springtimes since she was a bride
But still you may see her at each Whitsuntide
In a dress of white linen with ribbons of green,
As green as her memories of loving.
The feet that were nimble tread carefully now,
As gentle a measure as age will allow,
Through groves of white blossoms, by fields of
young corn,
Where once she was pledged to her true-love.
The fields they stand empty, the hedges grow free
No young men to turn them or pastures to seed
They are gone where the forest of oak trees before
Have gone, to be wasted in battle.
Down from the green farmlands and from their loved
ones
Marched husbands & brothers & fathers and sons.
There's a fine roll of honor where the Maypole once
stood,
And the ladies go dancing at Whitsun.
There's a straight row of houses in these latter days
All covering the downs where the sheep used to
graze.
There's a field of red poppies (a gift from the Queen)
But the ladies remember at Whitsun,
And the ladies go dancing at Whitsun.
Now Dandy's getting thin on top and thick around the middle
But the girls still sigh at his twinkling eye, the charmin, yarnin' divil
And he's welcome stiil in every port, specially after dark,
When he takes his stand etc.
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