Legend Land, Vol. 2: Being a Collection of Some of the Old Tales Told in Those Western Parts of Britain Served by the Great Western RailwayBarham, G. Basil (George Basil)
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Legend Land, Vol. 2: Being a Collection of Some of the Old Tales Told in Those Western Parts of Britain Served by the Great Western Railway
Barham, G. Basil (George Basil)
Folk literature, English; Folklore -- England; Tales -- England
The young men of Padstow, they might if they would--
For summer is a-come in to-day--
They might have built a ship, and gilt her all in gold,
In the merry morning of May!
Now fare ye well, we bid you all good cheer,
For summer is a-come in to-day,
We'll call once more unto your house before another year,
In the merry morning of May!
[Illustration: THE DAY SONG (Sheet Music Page 1)]
THE DAY SONG
All now for to fetch home,
The Summer and the May, O!
For Summer is a-come, O!
And Winter is a-go, O!
Up flies the kite,
And down falls the lark, O!
Un Ursula Bird she had an old ewe, O!
And she died in Old Park O!
Oh, where is St. George?
Oh where is he, O?
He's down in his long boat,
All on the salt sea, O!
Oh, where are those French dogs?
Oh, where are they, O?
They're down in their long boats,
All on the salt sea, O!
Oh, where are those French dogs?
Oh where are they, O!
They shall eat the grey goose feathers,
And we will eat the roast, O!
The last verse of the Morning Song is sung to its own tune to conclude
the Day Song.
Padstow itself is a queer old fishing town, fifteen miles from Bodmin,
from which place it is easily reached by train. It is situated at the
mouth of the Camel, the finest salmon river in Cornwall, and has at St.
Enodoc, on the other side of the estuary, one of the best golf courses
in England.
[Illustration: _The Old Hobby Horse_]
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[Illustration:
G.W.R: The Line to Legend Land.
ST. NEOT Page 40
THE HOOTING CARN Page 44
LELANT CHURCH Page 32
THE SEVEN STONES Page 28
CURY Page 48
TALLAND Page 36
PADSTOW Page 52
Vol. Two Back End]
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