SC - Recipe Request

[upsxdls@Okstate.edu]

Since the subject of this rhyme is in our field of study (there's a long
thread on nursery rhymes on the Middlebridge), I was wondering if any of you
folks on Cooks might have a clue.

Thanks,

Phlip
- -----Original Message-----
From: Liam O'Shea <liamoshea at yahoo.com>
To: sca-middle at midrealm.org <sca-middle at midrealm.org>
Date: Monday, March 01, 1999 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Mid] re: oats bean barley


>Ian,
>This is a curious thing.  I've checked all the sources I have at home
>at the moment and I can't find a single thing on this rhyme.  It's not
>even listed in My Oxford book of rhymes.  Inconceivable.  I'll find it
>though.
>
>on a mission,
>Liam
>
>
>
>
>---Ian Gourdon <agincort at raex.com> wrote:
>>
>> Subject: [Mid] nursery rhymes
>> It's kinda dull, but my Enlish Lit professor started off our survey of
>> Brittish Literature course with what he called a very old nursery
>rhyme.
>> (How old not documented, but I trust Prof. Bishop)...
>> Marie
>>
>> "Tim Hart and Maddy Prior did it on an old album. Here are the lyrics:
>>
>>         OATS AND BEANS AND BARLEY GROWS
>>
>>         Oats and beans and barley grows
>>         As you and I and everyone knows
>>         Oats and beans and barley grows
>>         As you and I and everyone knows
>>         Awaiting for the partner
>>
>>         First the farmer sows his seed
>>         Then he stands and takes his ease
>>         Stamps his feet and claps his hands
>>         And turns around to view the lands
>>         Awaiting for the partner
>>
>>         Now you're married you must obey
>>         must be true in all you say
>>         Must be kind and must be good
>>         And help your wife to chop the wood
>>         Awaiting for the partner
>>
>>         Oats and beans and barley grows
>>         As you and I and everyone knows
>>         Oats and beans and barley grows
>>         As you and I and everyone knows
>>         Awaiting for the partner
>>
>> Hope this helps..."  Nigel FitzMaurice
>>
>> My impression was that it was quite old, as well. I heard it on a
>> 'Friends of Fiddler's Green' album. Steel Eye and Fiddlers both seemed
>> to like the 'early music'.
>> --
>> Ian Gourdon of Glen Awe
>> - Companion of the order of the Greenwood Company
>> http://web.raex.com/~agincort
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