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AN OLD MAN CAME OVER THE LEA [and old man came over the lea...for to court me...] My mother she told to me te gie him a chair Ah-ha but I wouldnae ha'e him I gied him a chair And he slipped on the flair With his grey beard newly shaven My mother she told to me tae gie him a drink Ah-ha but I wouldnae ha'e him I gied him a drink And he began to wink With his grey beard newly shaven My mother she told to me tae gie him a kiss Ah-ha but I wouldnae ha'e him If you like him so weel, you can kiss him yersel' With his grey beard newly shaven sung by Jeannie Robertson on Caedmon series of The "Folksongs of Britain: Songs of Courtship". Peter Kennedy recorded the song form Jeannie. I think all the son gs on this album should be published in Kennedy's" Folksongs of Britain and Irel and". I recall Peggy Seeger recorded an American version "His Old Grey Beard Kept Wagg ing" on a compilation with Ewan MacColl of Matching Songs of Britain and America . @courtship @aging filename[ OLDSHOE3 PX oct99  8note Sheet |
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