What was that .......

[Chance1234]

some ye old english thing i think

about i think seven people who were off to a fair and i think one of them was called tom as his name was always mentioned last.

anyway they go to this fair

then they all die

but then their skeletons still go to the fair

oh and there is a horse in it, who might actually die first


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[RCorrigan]

Uncle Tom Cobbley

 

[KenCunningham]

Tom Cobley - Widdecombe Fair

 

[RCorrigan]

Apologies

Widicombe Fair (Starring the above mentioned !!)


Widdecombe Fair

Tom Pierce, Tom Pierce, lend me thy gray mare
Ri fol lol the dol diddle i doe
That I may ride up to Widdecombe Fair
With Phil Lewer, Jan Brewer, Harry Hawkins, Hugh Davy
Philly Whitpot, George Pausley, Dick Wilson, Tom Cobbley and
all, Here is Uncle Tom Cobbley and all

Oh when shall I see my gray mare home again?
Ri fol lol the dol diddle i doe
By Friday night or Saturday morn
With Phil Lewer, Jan Brewer, Harry Hawkins, Hugh Davy
Philly Whitpot, George Pausley, Dick Wilson, Tom Cobbley and
all, Here is Uncle Tom Cobbley and all

Oh Friday night was past and Saturday was come
Ri fol lol the dol diddle i doe
Tom Pierce's old gray mare was not a come home
With Phil Lewer, Jan Brewer, Harry Hawkins, Hugh Davy
Philly Whitpot, George Pausley, Dick Wilson, Tom Cobbley and
all, Here is Uncle Tom Cobbley and all

Tom pierce he went up on a high hill
Ri fol lol the dol diddle i doe
He saw his old mare down making his will
With Phil Lewer, Jan Brewer, Harry Hawkins, Hugh Davy
Philly Whitpot, George Pausley, Dick Wilson, Tom Cobbley and
all, Here is Uncle Tom Cobbley and all

So how did you know it was your old mare
Ri fol lol the dol diddle i doe
Her one foot was shoed and the other three bare
With Phil Lewer, Jan Brewer, Harry Hawkins, Hugh Davy
Philly Whitpot, George Pausley, Dick Wilson, Tom Cobbley and
all, Here is Uncle Tom Cobbley and all

The wind whistles hard on the moor of a night
Ri fol lol the dol diddle i doe
Tom Pierce's gray mare he appeared ghastly white
With Phil Lewer, Jan Brewer, Harry Hawkins, Hugh Davy
Philly Whitpot, George Pausley, Dick Wilson, Tom Cobbley and
all, Here is Uncle Tom Cobbley and all

Then all the night long we heard shirklins and groans
Ri fol lol the dol diddle i doe
Tom Pierce's gray mare he was rattling his bones
With Phil Lewer, Jan Brewer, Harry Hawkins, Hugh Davy
Philly Whitpot, George Pausley, Dick Wilson, Tom Cobbley and
all, Here is Uncle Tom Cobbley and all

So this is the end of my shocking affair
Ri fol lol the dol diddle i doe
I've give you the career of Tom Pierce's old mare
With Phil Lewer, Jan Brewer, Harry Hawkins, Hugh Davy
Philly Whitpot, George Pausley, Dick Wilson, Tom Cobbley and
all, Here is Uncle Tom Cobbley and all

 

[KenCunningham]

Excellent. I see its also called Tom Pierce (or Tam Pearce) in some versions!

 

[Chance1234]

thats the one,

i can remember having a illustrated book of it when i was about 7. used to scare the living day lights out of me as the illustraions were quite gothic, especially the skeletons all on the horse.

fine thing to give a seven year old if you ask me.





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[Chance1234]

missing verses from above


So Tom Pearce's old mare, her took sick and died,

All along, down along, out along, lee,

And Tom he sat down on a stone, and he cried

With Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney,

Peter Davy, Dan'l Whiddon, Harry Hawke,

Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all,

Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all."



But this isn't the end o' this shocking affair,

All along, down along, out along, lee,

Nor, though they be dead, of the horrid career

Of Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney,

Peter Davy, Dan'l Whiddon, Harry Hawke,

Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all,

O



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[RCorrigan]

The modern day (almost) equivilent could be "Happy Tree Friends" !!!!
Most definately NOT for seven year olds - or the faint hearted adults out there !!!!!

As an aside, used to live quite near where the poem was set - roaring Tourist trade in Tea-Towels and other assortments of tat !!!!!

 

[strongm]

> ye

It is worth pointing out that in the days of old when 'ye' might have appeared in print (in the sense used by Chance, rather than in, say, 'hear ye, hear ye') it was actually read (and pronounced, if read out loud) as 'the' ('y' actually being a representation of the Old English 'thorn' symbol, more commonly represented nowadays as þ)