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Three Jolly Rogues is an English folk song.


Synopsis

A miller, a weaver and a tailor lived in King Arthur's time (or in "Good Old Colonial times"). They were thrown out because they could not sing. All three were thieves. They are suitably punished. :The Miller got drowned in a dam :The Weaver got hung in his yarn : The Tailor tripped as he ran away with the broadcloth under his arm.


Lyrics (version from "Three Jolly Rogues of Lynn", performed by Tim Hart and Friends)

:In good King Arthur's day :When we served under the King :Lived a miller and a weaver and a little tailor :Three jolly rogues of Lynn. :Now the miller he stole corn :And the weaver he stole yarn :And the little tailor he stole broadcloth :For to keep those three rogues warm :Now the miller was drowned in his dam :And the weaver was hanged in his yarn :And the devil put his claw on the little tailor :With the broadcloth under his arm :Now the miller still drowns in his dam :And the weaver still hangs in his yarn :And the little tailor he skips through hell :With the broadcloth under his arm


Printed versions

The earliest complete text is a broadside in the
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, dated 1804, "The Miller Weaver and Little Tailor".Johnson Ballads fol. 84 It is also known as "In Good King Arthur's Days". The song is quoted by Thomas Hardy in "Under the Greenwood Tree". It is known in the USA from the early nineteenth century, usually as "In Good Old Colony Days" or "In Good Old Colony Times."


Recorded versions

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(1889) ''In good old colony times...'' *
Richard Dyer-Bennet Richard Dyer-Bennet (6 October 1913 in Leicester, England – 14 December 1991 in Monterey, Massachusetts) was an English-born American folk singer (or his own preferred term, "minstrel"), recording artist, and voice teacher. Biography He was bo ...
on "Richard Dyer-Bennet 6 - With Young People in Mind" (1958) *
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on "Songs Inane Only" (1958) *
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on "Standing Room Only!" (1961) *
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on "The Folk Box" (various artists) (1964) *
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on "All The Good Times" (1964) *
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on "New Voices" (various artists) (1965) *
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on "Freedom's Sons" (1966) *
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on "Nonesuch for Dulcimer" (1972) (performed by Nicholson (
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) and Bob Johnson (guitar/vocals); here, the song is titled "In Good King Arthur's Day") *
Tim Hart Tim Hart (9 January 1948 – 24 December 2009) was an English folk singer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a founding member of British folk rock band Steeleye Span. Early years Tim Hart was born in Lincoln, England, but moved to St ...
on "The Drunken Sailor and other Kids Favourites" (1983) *
Tom Paxton Thomas Richard Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning more than fifty years. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
on "A Folksong Festival" (Pax Records, 1986) *Jim Douglas on "A Peddlar's Pack ", ℗ 2004 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 1979 Folkways Records, Released on: 1979-01-01


References

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Roud Folk Song Index The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of around 250,000 references to nearly 25,000 songs collected from oral tradition in the English language from all over the world. It is compiled by Steve Roud (born 1949), a former librarian in the London ...
No. 130


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Lyrics
English folk songs Songwriter unknown Year of song unknown