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| This song also appears with slight variation in the name. It was a broadside printed in the Newcastle Songster as Dance to Thee Daddy. It was printed in a collection of ballads from Northern England by William Watson (died 1840) as Dance ti' thy Daddy.* This version was collected in Berkshire and appears in a Cecil Sharp collection (1909). |
Dance to your daddy, My little laddie, Dance to your daddy, My little man. Thou shalt have a fish, Thou shalt have a fin, Thou shalt have a haddock When the boat comes in; Thou shalt have a codling Boiled in a pan - Dance to your daddy, My little man. Dance to your daddy, My little laddie, Dance to your daddy, My little lamb. When thou art a man And fit to take a wife, Thou shalt wed a maid And love her all your life; She shall be your lassie, Thou shalt be her man Dance to your daddy, My little lamb. |
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From Folk-Songs, Chanteys and Singing Games and *Steve Roud's Broadside and Folksong Indexes |
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