There was a pig went out to dig
Language: English
Available translation(s): DUT
There was a pig went out to dig;
Chrisimas Day, Chrisimas Day.
There was pig went out to dig;
Chrisimas Day in the morning.
2. There was a cow went out to plow
3. There was a doe went out to hoe
4. There was a drake went out to rake
5. There was a sparrow went out to harrow
6. There was a minnow went out to winnow
7. There was a sheep went out to reap
8. There was a crow went out to sow
9. There was a roe went out to mow
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From: "Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs", both tunes and words from tradition, collected in Lancashire by Marianne Harriet Mason (1845-1932). Arrangement + verses 3 and 9 added by: Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961) © 1915 by Percy Grainger.
Date of arrangement: set 10.5.1905, rescored and shortened 11.5.1910.
Text Author: Traditional: verses 1-2, 4-8; 3 + 9 by Percy Aldridge Grainger.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , title 1: "Kerstmis in de ochtend", title 2: "Daar ging een varken uit graven", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Lidy van Noordenburg
This text was added to the website: 2023-06-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 96
Daar ging een varken uit graven
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the English
Daar ging een varken uit graven;
Kerstdag, Kerstdag
Daar ging een varken uit graven
Kerstmis in de ochtend.
2. Daar ging een koe uit ploegen
3. Daar ging een hinde uit schoffelen
4. Daar ging een draak uit harken
5. Daar ging een mus uit eggen
6. Daar ging een voorn uit dorsen
7. Daar ging een schaap uit oogsten
8. Daar ging een kraai uit zaaien
9. Daar ging een ree uit maaien
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- Translation from English to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2023 by Lidy van Noordenburg, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2023-06-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 74