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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Buy Broom Buzzems
Language: English 
If you want a buzzem, for to sweep your house,
Come to my bonnies, you may have your choice.
Buy broom buzzems, buy them when they’re new,
Fine heather bred ones, better never grew.

Buzzems for a penny, rangers for a plack,
If you will not buy, I’ll tie them on my back.
Buy broom buzzems, buy them when they’re new,
Fine heather bred ones, better never grew.

If I had a horse, I would have a cart,
If I had a man, he would take my part.
Had I a husband, I’d care not what he be,
If he’s but a man, that’s enough for me.

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Don Banks (1923 - 1980), "Buy Broom Buzzems", 1953 [ voice and piano or strings ], from Five North Country Folk Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-10-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 107

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