by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878 - 1962)
Pedlar Jack
Language: English
I came by Raw from Hungry Law, When who should pass me by But Pedlar Jack, with a pack on his back And a patch across his eye. I came by Raw from Hungry Law, And heard the Pedlar cry : "I've got in my pack the thing you lack The Song of a Sparkling Eye." "O Pedlar Jack with the pack on your back, Since Sally and I did part I've saved up farthings four to buy The Song of a Broken Heart." "If you want the Song of a Broken Heart, You go elsewhere to buy; For I have never a song in my pack But the Song of a Sparkling Eye." "O what know I of a sparkling eye, Since Sally and I did part? " "And what should Jack the Pedlar know Of the Song of a Broken Heart?" I came by Raw from Hungry Law, When who should pass me by But Pedlar Jack, with a pack on his back And a patch across his eye.
Authorship:
- by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878 - 1962), "Pedlar Jack", appears in Whin, first published 1918 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Pedlar Jack", c1919 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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