 OLD King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three.  The Flynns of Flynnville - Page 169by Catherine Jane Hamilton - 1880 - 277 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Electronic journals - 1875 - 676 pages
...evidence is the nursery rhyme, of doubtful authority, and of which Halliwell's version runs thus : — " Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he ; Ho called for his pipe And he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three ; Every fiddler... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1850 - 216 pages
...dung-cart, and got squeezed to death by the wheel ? Was he the same person of whom the song says — Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he ? And was his dog proud because his master was called King? Here are questions to be proposed in the... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell- Phillipps - 1853 - 372 pages
...CLASS— LOCAL . . 299 EIGHTEENTH CLASS— RELICS . 803 INDEX ..... 817 FIRST CLASS— HISTORICAL. King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul...he ; He called for his pipe, And he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. Every fiddler, he had a fiddle, And a very fine fiddle... | |
 | Hymns - 1853 - 184 pages
...these plums belong; Sweet is the fruit that you have peck'd, But sweeter far your song. I: !: 47.' Old King Cole. OLD King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he ; And he call'd for his pipe, and he call'd for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. Ev'ry... | |
 | American literature - 1853 - 708 pages
...version of some well-known historical lines were found in Shakspere, it would evidently need emendation. "Old King Cole Was a merry old soul ; And a merry old soul be was. Ho call'd for his pipe. And ho call'd for his flddlen three." In such a case there could not... | |
 | Richard Grant White - 1854 - 596 pages
...of some well-known historical lines were found in Shakespeare, it would evidently need emendation : "Old King Cole Was a merry old soul ; And a merry old soul he was. He call'd for hia pipe, And he called for his fiddlers three." In such a case there could not... | |
 | John Strang - Clubs - 1856 - 622 pages
...snow occurred on the 10th February 1795. monarch of Britain, of whom the old ballad thuspeaks— .. Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he ! And he called for his pipe, And he called for his glass, And he called for his fiddlers three ! '... | |
 | Edward Fitch Underhill, Q. K. Philander Doesticks - American wit and humor - 1857 - 344 pages
...the following language. " Jolly? yes, we'll be jolly. Old King Cole was a jolly old soul, and a jolly old soul was he. He called for his pipe and he called for his bowlwonder if he got it? My name is Dennis, my mother's maiden name was Moore, so that if I'd been... | |
 | Nursery rhymes, English - 1858 - 362 pages
...CLASS— LOCAL . . 299 EIGHTEENTH CLASS— RELICS . 303 INDEX . , . . ,317 FIRST CLASS— HISTORICAL. King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul...he ; He called for his pipe, And he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. Every fiddler, he had a fiddle, And a very fine fiddle... | |
 | Charles William Jones - Readers - 1859 - 120 pages
...and rebuild their churches. — CHUKTON'S Early English Church. LESSON III. THE SAXON SETTLEMENTS. " Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he." THIS is pretty nearly all that is known of the history of this country for some hundreds of years.... | |
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