Dame Durden (Henry Harington)
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- CPDL #14755:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2007-10-17). Score information: A4, 2 pages Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Dame Durden
Composer: William Paxton
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: TTB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description: A popular glee, adopted by folk singers such as the Copper family.
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Original text and translations
English text
Dame Durden kept five serving girls
To carry the milking pail;
She also kept five labouring men
To use the spade and flail.
'Twas Moll and Bet, and Doll and Kate, and Dorothy Draggletail,
And John and Dick, and Joe and Jack, and Humphrey with his flail.
'Twas John kiss'd Molly,
And Dick kiss'd Betty,
And Joe kiss'd Dolly,
And Jack kiss'd Katty,
And Dorothy Draggletail,
And Humphrey with his flail,
And Kitty was a charming girl to carry the milking pail.
Dame Durden in the morn so soon
She did begin to call:
To rouse her servants, maids and men,
She then began to bawl.
‘Twas Moll and Bet…
'Twas on the morn of Valentine,
The birds began to prate,
Dame Durden's servants, maids and men,
They all began to mate.
‘Twas Moll and Bet…