THREE JOLLY COACHMEN
(learned from "The Weavers" record and hearing the Weavers in 1953)
Three jolly coachmen sat in an English ta-a-vern,
The man that drinks cold water pure and goes to bed quite sober,
The man that drinks his good brown ale and goes to bed quite mellow
But the man that drinks just what he likes and getteth half seas over,
Now then the girl who steals a kiss and runs to tell her mother,
Here's to the girl who steals a kiss and comes to steal another,
(from miriam berg's folksong collection)
Three jolly coachmen sat in an English ta-a-vern,
And they deci-i-ded, and they deci-i-ded,
And they deci-i-ded to have another flagon.
The man that drinks cold water pure and goes to bed quite sober,
Falls as the leaves do fall, falls as the leaves do fall,
Falls as the leaves do fall, so early in October.
The man that drinks his good brown ale and goes to bed quite mellow
Will live until he dies, will live until he dies,
Will live until he dies, and die a jolly fellow.
But the man that drinks just what he likes and getteth half seas over,
Lives as he ought to live, lives as he ought to live,
Lives as he ought to live, and then lies down in clover.
Now then the girl who steals a kiss and runs to tell her mother,
Does a very foolish thing, does a very foolish thing,
Does a very foolish thing, and she'll not get another.
Here's to the girl who steals a kiss and comes to steal another,
She's a boon to all mankind, she's a boon to all mankind,
She's a boon to all mankind, and she'll soon be a mother.