 | 1853 - 708 sivua
...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 - 564 sivua
...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 his pipe, And he called for his fiddlers three." In such a case there could not... | |
 | John Strang - 1856 - 622 sivua
...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 ! '... | |
 | 1858 - 362 sivua
...CLASS— LOCAL . . 299 EIGHTEENTH CLASS— RELICS . 303 INDEX . , . . ,317 FIRST CLASS— HISTORICAL. 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. Every fiddler,... | |
 | Charles William Jones - 1859 - 120 sivua
...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.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1862 - 760 sivua
...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... | |
 | William Evans Burton - 1864 - 552 sivua
...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... | |
 | William Kelly (of Leicester.) - 1865 - 336 sivua
...that some who were less 1 Page 264. a Page 44. 3 We are told in an " antique song," that — " Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul...and he call'd for his bowl, And he call'd for his harpers three. Ev'ry harper had a fine harp, wealthy retained a harper only. He adds, that a gown seems... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1867 - 474 sivua
...— A flaxen-headed cow-boy, as simple as may be, And next, a merry plough-boy, that whistled — Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he ; He call'd for — The lass of Patie's mill, so bonny, blithe, and gay, And in spite of all my skill, she stole —... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1867 - 302 sivua
...— A flaxen-headed cow-boy, as simple as may be, And next, a merry plough-boy, that whistled — Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he ; He call'd for — The lass of Patie's mill, so bonny, blithe, and gay, And in spite of all my skill, she stole —... | |
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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. 
