An artist immediately following took high happiness, Within the Color of the Devil: And he performed usually decorate him light, Hence Dated Nick grabbed very municipal with good fa &c
One night as the Painter place in bed, A bed & into the an aspiration: His Damsel to your leftover top set, This new Devil so you’re able to him appeared, which have an effective fa &c
My friend quoth Belzebub I’m been, The Generosity to requite: Ask wt thou wilt, it is accomplished for color regarding me light having a great fa &c
Wod delight yr Devil-watercraft quoth the guy, Remain lover of to experience pranks And that she will get ne’er Cuckold me, I will usually bring Thee thanks a lot which have an effective fa &c
Zero in the course of time ask’t, than provided is actually, The newest Painter got a band; Wch whils’t yu wear ye Pal performed say, Ne’er fear an effective Cuckolding, which have an effective fa &c.
However if from this your ere depart, So yes while created; No Man or Demon together with his ways, Could keep you against ye horn, with an excellent fa &c.
Eg Light’ning yn away the guy flew, The fresh Artist waking in the future; Discover he’d their center finger had, Within his Spouses Half of-moonlight, with an effective fa &c.
This new Painter the guy performed keep it truth be told there, Till the Spouse did state: Oh fye my personal Precious, I cannot bear, Upcoming take it out I pray. with a beneficial fa &c
And today i want to advize inside breif, [sic] For each and every Man wear such as for example a band; Living to possess yours, you’l all be secure, So you may make fun of & sing, with a good fa la, la, la, fa, los angeles, ra.
One to very early example readily available is during Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles , edited of the Roentgen. H. Robins just like the Hundred or so Tales , Nyc, #eleven, 1960. Robins listings several early continental sources of brand new tale, however, not one of the English brands. You will find a variety during the early jestbook , #18, London area, c 1535, and you may an excellent poetical mode from the Matthew Earlier in the day during the Poems towards the Numerous Era , 1718. Quicker infamous is actually track models.
The first tune plus the basic tune for this come from a single piece track which have songs, c 1730. The next tune for it try ‘A painter shortly after got high Joy,’ (come across third verse) regarding private ballad opera Robin Bonnet , Sky #cuatro, London area, 1730. Named ‘The Artist therefore the Devil,’ the new song is reprinted into the a songbook instead of sounds, New Nightingale , p. 113, London, 1738.
Play: S1, HNSCRVL1, regarding single sheet issue of track S1, HNSCRVL2, “A painter shortly after took high delight”, Robin Hood, 1730. Note: last four tips are getting load, “fa la fa la. ra”
The second tune are out-of good songbook as opposed to audio, Bacchus and you will Venus , London area, c 1770. This new track recommendations there, ‘A Cobler discover in which he liv’d during the a stall,’ is actually out of an environment by Richard Leveredge of one’s better identified tune ‘King John and the Abbot from Canterbury,’ usually cited by the first a couple terminology of their refrain as the ‘Derry off.’ It’s got lasted on the introduce century because the air for a couple antique musical. To possess very early reputation of the new song ‘Derry Down’ see C. Meters. Simpson, BBBM, pp. 172-76, 1966.
Condemn not, ye critics, my personal track, neither yet wonder, Which i play the existing tale of your own band regarding Hans Carvel; Dan Early in the day it actually was whom first penn’d they from inside the verse, Then deign to attend since tale I rehearse. Derry down, off, down, derry down.