Old King Cole (Avalon Collard)

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• (Posted 2023-10-05)  CPDL #76069:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-05).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 491 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Old King Cole
Composer: Avalon Collard
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Nursery-rhyme, Humorous Song

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1915 Metzler & Co.
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

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:
Every fiddler he had a fine fiddle,
A very fine fiddle had he.
Then “twee” went the fiddlers,
And so merry we’ll all be.

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 pipers three:
Every piper he had a fine pipe,
A very fine pipe had he.
Then “too too too” went the pipers,
And so merry we’ll all be.

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 harpers three:
Every harper he had a fine harp,
A very fine harp had he.
Then “twang pank a pang” went the harpers,
And so merry we’ll all be.

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 drummers three:
Every drummer he had a fine drum,
A very fine drum had he.
“Trrrrum, prum, prum.”
Then “twee” went the fiddlers,
And “too too too” went the pipers,
And “twang pank a pang” went the harpers,
And “trump prum prum” went the drummers,
And so merry we’ll all be,
So merry we’ll all be.