Dame Durden-The Copper Family

[ti:Dame Durden] [ar:The Copper Family] [al:Come Write Me Down - Early Recordings of The Copper Family of Rottingdean] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Dame Durden - The Copper Family [00:00.88]Dame Durden kept five servant maids [00:03.01]To carry the milking pail [00:05.30] [00:05.81]She also kept five labouring men [00:07.99]To use the spade and flail [00:10.65]It was Moll and Bet and Doll and Kit [00:13.00]And Dolly to drag her tail [00:14.96] [00:15.60]It was Tom and Dick and Joe and Jack [00:17.98]And Humphrey with his flail [00:19.75] [00:20.57]Then Tom kissed Molly and Dick kissed Betty [00:22.93]And Joe kissed Dolly and Jack kissed Kitty [00:25.42]And Humphrey with his flail [00:28.69]And Kitty she was the charming girl [00:31.06]To carry the milking pail [00:33.70] [00:34.60]Dame Durden in the morn so soon [00:36.92]She did begin to call [00:39.36]To rouse her servants maids and men [00:41.69]She did begin to bawl [00:43.99]Twas Moll and Bet and Doll [00:45.68]And Kit and Dolly to drag her tail [00:48.15] [00:48.85]It was Tom and Dick and Joe and Jack [00:51.23]And Humphrey with his flail [00:53.76]Then Tom kissed Molly and Dick kissed Betty [00:56.09]And Joe kissed Dolly and Jack kissed Kitty [00:58.70]And Humphrey with his flail [01:01.80]And Kitty she was the charming girl [01:04.18]To carry the milking pail [01:06.58] [01:07.56]'Twas on the morn of Valentine [01:09.81]When birds began to prate [01:12.50]Dame Durden and her maids and men [01:14.87]They altogether meet [01:16.97]Twas Moll and Bet and Doll [01:18.65]And Kit and Dolly to drag her tail [01:21.93]It was Tom and Dick and Joe and Jack [01:24.39]And Humphrey with his flail [01:26.93]Then Tom kissed Molly and Dick kissed Betty [01:29.41]And Joe kissed Dolly and Jack kissed Kitty [01:31.46] [01:32.11]And Humphrey with his flail [01:35.57]And Kitty she was the charming girl [01:37.99]To carry the milking pail