No Followers, or The Young Man From The Country

from A Cold Cup Of Tea And A Howl Of Despair by Paul Carbuncle

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When first I went to service a nursemaid job I took,
There was me, and Jane the housemaid, and Margaret the cook.
We all of us had followers and the best of all the three
Was that young man from the country what kept company with me.
Fal-de-raa, fal-de-ree
Young man from the country what kept company with me.

The first time he come in to tea the snow lay on the ground.
Next morning Master’s overcoat was nowhere to be found,
And yet I seen it on the peg when I sat down to tea
With that young man from the country what kept company with me.
Fal-de-raa, fal-de-ree
Young man from the country what kept company with me.

When next he came the dinner things were lying all about
For Jane that day was busy, and ’twas Margaret’s ‘Sunday out’.
Two silver forks was stolen, yet no thief did I see
And no more did that young man what kept company with me.
Fal-de-raa, fal-de-ree
No more did that young man what kept company with me.

He came again, and yet again, how often I can’t say,
And things kept going from the house in quite an awful way.
And we couldn’t tell who took ’em, neither Jane nor cook nor me
Nor that young man from the country what kept company with me.
Fal-de-raa, fal-de-ree
Young man from the country what kept company with me.

One day a policeman came for me, my evidence to give,
And I never shall forget it the longest day I live.
I did see in the Old Bailey, condemned for felony,
That young man from the country what kept company with me.
Fal-de-raa, fal-de-ree
Young man from the country what kept company with me.

’Twas him what stole the forks and spoons, ’twas him the coat as took!
I lost my place next morning, so did Jane and so did cook.
Young women all take warning, don’t have followers in to tea
Lest they treat you as that young man from the country treated me.
Fal-de-raa, fal-de-ree
Treat you as that young man from the country treated me.

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from A Cold Cup Of Tea And A Howl Of Despair, released February 21, 2018
Tune by Paul Carbuncle. Lyrics traditional.

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