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Wiltshire Community History

Folk Song Information

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Song Title	Bedmaking
Roud No.	1631
Collected From	Unknown
Location	Unknown
County	Unknown
Collected By	Williams, Alfred
Alternative Title
Tune
Date
Source Primary	WSRO: 2598/36 Packet 5 - Miscellaneous: Williams, A: MS collection No Mi 530
Source Secondary	Unpublished
Recording

Song Lyrics
Verse 1 My father was a gay old man He sent me too service when I was young My mistress and me could never agree Because my master he would love me Chorus Tiddy for the rido tiddy for the ray Tiddy for the rido tiddy for the ray My mistress and me could never agree Because my master he would love me Verse 2 I went upstairs to make her bed Nice and easy for her head The master followed after with a gay gold ring Take this Betty for your bedmaking Chorus Tiddy for the rido tiddy for the ray Tiddy for the rido tiddy for the ray The master followed after with a gay gold ring Take this Betty for your bedmaking Verse 3 My mistress followed me with ease She caught me all around the waist Right to the bottom she did me fling Take this Betty for your bedmaking Chorus Tiddy for the rido tiddy for the ray Tiddy for the rido tiddy for the ray Right to the bottom she did me fling Take this Betty for your bedmaking Verse 4 First in the kitchen then in the hall Then in the parlour before them all They all asked me where I had been I told them with the master a-bedmaking Chorus Tiddy for the rido tiddy for the ray Tiddy for the rido tiddy for the ray They all asked me where I had been I told them with the master a-bedmaking Verse 5 My mistress she turned me out of the doors She called me several nasty words She told me to travel till my shoes where thin And then I should remember the bedmaking Chorus Tiddy for the rido tiddy for the ray Tiddy for the rido tiddy for the ray She told me to travel till my shoes where thin And then I should remember the bedmaking Verse 6 Six months was o'er and ten had come This pretty little damsel she proved a son She took it too the church and she had it named John And she sent it home to the gay old man Chorus Tiddy for the rido tiddy for the ray Tiddy for the rido tiddy for the ray She took it too the church and she had it named John And she sent it home to the gay old man

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A typescript in the file gives the location of the two parts of the song which are elsewhere in the file. The spelling is as the manuscript. The text just says chorus and I have chosen to use the convention of repeating the last two lines of each verse in this transcription. It may not be an accurate interpretation, but it is a common usage. Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2007.