Brangywell- Mellor (Dilwyn) 1905 Kittredge
From: Ballads and Songs
by G. L. Kittredge
The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 30, No. 117 (Jul. - Sep., 1917), pp. 283-369
Brangywell- From Ella Mary Leather, "The Folk-Lore of Herefordshire" (Hereford and London, 1912), pp. 202-203. From the singing of Mrs. Mellor at Dilwyn, 1905.
1. As Brangywell [1] went forth to plough,
Dillum, down dillum;
As Brangywell went forth to plough,
Killy-co-quam;
As Brangywell went forth to plough,
He spied a lady on a bough, [2]
Killy-co, cuddle-dame,
Killy-co-quam.
2. "What makes thee sit so high, lady,
That no one can come nigh to thee?"
3. "There is a wild boar in the wood,
If I come down, he'll suck my blood."
4. " If I should kill the boar," said he,
"Wilt thou come down and marry me?"
5. "If thou shouldst kill the boar," said she,
"I will come down and marry thee."
6. Then Brangywell pulled out his dart
And shot the wild boar through the heart.
7. The wild boar fetched out such a sound
That all the oaks and ash fell down.
8. Then hand in hand they went to the den
And found the bones of twenty men.
Footnotes:
1. "Brangywell' has the g hard: the word may be a phonetic degradation of Egrabel (see Child)" (Leather, p. 204).
2 Compare the fragment of two lines in Notes and Queries, 10th Series, 2: 128:-
Franky Well went out to plough,
He spied a lady on a bough.