Walt: vocals and guitar
Eric: mouth organ and vocals
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History of Dainty Davie
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One version of the tune dates from at least the middle of the 17th century. It has been known as Dainty Davy or Dainty Davie since at least 1657, when it was first published in John Playford's collection The Dancing Master.
The tune gained a new text in the late 17th century, when it became adapted as a satire directed against Scottish Covenanters during the period after their 17th century rebellions. This was based on a story published in a 1692 anti-Presbyterian propaganda pamphlet, The Scots Presbyterian Eloquence Displayed, and focusing on a preacher, David Williamson, seven times married minister of St. Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh (1636 - August 1706). The story was claimed to have then been "well known in Scotland". (Wikipedia).
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Dainty Davy - lyrics (Luke Kelly version)
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It was in and through the window broad
And all the teary will he go
The sweetest kiss that e'er I got
Was from my Dainty Da-vy
(Chorus)
Oh lease me on your curly pow
Dainty Davy, Dainty Davy
Lease me on your curly pow
You're my own dear Dainty Da-vy
'tWas down among my father's peas
And under-neath the cherry tree
'tWas there he kissed me as he pleased
Now he's my own dear Dainty Da-vy
When he was chased by a dra-goon
In-to my bed he laid his wound
I thought him worthy of his room
Now he's my own dear Dainty Da-vy
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Lease me on = dear is to me / curly pow = curly head / broad = window
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