Cumulative Song - Example With Refrains

Example With Refrains

In many songs, an item is introduced in the first line of each stanza and extends the list in another line. An example is The Barley Mow:

1. Here's good luck to the pint pot,

Good luck to the barley mow

Jolly good luck to the pint pot,

Good luck to the barley mow

Oh the pint pot, half a pint, gill pot, half a gill, quarter gill, nipperkin, and a round bowl

Here's good luck, good luck, good luck to the barley mow

The second verse substitutes a larger drink measure in the first line. In the second line the new measure heads the list and is sung to the same musical phrase as pint pot.

2. Here's good luck to the quart pot,

Good luck to the barley mow

Jolly good luck to the quart pot,

Good luck to the barley mow

Oh the quart pot, pint pot, half a pint, gill pot, half a gill, quarter gill, nipperkin, and a round bowl

Here's good luck, good luck, good luck to the barley mow

One version of the final line and refrain is:

Oh the company, the brewer, the drayer, the slavey ,the daughter, the landlady, the landlord, the barrel, the half-barrel, the gallon, the half-gallon, the quart pot, pint pot, half a pint gill pot, half a gill, quarter gill, nipperkin, and a round bowl

Here's good luck, good luck, good luck to the barley mow