单词 | come-all-ye |
释义 | come-all-yen. Chiefly Irish English. A traditional ballad or folk song, usually beginning with the words ‘come all ye’. Cf. come-all-you n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > ballad ballad1458 sing-song1609 street ballad1694 balladling1798 song ballad1832 border balladc1863 come-all-ye1892 slowie1939 slow dance1989 1892 Jrnl. Cork Hist. & Archaeol. Soc. Mar. 69/1 Here is a ‘Come all ye’. 1941 L. A. G. Strong John McCormack xvi. 260 He knew ‘Come-all-ye's’—that is, ballads beginning with an invitation to come and listen—with as many as forty or fifty verses. 2004 T. P. Dolan Dict. Hiberno-Eng. (2006) 60/2 Well, he got up to sing a come-all-ye, twenty verses or more—we thought he'd never sit down! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892 |
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