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come-all-ye

[ kuhm-awl-yee ]

noun

  1. a street ballad, especially in England.


come-all-ye

/ -jiː; kəˈmɔːljə /

noun

  1. a street ballad or folk song


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Word History and Origins

Origin of come-all-ye1

First recorded in 1885–90; after the invitation that often forms the opening line of such ballads

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Word History and Origins

Origin of come-all-ye1

C19: from the common opening words come all ye ( young maidens, loyal heroes, etc )…

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Example Sentences

He was a grand fiddler, a grand singer, and had made more "Come-all-ye's" than you could count on your fingers and toes.

Mary was sewing beside the stove, and Pat was mumbling over the first verse of a new "come-all-ye."

There was a man in our mess—a Wicklow man be th' name iv Dwyer—that had th' best come-all-ye I iver heerd.

Great Scott, Jack, where did you pick up that old come-all-ye?

I was lookin' for him to bust out in grand-opry, or something else that's a heap more stylish than his old come-all-ye.

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