X:1
T:A Riddle Wittily Expounded
T:Riddles wisely expounded
B:Bronson
C:Trad
O:D'Urfey, 1719-20, IV, pp.129-32 (emended)
H: D'Urfey prints the tune in C| time throughout; Chappell,
in his revision of it (II [1859], p.531), regularizes in 3/4,
giving two beats to the last note of the first and third
phrases, and changing the signature to G minor.  Bruce and
Stokoe (1882, pp. 76-78) profess to print from D'Urfey, but
again in two flats, regularizing the timing in 3/4, and with
four alterations in notes:  D for initial A, e raised to f
in the third bar, the third d in the same bar lowered to c,
and the first A in the penultimate bar raised to c.
N:Child 1
L:1/8
G:A
M:3/4
K:Gdor % possibly Dphr with a natural e
A BA | GG AB cB |[M:2/4][L:1/4] A B/c/ |
w:There was a La-dy in the North Coun-try,  Lay the
[M:3/4][L:1/8] d2 dd d/e/ d/c/ | d2 z d dc |
w:Bent to the Bon__ny Broom, And she had
B2 d2 cB |[M:2/4][L:1/4] A G/A/ |[M:3/4][L:1/8] AB AG AB | G2 z |]
w:love-ly Daugh-ters three, Fa la la la, fa, la la la re.