Three Jolly Rogues
Three Jolly Rogues is an English folk song.
Synopsis
A miller, a weaver and a tailor lived in King Arthur's time. They were thrown out because they could not sing. All three were thieves. They are suitably punished.Lyrics (version from "Three Jolly Rogues of Lynn", performed by Tim Hart and Friends)
Printed versions
The earliest complete text is a broadside in the Bodleian Library, dated 1804, "The Miller Weaver and Little Tailor". It is also known as "In Good King Arthur's Days". The song is quoted by Thomas Hardy in "Under the Greenwood Tree". It is known in the USA from the early nineteenth century, usually as "In Good Old Colony Days" or "In Good Old Colony Times."Recorded versions
- Otto von Bismarck In good old colony times...
- Richard Dyer-Bennet on "Richard Dyer-Bennet 6 - With Young People in Mind"
- Oscar Brand on "Songs Inane Only"
- The Highwaymen on "Standing Room Only!"
- Ed McCurdy on "The Folk Box"
- Alice Stuart on "All The Good Times"
- The Watersons on "New Voices"
- The Clancy Brothers on "Freedom's Sons" ; here, the song is titled “When We Were Under the King”
- Roger Nicholson on "Nonesuch for Dulcimer" and Bob Johnson
- Tim Hart on "The Drunken Sailor and other Kids Favourites"
- Tom Paxton on "A Folksong Festival"
- Jim Douglas on "A Peddlar's Pack ", ℗ 2004 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 1979 Folkways Records, Released on: 1979-01-01