Peter Paul and Mary, A Soalin

Peter Paul and Mary, A Soalin

Lyrics:

Hey ho, nobody home, meat nor drink nor money have I none
Yet shall we be merry, Hey ho, nobody home.
Hey ho, nobody home, Meat nor drink nor money have I none
Yet shall we be merry, Hey ho, nobody home.
Hey Ho, nobody home.
Soal, a soal, a soal cake, please good missus a soul cake.
An apple, a pear, a plum, a cherry,
any good thing to make us all merry,
One for Peter, two for Paul, three for Him who made us all.
God bless the master of this house, and the mistress also
And all the little children that round your table grow.
The cattle in your stable and the dog by your front door
And all that dwell within your gates
we wish you ten times more.
Soal, a soal, a soal cake, please good missus a soul cake.
An apple, a pear, a plum, a cherry,
any good thing to make us all merry,
One for Peter, two for Paul, three for Him who made us all.
Go down into the cellar and see what you can find
If the barrels are not empty we hope you will be kind
We hope you will be kind with your apple and strawber'
For we'll come no more a 'soalin' till this time next year.
Soal, a soal, a soal cake, please good missus a soul cake.
An apple, a pear, a plum, a cherry,
any good thing to make us all merry,
One for Peter, two for Paul, three for Him who made us all.
The streets are very dirty, my shoes are very thin.
I have a little pocket to put a penny in.
If you haven't got a penny, a ha' penny will do.
If you haven't got a ha' penny then God bless you.
Soal, a soal, a soal cake, please good missus a soul cake.
An apple, a pear, a plum, a cherry,
any good thing to make us all merry,
One for Peter, two for Paul, three for Him who made us all.
Now to the Lord sing praises all you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood each other now embrace..
This holy tide of Christmas of beauty and of grace,
Oh tidings of comfort and joy.

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[rainbowcougar]

I grew up with this! lol! sweet memories...thanks for sharing

[cschoon1213]

@ rainbowcougar,

The pleasure is mine! :-)

[kyanite2]

Wow! I don't know how many times Paul said his little preamble, but it sure sounds like the recording of this song. This must be from the sixties. They should give credit to the bass player who also played, I do believe, on Lightfoot's first album. Thanks so much for this posting!

[cschoon1213]

My pleasure. This account of kids trick or treating is very funny! "What's it going to be pop, candy or your front window?" Cracks me up. Glad you enjoyed it. :-)

[expenguin67]

Always associated this song with Christmas. Ain't Christmas for me 'til I hear four songs: Nat Cole's "Christmas Song", "Blue Christmas" by Elvis, "Little Saint Nick" by The Beach Boys and this. Merry Christmas!

[cschoon1213]

Merry Christmas to you too and I also like the old song " Do You Hear What I Hear" !.

Peace and Love,

~~~ Chuck

[kaarekjohnsen]

This is the original to Sting's "Soul Cake". Paul Stookey wrote it together with Tracey Batteast & Elena Mezetti, based on the English folk song Hey ho, nobody home. First released on Peter, Paul and Mary's second album, Moving (1963).

[allenshepard]

What year was this

[smiddlecn]

Ooh...I didn't know a version of this existed on YouTube! I have the Japanese album it's from. It's wonderful.

[jamieboy170]

That last line of the intro "...the candy or your front window"still cracks me up even after all these years

P.s. I think one of their bass players was Milt Okun.

[MusicTeacher2010]

@kyanite2 More then likely the bass player was Dick Kniss who was with PP&M for their entire career. Paul Prestopino would often play backup guitar or mandolin as well

[ericberner]

I was able to produce 1 .ffftve with the G-minor experiment. Any other tones?

Franklin Ghost Tones.

[jch002]

I love the guitar work at the beginning.

[TheDarlingching]

If you pay attention to the lyric, they were telling about the social unjust, Peter, Paul & Mary songs never dated. Just look around, what they have been telling still happens.

[middleC17]

Oh my goodness! I sang this is in like, fourth grade or something in music class!!!! But only part of it.