Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics:
Taffy Was a Welshman
Taffy Was a Welshman
Taffy Was a Welshman
Taffy wiz a Welshman;
Taffy wiz a thief;
Taffy cam' tae my hoose
And stailt a bit beef.
I gaed tae Taffy's hoose,
And there, upon my life,
When Taffy wisna lookin',
I stole eez wife.
If he cam' back
It wud be a great relief.
He cud keep his wife;
I'd raither hae my beef.
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Rodger Lang Strang (1948), 14. Cf. ODNR 400 (no. 495),
first ref. 1780.
Note: It popped up in one of the earliest versions of Mother
Goose (late 18th Century) RG
MS