...the fiddlers three. O ! there's none so rare as can compare With King Cole and his fiddlers three. Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy wasn't home; Taffy came to my house and stole a marrow-bone....

...lines as: There was a man in our town, and he was wondrous wise and Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy Avas a thief. . Taffy came to my house and stole a leg of beef. 1 Robert of Gloucester's chronicle and some other medieval verse may represent a use of the metrical...

...I went to Taffy's house, Taf-fy was -n't home, I re-turned the fav - or And stole a mar- row bone. Taffy was a Welshman Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house And stole a piece of beef. Then I went to Taffy's house, Taffy wasn't home, I returned the favor And stole a marrow...

...Observe that the following lively tale compresses nine sentences into the space of three couplets: Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house, and stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not home; Taffy came to my house, and stole a marrow-bone;...

...nickname for the Welshman is T affy , cf . the nursery-rhyme which casts an unfair aspersion on them : 'Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief — Taffy came to my house and stole a leg of beef !' Scotsmen are often called Sandy < Alexander, or Jock. An Irishman is often called Pat. Scotsmen...

...components. In the " Debatable Country " it might refer to incendiary enemy raids or to torch signals. Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef ; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy wasn't in, I pumped upon his Sunday hat, and poked it...

...get your own bread with it honestly, and don't filch from others.'" One other example will suffice : Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came...not at home ; Taffy came to my house, and stole a marrow bone. Our Welsh friends have always resented this stanza as a libel on their honesty. According...

...that very day, or die, and it is this saying of Buddha's that the unknown poet wished to commemorute. Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house And stole a leg of heef, I went to Taffy's house; Taffy was in hed. I took a carving knife. And cut off Taffy's head....

...returned from school sobbing that their classmates had sung in unison: Taffy is a Welshman. Taffy is a thief. Taffy came to my house And stole a leg of beef. Girls as well as boys frequently brought home the scars of battle. With such formidable obstacles to...

...swallowed him up. With a rowley, powley, gammon and spinach, Heigho, says Anthony Rowley. HP JLaffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not at home; Taffy came to my house and stole the...