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Taffy was a Welshman

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is built, and seems to have been in use by the mid-eighteenth century. The rhyme may be related to one published in
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Similar versions were printed in collections in the late eighteenth century, however, in
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which was popular between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. It has a
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I stuffed his socks with sawdust and filled his shoes with clay.
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printed in 1805, the level of violence in the poem increased:
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The earliest record we have of the better known rhyme is from
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This version seems to have been particularly popular in the
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The term "Taffy" may be a merging of the common Welsh name "
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collected a two verse version that followed this with:
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Versions of this rhyme vary. Some common versions are:
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usually Indigenous, regarded as primitive/uncivilized
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I hung his coat and trousers to roast before a fire.
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I jumped on his Sunday hat and poked it with a pin.
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Index

Nursery rhyme
Songwriter(s)
English language
nursery rhyme
Roud Folk Song Index
Dafydd
[ˈdavɨð]
Taff
Cardiff
Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book
James Orchard Halliwell
English counties that bordered Wales
Saint David's Day
"Roud Folksong Index S377993 Taffy was a Welshman"
Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
English Folk Dance and Song Society





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