come-all-ye
a street ballad, especially in England.
Origin of come-all-ye
1- Also come-all-you [kuhm-awl-yoo]. /ˈkʌmˌɔlˌyu/.
Words Nearby come-all-ye
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How to use come-all-ye in a sentence
He was a grand fiddler, a grand singer, and had made more "come-all-ye's" than you could count on your fingers and toes.
The Harbor Master | Theodore Goodridge RobertsMary was sewing beside the stove, and Pat was mumbling over the first verse of a new "come-all-ye."
The Harbor Master | Theodore Goodridge RobertsThere was a man in our mess—a Wicklow man be th' name iv Dwyer—that had th' best come-all-ye I iver heerd.
Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen | Finley Peter DunneGreat Scott, Jack, where did you pick up that old come-all-ye?
The Boss of Wind River | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)I was lookin' for him to bust out in grand-opry, or something else that's a heap more stylish than his old come-all-ye.
The Long Shadow | B. M. Bower
British Dictionary definitions for come-all-ye
/ (kəˈmɔːljə, -jiː) /
a street ballad or folk song
Origin of come-all-ye
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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