e/John Dory (song)

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has gloss	eng: John Dory is Child ballad number 284. The fish John Dory may be named for the title person. The song is a three-part round. The first printing of the tune and text is 1609 in Thomas Ravenscroft's Deuteromelia songbook but we have earlier mentions of the song in books. It was quite popular and both parodies and satires were written to the same melody.
lexicalization	eng: John Dory
instance of	e/Child Ballads