Come-all-you

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Noun
  1. 1
    A traditional folk or country song. British, Ireland, dialectal

    "He slapped his thighs and whooped and catcalled, encouraging anyone who knew it to join in the ‘traditional come-all-you’!"

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"He slapped his thighs and whooped and catcalled, encouraging anyone who knew it to join in the ‘traditional come-all-you’!"

Etymology

From the common occurrence in such songs of an exhortation beginning "come all you".

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