John Dory (song)

John Dory (Roud 249, Child 284) is an English-language folk song. The fish John Dory may be named for the titular character.^[1] The song is sometimes sung as a three-part round. The first printing of the tune and text is 1609 in Thomas Ravenscroft's Deuteromelia songbook but there are earlier mentions of the song in books.^[2] It was quite popular, and both parodies and satires were written to the same melody.

^ Walsh, William Shepard, ed. (August 2008). American Notes and Queries. BiblioBazaar. ISBN 9780554978604.^{[full citation needed]}
^ Carew, Richard (1769). The Survey of Cornwall, And, An Epistle Concerning the Excellencies of the English Tongue. Printed for B. Law. p. 135.

[1] Walsh, William Shepard, ed. (August 2008). American Notes and Queries. BiblioBazaar. ISBN 9780554978604.^{[full citation needed]}

[2] Carew, Richard (1769). The Survey of Cornwall, And, An Epistle Concerning the Excellencies of the English Tongue. Printed for B. Law. p. 135.

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