come-all-you

English

Alternative forms

• come-all-ye

Etymology

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

Noun

come-all-you (plural come-all-yous)

1. (dialectal, British, Ireland) A traditional folk or country song.
   • 2006, Patrick McCabe, Winterwood, Bloomsbury, published 2007, page 3:

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