You can find a lot here: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To - Chas Marshall - CatBook (pdf). It contains info on the man who sang it - page 3+. You can find many examples of the tune on youtube eg My Home (I'll post an abc if anyone wants that). Mick THE ARKENGARTHDALE SONG (Arthur Jackson) Chorus: Here’s to the men of the Tees and the Swale, To the Nidd, Wear and Wharfe and Arkengarthdale And here’s to Charles Bathurst, the fellow won’t fail, To provide work for t’groovers When I was a young lad wi’ mi’ father I went Up to the mine where mi’ time it was spent Breaking up the lead ore to help out wi’t rent And learn the trade of a groover Now I’m a youth and I’ll go down below I’ll go wi’ mi’ father, he’ll teach me you know How to look for the signs and to hew the lead ore And teach me the trade of the groover I’ve bairns of me own now the eldest is nine He’ll come with me up to the mine With his booker in hand reckon he will do fine Like his father he’ll be a groover Source: Cat Book as listed above. As sung by Arthur Jackson to the Scottish pipe tune “My Home”.
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