The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #62686   Message #1015816
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
09-Sep-03 - 06:23 PM
Thread Name: Query: Floral Dance/Helston Furry Dance
Subject: RE: Query: Floral Dance/Helston Furry Dance
As I mentioned earlier, the tune (which varies in details rather than essentials) is known in a number of other parts of the country (including Winster in Derbyshire, a few miles from where I live), usually associated with the Morris. Whether or not it was brought to Derbyshire by Cornish miners moving up there to work in the lead-mining industry is a matter of conjecture. Hal an Tow, of course, is a different song entirely.