You're welcome Sally

Yes I sang it at Whittlebury a couple of years ago.

Do you need the tune?

Background is that the 'witch' used to live under the 199 Church Steps. People were afraid of her because she would sit in vigil in the porch of St Mary's church every April 24th and would meet the souls of the people who would die the following year. She was also a very clever lady who sold spells to farmers and sailors etc. but never told them a price to pay - that way if the spell didnt work it was their own fault for not paying enough! Legend has it she cursed the town and said the day she died a storm would destroy the town and kill fisherman and sailors out at sea. Many people thought she was a fraud but just in case hung witch stones at their doors (stone with a hole right through them) to keep her away. Legend also has it that the day she died was a beautiful calm day but by tea time the worse storm the town had ever seen hit and destroyed property and killed many fishermen out at sea.

There is a book with the full legend in it but thats the rough story

Sue