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Thread #51748   Message #1583194
Posted By: el_punkoid_nouveau
14-Oct-05 - 02:40 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Holmfirth Anthem
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Holmfirth Anthem
Well how would T'Watersons know how to pronounce it - they're from 'Ull!

My life in Folk Clubs started in Penistone, nobbut a stones throw from Holmfirth. The song was often sung at the close of an evening, and everyone stood for it, much in the way of a National Anthem. For which the rest of God's Own use Ilkley Moor. I digress - it was always sung as pratty flowers. I never knowingly heard anyone say it this way in common speech, but then when you live with something like that, you don't notice it...

epn - condemned to a life South o't' Trent!