Ah, Lyngham House got me the lyrics to Jan Knuckey! Now to figure out what a few of the words mean.

Right off there's "Jan Knuckey was a miner bold, as ever was to bal"   Bal? bow?? bawl?? bowl??   Hmm

Then there's "In church 'ee did the Baaz-vile scrape an' made a purty noise." Is the "baaz-vile scrape" a reverential bow of some sort?

And what about "Well, Jan 'e fetched 'es coose one day to tell 'es mind to Grace"?   "coose"? Is that somehow another word for courage?

Thanks in advance, and I'm sure I'll have more questions..