Nice to see the lyrics of my song posted here!

To confirm, I wrote "Ey Up Mi Duck" back in 1979 as an entry for a "Song for Derbyshire" competition. (It didn't come anywhere!) At the same time, I wrote "The Spire That Aspired", about the Chesterfield Crooked Spire.

I've revived both of these recently, with Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham, and they both feature in our set for A Derbyshire Evening, the first of which was held last Saturday night at the Florence Nightingale Memorial Hall in Holloway, Derbyshire.

We also perform "Tip o' Derwent" by Gerald Short, who I'm told now lives in Scotland. "Charlie Sparrer's Marrer" finished the second set for us, as it used to do for (the late) Rick Scollins and Ram's Bottom.

A new song about a Derbyshire man, "Sam Taylor - The Ilson Giant" also features on the new CD by The Ram Company (www.ramcompany.co.uk
) which bears the title "Waltzers and Wonders: The Wakes Is In Town". The world premiere of the show is at Derby Folk Festival on 25th October 2008, at the Assembly Rooms, Derby, England. The majority of the songs in this show are mine, penned mostly back in the 80s when I was in Muckram Wakes, but now brought to life by The Ram Company.

We'd love to see you all there!

ian@barndance.biz