Origins: Who was Sam

Subject: Origins: Who was Sam
From: GUEST,Sam
Date: 01 Jul 24 - 09:39 AM

Hiya,
      Heard an amusing song the other night whilst visiting a pub up in the Yorkshire Dales (Dent), whilst walking the Dales Way, didn't catch the title, but it was about a man called Sam, part of the chorus included the phrase Ow do are you diddling.
Everyone in the pub seemed to know the chorus and joined in with great gusto. I wondered if anyone knew anything about the song and possibly who Sam was, was he a Dent Local?

Subject: RE: Origins: Who was Sam
From: Mo the caller
Date: 02 Jul 24 - 02:56 AM

Only Sam I know won't pick up is musket

Subject: RE: Origins: Who was Sam
From: GUEST,Oriel Wynn-Dawe
Date: 02 Jul 24 - 05:26 AM

Sounds familiar, now I'm wondering what it was too. I think I heard in in my childhood, which was in the Midlands.

Subject: RE: Origins: Who was Sam
From: GUEST,Oriel Wynn-Dawe
Date: 02 Jul 24 - 12:04 PM

'Ow you diddling?' was a greeting I heard as a child.