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Lyr Req: Jowl and Listen Lad In Mudcat MIDIs: Jowl an' Listen (As printed in Come All Ye Bold Miners (A.L. Lloyd, 1978) Noted by W. Toyn from Henry Nattress of Low Fell, County Durham, in 1962) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jowl and Listen Lad From: GUEST,John Elliott Date: 26 Oct 08 - 09:51 AM Jack Elliott was my Grandfather, the lines you refer to are from another song, Rap Her to Bank |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Many a Marrer's missing lads, becaus From: GUEST,Santa Date: 08 Oct 08 - 01:51 PM Apologies. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Many a Marrer's missing lads, becaus From: Little Robyn Date: 07 Oct 08 - 02:55 AM Here: Rap her to bank Robyn |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Many a Marrer's missing lads, becaus From: Little Robyn Date: 07 Oct 08 - 02:52 AM Santa you've got the wrong song - the other thread has the words to Rap her to bank. Yes, Jack Elliot sang Jowl, jowl straight after it but the words you quote are in the first song. Robyn |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Many a Marrer's missing lads, becaus From: Santa Date: 06 Oct 08 - 05:25 PM Jack Elliot sang at least one more verse: And when that awful day arrived The last shift for me father A fall of stones, and brocken bones but still above the clatter He cried rap her to bank, me canny lad Wind her away, that's clever, This poor old lad, he's taken bad, He'll be back here never Not sure of some of the finer details. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Many a Marrer's missing lads, becaus From: GUEST Date: 06 Oct 08 - 09:03 AM I was taught this song by W Toyn, Headmaster of George Street Secondary School Birtley in something like 1965 and I believe he actually collected it. He collected a great many old North East songs...mainly in dialect and passed them on to us in music lessons. Apparently he and the Elliots worked together to preserve a lot of the songs. |
Subject: Lyr Add: JOWL AN' LISTEN From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 21 Oct 01 - 10:14 PM For the sake of completeness, here it is as given by Lloyd:
JOWL AN' LISTEN
(Noted by W. Toyn from Henry Nattress of Low Fell, County Durham, in 1962)
Jowl, jowl an' listen, lad,
Me feyther aalways used te say
So jowl, jowl &c.
Noo, the depitty craals fre flat te flat,
So jowl, jowl &c. As printed in Come All Ye Bold Miners (A.L. Lloyd, 1978). A midi made from the notation will go to the Mudcat Midi Pages; until then, it can be heard via the South Riding Folk Network site:
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Many a Marrer's missing lads, becaus From: John Routledge Date: 21 Oct 01 - 06:13 PM Carole - This song used to be sung immediately after Rap her to Bank. I have never heard it sung on it's own. Thanks Bill for the words.I needed the last verse. Cheers John |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Many a Marrer's missing lads, becaus From: The_one_and_only_Dai Date: 21 Oct 01 - 05:56 PM Carole?? Carole who??? You mean there is a female at a Stony folk do I don't know??? (incidentally it was almost certainly sung by Brian Peckett, and I am most upset you didn't ask about any of my songs) |
Subject: LYR ADD: Jowl Jowl and listen lad From: Noreen Date: 21 Oct 01 - 05:52 PM For harvesting purposes: See Bill's post above @ 4.35pm. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Many a Marrer's missing lads, becaus From: bill\sables Date: 21 Oct 01 - 04:55 PM According to Bert Lloyd (Come all ye Bold Miners) it was collected by W.Toyn from Henry Nattress of Low Fell (Gateshead) Co. Durham in 1962. Bill |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Many a Marrer's missing lads, becaus From: GUEST,Carole Date: 21 Oct 01 - 04:41 PM Thank you very much. That is exactly what I was looking for. The fact that you learnt it from the Elliotts is fascinating. |
Subject: Lyr Add: JOWL JOWL AND LISTEN LAD From: bill\sables Date: 21 Oct 01 - 04:35 PM Jowl Jowl and listen lad You'll hear the coal face working There's many a marra missing lad Because they wouldn't listen lad
My father always used to say
Now the deputy gans from flat to flat |
Subject: Many a Marrer's missing lads, because he From: GUEST,Carole Date: 21 Oct 01 - 04:13 PM Heard a song at recent folk club in Stony Stratford that rang bells from my childhood, containing line: Many a 'marrer's' missing lads, Because he wouldn't listen lads. The song is about miners 'listening' to the coal seam to hear trouble ahead. Thanks |
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