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Lyr Req: 'walking round Dorset.'

21 Jul 01 - 10:03 AM (#511945)
Subject: 'walking round Dorset.'
From: running.hare

I'm looking to the lyrics of 'Walking round Dorset' (I think that is the correct title, though it could be 'courting round Dorset' or variouse variations there of!) of which I can only remember variouse snipets from different verses. Such as:-

-"she said men are feeble to walk they ain't able, ......."

-"at Newton my maiden ran straight past the pub"

-"when she got to Derweston, well i pooped the Question, said stand still a seconed & please marry I"

If you are able to help with some or all of the words that whould be great,

Thx for your time,

Lizabee. (a baby newbie)

21 Jul 01 - 03:27 PM (#512102)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'walking round Dorset.'
From: Gareth

Lizzabee,

Could this be a varient of the Yetties "Dorset is beautifull"

I don't think this is in the index though this may be my ham fisted fingering and mild dylexia.

(Hooray for spell checkers !)

Gareth

21 Jul 01 - 03:37 PM (#512109)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'walking round Dorset.'
From: vindelis

I think it will either be 'Courting in Dorset' or 'On a beach down in Dorset'. I take it that you have tried the Yetties' web site (titles and source CD/Tapes only). They are both songs to be found on 'Yetties' recordings.

22 Jul 01 - 02:50 AM (#512309)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'walking round Dorset.'
From: GUEST,Liz the Squeak

Odd, I spent 27 years in Dorset and never heard this one. Does it mention which pub in Newton? If it's Maiden Newton, there was more than one and I probably was in it at the time!!!

LTS

22 Jul 01 - 04:14 AM (#512313)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'walking round Dorset.'
From: The Shambles

It could be the difference between 'Chalk and Cheese'?

As one of the Maiden Newton pubs are called.

It would seem that the Yetties are to blame here. Does no one have any Yetties recordings then? Maybe not?

22 Jul 01 - 09:44 AM (#512342)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'walking round Dorset.'
From: Sorcha

The title is "Courting Round Dorset" and is on the album Looking for the Sunshine.

"It's always been my ambition to write a song containing many of the Dorset village names but Tim Laycock has well and truly beaten me to it. Get your Ordnance Survey maps out and your walking boots. You can spend many a happy holiday just finding the villages and hills mentioned following the route. You might even meet one of them 'Girls from Dorsetshire' on your travels."

From: http://www.theyetties.co.uk/viewsong.php?id=24
(The Yetties website. No lyrics there, tho)

22 Jul 01 - 01:32 PM (#512383)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'walking round Dorset.'
From: running.hare

I've found reference to it being on a Tim Laycock tape called 'Shillingstone Moss' at website :- http://www.chanteycabin.co.uk/Tim%20Laycock/Laycock.htm

But again no lyrics!

I'll go away, & try & remember as much of it as I posibly can, try & get thouse bits it the right order, then come back & see if any one can fill in my gaps.

Thank for helping,

-Lizabee

22 Jul 01 - 04:51 PM (#512433)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'walking round Dorset.'
From: Liz the Squeak

Well he gets admiration if he can get Shitterton and Piddlehinton into a song and keep it clean!!!

LTS

22 Jul 01 - 05:17 PM (#512441)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'walking round Dorset.'
From: Micca

Lizabee, I have a copy of the CD and would be happy to make you a tape, purely for research purposes, of course... PM me...I am in London..

23 Jul 01 - 02:59 PM (#512726)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'walking round Dorset.'
From: running.hare

Thx Micca, I'll PM you. ________________________________

"Well he gets admiration if he can get Shitterton and Piddlehinton into a song and keep it clean!!!

LTS"

I know thw latter isn't in there, I'd of rememberd that! we go past there every time we go to my nans, & as kids we'd always snigger ;) though Shaftesbury is included ("shaftestbury for shoping" I think) Which some of my non Dorset friends think is Very funny!

23 Jul 01 - 03:01 PM (#512732)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'walking round Dorset.'
From: The Shambles

Hold on. I have just remebered that I do have a 'courting round dorset' song, complete with place names and all. I thought it was in the The Mudcat Songbook but I can't find it there.

I will dig it out......

23 Jul 01 - 03:54 PM (#512774)
Subject: Lyr Add: THE MONKEY PARADE (Roger Gall)
From: The Shambles

This was written for a Portland couple who were about to celebrate 60 years of marriage. They met on Monkey Parade.

The Monkey Parade

The Sunday bells would summon
There was none as devout as we
We'd walk all the way from Southwell
Bert, Henry and Me
Tommy would meet us in Weston
Then off to church we'd go
But our thoughts were not on the heavens
More on the place, 'down below'

Bert, Henry, Tommy and me
Off to look for a maid
Roaring like thunder, down Old Hill
To join the Monkey Parade
Strutting like 'swells'
Up and down Fortuneswell
Oh what a sight we made
Glad that Sunday
Was the one day
We joined the Monkey Parade

Us boys in our Sunday finery
Would keep to one side of the street
The girls along with their families
Encouraging smiles, kept discrete
When they walked a few steps
Pretend we were going there too
I wonder whose rules we were playing?
And just who was looking at who?

We've been together a long time
Our birds have flown the nest
Of all the ways to choose a mate
I think ours was the best
For though I had my admirers
May have flirted with a few
I remember those days on the Monkey Parade
When I only had eyes for you

Roger Gall 1997

08 Feb 03 - 05:34 PM (#885735)
Subject: Lyr Add: COURTING ROUND DORSET (from The Yetties)
From: wildlone

This is the version that the Yetties sing

1 (Tune 1)
When I was young, I went courting round Dorset
A pretty young maid with a delicate touch,
And rashly I promised I’d follow her anywhere,
Well, I never thought she'd like walking so much.

2 (Tune 1)
She said, "Meet me this evening in Charmouth at seven,
Across the green meadows to Beaminster we'll stroll."
But when I got to Charmouth, she'd popped into Bridport,
And a rope maker told me she'd gone to Puncknowle.

3 (Tune 2)
Eypes Mouth and Abbotsbury, Winterbourne Steepleton,
I limped into Dorchester weary and lame.
I thought she might wait, but I was too late.
She'd gone off with a milkman to Winterbourne Came.

4 (Tune 1)
I met her next evening by Fontmell Crosstree.
She was fresh as a daisy. I was stiff as a board.
She said, "Let's go up the hill to Tarrant Gunville,
And a drink in the Bugle Horn shall be your reward."

5 (Tune 2)
Oh! Blow that old Bugle Horn, she rushed on to Hinton,
Then Monkton and Keyneston and Spetisbury as well.
As I crawled into Blandford, she called in at Hanford,
And courted a clubman on Hambledon Hill.

6 (Tune 1)
We went to Corfe Castle. Round the ruins we rambled.
She held my hand tight as the sun slipped away.
I was ready for kissing, but off she went missing,
To Kimmericige, Lulworth and Worbarrow Bay.

7 (Tune 2)
I made her a gift of two lovely wool jumpers.
I begged her to wear 'em but still she'd not stop.
Studland, Sandbanks, the ferry to Brownsea--
She said, "Let's go to Ashmore", and down I did drop.

8 (Tune 1)
At Christmas to Sherborne I took her shopping,
But she sloped off to Thorncornbe and Melbury Bubb,
Then Corscombe, Mosterton, Toller Porcorum,
At Newton, my maiden ran straight past the pub.

9 (Tune 1)
She flew on to Batcombe, Up Cerne and Duntish.
When I went to Pulham, she climbed Woolland Hill.
As I paddled the Piddle, she went to Purce Caundle,
With a cove from the navy they call Portland Bill.

10 (Tune 1)
She said, "Men are feeble. To walk they ain't able.
All over Dorset I've led you a dance.”
"My dear," I says nicely, "Please don't deride me.
If you want to ramble, give me one more chance."

11 (Tune 1)
I said, "Let's start at Shaftesbury, then Marnhull and Manston.
I'll meet you on Bulbarrow Hill if you like."
She was off like the wind but I just sat and grinned,
'Cos in Hazelbury Bryan I'd hidden my bike.

12 (Tune 2)
When she got to Bulbarrow, I was in Stalbridge.
I put ad in the paper saying, "Meet me in Leigh".
When she got to Durweston, I popped the question
Saying, "Stand still a minute and please marry I.”

13 (Tune 1)
We honeymooned in Bedchester, lived cosy at Warmwell.
I told her I’d won her. She said, "None of your lip.
I could see you were cheatin'. A girl can't be beaten
By a chap who goes walking in bicycle clips."

14 (Tune 2)
We moved to Long Bredy and raised a large family.
The high hills of Dorset together we roam.
And I know before long, when they grow fine and strong,
Our children will ramble away from their home.

T Laycock
Recorded on:
Cassette Looking for the Sunshine - Conifer MCRR 502
CD Looking for the Sunshine – Conifer CDRR502

19 Feb 03 - 07:14 PM (#893878)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'walking round Dorset.'
From: running.hare

Many Thx to;

(a) Every1 who replied to the thread,

(b) Wildlone for supplieing the lyrics even 18months after the post had sliped down the board,

(c) Vindalis (plz excuse spelling) for letting me know tonight in Dorch that this was here, & how to reset my cookies to make it easy to get to

So ThxU ThxU ThxU!

*returns to lurkerdom*

20 Feb 03 - 08:30 AM (#894182)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'walking round Dorset.'
From: GUEST,Foe

My family name ancestor came from Affpiddle (Affpuddle), Dorset to New England in the early 1600's. Where can I find the music to "Walking Round Dorset?"

11 Oct 03 - 06:01 PM (#1033845)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'walking round Dorset.'
From: running.hare

U could try some of the sites mentioned above to buy a recording Foe.
I'm afraid I learn by ear so cant supplie NE form of written music. Sorry not to be more help.

Last Saturday I actually Compleated the first installment of my attempt to do all the walks mentioned in the song! (my original reason for requesting the lyrics, though I've ended up singing it too)

I started with verse 6 as It's the shortest of all the walks & I cant do it in order as Litton Cheney Youth hostel (1/2way on 1st walk) Has closed for winter :( So I thought I'd be sensibe & build up gently... Even If you wouldn't describe some of the Puyrbec hills as Gentle!

I'l keep U up dated on my progress.

~Lizabee

12 Oct 03 - 05:38 AM (#1034026)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'walking round Dorset.'
From: Herga Kitty

Lizabee

So will you have walked the lot by the next Wareham Wail?

Kitty

PS Good song!

12 Oct 03 - 06:59 AM (#1034040)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'walking round Dorset.'
From: running.hare

I'm Hoping to Of Kitty.
The Plan is to take a photo of a sign with each placename mentioned in the song on it, Then rather than needing the words for the 2nd 1/2 of the song which I've Yet to learn I can Just flick through a photo Albumn!!!

I'm thinking Fontmel Cross tree to Hambledon Hill Is next. I Just need another weekend with weather as good as last week!