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GUEST,Ian Carter What songs are native to Derbyshire? (102* d) RE: What songs are native to Derbyshire? 23 Jul 10


The excellent "Map of Derbyshire" (Muckram Wakes' first album) has some delightful local material on it, some of which is being revived by John Tams with the Derbyshire Volunteers.

As mentioned above, some of my own songs include:
"Ey Up Mi Duck";
"The Spire That Aspired" - about the Crooked Spire in Chesterfield (the town's motto is "Aspire");
"Two Sisters" - a re-setting of the traditional ballad;
"Three Ships" - a Derbyshire lyric dug up by the late Rick Scollins and set to my own tune (with a range of an octave and a half);
"Hannah Baddaley" - about the Lover's Leap in Stoney Middleton, where Hannah jumped but missed;
"Jacky Turner, the Walking Stationer" - about a Derby character who used his initiative to get round some petty rules about selling broadsheets;
"Anthony Lingard" - a never-yet-performed marathon about a young man who was gibbeted after execution; interestingly, as a result of the soldiers taking a wrong turn and carrying his coffin through Chatsworth Park, we now have a right of way.

Plus, of course, the suite: "Waltzers and Wonders: the Wakes is in Town" (CD available, live show coming up at Broadstairs Festival 2010).

If anyone wants more information about any of these, please email me:
ian@barndance.biz


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