The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #61011   Message #1003284
Posted By: GUEST,Spirit of Caedmon
16-Aug-03 - 03:39 PM
Thread Name: Whitby Folk Week 16 - 22 Aug 2003
Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week 16 - 22 Aug 2003
Verses To Celebrate The Arrival Of Andreas And Antonia At The Festivities In Whitby

As I came down to Whitby town,
Hooray! Hooray!
As I came down to Whitby town,
Hooray! Hooray!
As I came down to Whitby town,
I heard a sound and I looked around
It was MudGuard's wheels going round and round
Oh! Andy, we hardly knew ye.

With your beard and gears and gears and beard,
Hooray! Hooray!
With your beard and gears and gears and beard,
Hooray! Hooray!
With your gears and beard and beard and gears,
The mountains never slew ye.
Come here my dear, and have some beers
Oh! Andy, we hardly knew ye.


As through Whitby town I went,
Hooray! Hooray!
As through Whitby town I went,
Hooray! Hooray!
As through Whitby town I went,
I heard someone fiddling with intent -
The music it was heaven sent!
Antonia, we hardly knew ye!

With your diddle and fiddle and fiddle and diddle,
Hooray! Hooray!
With your diddle and fiddle and fiddle and diddle,
Hooray! Hooray!
With your fiddle and diddle and diddle and fiddle,
The moors and the fells never slew ye.
So dance to the fiddle and meet in the middle,
Antonia, we hardly knew ye!


So now we're gathered in Whitby town,
Hooray! Hooray!
So now we're gathered in Whitby town,
Hooray! Hooray!
Now we're all gathered in Whitby town,
We'll sing till we bring the ceiling down
And make the valleys ring with sound!
And raise a great hullabaloo yuh!

With our songs and tunes and tunes and songs,
Hooray! Hooray!
With our songs and tunes and tunes and songs,
Hooray! Hooray!
With our tunes and songs and songs and tunes,
The Catscratch Band'll play to ye,
We'll dance by the light of the harvest moon,
And raise a great hullaballo yuh!


Have a lovely time boys and girls!!!