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Thread #71414 Message #1221447
Posted By: Matthew Edwards
08-Jul-04 - 12:26 PM
Thread Name: Origins: nowt to do with me
Subject: RE: Origins: nowt to do with me
Its probably a song from the music halls (anybody able to check in Kilgarriff?)
George Fradley sings it on Veteran Tapes cassette VT114 with a lovely melodeon accompaniment by Tufty Swift.
(From the notes by Derek Schofield) George Fradley was born in Staffordshire in 1910 but lived most of his life in Derbyshire where he died in 1985. His family included a lot of singers, and they ran a family concert party in local villages in the 1930's. George's father Albert used to sing Nowt to Do Wi' Me, and improvised verses to feature local people or events, a practice which George carried on. A few of George's songs were recorded by Muckram Wakes in the 1970's. George's own singing was recorded by Mike Yates in 1984.