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Thread #86568   Message #1615417
Posted By: Snuffy
28-Nov-05 - 09:06 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A good song for Little John please
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A good song for Little John please
from The Fiddler's Companion

LUMPS OF PLUM PUDDING [1]. English, Jig (irregular) or Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major (Bacon‑Bampton & Field Town, Mallinson‑Bledington): A Major (Bacon‑Bledington, Carlin). Standard. AABABAA (Bacon‑Bampton): ABCBCB (Bacon & Mallinson ‑ Bledington, Bacon ‑ Fieldtown): AABBC (Carlin). A major key form of the tune "Lumps of Pudding". Morris dance versions are from the villages of Bampton (Oxfordshire), Bledington (Gloucestershire) and Leafield (AKA ‑ Field Town, Oxfordshire), in England's Cotswolds. A solo jig was danced to the Bleddington version, while words were sung in Bampton:

Lumps of plum pudding and pieces of pie,
Me mother she gave me for telling a lie;
She gave me so much I fear I shall die
From lumps of plum pudding and pieces of pie.


Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pgs. 54, 90 & 164. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 51, pg. 39. Mallinson (Mally's Cotswold Morris Tunes), 1988, Vol. 2; No. 36, pg. 18. Sharp (Morris Dance Tunes), Set V, pg. 24 and Set IX, pg. 14. Topic TSCD458, John Kirkpatrick - "Plain Capers" (1976/1992)