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Thread #104320   Message #2135187
Posted By: The Borchester Echo
28-Aug-07 - 08:47 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: songs about hunger (for kids)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs about hunger (for kids)
That Seth Lakeperson precursor Judith Piepe wrote Procrastination Song which the Young Tradition promptly renamed The Hungry Child and recorded on So Cheerfully Round.

What's really funny about it is that Judith wrote it in response to a F*lk Bore who knew All About The English Tradition and could tell a trad song at 100 paces. On hearing this he declared it 'a rural gem from the 1700s'. On being told the truth he went away and hasn't been heard of since.

Damien Barber does it sometimes these days but hasn't yet (a.f.a.i.k.) recorded it.