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Thread #105778 Message #2195109
Posted By: HipflaskAndy
16-Nov-07 - 04:14 AM
Thread Name: Broadstairs Woodshed Sessions
Subject: RE: Broadstairs Woodshed Sessions
All the best with your Woodshed Sessions
...named with a due nod to my song, I understand - bless ya!
I wrote the song in reference to Harry Cox, for years banished to an outhouse should he want to sing - his wife not wanting that nasty folk stuff in the house - Walter Pardon had similar experience I'm told - but took friends/relations (and ale) out there to sing along, whereas poor Harry just had himself for company!
If they'd only known about each others 'sessions' (they didn't live that far from each other!) they'd, no doubt, have formed a 'Boy Band' (hah!)... and called it the 'Woodshed Boys'
Folk can hear the song and download (free!) the song via the myspace link someone kindly posted up above - here's the lyric for any interested...
Woodshed Boys (D McFarlane)
So where d' you learn to sing that way?
Where d' you hear those songs you play?
All the words I hear you say
We owe 'em to the Woodshed Boys
And all the tunes you join in on
Were saved by generations gone
Tradition serving up her song
We owe 'em to the Woodshed Boys
Ch. The Woodshed boys, the Woodshed Boys
You cant sing here - cant stand the noise
All the songs we still enjoy
We owe 'em to the Woodshed Boys
Weve lasses all in sailor blue
Poachers bold and ploughboys too
Tokens matched and fond adieu
We owe em to the Woodshed Boys
Where'er you be I'll have you say
From Yarmouth Town to Botany Bay
O'er the hills or far away
We owe 'em to the Woodshed Boys Repeat Ch.
Where d' you learn to sing that way?
Where d' you hear those songs you play?
All the words I hear you say
We owe 'em to the Woodshed Boys
And who will take the mantle when
The cycle must begin again
What will become of England then?
Once again - hope your sessions are a big success - Duncan
Who will be the Woodshed Boys? Repeat Ch.