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Thread #108979   Message #2273208
Posted By: GUEST
26-Feb-08 - 08:29 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Monk's March
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are there Lyrics to 'Monk's March'?
Yes, I saw that and it is indeed interesting. However, I'm interested in finding out if there were lyrics to the original tune when it was written, lyrics to do with Monk. And if so, does anyone have them?

As a morris dancer I am well familiar with the tune, the dance (which I've seen performed and performed myself as a bar-dance - it is danced with pints of beer in hand, and gulps are taken at certain musical intervals, and the mug/glass is upended over the dancers head at the end). I hadn't heard of the lyrics written to fit the tune about the Friends (Quakers).

Thanks

--Bill Brown