The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #13087   Message #2337052
Posted By: GUEST,Sylvie
10-May-08 - 06:51 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: old folks young folks everybody come
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: old folks young folks everybody come
My Mum went hop picking in Cradley, Herefordshire in the 1920's. Whole families decamped from towns in the West Midlands to work in the hop fields during September. They amused themselves with singsongs in the evenings. Here is the hop pickers' version of the chorus:

Old folks, young folks, everybody come,
To the hoppers' concert, make yourself at home,
Bring your pipes and toffee bars and sit upon the floor
and we'll tell you funny stories that you've never heard before.