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Thread #116644 Message #2505673
Posted By: johnadams
02-Dec-08 - 06:24 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Manchester Rambler (adapted from MacColl)
Subject: RE: 'the manchester rambler' revisited
In the late 60s I was a keen caver and a member of the Orpheus Caving Club in Derbyshire. 'The Manchester Caver' was a regularly sung adaptation of the Rambler, probably sung every Saturday night in 'The Quiet Woman' pub in Earl Sterndale.
Sample verse:
Oh the day was just ending as I was descending
A pot that they call Eldon Hole
It's two hundred feet deep and half full of dead sheep
And a few speliologists old
I've been seven times to the bottom
So I thought I'd do 'Nettle' instead
For sooner than part from the caverns I love
I think I would rather be dead.
The sense of the song stays the same.
J