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Thread #116992   Message #2516816
Posted By: Musket
16-Dec-08 - 10:26 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Yorkshire Mining and Industrial songs
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Yorkshire Mining and Industrial songs
It was Middleton in Teesdale where Ewan collected ' Fourpence A Day. '

Still in Yorkshire THEN.

eric

If it helps, when Mike Harding wrote that wonderful photo book, Walking The Dales, he reproduced the lyrics, as a Yorkshire song. (Swaledale.)

I have heard people sing verses that McColl never claimed, so like many traditional songs, it's Dad had a bike.