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Thread #117700   Message #2537010
Posted By: Big Al Whittle
10-Jan-09 - 09:14 AM
Thread Name: England's County Anthems
Subject: RE: England's County Anthems
I think I'd prefer Robin hood riding through the glen - after all everybody's heard of Robin and the Sherriff of Nottingham.

nottanum town - the meanings a bit obscure - even to people who sing it.

The football team in Derby is called the rams - so i suppose the derby ram would be popular choice .

i think however most folkies would prefer Hey Up me Duck! which just beautifully encapsulates a speech pattern and the industrial age gone forever. a songwriting achievment of the very highest order. It celebrates the greatness of the county better than any number of statues of industrialists.