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Thread #1789   Message #2568949
Posted By: The Doctor
17-Feb-09 - 05:00 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Hopping Down in Kent
Subject: RE: Hopping Down In Kent
Martyn Wyndham-Read uses this song in his Christmas show 'Maypoles to Mistletoe'. This is available on CD on the Country Branch label, CBCD 091. It was also recorded earlier by Leader and that has been CD'd by Dave Bulmer, but that one doesn't have the Hopping song on anyway. It's been produced in book form for anyone who wants to perform it, so complete with words and music, published by EPS, ISBN 978-1-905637-35-5. I got my copy from Amazon but if they're no longer doing it I can put you in touch with the authors. Martyn uses Louie Fuller's version, with, incidentally, verse 3 as 'Every Sunday morning' and verse 4 'Now Monday is our washday'.