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Thread #131473   Message #2970996
Posted By: mikesamwild
23-Aug-10 - 07:20 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A Lift on the Way (Edwin Waugh)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Lift on the Way (Edwin Waugh)
Thanks to all, I phoned the Secretary of the society and she kindly sang it to me beautifully ! and sent me the dots and words for the poem and Robert Jackson's setting.

Also she pronounced his name a bit like Worf. Any additional info on the pronunciation in his day and what it means?

Steve I too did notice a version of Pratty Flowers.

There is a lovely story about Besom Ben that has lots of snatches of trad songs. one was a Stringy Mutton Pie snatch.