The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #150251   Message #3509299
Posted By: Steve Gardham
26-Apr-13 - 02:52 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Rose-Briar Motif
Subject: RE: Origins: Rose-Briar Motif
Okay, Jim
Click on the blue clicky at my 25th April 7.10 posting
Scroll down to the CONTENTS
Click on the 4th chapter APPRENTICES
Scroll down to p74.

Happy reading!

Mutton Pie
A few scattered versions were recorded in surrounding counties near the border with Yorkshire. Every farm hand in the East Riding knew the song in the first half of the 20th century and there was one version reputed to have been 50 verses. Singers who we recorded in neighbouring counties knew that their versions came from the East Riding. The earliest version also came from Yorkshire but I know this counts for nothing in your book.