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Thread #68724   Message #3547051
Posted By: GUEST
08-Aug-13 - 04:11 PM
Thread Name: Bullock Smithy - UK group
Subject: RE: Bullock Smithy - UK group/All Honour to the Lo
Just discovered an old version of the words I must have submitted. I amended some once the archery errors were pointed out to me. As a point of interest I have tracked the song down:
"Bowmeeting at Arley Hall‏" This song, known to us as "All Honour to the Longbow" is titled as above: Colonel Lee Egerton of Tatton wrote the words in 1861 and Jim Kelly of Bullock Smithy put the tune to it. It can be found, I am told, in "Songs and Ballads of Cheshire" We are indebted to Mr Steve Mills of Snelson, Macclesfield for this information.

So now we know! I thought that you would like to know, too.