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Thread #29700   Message #393847
Posted By: Deni
09-Feb-01 - 01:37 AM
Thread Name: Help: Unusual Devon songs
Subject: RE: Help: Unusual Devon songs
Good morning all!

Bob B and Richard B re: copyright. Thanks for your comments. I'll dig deeper. Malcolm, I'm going to efdss.org now, thanks for that.

Kernow Jon, Another Cornish counterpart? I'm fidning this a bit spooky, that this year at the festivals I might be bumping into mudcatters I've 'spoken to', without realising who they are. Should we wear red carnations, or badges or something?

Kernow Jon, I've read Jan Knuckley. what do you think of Devon people singing Cornish songs and vice versa? I've met people who are very posessive about 'their' songs. If a Devon folkie came to your club or whatever and let rip with Jan Knuckley would you think it was a blasted cheek? Not that I want to start a great divide or anything.

Come to think of it, when we were at Wadebridge Folk festival (didn't we have a lovely time......) last year, I don't recall hearing as much Cornish Traditional song as you'd expect. Which is a shame. Although a lady in a pub did sing a song actually in the Cornish language and I was well-impressed. Lovely voice too. She, by the way, was Irish!

Snuffy

I really like shaking and babering. I think you might have a really original line there! I can just imagine people taking it up as a catch phrase, like loverly jubbly.

I remember Noel Emnonds or someone used to do a few minutes on hard to hear lyrics on his programme. For years, I thought Hot Chocolate had a song which went, I believe in milko, where you from, you sexy thing. Oh dear, I am digressing now.

Cheers, Devon Deni