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Thread #137028 Message #4033602
Posted By: cnd
11-Feb-20 - 09:25 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req/Lyr Add: The Egg
Subject: RE: Tune Req/Lyr Add: The Egg
Also known as The Lavenham Egg Song, Roud #10711
You can hear it sung by Clive Clark here
The Youtube video linked above credits the song to Greatrex Newman (1892 – 1984), saying they wrote the song on 29 May 1982, though given the number of people with older recollections of the song that seems unlikely.
There's also a recording from 1983 available in the John Howson Collection of BL Sounds UK Collection but you need a UK Higher Education Association connection.
Still haven't been able to find any sheet music for it but with the video above it wouldn't be terribly difficult for the right person to construct some