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Thread #31440   Message #408667
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
01-Mar-01 - 06:27 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: He went over the lowlands like thund
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: He went over the lowlands like thund
It's one of the Earsdon Sword Dance songs.  You can see the full text and music, together with the accompanying play, here:  Notes on the Sword Dancers' song and Interlude  (John Stokoe, 1887).  It's part of the very interesting  Mummers' Plays Collection

Ashley Hutchings used the melody for his "Calling On Song", two transcriptions of which are lurking in the DT.

Malcolm