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Thread #76946   Message #4100850
Posted By: GUEST,henryp
05-Apr-21 - 10:55 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Rush Bearing
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rush Bearing
Barrie Rutter on An August Bank Holiday Lark, Northern Broadsides' production commemorating World War One;

"My friend, the late great Mike Waterson, was one of the doyens of English folk. I met him when he was dying and I said, 'Do you want to write me a song for 2014?'. He said, 'I won't see 2014 – I'm dying.' I said, 'I know you are, but I'd like you to write a Rushcart Song.' So he wrote it and recorded it with Eliza Carthy, Norma Waterson and Martin Carthy in their studio in Robin Hood's Bay. Conrad's taken that song and incorporated it into the play."