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Thread #34358 Message #463224
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
15-May-01 - 08:07 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Hand-Loom Weaver's Lament
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hand-loom weaver's lament
Glad you liked it. He wrote some good ones, and I'm tempted to post more... Another time, anyway. Meanwhile, more on The Handloom Weaver's Lament:
The tune for this song is also known as A-Hunting We Will Go and The Battle of Waterloo. It was also used for the Peterloo song With Henry Hunt We'll Go, and for a number of songs about Wellington, both pro and anti. It is of course a version of The Nutting Girl (A-Nutting We Will Go). At times like this, we miss Bruce Olson. Offhand, I don't see the song in Palmers's book, but Karl Dallas gave it (along with the above information) in his 100 Years of Toil (Wolfe, 1974); a set collected by John Higson from Common John Grimshaw. I've made a midi from the notation in Dallas' book, and until it appears at the Mudcat Midi Pages, it may be heard via the South Riding Folk Network site, here:
Handloom Weaver's Lament: Midi
Malcolm