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Thread #36152   Message #497534
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
03-Jul-01 - 11:30 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie
The song was noted by Dave Hillery from Mrs. Ada Cave of York in 1965.  "four" in the first verse is pronounced "fower", and given two syllables.

A midi of Mrs. Cave's tune can be now heard via the  South Riding Folk Network  site:

Cowd Stringy Pie

It will also go to  The Mudcat Midi Pages

Stringy Pie or Mutton Pie (sometimes T' Owd Sow) was an understandably popular song in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire; the name of the farmer varies.  I've also seen Wilson Lodge and Yorkie Watson, for example.