The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #50812   Message #771668
Posted By: belfast
26-Aug-02 - 08:36 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Luddite Song
Subject: Luddite Song
While making a posting on another thread yesterday, about the song "The Shipyard Slips", I used the word "luddite" and the verse of a song popped into my head. I only heard it once, a very long time ago, on a BBC radio schools programme. Here are the words as I recall them:

The good old days are gone, me boys, the good old days of pudding and beef For stealing a chicken, a cow or an ass would serve now to bring us to grief For kicking up Charlie or kissing a lass Or breaking up stocking-frames, iron or brass Would gain us a pretty hemp necklace alas In the days of General Lud.

Come to think of it, I can't recall any other songs about luddites. But I'd be very surprised if they didn't exist