The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #51834   Message #791740
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
26-Sep-02 - 10:41 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Who Wrote Dalesman's Litany? (Moorman)
Subject: RE: Who Wrote DALESMAN'S LITANY?
I should expand slightly on my very short post of very late last night. The refrain is based on a traditional saying; the rest is Moorman's. He quoted, as a sub-title to his poem:

"From Hull, Halifax, and Hell, good Lord deliver us. A Yorkshire Proverb."

It's possible that some may have misunderstood that, and assumed it to refer to the entire text.