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Subject: Origins: Devil in York From: GUEST,Malcolm Speake Date: 25 Jul 07 - 11:03 AM I've often wondered who wrote this song and what inspired it, apart from the obvious, looking at the DT forum suggests it was written by Tim Brooks of Herga but that is all the information I could find. The lyrics follow: ^^^ Devil in York The North Wind blew across Wheeldale Moor All on a winter's day And he met with the Devil who was there before So the folks all say Well there they met and there they talked All on a winter's day Said the Devil let's away to the City of York So the folks all say We'll travel the streets and the houses through All on a winter's day To frighten the people and the clergymen too So the folks all say So the Wind and the Devil that set off at speed All on a winter's day Never thought to the outcome of their wicked deed So the folks all say O'er forest and field they travelled so far All on a winter's day Till they blew through the gates at Micklegate Bar So the folks all say Then all of a sudden the Devil stopped short All on a winter's day And he cried what's this that the people have wrought So the folks all say It's a church said the wind with a great west door All on a winter's day And it's called the York Minster of that I'm sure So the folks all say Well a curse on you church the Devil he cried All on a winter's day Are you coming with me for I'm going inside So the folks all say Not I said the Wind for I carry no doubt All on a winter's day That if I went in there I'd never get out So the folks all say The Devil he laughed and the Devil he scorned All on a winter's day Saying you wait here I'll be back before dawn So the folks all say So the Wind he stayed and that door blew about All on a winter's day Day after day Devil never came out So the folks all say Now if you stand by that great west door All on a winter's day You'll not tarry long of that I'm sure So the folks all say For around that door a Great Wind blows about All on a winter's day As he waits for the Devil who never came out So the folks all say |
Subject: RE: Origins: Devil in York From: RogerTCB Date: 25 Jul 07 - 11:29 AM Yes, I can confirm that Tim did write it. I'll try to alert him that someone's asking after it... |
Subject: RE: Origins: Devil in York From: Herga Kitty Date: 25 Jul 07 - 03:45 PM Hi Malcolm - yes, it was Tim Brooks wot wrote it about 3 decades ago, and Johnny Collins recorded it on Free and Easy. Tim went to school in York (Archbishop Holgates) - his father ran Mulberry Hall, close to the Minster, after leaving the army. Kitty |
Subject: RE: Origins: Devil in York From: stallion Date: 26 Jul 07 - 01:06 PM Oh and it is windy by the West door |
Subject: RE: Origins: Devil in York From: Mick Pearce (MCP) Date: 26 Jul 07 - 01:44 PM The story seems to have been told of various churches (Lincoln for one) and here's a reference to a similar story in Rome: THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. XVII. No. 472.] SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1831 - search for ambassador or Gesu to get to the correct paragraph. Mick (Tim is mostly seen playing for Haddenham Hoofers these days, but did come to Herga when I was a guest there recently and was also there for Ron Barnett's wake). |
Subject: RE: Origins: Devil in York From: GUEST,Tim Brooks Date: 26 Jul 07 - 03:30 PM I cannot tell a lie, twas I! My mum worked for a while in the Minster book shop, and heard this story from a Nun. She in turn told the tale to me and I thought "That'd make a good song!" and so it did - greatly helped by Johnny Collins! Shameless plug: more of my songs can be found at http://oldtimetim.com/songs.htm OTT |
Subject: RE: Origins: Devil in York From: Flash Company Date: 27 Jul 07 - 09:49 AM The Devil is still in York too, sitting half way up a wall on a street corner not far from the Minster. FC |
Subject: RE: Origins: Devil in York From: Lucius Date: 03 Aug 07 - 04:05 PM Hey Tim Brooks, if you're following this thread, be so kind as to tell me if has anyone ever recorded "So Far From Home"? |
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