Lyr Req: Yorkshire Mining and Industrial songs

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Yorkshire Mining and Industrial songs
From: Tangledwood
Date: 15 Dec 08 - 04:47 PM

COAL HOLE CAVALRY by Ted Edwards?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Yorkshire Mining and Industrial songs
From: Musket
Date: 15 Dec 08 - 01:41 PM

I always thought fourpence a day was more Durham than Yorkshire if I were to be pedantic. (There were lead mines in Swaledale, but most were slightly further North.) Similarly, Ewan McColl's songs were mainly from the BBC radio Ballad "The Big Hewer" which was about mining in the North East. He wrote some wonderful songs for that.

I was a Yorkshire miner, so didn't sing many songs about it. (A bit hard spending Sunday night at The Boundary singing about how hard it was and Monday morning laid on the transformer like a good pit electrician...)

I did write a few songs years ago about the loss of community after the strike, and if I can find them, will record them and send on. Can't promise mind.. A long time since they saw light of day. Memories are about a different me from a different time, and I try to think I have moved on, so buried my songs. Don't perform them now, and not too sure where I put them?

WIll have a look though.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Yorkshire Mining and Industrial songs
From: Folkiedave
Date: 15 Dec 08 - 12:16 PM

Aged Person's Home if you please.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Yorkshire Mining and Industrial songs
From: r.padgett
Date: 15 Dec 08 - 12:12 PM

Indeed it is! Would you like to sing it?

Ray

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Yorkshire Mining and Industrial songs
From: Ian Hendrie
Date: 15 Dec 08 - 12:11 PM

I have a recording somewhere of Ewan MacColl recounting how he was seeking out the words to 'Fourpence a Day' and had not had much success. While waiting for a bus in, I think it might have been Richmond, Yorkshire, he decided to pop his head round the door of an Old Folks Home (is that still politically correct?) and ask did anyone know it. Someone fortunately did and that's apparently how we have the song today.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Yorkshire Mining and Industrial songs
From: Leadfingers
Date: 15 Dec 08 - 11:30 AM

You could start with 'Fourpence a Day' - Yorkshire Lead Mining ! Its in the D T - FOUR PENCE A DAY

Subject: Lyr Req: Yorkshire Mining and Industrial songs
From: r.padgett
Date: 15 Dec 08 - 11:12 AM

We at the Yorkshire Garland website are continuing our second phase and I am creating a list which we hope will attain 40 songs of mining and industrial content of which we hope we will have the provenance, digital recording and permission to include in our website!

Yorkshire relevance is key to our quest and CDs in WAV with songs are extremely useful, although I/we are at the listing stage at the moment and cannot say that all received will be put on the website!!

Mining songs in Yorkshire are some what in short supply and we are now in the contemporary field for good songs in this category

NB: we clearly also need permission as well as the sound recordings

Any contributions gratefully received!!

Ray for YG

Other good Yorkshire songs are also needed!!

Many thanks and have a good Christmas/New Year