The Mutley Miners

Subject: The Mutley Miners
From: TonyQ
Date: 08 Dec 09 - 01:01 PM

My grandfather in Plymouth used to sing a song called The Mutley Miners. He was about 80 and sang it in the '60s. It was unacompanied to a tradition tune. There was no mining in Pymouth, Devon, although Mutley was a district there. The song may have originated elsewhere as he worked in several dockyards in the UK and Ireland. I would love to get the words, tune and history of the song.

Subject: RE: The Mutley Miners
From: GUEST,Storyteller
Date: 08 Dec 09 - 05:04 PM

Could it be this song Muddley Barracks? The song mentions a fictional regiment called "The Muddley Minors"; Charlie Bate used to sing a Cornish version of the song. Those Mawkin:Causley lads have done some research and adapted the original broadside for the title track of their excellent CD 'The Awkward Recruit'.

Subject: RE: The Mutley Miners
From: Cats
Date: 09 Dec 09 - 01:51 AM

Can you remember any of the words. It might help.