Lyr Req: 'Then I would be in the West Country...'

Subject: Lyr Req: Anyone know these words?
From: BB
Date: 13 Sep 15 - 08:05 AM

I spend a lot of time finding song words for people, but this one has me beaten! The person concerned used to sing it at school, but this is all she can remember of it. It's obviously about Exmoor. Does anyone recognise it?

"Then I would be in the West Country,
Where Somerset and Devon meet,
With one I love to live and die
By boundless moorland looming high,
'Neath storm and shine of fitful sky,
And the Severn Sea at our feet."

If anyone can help, I'd be most grateful, not least because it so echoes my own feelings about the area.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Anyone know these words?
From: GUEST,#
Date: 13 Sep 15 - 08:42 AM

http://mudcat.org/detail_pf.cfm?messages__Message_ID=3663204

There was an earlier mention on Mudcat.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Anyone know these words?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 13 Sep 15 - 08:12 PM

This looks as if it might be the one

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https://books.google.com/books?id=8H9bAAAAQAAJ

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Anyone know these words?
From: BB
Date: 14 Sep 15 - 07:19 AM

Thanks to you both - much appreciated. The plot thickens...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Anyone know these words?
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Sep 15 - 10:51 AM

Bookfinder gives a number of options from under £10 for a reprint, to over £100 for an original.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Anyone know these words?
From: GUEST,#
Date: 14 Sep 15 - 11:45 AM

https://archive.org/details/bysevernseaother00warruoft

The book linked to by McGoH can be read at that link.

(This is the sixth f**king time I have tried to post this!)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Anyone know these words?
From: GUEST,#
Date: 14 Sep 15 - 12:28 PM

Page 4.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Anyone know these words?
From: GUEST,#
Date: 14 Sep 15 - 12:44 PM

. . . and I think that's not it. Rhyme scheme for one thing.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Anyone know these words?
From: Telvis
Date: 17 Oct 19 - 05:57 PM

Anyone know the tune to In a Cornish Kitchen

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Anyone know these words?
From: GUEST,Starship
Date: 17 Oct 19 - 06:10 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgYsIUgeA5I

You mean that?