Roman Bank and Wrekin Shropshire song

Subject: Roman Bank and Wrekin Shropshire song
From: GUEST,davidharley
Date: 10 May 21 - 08:11 AM

I received a request from Shropshire in the UK for a song including the verse. I know where Roman Bank is - it's the highest part of Wenlock Edge - but does anyone have information on the song?
“One morning I awoke
Just as the day was breaking
I spied the Roman Bank
And thought it was the Wrekin”

Subject: RE: Roman Bank and Wrekin Shropshire song
From: GUEST,#
Date: 10 May 21 - 11:33 AM

http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FISI000100/

The only thing I've found at first glance is from the 1800s, but it doesn't contain the lyrics you are looking for. Does the person making the request have a rough date for the song s/he seeks, or what style of song it is?

Subject: RE: Roman Bank and Wrekin Shropshire song
From: GUEST,#
Date: 10 May 21 - 11:37 AM

https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=44047&messages=20#4105486

There may be something on that thread to assist you.

Subject: RE: Roman Bank and Wrekin Shropshire song
From: davidharley
Date: 16 May 21 - 07:58 AM

Thanks, folks. Those four lines are all the requester has: I think he was actually asked by someone else and passed it on to a Shropshire group. I saw the Wrekin thread when I checked before posting this request, but nothing there pertaining to the song.

Subject: RE: Roman Bank and Wrekin Shropshire song
From: GUEST
Date: 16 May 21 - 12:45 PM

Roman Bank doesn't look anything like The Wrekin from any angle. It's just a slightly higher point on a ridge. I think anyone to whom the name meant anything would know that. So I wonder if it is a verse from a piece of comic doggerel.