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Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie In Mudcat MIDIs: Cowd Stringy Pie (Noted by Dave Hillery from Mrs. Ada Cave of York in 1965 (A Touch on the Times, Roy Palmer, 1974).) |
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Subject: Cowd Stringy Pie From: IanC Date: 03 Jul 01 - 08:11 AM Can anyone help me remeber the rest of the words to the song about Yaddie Hughes. I learned it as a Nottinghamshire song, though I have noticed that it appears on the net as having been sung by the Lancashire singer and concertina player Harry Boardman. The first verse goes like this
Away down in Yorkshire, a farmer do dwell I know bits of most of the rest of the verses, but not all and I'm a bit unsure about the order. Anyone help?
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Subject: Lyr Add: COWD STRINGY PIE From: nutty Date: 03 Jul 01 - 10:05 AM There must be many versions of this song but I hpoe this one helps COWD STRINGY PIE Over in Yorkshire, a farmer do dwell And they call 'im Yaddy 'ughes, and we all know him well He keeps four servants, it ain't any lie And 'e feeds 'em all up on 'is cowd stringy pie Yes, 'e feeds 'em all up on 'is cowd stringy pie And 'e's got nine 'osses and they're that thin You can count every bone as it ligs in the skin There's four bent in t'leg and there's four swung in t'back And 'e drives 'em along with 'is "Ah gee whoa back" (X2) H e gets 'is lads up at a quarter to five To gan off t'stables to see if they're still alive He feeds 'em on oats and 'e feeds 'em on bran And it rattles in they're guts like a rusty old can (X2)
If any o' you lads wants to learn 'ow to plough
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Subject: ADD: Cowd Stringy Pie From: IanC Date: 03 Jul 01 - 10:23 AM Cheers, nutty! |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: MMario Date: 03 Jul 01 - 10:28 AM Hey nutty? Guess what question I'm going to ask? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 03 Jul 01 - 11:30 AM The song was noted by Dave Hillery from Mrs. Ada Cave of York in 1965. "four" in the first verse is pronounced "fower", and given two syllables. A midi of Mrs. Cave's tune can be now heard via the South Riding Folk Network site: Cowd Stringy Pie It will also go to The Mudcat Midi Pages Stringy Pie or Mutton Pie (sometimes T' Owd Sow) was an understandably popular song in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire; the name of the farmer varies. I've also seen Wilson Lodge and Yorkie Watson, for example. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: IanC Date: 03 Jul 01 - 11:39 AM Thanks, Malcolm. The tune's very similar but not quite the same as the one I know. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: MMario Date: 03 Jul 01 - 12:01 PM Thanks Malcolm! |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: nutty Date: 03 Jul 01 - 02:07 PM The tune I have is the same as Malcolm's |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: MMario Date: 03 Jul 01 - 02:14 PM see? she reads my mind. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: nutty Date: 03 Jul 01 - 03:21 PM You are getting too clever MMario - *grin* |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 03 Jul 01 - 08:20 PM I certainly hope it's the same tune; I got it from the same book! I thought it only right to say who that version originally came from, though, and that may have caused some confusion. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: FreddyHeadey Date: 03 Apr 19 - 05:43 PM Cowd Stringy Pie The Harry Boardman version(words as above) is one of the bonus tracks on the CD just released "Golden Stream". thread.cfm?threadid=165747#3985341 17 Cold Stringy Pie (Roud 1408) https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/records/harryboardman.html#goldenstream ~~~~~~~~~~~ [I don't see the midi in the links Malcolm gave above thread.cfm?threadid=36152#497534] |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: Reinhard Date: 04 Apr 19 - 11:32 AM Sorry Freddy, I got the track title "Cold Stringy Pie" from the record label's website. Now that I have the actual CD I've corrected it to "Cowd Stringy Pie". |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: Steve Gardham Date: 04 Apr 19 - 12:20 PM Song was very common on farms in the East Riding. I have seen a few versions from Lincolnshire, North and West Ridings but it's nothing like as common there. I did hear from some singers that there was a version with more than 50 verses which I can believe with such a catalogue song. There's at least one version on The Yorkshire Garland website www.yorkshirefolksong.net. I published a couple of versions in 1982 in An East Riding Songster. There are 3 people on the scene currently who sing different versions and different to all those mentioned above, John Greaves (N Riding), Jim Eldon and myself. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: Steve Gardham Date: 04 Apr 19 - 12:21 PM I ought to add the Roud Number is 1408 and the Master Title 'Mutton Pie'. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: Reinhard Date: 04 Apr 19 - 02:41 PM Two variants of this song can also be found in "Songs of the Ridings: The Yorkshire Musical Museum" (2001). One is "The Farmer and His Servants" as sung by Nigel A. Hudleston, the other is "Mutton Pie" as sung by ‘Bumblebee’ Jim Baron of West Lutton to Steve Gardham in 1972. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: Steve Gardham Date: 04 Apr 19 - 06:31 PM Yes, it seems to have been strongest on the farms on the Wolds, such as at West Lutton. Thanks for posting that one, R. I presume you have a copy of Nigel's book. It broke all the records for the number of Mondegreens included. The cowboys who transcribed the songs had no idea of dialect. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: GeoffLawes Date: 05 Apr 19 - 06:57 AM Some performances of the song https://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Steve-Gardham-Collection/025M-C1009X0014XX-2700V0 Harry Boardman performing Brian Peters |
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