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12 Apr 15 - 07:38 AM (#3701335) Subject: Lyr Req: The Lacemaker's Song From: GUEST,Kathy I'm a returner to folk singing, and am brushing the rust off a number of songs in my repertoire. I remember the tune and bits of most of my songs, and can find words to fill in the rest, while also researching them online, including YouTube. However, one in particular eludes me. I must have liked it enough to want to learn it, but I cannot recall either words or tune, and cannot find it in my books, or anywhere online, including the VWML. It's incredibly frustrating and disappointing. It's called the Lacemaker's Song. |
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12 Apr 15 - 08:06 AM (#3701337) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Lacemaker's Song From: Steve Gardham The English Folksinger, Stubbs and Richards, p11. VWML definitely has a copy and it should be indexed there. |
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12 Apr 15 - 08:09 AM (#3701338) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Lacemaker's Song From: GUEST,# Lacemaker's Song Posted in 1_SONGS THAT NEED LINKS, L, z_John Haefner Songbook, tagged 01005, John Haefner Songbook, Lacemaker's Song on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment ยป 01005.0100 Lacemaker's Song (Sing to "Sweet Betsy from Pike") John Haefner Lyrics and Chords Come all you bold bachelors merry and free If you want to live happy be ruled by me If you want to live happy all the days of your life You must take a lacemaker to be your sweet wife Lacemakers rise early in morning b'time And do their odd jobs before the sun shines And then they sit down to their pillows complete I love to see lacemakers work it so neat They all get together in the sunshiny day Their pillows they shine like the blossoms in May Their fingers are lithesome and their bobbins are small And now I have told you the truth of it all That is from https://haefsongs.wordpress.com/tag/john-haefner-songbook/page/9/ Found with a Google of If you want to live happy all the days of your life which was found on a sound sample. |
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12 Apr 15 - 08:52 AM (#3701345) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Lacemaker's Song From: Sandra in Sydney only half an hour to get the answer! |
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12 Apr 15 - 10:32 AM (#3701369) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Lacemaker's Song From: r.padgett The great servant girl she runs down the hall Great holes in her stockings, no shoes on at all Great holes in her stockings scarce a rag to her back So take the lace maker, it is all that you lack Verse 3 Ray |
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12 Apr 15 - 01:21 PM (#3701405) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Lacemaker's Song From: Steve Gardham Recorded by Fred Hamer from Mrs Robinson, Wootten, Bedfordshire, in the 1960s. The 3 verses above have minor differences from the version in English Folksinger. The tune is indeed 'Villikins'. |