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14 Dec 00 - 07:23 AM (#357063) Subject: Sussex song From: Gervase Can anyone help with the lyrics to a song with the refrain: I drink strong ale with gentlemen Which no-one can deny, deny, Which no-one can deny. One of the verses includes: In cold November off I go And turn my face against the snow And watch the wind where 'ere it blows Because my heart is high It mentions plenty of places in Sussex - Steyning, Crowborough, Hurstpierpoint etc, but I can't track down the full words. |
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14 Dec 00 - 09:01 AM (#357080) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sussex song From: Gervase Oops, just found it in the DT here |
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14 Dec 00 - 09:13 AM (#357083) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sussex song From: MMario now we just need a tune...(HINT!) |
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14 Dec 00 - 09:16 AM (#357086) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sussex song From: Gervase I've got an MP3 of it, which I recorded in the Barn at Towersey, but as someone was sitting on the mike at the time, the results are rather muffled, althought the tune's clear enough. I could e-mail it to you, but it's 2.5Mb, and I don't know what you're bandwidith's like. PM me if you'd like a copy. |
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14 Dec 00 - 12:38 PM (#357138) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sussex song From: GUEST,JohnB It is on "Finest Kinds" first cd. Search under Finest Kind or Ian Robb. Great song. JohnB. |
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14 Dec 00 - 12:55 PM (#357142) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sussex song From: McGrath of Harlow Le Petomane returns... |
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15 Dec 00 - 01:11 PM (#357769) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sussex song From: GUEST,upstreeter Sad, this. Makes two threads I've responded to in one day. Following Mr. McGrath of Bishop's Stortford is indeed an honour (surely there is a modern day M. Le Petomane in one of our 'alternative' circus troups...but I digress). The words and music to The Sussex Drinking Song are to be found in Bob Copper's 'Across Sussex with Belloc'...words of course from Hilaire Belloc. |