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03 Jul 01 - 08:11 AM (#497373) Subject: Cowd Stringy Pie From: IanC 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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03 Jul 01 - 10:05 AM (#497461) Subject: Lyr Add: COWD STRINGY PIE From: nutty 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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03 Jul 01 - 10:23 AM (#497474) Subject: ADD: Cowd Stringy Pie From: IanC Cheers, nutty! |
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03 Jul 01 - 10:28 AM (#497479) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: MMario Hey nutty? Guess what question I'm going to ask? |
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03 Jul 01 - 11:30 AM (#497534) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: Malcolm Douglas 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. |
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03 Jul 01 - 11:39 AM (#497542) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: IanC Thanks, Malcolm. The tune's very similar but not quite the same as the one I know. |
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03 Jul 01 - 12:01 PM (#497556) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: MMario Thanks Malcolm! |
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03 Jul 01 - 02:07 PM (#497654) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: nutty The tune I have is the same as Malcolm's |
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03 Jul 01 - 02:14 PM (#497665) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: MMario see? she reads my mind. |
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03 Jul 01 - 03:21 PM (#497710) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: nutty You are getting too clever MMario - *grin* |
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03 Jul 01 - 08:20 PM (#497911) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: Malcolm Douglas 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. |
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03 Apr 19 - 05:43 PM (#3985736) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: FreddyHeadey 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] |
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04 Apr 19 - 11:32 AM (#3985901) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: Reinhard 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". |
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04 Apr 19 - 12:20 PM (#3985907) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: Steve Gardham 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. |
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04 Apr 19 - 12:21 PM (#3985908) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: Steve Gardham I ought to add the Roud Number is 1408 and the Master Title 'Mutton Pie'. |
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04 Apr 19 - 02:41 PM (#3985931) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: Reinhard 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. |
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04 Apr 19 - 06:31 PM (#3985950) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: Steve Gardham 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. |
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05 Apr 19 - 06:57 AM (#3985997) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowd Stringy Pie From: GeoffLawes Some performances of the song https://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Steve-Gardham-Collection/025M-C1009X0014XX-2700V0 Harry Boardman performing Brian Peters |