StuartEstell Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I've been resurrecting some of my traditional repertoire recently - I'd forgotten about this grim little song until I listened to Son Of Morris On at the weekend. The verse with the hatchet is particularly unpleasant! https://soundcloud.com/lachenaliamusic/as-i-was-walking-to-banbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hare Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 ...I'd forgotten about this grim little song... Am I dreaming, or is this 'related' to a tune/song I dimly remember from at least 40 years ago called (I think) 'Oliver Cromwell Lay Buried And Dead'? Can't remember where or when I heard it, but your Banbury song set the cogs whirring... Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I've been resurrecting some of my traditional repertoire recently - I'd forgotten about this grim little song until I listened to Son Of Morris On at the weekend. The verse with the hatchet is particularly unpleasant! https://soundcloud.com/lachenaliamusic/as-i-was-walking-to-banbury Well done. The content -- not the tune -- reminds me of the song Nottamun Town, relating a string of impossible and often unrelated "occurrences". But the short "slows" in the last two verses leave me wondering if it (the tune, at least) might once have been used for a Morris dance. Do you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartEstell Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Yes Jim - it's related to the Black Joke, apparently. Roger: they share the apple tree motif and the "If you want any more you can sing it yourself" so again I'd assume they come from the same source originally... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hare Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Roger: they share the apple tree motif and the "If you want any more you can sing it yourself" so again I'd assume they come from the same source originally... Thank you. Since I posted, memory kicked in and I remembered a few of the words - including the apple tree theme, and had come to the same conclusion. Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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