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Subject: Men of North Looe From: Nesbitt Date: 16 Nov 98 - 08:44 AM Can you supply the verses to this bit of chorus? The men of North Looe rang so steady and true, That there never was better in Devon, I hold. |
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Subject: RE: Men of North Looe From: Aldus Date: 16 Nov 98 - 08:52 AM Is Looe not in Cornwall ? |
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Subject: RE: Men of North Looe From: Ian Kirk Date: 16 Nov 98 - 01:25 PM The song is about a bell ringing competition between Cornwall (the men of North Looe) and Devon (the men of Broadwood). The contest was held in 2 towns Ashwater and Callington. The men of Cornwall won. Hence the line
"The men of North Looe rang so steady and true If you ever visit Callington you will find in the Parish Church records of bell ringing competitions held between competing teams in the West Country. They still have them today I understand. Many churches with a full peal take part. I think I recall records going back to the late 19th Century. I know the song well but I couldn't find it in the version of the database I have. I don't know whether it is in the new one. If not I'll post it if somebody can tell me how and I'll do my best to get the tricky tune right. I believe the tune is based on a bell peal. By the way the bit you know is not the chorus but the last line of the last verse. The chorus varies slightly from verse to verse. A band called The Yetties have a recording on their CD Singing all the Way (if it is still available) along with a stack of other good West Country stuff Ian |
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Subject: RE: Men of North Looe From: Joe Offer Date: 16 Nov 98 - 01:37 PM Hi, Ian - best way to post a song is to type it up in a word processor, and then copy-and-paste it into the Reply to Thread box at the bottom of the thread. To make the lines come out separate like you'd ordinarily like to do in songs, put in a line break <br> at the end of each line. If you goof up, don't worry - somebody will probably come around and fix it. For posting tunes, you have to change them into text. You can enter them as ABC, or you can change a MIDI into text by using Mudcat's MIDITXT program. Or, you can click on my name and send a MIDI to me by e-mail and I'll post it. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: Men of North Looe From: Barry Finn Date: 16 Nov 98 - 01:54 PM For more on this see the Bellringer thread (click here). Barry |
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Subject: RE: Men of North Looe From: Graham O'Callaghan Date: 16 Nov 98 - 02:49 PM The correct spelling of the village name is North Lew |
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Subject: RE: Men of North Looe From: Pete M Date: 16 Nov 98 - 03:52 PM As Graham says, it be Northlew in Devon (near Okehampton) m'dear not Looe (East or West) in Cornwall. Broadwood 's short for Broadwoodwidger 'bout eight mile ENE from Larns'n. The words and tune were posted by Baz here but despite his comments its a Devon song, one of Tony Rose's staples. I doun 'no, them Jagger's be gettin as bad as t'Irish claimin' ev'rythin' be theirs! Pete M |
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Subject: RE: Men of North Looe From: Mo Date: 16 Nov 98 - 06:31 PM I know this one from Cyril Tawney's Mayflower album, which curiously enough I hadn't heard in about 12 years and then last month dragged out of my parents record collection. Great song for singing this. Mo |
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Subject: RE: Men of North Looe From: Dave Earl Date: 20 Nov 98 - 07:51 PM I have been following the "Bellringer" threads. As I thought this is a Devon Song which I understood to be titled "The Devon Bell Song". Maybe I was right all along! Dave Earl |
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Subject: RE: Men of North Looe From: Ian Kirk Date: 22 Nov 98 - 09:50 AM Thanks for the info and the offer Joe. It looks like this song is already on the net but I know others that I cannot find so I'll check out the MIDITXT Prog and get posting. Ian |
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