Lincoln Tradition Picture...

[stevieannie]

We're open to name change suggestions. We're currently going by "Lincoln Tradition(s)", but I'm a little unsure as to whether it sounds as though we're doing a City Waits kind of a thing, which we're not. What we're *actually* doing is very traditional english part-songs, mostly seasonal, and largely accapella, with some melodeon, percussion and brass accompaniment, as seems appropriate. The name we liked the most was "Baggsy Not Norma", but as we all know both Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson, and would like to carry on knowing them on a personal, rather than litigous, basis, we think that may be out :-)

Some of the photos from this session were hysterical, particularly the ones where we all broke out in spontaneous "Manhatten Transfer" songs and the ones where Liam was telling jokes involving Kate Rusby and some lard...

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[keristor.livejournal.com]

www.folkinfo.org says that it was collected from a singer in Biggin Hill, Kent, in the 1960s, but doesn't say where it originated (nor do any others I looked at). It does reference the "earliest printed version" of 1776 but no details of that publication. I couldn't get through the EFDSS website because it wants JavaScript (and this is a text-only connection).

I know the tune, not the words (apart from the last line of the verse), from the band and orchestral arrangements. That apparently derives from older sources with other words (not exactly unusual for folk songs!).