Lancashire Folk Songs
 

Does anyone know any good Lancashire folk songs that I can add to my repotoire? I'm struggling after Poverty Knock. Suggestions much appreciated

Re: Lancashire Folk Songs
 

Chippy Tea?:)

Thanks Cashy. I think that's a Lancashire Hotpots one isn't it. I've also remembered Accrington Pals by Mike Harding

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The work of the weavers.

Is that a song title or do you mean Houghton Weavers?

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I'm sure its a song title by the Houghton Weavers "Gone are the days" album

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Off the top of my head: Old Pendle, Rawtenstall annual fair, Manchester Rambler, Droylsden Wakes, The poor cotton weaver, The Shurat weaver, A Mon like thee, Cob coaling Song, Four-Loom weaver, Bury new loom

Then there's all the stuff written by the Oldham Tinkers, Fivepenny Piece, Alan Bell of the Blackpool Taverners... plus the Spinners stuff if you consider Liverpool as Lancashire.

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Liverpool used to be in Lancashire didn't it?

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It's originally a Scottish song, later sung by Ewan MacColl. There are lots of weaving songs from the flax mills of Northern Ireland and the jute mills of Scotland.

Manchester Rambler is a great song. Was that Ewan McColl?

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Yep, one of my favourites, and he did write it.

I may be a wage slave on Monday but I am a free man on Sunday. Pure poetry. Although I think Hugh Davies is better ;-)

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Don't know that one but he did "Dirty Old Town" which was popularised by The Pogues.

He did

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Not sure who, heard it years ago n can't remember, it stuck wi me though.:) Have heard Tommy Franks do Accrington Pals,come to think of it.