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Poor Will (Bill)
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« on: April 19, 2008, 12:24:09 PM » |
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I have never been able to work out the lyrics to the chorus of The Hexhamshire Lass. I don't think I can be alone as even the lyric sheet on the CD reissue states:
Off with the.......
and over the moss and the mire.
So what's the missing bit?
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Nick the Stick
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« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2008, 12:29:53 PM » |
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It's always sounded like Sadie Sight to me.
But it can't be...
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« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2008, 12:33:29 PM » |
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General web consensus seems to be:
Off to the sadie skey and over the moss and the mire
I want to see my lass who lives in hexhamshire
Her father loves her well, her mother loves her dearer
I love her better than them both but, man, I can't get near her.
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Paul
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« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2008, 12:40:47 PM » |
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Maart's songbook has:-
Off to the Sadie Skye and over the moss and the mire.
Paul
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« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2008, 06:01:24 PM » |
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I've always heard Saide Syke...
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« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2008, 06:14:14 PM » |
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Chris refered to it as 'A tale from a place called the Saide Syke' on the XXXV live DVD.
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Sandra
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« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2008, 07:06:44 PM » |
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Well in the north east a syke is a stream (or sometimes a dyke or gully), so Saide Syke was probably the Saide stream.
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« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2008, 10:20:13 PM » |
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Typo alert. It is Syke in Maart's book.  Paul |
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Poor Will (Bill)
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« Reply #8 on: April 19, 2008, 10:22:47 PM » |
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« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2008, 04:32:20 PM » |
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I think they got the song off Bob Davenport by the way.
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« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2008, 05:00:00 PM » |
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I think they got the song off Bob Davenport by the way.
Yes. Chris also mentions him on the DVD. |
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