-
Title
-
Men don't grumble at your wives
-
Singer
-
Mander, James
-
Notes
-
Note 1
Alfred Williams - 'Songs that are deficient in narrative, such as the following, are dull and commonplace. One meets with many pieces dealing with the hardships of domestic service: unfortunately they have not sufficient merits to render them interesting to the average reader. Words obtained of James Mander, Aldsworth, Gloucestershire.'
Note 2
This is part of the note from 'Music and wine' Gl 38
'I would remark of Aldsworth that like Bibury, it has been famed for its song. Here Morris dancing too, was practised, and much merry making observed in times gone by. All the old Morris dancers are dead now, and the music is still. The last of the Aldsworth Morris Men, James Mander, aged 77, met his death by an unfortunate accident at the threshing machine but a few days ago. His clothes became tangled with the spindle and he was whirled round with the wheel. I was acquainted with the old man and he was to have told me some songs on the very evening of his death.'
The last chorus marked is not shown in the manuscript, it is shown as it is likely that it would have been sung.
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2007.
