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Title
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Music and wine
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Singer
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Midwinter, James
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Notes
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Note 1
Williams, Alfred: Ms: '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 following two pieces I have not heard out of Aldsworth. These I obtained of James Midwinter, who learned them of his grandfather, fifty years ago.'
Williams, Alfred: WGS: '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. I was acquainted with the old man and he was to have told me some songs on the very evening of his death. The following two pieces [How happy is the man] I have not heard out of Aldsworth. These I obtained of James Midwinter, who learned them of his grandfather, fifty years ago.'
Williams, Alfred: FSUT: 'The following two pieces [How happy is the man] I heard at Aldsworth. These I obtained of James Midwinter, who learned them of his grandfather, many years ago.'
Note 2
In Verse 2 Line 6 the original text read:
Joined hand in hand with my fond love I strayed
Note 3
In the WGS version the text reads:
Verse 1, line 5:
In country or city I wish not to shine
In verse 2, line 5:
Blest were the days when, in the leafy shade
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.
