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Title
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Congreve man
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Singer
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Mills, William
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Notes
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Williams, Alfred: Ms / WGS: 'The three pieces immediately following [Genius; Mice and crumbs] I obtained of Mr Williams Mills, Ablington, Bibury, who sang them many years ago at harvest homes and other festivals. I am very pleased to be able to print them in our series since in addition to the interest of the songs themselves, is the interest attaching to the contributor. Mr Mills is the Tom Peregrine of that delightful book 'A Cotswold Village' written by the late Arthur Gibbs, who resided at Ablington Manor. The character, sayings and doings of Tom Peregrine, at home and abroad, represent a not inconsiderable feature of the charming volume. Since he was a gamekeeper to and also the intimate associate of the author, it may be taken for granted that he was directly and indirectly the source of some of the most pleasing pages of the work. To this knowledge must now be added the gratifying fact of his being a singer of folk songs and we welcome his inclusion in our list of collaborators.'
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.
