| Author | Topic: Add: Farewell Manchester | |
| dmcg | Posted - 10 Feb 07 - 11:19 am | |
Farewell Manchester! noble town, farewell! Here with loyalty ev'ry breast can swell, Wheresoe'er I roam, Here, as in a home, Ever, dear Lancashire, my heart shall dwell. Farewell Manchester! sadly I depart. Tear-drops bodingly from their prison start. Though I toil anew, Shadows to pursue, Shadows vain, thou'lt remain within my heart. Source: Singing Together, Summer 1951, BBC Publications Notes: From "The National Song Book", Boosey and Hawkes Ltd. The tune is also used for a well-known Morris, but rather embarrassingly I can't remember which! I leave it to people with more knowledge to disentangle the relationship between the song and the morris dance. | ||
| Jon Freeman | Posted - 10 Feb 07 - 01:30 pm | |
Well I can remember playing it, possibly with Conwy Morris but that's about it. I've a picture of sticks clashing - maybe a border dance?? | ||
| Malcolm Douglas |
Posted - 10 Feb 07 - 08:46 pm | |
Lichfield, apparently. See Mudcat discussion Farewell Manchester for more on the song and its history. | ||
| Snuffy | Posted - 15 Feb 07 - 02:40 pm | |
"Ring of Bells" from Lichfield, single step, two long sticks | ||
| Valerie Bower (guest) |
Posted - 12 Feb 09 - 04:50 pm | |
Sang this song at junior school when I was a child and have never forgotten it. Our music teacher's name was Leslie Duxbury. (67 years old) | ||