| Author | Topic: Add: Last Valentine's Day | |
| dmcg | Posted - 02 Jun 03 - 01:44 pm | |
Last Valentine's Day Last Valentine's day, bright Phoebus shone clear, We had not been a hunting for the space of one year. I mounted Black Clover, that horse of great fame, For to hear the horn blow and the words "Tally ho! ho!2 (Chorus) Ho! Ho! ho! ho! ho! Hark, Forward! Who says "Tally ho!?" "Hark! Hark! into cover!" Colonel Wyndham he cried, He had no sooner spoke than a fox he espied; "Tally ho!" was the word, and then, "Crack!" the whip! And that bein the singal, our hounds they let slip. Then up stepped Jim Norris who cared not a pin When he pushed at the stream and his horse tumbled in; As he crossed over, he spied the bold Ren, With his tongue hanging out turning back to his den. Our hounds and our horses they all were so good As ever broke cover or dashed through a wood. Come fill up uour glasses and round let us drink, For whilst we are hunters we never will shink. (In verses 3 and 4 substitute "Huzza!" for "who says" in the last line of the chorus.) Source: Jones Lewis, 1995, Sweet Sussex, Ferret Publ, Sutton Coldfield Database entry is here. | ||
| dmcg | Posted - 02 Jun 03 - 02:44 pm | |
The Gracenote search isn't showing any recordings, but I have one by Swan Arcade, 1973 (LER 2032) Edited By dmcg - 02/06/2003 18:15:43 | ||
| Malcolm Douglas |
Posted - 02 Jun 03 - 05:10 pm | |
Roud 6475. The song seems first to have been published c.1770/1 as Black Sloven (C & S Thompson, A Choice Collection of Favorite Hunting Songs, 1770; The Universal Magazine, Vol.xlviii., p. 95 1771). Information from Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 1589-1839: An Index and the British Library catalogue. Mike Yates recorded a traditional set from Bob Lewis of Minehead in 1989; this can be heard on Sweet Country Life (Veteran VT 120). | ||
| kevthefarmer (guest) |
Posted - 23 May 10 - 07:20 am | |
I have recently researched the characters in the song "Colonel Wyndham" and "Jim Norris" and come up with this http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=2XoEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=colonel++g.wyndham+%22James+Norris%22&source=bl&ots=uyvzA_y3ke&sig=SpVvz1PtJGf9VPp-qaGlmI-yGz0&hl=en&ei=SUP4S7SXEqT4MuyohbAF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false from "The New Sporting Magazine" of January 1837. Colonel G. Wyndham was, in fact George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield (1787-1869) who was the son of George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837) and lived at Petworth House, in West Sussex. Noting the age of the tune, and that the "Black Sloven" was a horse from an earlier time and a different part of England, I can only imagine that the song was popular throughout the hunting districts of England and worked on the idea of "insert name of Master/Huntsman/Whipper-in here" at appropriate places in the song. Best Wishes, Kevin Mayes. | ||