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Stanton Drew​/​A Somerset Hornpipe

from Myriad by Garry Blakeley

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Great traditional song, all about the devil playing fiddle and stealing souls. I have visited the standing stones at Stanton Drew very recently. The hornpipe is one of my own compositions.

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Midsummer eve it fell on a Saturday
Sue and William went to be wed
They had music played by a fiddler'
"Let's go dancing,! William said.

(Chorus)
They danced and danced and danced around
Danced, danced to the fiddler's sound

Midnight struck and then said the fiddler
"Dancing on a Sunday wouldn't be right,"
Sue gave a laugh, "Don't care if to Hell I go
I'll find another fiddler tonight."

(Chorus)

Off went the fiddler, left them all grumbling,
Then another fiddler came along the way.
"You'd like to dance and I'd like to play for you"
Tunes he played both merry and gay.

(Chorus)

Stop cried the dancers, "NO" cried the fiddler,
He kept on in spite of their moans.
They couldn't stop their jerking and a stumbling,
Then in a flash, He turned them into stones.

(Chorus)

Stanton Drew in the County of Somerset
That's where the Devil played at Sue's request,
They paid the price for dancing on a Sunday.
Now they are standing evermore at rest.

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from Myriad, released September 28, 2020

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