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Quotations about the Barndance Band

The barndance band has a history that goes back to the wandering minstrels of the Middle Ages. References to the music, musicians and instruments are plentiful. Here are some quotations:-

"  The Long Meg Band ; Magic Bush Brothers ; Mallemarokers ; Matchless Ceilidh Band ; Metric Foot ; Moondance ; Moves Afoot ; Mrs Widgery's Lodger ; Neck of the Wood ; New Victory Band ; Nightwatch ; Nothing Sacred ; The Oak Apple Band, ; ODE ; Off the Rails ; "

Folk Song lyrics

Folk music is a reflection of the history of music through the ages, to modern day. Many of the great classical composers have drawn on folk tunes for inspiration for their symphonies and other great works. Similarly, the lyrics of folk songs provide a history of love, hate, politics and social change from the earliest days to the present. Hear is just one example:-

"Young Rambleaway - - As I was a-going to Derrydown Fair, - With my fine scarlet coat and everything rare, - Enough to entice all the maidens that day, - |: When they set their eyes on young Rambleaway. :| - 2. The very first steps I took into the fair, - I saw pretty Nancy a-combing her hair. - I gave her the wink and she rolled her black eye. - |: Thinks I to myself, I'll be there by and by. :| - - 3. As I was a-walking that night in the dark, - - I took my bright Nancy to be my sweetheart. - She smiled in my face and these words she did say, - |: Are you the young man they call Rambleaway? :|

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