Yesterday was the day that I learned that the cleaning and fixing song sung by the mice in #Bagpuss is the tune of "Sumer is icumen in", one of the oldest surviving songs in English.

Not from someone stating the fact. But from hearing the tune of "Sumer is icumen in" and thinking to myself: Hold on! I recognize that from somewhere.

It took a minute or so of humming before I placed it.

♪ We will wash it.
♪ We will splosh it.
♪ Lhude sing cuccu!
…

https://youtube.com/watch?v=70mYx9taZF0&list=PLhfsSojYbUarSWWMIytPPLnxG798ZAsGK&index=20

#SumerIsIcumenIn #PostgateAndFirmin #SandraKerr #JohnFaulkner

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Hold the Line Again (the Grunwick Strike)
[album Long Time Gone, 1979 - rereleased 2011]

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#buzzingroom #music #bandcamp #JackWarshaw #LongTimeGone #HoldTheLineAgain #SandraKerr #TheGrunwickStrike #JayabenDesai

link bandcamp: https://jackwarshaw.bandcamp.com/track/hold-the-line-again-the-grunwick-strike

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See it Come Down
[album Long Time Gone, 1979 - rereleased 2011]

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#buzzingroom #music #bandcamp #JackWarshaw #LongTimeGone #SeeItComeDown #SandraKerr #RobinArzonie

link bandcamp: https://jackwarshaw.bandcamp.com/track/see-it-come-down

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If They Come in the Morning (a.k.a. No Time For Love)
[album Long Time Gone, 1979 - rereleased 2011]

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#buzzingroom #music #bandcamp #JackWarshaw #LongTimeGone #IfTheyComeInTheMorning #NoTimeForLove #SandraKerr

link bandcamp: https://jackwarshaw.bandcamp.com/track/if-they-come-in-the-morning

I am having so much fun listening to records I haven't been able to enjoy in over a decade. This one has been especially missed, since it has never been released on CD.

#records #vinyl #LP #MySongIsMyOwn #SongsFromWomen #FrankieArmstrong #SandraKerr #AlisonMcMorland #KathyHenderson #folk #traditional #folkie #feminist #music