On 25/08/2011 01:38, Laurie Waters wrote:
There's been a lot of interest in the video collected on the LaceNews
YouTube Channel called The Bonelace Weaver
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnm1juXALjI (and another version will
go up
with the August update). I've done some research on the song and just
posted
a piece on the LaceNews blog. The poem was written in 1650, and is
absoutely
fascinating.
Laurie
http://lacenews.net
Grace Notes sing this song with Stockinger. The sleeve notes say
"Before the Industrial Revolution lace worker worked in cottages or
small barns and they enjoyed a relatively prosperous life. They were
cheerful and independent and it shows in the words of Bone Lace Weaver.
Leonard Wheatcrofrt wrote the lyrics in 1650 and Roy Harris wrote the
tune of this version much later. Stockinger is a much angrier song and
tells of the hardships experienced by women workers during the
Industrial Revolution."
Slightly idealised, maybe, but the songs make a good contrast.
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