The thread was "Winter songs" so Old Towler was suggested as the fox-hunting season ran during the winter months (Nov-March?) but (again, I think) Stag hunting was a summer "sport" (April-October) so it was being pointed out that the tune/song Old Towler wasn't a winter one for the reason of it being a stag hunting song, not a fox hunting one. I hope that makes sense. Interestingly, my version starts "Bright chanticleer proclaims the dawn" which is quite different to the Cecil Sharp EFDSS version of "Poor stag the dogs they hunch his gore" so I probably have the version for singing in the parlour :) Also mentioned by Dickens in "Our mutual Friend" Book 3 page 10 see http://www.bejo.co.uk/bejo/html/albdict.htm which I must look into, sounds interesting. Colin Hill
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ged Foxe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "nsp" <[email protected]>; "Dru Brooke-Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 9:08 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: old Towler > I've missed the beginning of this thread, I think, so this may have already > been refuted, but the song implies that Old Towler was a stag hound. > > Jeremy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dru Brooke-Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "nsp" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 7:20 PM > Subject: [NSP] Re: old Towler > > > > Old Towler was indeed a fox hound. Hence the wintry connection. > > > > Dru > > > > > > On 7 Dec 2007, at 17:31, Marianne Hall wrote: > > > >> > >> I always though Old Towler was a fox hound. We learn something new every > >> day>Marianne. > >> -- > >> > >> To get on or off this list see list information at > >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >> > > > > > > > >
