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Hobbety Bobbety How​-​Now

from Even Keel - EP by Erin Brown & Barry Watson

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We discovered Hobbety Bobbety How-Now whilst on holiday in Northumbria. We ventured into the charity shop in the village we were staying at and came across a songbook entitled Besom Maker and Other Country Folk Songs (priced 20p!) We then cobbled together extra verses from the Child Ballads’ multiple variants, dialling down some of the unfortunate domestic abuse to make the song palatable for a modern audience. We firmly believe that every song should have some reference to cheese that can run away!

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Robin Tulloch he married a wife
Hobbety bobbety how-now
She turned out to be the plague of his life
With a hey-down, ho-down, duffle green petticoat
Robin he curses her now now

She never gets up till twelve o’clock
Puts on her gown and above it her smock

She sweeps the floor but twice a year
Because she says the brooms are too dear

She milks the cows but once a week
And that's what makes her butter so sweet

And when she churns she churns in a boot
Instead of a paddle she uses her foot

She puts the cheese upon the shelf
And leaves it there till it turns itself

It turns of itself and it fell on the floor
Got up to its feet and ran out the door

It ran till it came to Wakefield Cross
And she followed after upon a white horse

This is a song for women and men
If you want anymore you must sing it again

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from Even Keel - EP, released February 5, 2021
Erin Brown – fiddles and singing
Barry Watson – accordions and bells
Recorded and produced by Barry Watson
Trad. arr. Erin Brown & Barry Watson

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Erin Brown & Barry Watson Ely, UK

Erin Brown & Barry Watson offer lively renditions of traditional folk music featuring vocals, fiddle, stomp box and accordion (plus occasional appearances from whistles and bouzouki). Songs and tunes are taken from England, Ireland, Scotland and further afield, but the accompaniment is typically stompy and English, with the odd syncopated Breton rhythm thrown in for good measure. ... more

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