A SONG FOR MAYDAY from PADDY RYAN


If you've spent anytime in Ulverston you'll have probably noticed that there is a bit of a cross-over between the world of folk music and brewing. There's the long established (and currently much missed) folk session in the Hope And Anchor on Daltongate, and there's a lot of it in the music as well, locally and nationally..theres a 16th century ballad that came to be called When Jones Ale was New, there's local heroes Firkin, and Bag O Rag's song about Hartley's, and of course John Barleycorn, rising up as strong as ever, since who knows when? This version in the right was published in 1725..

 And if you want to combine the two - responsibly, of course - in the spirit of friendship, what better time than Mayday. Normally, anyway,

 Heres a song recorded in 1938 for Topic records by Paddy Ryan. Topic is one of THE great folk labels, but it began as an offshoot of the  Workers' Music Association in 1939,  moving towards traditional music after the war.

 Whats the Hartley's connection? Well, if you read Eric Simpsons' account of the birth of his XB brew you might see one....but mainly it's here to give us a lift on an unusual Mayday monday, perhaps with an eye on the next one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=SybZrbeBQ3I

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