Davy Cross

from Dominion by Melrose Quartet

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(P. Davenport)

Ganseys are intricately knitted fishermen’s sweaters. Mary Cross of Flamborough told Paul in 1980 "There was a boy in the village when I was a girl, whom all the girls thought very good looking. To add to this, his mother was the best gansey knitter in the village.... That beautiful knitting was how they identified his body when he was lost at sea."

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The Widow Cross had but one son and indeed he was his mother's pride and joy
So she knitted him a gansey,
Cable stitched both fine and fancy
And it looked like royal robes upon the boy

How we knew his bright blue eyes
How we knew his golden hair
And that gansey that his mother made was fine beyond compare

Tall and bright was Davy Cross,
with a shining face that never bore a frown
How the lasses smiled and sighed at his strong and manly stride
On a Friday when the fishing fleet left town

For they...

At the dance on Saturday the lasses fairly swooned to dance with him
As he held them in his arms, how they fluttered at his charms,
And their hearts beat faster at his boyish grin

For they...

Then one dark October day there came a storm which drove us hard to lea
And our fishing fleet was tossed, yet just one single craft was lost
Leaving Widow Cross a-gazing out to sea

Well she...

When just ten weeks were passed and gone, they finally brought us news about the loss
Seemed a body had been found of a sailor lost and drowned
And in our hearts we knew 'twas Davy Cross

For we...

But it wasn't eyes of blue, nor that hair as pale as foam
It was the gansey that his mother made that brought young Davy home

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from Dominion, released December 1, 2023

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Melrose Quartet Sheffield, UK

Simply one of the best acappella groups on the UK folk scene, Melrose Quartet are made up of two well-loved folk duos, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan and Jess & Rich Arrowsmith. Based in Sheffield, they have a decade of gigs behind them, and vast collective experience as workshop leaders as well as performers. They are also a ceilidh band and the Patrons of Whiby Folk Week. Www.melrosequartet.co.uk ... more

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