The human side of this preventable tragedy was captured in the song On Morecambe Bay, by Kevin Littlewood, which has been memorably covered by Christy Moore, thanks to the intervention of Mike Harding (as Christy reveals in this interview with Cerys Matthews).įrom the first verse, he finds himself wishing he could have stepped forward to warn them, the way 'our mothers' warned local children, that you can't outrun the tide, and then introduces this poetic refrain: 'For the tide is The Devil, it will run you out of breath / Race you to the seashore, chase you to your death / The tide is the very Devil and the Devil has its day / On the lonely cockle banks of Morecambe Bay. Tranposable music notes for Piano Vocal sheet music by American Folk Song: Hal Leonard - Digital at Sheet Music Plus.

In 2004, at least 21 illegally employed Chinese migrant workers died while picking cockles in Morecambe Bay, when they were caught by the incoming tide. Print and Download Tell Me Why sheet music. Why, they don't even care if Jimmy crack corn. The folks who sing 'em have no social conscience.

As we've seen, folk music works exceptionally well at putting across the personal side of a story with political ramifications, and this is just as true when it's sung about a recent event. 1965: 'The Folk Song Army' by Tom Lehrer (That Was the Year That Was) There are innocuous folk songs, But we regard 'em with scorn.

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