Folk song reference

[hurston]

I was reading today's page, and wondering where I had heard the name William Winsbury before, and then it hit me, William and Janet are from a folk song, but instead of Janet being the daughter of the lord, she is the daughter of the headmaster. You can see the lyrics of the song here :

sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiWILLIWIN;ttWILLIWIN.html

Has anyone noticed this before?

[eightyfour]

Yes, Willie was named after that song. More precisely after Anne Briggs version, as Tom confirmed here.

[hurston]

Dang, I thought I had found out something new.

[Max]

Aug 19, 2011 13:55:44 GMT eightyfour said:

Yes, Willie was named after that song. More precisely after Anne Briggs version, as Tom confirmed here.

Oh hey, that was my question, before I realized that was a traditional song.

Here's Anne Brigg's cover:


More generally, Tom has mentioned his love of English folk artists like Anne Briggs and Kate Rusby. Sir Eglamore and Annan Waters both take their name from Rusby songs.

[Ulysses]

Also Janet is probably the Maid of Llanwellyn.

[Tobu]

The room where Winsbury and Janet are holing up is numbered tscd504, this is the catalog number of an Anne Briggs compilation album.

[GK Sierra]

Funnily enough, Kate Rusby also has a song titled "Annan Waters".

I guess Tom's a Rusby fan as well as a Prodigy fan. Quite a spread.