Dancers of Stanton Drew - Folk from the Boat - Episode 129

A midsummer folk song telling the story of the standing stones (stone circle) of Stanton Drew, Somerset as Anna's boat reaches Hackney!
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Midsummer eve it fell on a Saturday
Sue and William went to be wed
They had music played by a fiddler'
"Let's go dancing!" William said.

Chorus
They danced, danced, danced around
Danced, danced to the fiddler's sound
Danced with a skip, danced with a hop,
It seemed that nothing could make them stop.

Midnight struck and then said the fiddler
"Dancing on a Sunday wouldn't be right,"
Sue gave a laugh, "Don't care if I to Hell go
I'll find another fiddler tonight."

Chorus

Off went the fiddler, left them all grumbling,
Then another fiddler came along the way.
"You'd like to dance and I'd like to play for you"
Tunes he played both merry and gay.

Chorus

"Stop" cried the dancers, "NO" cried the fiddler,
He kept on in spite of their moans.
They couldn't stop their jerking and a stumbling,
At the break of day they turned into stones.

Chorus

Stanton Drew in the County of Somerset’s
Where the Devil played at Sue's request,
They paid the price for dancing on a Sunday,
Now they stand evermore at rest.