BBC 2 Lied Bramley's Seedling

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Morgen woensdag, 2 september: BBC 2, om 13u30 onze tijd in het programma Working Lunch

Lied Bramley’s Seedling

Bi -Centenary Song of the Bramley Apple.

Near the Minster in Southwell, how it happened’s a puzzle,

Little Mary Ann created a new variety

In the shade of her garden after frost made it harden,

She planted a pip from a friend’s apple tree.

Oh, sing of the Apple, oh sing of the Apple, what sort are you going to be?

Oh, sing of the Apple, oh sing of the Apple, what is to become of thee?

Some forthy years later, Matthew Bramley proprietor,

He finds in his garden Mary Ann’s grown - up tree,

By now one could savour the fruits full of flavour,

Matthew handed them out round the city for free.

Oh, sing of the Apple, oh sing of the Apple, you’re now a celebrity!

Oh, sing of the Apple, oh sing of the Apple, a future’s assured for thee !

Merryweather’s ambition, with Matthew’s permission,

Was to multiply maidens from the seedling well-tried,

With crab root stock mixture, hot wax for a fixture

He crafted new fruit trees and new orchards supplied!

Oh, sing of the Bramley, oh sing of the Bramley, in plantations far and wide

Oh, sing of the Bramley, oh sing of the Bramley, in thee we take such pride!

Two hundred years later, no fame could be greater

Than the flavour of those apples from Mary Ann’s tree,

In pies they’re eponymous, in kitchens synonymous

With the culinary heights of our great history

So sing of the Bramley, oh sing of the Bramley, as loud as can be,

Oh sing of the Bramley, oh sing of the Bramley, we are proud to honour thee!

Tekst John Starkey, lokaal Bramley teler

Muziek Simon Freeman

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