BBC 2 Lied
Bramley’s Seedling
Onze groep was figurant voor
de opname in de regen van het lied voor en
bij de 200 jarige Bramley’s Seedling met de schrijver van het lied, een
locale Bramleykweker.
Uitzending
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
FOTO'S
De 200 jarige moederboom
BBC cameraman
Dichter-zanger-locale Bramleyteler
Idem
Onze groep als figurant
Idem; uiterst rechts Johan Baecke, leifruitspecialist
Adrian Baggeley (de man links) heeft er van genoten
(Verslag over ons bezoek aan deze fameuze fruitman komt nog op de blog.)





