tommysuet

Where did the name come from? It's from a song my father left me, which he learned from a singer called Edwin 'Titch' Luscott in the mid 1930's on the side of the Brown Clee Hill in south Shropshire.

Now Tommy Suet had been married just a twelvemonth and a day
When he sent his friends a letter on which it had to say
Just about three months ago a baby had been sent
So Tommy Suet gave a ball for this most glorious event

And with me la da day
Me deedle um a deedle
We'll dance to the fiddle
And it's up and down the middle
With me jolly lads and pretty girls I hope to please you all
We'll have a regular brilliant spree at Tommy Suet's Ball

Now we introduced the baby and we kissed him twice all round
Mrs Suet she was overcome she fainted to the ground
So I fetched her a glass of water with a little something in
And oh my word when she came round the dancing did begin

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