Our take on a bit of a forgotten Lancashire classic: the tale of the devil's visit to the town of Cockerham, and how the wisest man in the village (the school master) took on the challenge of setting him an 'impossible task' in an attempt to send him back to 'his home down in hell'...
A song 'collected' by folk revivalist AL Lloyd, although there is some debate as to how much of it is traditional and how much was penned by Lloyd himself. It's a bit of a favourite of ours: recounting the story of how Liverpool seaman 'Bold Riley's' partner copes with his departing.