Humphrey Clucas - A Clutch of Folk Songs for double bass trio

Humphrey Clucas writes: 'A Clutch', for three double basses, consists of five folk songs, played continuously, as follows: 'Quand j'étais chez mon père', 'I sowed the seeds of love', 'Pure and fair', 'Early one morning', and 'Widdecombe Fair': one French, three English, and one, the third, entirely spurious since I wrote it myself, words and music.

The words are as follows: He tickled me under the chin, my dears, When spring w...