A tale of the unfolding of mysterious events at a Cotswold valley spinning mill in the early twentieth century  - part of a series of songs from an imaginary Edwardian music hall.

A page from a trade directory - dated 1902 - included with this recording has a record of a spinning mill known as “Madame Ariadne’s” in the ancient wool town of Stark Choosing, Laucestershire. Whether this song and that mill are related is not recorded.
Also accompanying this recording is a handwritten note: “An account of a somewhat similar narrative is found in Q.R. Bunoni’s "Old Laucestershire Tales and Stories". In that story a spider takes over a flour mill, operating the body of the miller (which it had rendered unconscious) as a marionette to conceal its activities. Exactly what the spider hoped to gain by this subterfuge is unclear.”

What Other Explanation Could There Be?

Ed Harper