Gipsy melodeon player, Lementina “Lemmie” Brazil, was born near Southampton and spent 26 years of her youth in Ireland, before her family returned to England to settle in Gloucester. She described some of her tunes as “Irish” and used to play for step-dance competitions. Peter Shepheard recorded her in the 1960’s and early 70’s and Gwilym Davies recorded her twice, in October 1977 and April 1981, when she was living on a caravan site near Gloucester. Rod Smith also recorded six tunes and a song from her. She played a one-row melodeon in C. We have transcribed her music in D or G.

Words of There’s Nae Luck about the House were written by Jean Adam (1710-1765) from Crawford’s Dyke, Greenock.