The Death of Florence Tuck

Lisa Fitzgibbon’s Down in the Valley – Songs of Landscape and Legend song cycle continues with the 2nd song: The Death of Florence Tuck.

A Village tragedy – In the book ‘Cider with Rosie’ Laurie Lee writes of the tragic suicide of Elcombe resident Miss Flynn. She was found, drowned and floating in the village pond in the early hours of Monday 17th April 1922. Miss Flynn was Florence Tuck.

Follow Lisa as she writes six songs inspired by the book ‘Cider with Rosie’ and the beautiful Slad Valley, in the Cotswolds. The prose and poetry of local author Laurie Lee influences these songs of landscape and legend.