January's prize CD - Hidden English - TSCD600

The answer was "Howden" and the song was "The White Hare of Howden", and the icon was positioned slap in the middle of Howden in East Yorkshire.

The winner was Kevin Sheils, resident at the Walthamstow Folk Club and one of the presenters of the Traditional Music Hour on Resonance 104.4FM in the London area. Congratulations to him.

Here are the words I usually sing for this song, with the clues interspersed at relevant points.

THE WHITE HARE OF HOWDEN

The last clue is a picture clue

In Howden town, in Howden town,
As I have heard them tell,
Oh once there was a white hare,
She used there to dwell,
She was hunted by the greyhounds,
And the beagle dogs so fair,
But never one amongst 'em,
Could come up with this white hare.

For she's faster than the black,
And bonnier than the brown,
The first clue is - "I think the white's best"
And there's not a dog in England,
That could ever bring her down.

And when they came unto the field,
Where that white hare did lie,
The beagles they uncoupled,
And they began to try,
And all the crafty greyhounds,
The fourth clue is - "Beagles AND greyhounds, and you still can't find it?"
They beat the bush around,
But there never was a white hare,
In that field to be found.

Then said Jimmy the bold huntsman,
To Tom the whipper in,
The second clue is - "Tom and Jim can't find it"
Go look in yonder fenside,
And see if she lies in,
And with that she gave a jump boys,
Fast away she ran,
And it's yonder that she's going,
Just as fast as e'er she can.

Then both horse and foot together,
Unto the place drew nigh,
A thinking that the white hare,
Was going for to die,
But she's slipped out of the bush boys,
Over Howden hill,
The third clue is - "Wherever she is she's over the hill."
And the beagles and the greyhounds,
They were one short in the kill.