Lemmy Brazil was a (female) member of a large family of travellers. (“Lemmy” is the shortened form of “Lementina” - “Brazil” is pronounced “Brazzle”). She played melodeon and mouth-organ, but all of the family were musical and were well-known for their singing.
Lemmy was born in England, near Southampton, but soon afterwards the family moved to Ireland.
They spent 27 years travelling the country in two horse-drawn wagons before returning to England, where Lemmy ran a second-hand shop in Westgate Street, Gloucester.
Incuded in a tuneset often played at the session in The Hunter’s Lodge Inn (Priddy, Somerset, England) :
1) Lemmy Brazil’s No1
2) Lemmy Brazil’s No 2
http://thesession.org/tunes/11817
3) Anything for Jonjo (played “dotted”)
http://thesession.org/tunes/3237
Two comments
Lemmy Brazil’s No.1
An article about Lemmy’s younger brother, Danny, with references to Lemmy here:
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/enth14.htm