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Charles Parker Archive

2016-02-21T11:55:54Z

Pam Bishop: update of information about the Archive

The [http://www.libraryofbirmingham.com/charlesparker Charles Parker Archive] is housed in the Library of Birmingham’s Archives, Heritage and Photography section. It consists of tapes, production books, papers, correspondence and scripts for most of the programmes Charles Parker produced and the organisations in which he was active. The online catalogue Access to Archives (A2A) means that [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/4eb442ef-0c4e-4157-a341-d9fe9d35fce1a list of its digitised sound recordings] can be browsed from any computer.

Charles Parker came to believe passionately in the value of the testimony of working people and the creative importance of 'the oral tradition' and its relationship to folk music. This became the key to his work in radio, theatre and in his extensive teaching activities

Charles Parker kept everything, and everything he kept is held in this collection

- The tapes he recorded and worked with

- Transcriptions and working notes

- Production books and notebooks

- Newspaper cuttings

- Letters sent and received

- A library of books on international folk music and culture, politics, history, religion

After his death in 1980 a [http://www.cpatrust.org.uk Trust] was set up to administer the Archive.

The contents of the Archive have been converted to digital media for easier access, and a [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/4eb442ef-0c4e-4157-a341-d9fe9d35fce1a list of its digitised sound recordings] can be browsed from any computer.

[[Category: Archive]]
[[Category: West Midlands County]]

Regional

2016-02-21T11:47:40Z

Pam Bishop: /* Midlands */ updating of Traditional Arts Team information

==North-East==

'''''Folkworks''''' is probably the best known of the regional folk development organisations. Based at The Sage in Gateshead it runs a variety of projects and has links with the degree in folk music at Newcastle University. [http://www.thesagegateshead.org/folkworks/index.aspx Folkworks] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/course/W340/Folk_and_Traditional_Music Folk Degree]

'''''The Lowland and Border Pipers' Society''''' was formed in 1982 by a group of enthusiasts who were interested in reviving the bagpipes of the Scottish lowlands and border region. These pipes are bellows-blown with their drones issuing from a common stock, and have been played in Scotland since at least the 17th Century.

Although here filed under ''Regional'', over recent years, the Society has grown to become an international organisation, with members in many far flung places. There are now a number of well established professional makers producing pipes of the highest quality, and the instrument has been adopted by numerous folk groups.

[http://www.lbps.net/ web site]

'''''The Northumbrian Pipers Society''''' was established in 1928 to promote the indigenous bagpipes of the North-East of England - the Northumbrian Smallpipes and the Half-long or Border pipes. Over the intervening 80 years, the Smallpipes have achieved great popularity, both in their home region, and around the world. The society has a membership of over 800 members worldwide, most of whom own a set of Northumbrian Smallpipes.

[http://www.northumbrianpipers.org.uk/ web site]

==North-West==

'''''Folkus''''' is a folk arts development organisation funded by ACE and Lancashire County Council to support folk activity in their region. [http://www.folkus.co.uk/home.htm web site]

'''''Furness Tradition''''' is a voluntarily run folk arts facilitating organisation based in Ulverston, South Cumbria. Furness Tradition also runs an annual festival in Ulverston in July. [http://www.furnesstradition.org.uk web site]

==Yorkshire==

'''''Yorkshire Folk Arts''''' state ''Every one of the 5 million people in Yorkshire and the Humber should be aware of folk arts and have a chance to take part; and every child in every school in the region should have the chance to learn traditional music, song and dance.'' [http://www.yorkshire-folk-arts.com/ web site]

'''''Ryburn 3 Step''''', based in Ripponden in the Pennines, run a staggering number of events each year, a large proportion of which are classes for local people. [http://www.ryburn3step.org.uk/ web site]

'''''Yorkshire Dales Workshop''''' founded by Geoff and Liz Bowen and based in Glusburn between Keighley and Skipton. Ran a variety of projects for schools and the public but ceased operation in 2008. [http://www.ydw.org.uk/ web site]]

'''''Yorkshire Garland Group''''' Established in 2006 by Steve Gardham and Mike Parsey primarily to promote traditional Yorkshire Folk Song. Main resource is the [http://www.yorkshirefolksong.net website] but the group is also involved in taking Yorkshire Folk Song into schools and the community at large, and organising workshops at all the main Yorkshire festivals.

==East Anglia==

'''''East Anglian Traditional Music Trust''''' operate out of their headquarters in Stowmarket and run a comprehensive programme of events, workshops, school and community projects, etc. [http://www.eatmt.org.uk/ web site]

'''''Suffolk Folk''''' promotes folk dance and song in Suffolk and contiguous counties.
Suffolk Folk financially supports educational projects such as placing folk artists in schools. It runs a monthly traditional music workshop, and runs or supports a number of regular and one-off events throughout the year. Suffolk Folk's quarterly magazine ''Mardles'' has listings, reviews, news, information, contact details and adverts covering all of East Anglia. [http://www.suffolkfolk.co.uk/ web site]

==South-East==

'''''South East Folk Arts Network''''' (SEFAN) are active in their area, '' "offering an
information, advisory, co-ordinating and networking service
for the traditional arts in the region" ''. [http://www.sefan.org.uk/AboutUs.html web site]

'''''Electric Voices''''' is a folk arts organisation based in Guildford, Surrey, and is run by Lawrence and Linda Heath. Concerts are based in the Electric Theatre,Guildford,(from where the organisation derives its name, and the main site where concerts have now been held for 10 years since 1997 ), Cranleigh Arts Centre, and Farnham Maltings. Electric Voices also organise the Music Institute Folk Club in Guildford, and the Godalming Borough Hall (GBH) Ceilidhs (which have now been running for over 30 years).They have now been hosting the "Maypoles to Mistletoe" show at the Electric Theatre for 10 years, which holds the record for longevity at that venue (as it also does at Hawth in Crawley, Sussex where it has been running even longer !) [http://www.electricvoices.org.uk/ web site]

==South-West==

'''''Wren Trust''''' based in Okehampton, run workshops and schools projects based on local traditions and songs. [http://www.wrenmusic.co.uk/ web site]

'''''Folk South West''''' ''Folk South West is the folk arts development organisation for the South West of England - working to stimulate enjoyment, participation and creativity in the music, song, dance and traditions of the South West.'' [http://www.folksw.org.uk/ web site]

==Midlands==

'''''The Traditional Arts Team''''' runs a range of traditional performance arts events and training in the Midlands. Its Birmingham-based music events provide opportunities for storytelling, singing, dancing and making music in an informal and friendly environment. The Team runs regular traditional music and song sessions, storytelling events, ceilidhs and barn dances, while the [http://www.moseleyvillageband.org.uk Moseley Village Band] welcomes all musicians, plays at local events and enjoys occasional day workshops with inspirational tutors.

[http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/ web site]

Media

2016-02-21T11:44:57Z

Pam Bishop: /* Folk Monthly */ change of contact details

==National Magazines==

===English Dance & Song===

The magazine of the EFDSS, English Dance & Song is the longest-established magazine devoted to folk music, dance and song in the country.

First published in 1936, it has appeared four times a year ever since.

[http://eds.efdss.org web site] [http://www.myspace.com/edsmagazine My Space] [[EDS Contents]]

=== fRoots ===

....is really an International magazine covering a wide range of traditional and roots music from all over the world, including England.

They describe themselves as covering ''Local Music from Out There''.

[http://www.frootsmag.com/ web site]

===Living Tradition===

The Living Tradition is a bi-monthly Folk & Traditional music magazine that has been in publication for over 14 years. The main aim of the magazine is ''to highlight the rich heritage of traditional music in the British Isles and further afield, and attempt to bring it to a wider audience''.

[http://www.folkmusic.net/ web site]

==Regional Magazines==

===Folk Monthly===

Folk Monthly is a Midlands publication carrying articles, reviews, diary listings and adverts for folk clubs, sessions, festivals and performers. It is published 11 times a year, and is for sale in folk clubs, music shops and by subscription.

For further information see [http://www.folkmonthly.org.uk web site] or email
[mailto:info@folkmonthly.org.uk the editor]

===Folk Roundabout===

Folk Roundabout is a subscription magazine covering north east England, i.e. Teesside, North Yorkshire, Durham, Tyneside, Northumberland, and bits of Cumbria. It has news and gigs for folk clubs, sessions, dance sides, and performers, festival details, and CD reviews. It is published four times a year, and is for sale in some folk clubs in the region.

For further information please contact:
Trevor Lister (Editor)
24, Ambleside Grove,
Acklam,
Middlesbrough
Cleveland
TS5 7DQ

Tel: 01642 821776
Email: trevorl@ntlworld.com

===Stirrings===

Stirrings was founded in 1974 as ''The South Yorkshire Folk Diary'', and has been published at least four times a year ever since. It acquired its current name in 1980, and has had a long and complicated history under a series of editors.

[http://www.stirrings.org.uk/ web site]

===Taplas===

Published bi-monthly, Taplas serves the folk and traditional music scene in wales.
Contains the latest news & listings, features and reviews.

[http://www.taplas.co.uk/ web site]

===Tykes News===

West Yorkshire magazine carrying gig information and reviews from the region. The link also leads to FiloFolk, an online directory administered by Jim Lawton.

[http://www.tykesnews.org.uk/ web site]

===Shreds and Patches===

Shreds & Patches is a free folk magazine for Shropshire and surrounding areas comprising articles which include reviews, dance contacts, club and session details and event listings.

It is published 3 times per year.

For further information please contact:

Miss Sheila Mainwaring, Editor
Shreds & Patches
1 Herbert Avenue
Wellington
Telford
Shropshire
TF1 2BT

Tel: 01952 240989
Email: mainwaring@enta.net

==Internet Magazines==

===Musical Traditions===

Founded as a paper magazine by the late Keith Summers in 1983 and revived on the Internet in 1996 by Rod Stradling , this magazine covers a wide range of world traditional music.

[[Musical Traditions]]

[[Musical Traditions Magazine]]

[http://www.mustrad.org.uk/ web site]

===Broadside Magazine===

"Hugely influential in the folk-revival, Broadside Magazine was founded in 1962 by Agnes “Sis” Cunningham and her husband, Gordon Friesen, as a small mimeographed publication. The magazine reflected the times. It was often controversial, and was the subject of questions in one of Bob Dylan’s many news conferences, as seen in the Martin Scorcese documentary on Bob Dylan released in 2005. Issues of what is folk? what is folk rock? and who is folk? were roundly discussed and debated. At the same time, Broadside nurtured and promoted important singer-songwriters of the era.

By the end of the seventies it had virtually ceased publication. In 1982 it was revived by Norman Ross, President of Clearwater Publishing (a publisher of microfilms and reference books) after the firm had microfiched the entire backfile, and Jeff Ritter, a musician and folklorist."

[http://broadsidemagazine.com/?page_id=2 Read more]

==National Radio==

===BBC Radio 2===

The Mike Harding Show - Wednesday 8pm

Station site: [http://bbc.co.uk/radio2/ BBC Radio 2]

Programme page: [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/harding/ Web page]

Frequency: 88.1 to 90.1 FM

Stream: via the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/harding/biography.shtml presenter's page]

==Regional Radio==

===West Yorkshire===

====Bradford Community Broadcast====

Tim Moon presents a weekly folk music programme on BCB - Mondays at 8pm.

Station site: [http://www.bcbradio.co.uk/index.php?&MMN_position=1:1 Bradford Community Broadcast]

Programme page: [http://www.bcbradio.co.uk/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=20&MMN_position=42:42 "Folk Us"] Click on 'Monday'

Frequency: 106.6FM

Stream: [http://www.bcbradio.co.uk/bcb.m3u Listen online]

====PhoenixFM====

Commenced broadcasting in the Halifax area in December 2007 under an OfCom Community License. Hosts a two hour folk and roots music slot from 10am to noon each Sunday with a rota of presenters covering a wide range of folk and roots styles.

[http://www.phoenixfm.co.uk/ Phoenix FM]

Frequency: 96.7FM

Stream: [http://www.radiohosting.co.uk:8000/phoenix.m3u PhoenixFM On Line]

===South Yorkshire===

====Sheffield Live====

Commenced broadcasting in November 2007 under an OfCom Community License. Hosts a two hour folk music show, '''''Thank Goodness It's Folk''''' from 10am to noon each Friday presented by Dave Eyre.

Frequency: 93.2FM

* [http://www.sheffieldlive.org/ Sheffield Live]
* [http://www.sheffieldlive.org/uploads/sheffieldlive.m3u Live stream]
* [http://canstream.co.uk/sheffieldlive/index.php?cat=FolkMusic Listen Again]

===Glasgow===
====Celtic Music Radio====
Celtic Music Radio is the only UK-based radio station which focuses primarily on traditional and contemporary celtic/folk/scottish-influenced music. It broadcasts 24x7 on 1530 kHz AM/MW in and around the Glasgow and Clyde area, and a stream is also available. It commenced broadcasting in January 2008.

Frequency: 1530 kHz

* [http://www.celticmusicradio.net/ Celtic Music Radio]
* [http://www.celticmusicradio.net/celtic_live.m3u Live stream]
* [http://www.celticmusicradio.net/schedules.html Schedules]

==Internet Radio==

===Radio Britfolk===

Started by the Britfolk performers group and recently re-branded as '''The Music Well''', this is one of the best stations around. Performers and folk activists making programmes which include DJ style presentations, documentary radio, and even educational programmes. [http://www.radiobritfolkhome.co.uk/ Listen] to current content for free or buy a subscription and listen to the extensive archives.

===Worlds of Trad===

Run by Fred McCormick, this is an eclectic mix of roots music, changed periodically and hosted by Live 365. [http://www.live365.com/stations/oneworldmusic Listen]

===Smithsonian Folkways===

What better way to put a collection of historic recordings to good use than to stream them via Live 365 Internet Radio [http://www.live365.com/stations/folkways Listen]

===WUMB Boston===

Dedicated US Folk Music station [http://www.live365.com/stations/wumb919fast Listen]

==National TV==

==Regional TV==

==IPTV==

==Folk Journalists==

==Book Publishers==

===Mally Productions===

Dave Mallinson came up the hard way to become one of the prime music publishers on the English folk scene.

Read his story [http://www.mally.com/established.asp here] and check out the available titles.

===English Folk Dance & Song Society===

The EFDSS have published a variety of books over the years on a variety of subjects. Tunes, songs, dances, essays, mumming and guising, bibliographies, etc.

Presently, the easiest way to review the current titles is via the Folkshop publications catalogue page [http://folkshop.efdss.org/publications/index.htm]

Regional

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==North-East==

'''''Folkworks''''' is probably the best known of the regional folk development organisations. Based at The Sage in Gateshead it runs a variety of projects and has links with the degree in folk music at Newcastle University. [http://www.thesagegateshead.org/folkworks/index.aspx Folkworks] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/course/W340/Folk_and_Traditional_Music Folk Degree]

'''''The Lowland and Border Pipers' Society''''' was formed in 1982 by a group of enthusiasts who were interested in reviving the bagpipes of the Scottish lowlands and border region. These pipes are bellows-blown with their drones issuing from a common stock, and have been played in Scotland since at least the 17th Century.

Although here filed under ''Regional'', over recent years, the Society has grown to become an international organisation, with members in many far flung places. There are now a number of well established professional makers producing pipes of the highest quality, and the instrument has been adopted by numerous folk groups.

[http://www.lbps.net/ web site]

==North-West==

'''''Folkus''''' is a folk arts development organisation funded by ACE and Lancashire County Council to support folk activity in their region. [http://www.folkus.co.uk/home.htm web site]

'''''Furness Tradition''''' is a voluntarily run folk arts facilitating organisation based in Ulverston, South Cumbria. Furness Tradition also runs an annual festival in Ulverston in July. [http://www.furnesstradition.org.uk web site]

==Yorkshire==

'''''Yorkshire Folk Arts''''' state ''Every one of the 5 million people in Yorkshire and the Humber should be aware of folk arts and have a chance to take part; and every child in every school in the region should have the chance to learn traditional music, song and dance.'' [http://www.yorkshire-folk-arts.com/ web site]

'''''Ryburn 3 Step''''', based in Ripponden in the Pennines, run a staggering number of events each year, a large proportion of which are classes for local people. [http://www.ryburn3step.org.uk/ web site]

'''''Yorkshire Dales Workshop''''' founded by Geoff and Liz Bowen and based in Glusburn between Keighley and Skipton. Ran a variety of projects for schools and the public but ceased operation in 2008. [http://www.ydw.org.uk/ web site]]

'''''Yorkshire Garland Group''''' Established in 2006 by Steve Gardham and Mike Parsey primarily to promote traditional Yorkshire Folk Song. Main resource is the [http://www.yorkshirefolksong.net website] but the group is also involved in taking Yorkshire Folk Song into schools and the community at large, and organising workshops at all the main Yorkshire festivals.

==East Anglia==

'''''East Anglian Traditional Music Trust''''' operate out of their headquarters in Stowmarket and run a comprehensive programme of events, workshops, school and community projects, etc. [http://www.eatmt.org.uk/ web site]

==South-East==

'''''South East Folk Arts Network''''' (SEFAN) are active in their area, '' "offering an
information, advisory, co-ordinating and networking service
for the traditional arts in the region" ''. [http://www.sefan.org.uk/AboutUs.html web site]

'''''Electric Voices''''' is a folk arts organisation based in Guildford, Surrey, and is run by Lawrence and Linda Heath. Concerts are based in the Electric Theatre,Guildford,(from where the organisation derives its name, and the main site where concerts have now been held for 10 years since 1997 ), Cranleigh Arts Centre, and Farnham Maltings. Electric Voices also organise the Music Institute Folk Club in Guildford, and the Godalming Borough Hall (GBH) Ceilidhs (which have now been running for over 30 years).They have now been hosting the "Maypoles to Mistletoe" show at the Electric Theatre for 10 years, which holds the record for longevity at that venue (as it also does at Hawth in Crawley, Sussex where it has been running even longer !) [http://www.electricvoices.org.uk/ web site]

==South-West==

'''''Wren Trust''''' based in Okehampton, run workshops and schools projects based on local traditions and songs. [http://www.wrenmusic.co.uk/ web site]

'''''Folk South West''''' ''Folk South West is the folk arts development organisation for the South West of England - working to stimulate enjoyment, participation and creativity in the music, song, dance and traditions of the South West.'' [http://www.internet-today.co.uk/brad/folksouthwest/index.cfm web site]

==Midlands==

'''''The Traditional Arts Team''''' runs a range of traditional performance arts events and training in the Midlands. Its Birmingham-based music events provide opportunities for singing, dancing and making music in an informal and friendly environment. The Team runs regular traditional music and song sessions, ceilidhs and barn dances, while the [http://www.moseleyvillageband.org.uk Moseley Village Band] welcomes all musicians, plays at local events and enjoys occasional day workshops with inspirational tutors.

The [http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/song/ Kings Heath Traditional Song Project], running from Jan 2009 to Jan 2010, provides a platform for emerging singers and opportunities for training at regular monthly workshops and occasional full day workshops featuring nationally-known tutors.

The [http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/storytelling/cafe.htm Storytelling Cafe] is the most successful series of storytelling events in the country. It brings the best local, national and international traditional performances to the Midlands, with extended touring to arts and community venues across England and Wales. Its educational programme brings the Cafe storytellers into schools and out-of-school activities; runs workshops for beginners; helps storytellers to gain professional skills; and brings forward the next generation through Young Tongues projects and [http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/ysoy/ Young Storyteller of the Year] events.

The Traditional Arts Team also produces [http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/FM/ Folk Monthly], a magazine of folk and related events across the Midlands.

[http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/ web site]

Charles Parker Archive

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Pam Bishop:

The [http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/charlesparkerarchive Charles Parker Archive] is deposited in the Archives and Heritage Service on the Sixth Floor of Birmingham Central Library. It consists of tapes, production books, papers, correspondence and scripts for most ot the programmes Charles Parker produced and the organisations in which he was active.

Charles Parker came to believe passionately in the value of the testimony of working people and the creative importance of 'the oral tradition' and its relationship to folk music. This became the key to his work in radio, theatre and in his extensive teaching activities

Charles Parker kept everything, and everything he kept is held in this collection

- The tapes he recorded and worked with

- Transcriptions and working notes

- Production books and notebooks

- Newspaper cuttings

- Letters sent and received

- A library of books on international folk music and culture, politics, history, religion

After his death in 1980 a [http://www.cpatrust.org.uk Trust] was set up to administer the Archive.

The contents of the Archive have been converted to digital media for easier access.

An online catalogue of the whole archive will become available in 2010.

[[Category: Archive]]
[[Category: West Midlands County]]

Song Books

2010-01-31T12:24:26Z

Pam Bishop:

==General Anthologies==

Books of folk songs can be comprehensive anthologies of songs from a region, from a country, or a nation.

* ''[[Penguin Book of English Folk Songs| The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs]]'', [[A L Lloyd]] and [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]], several editions from 1959 onwards, Penguin Books. Seventy songs selected from ''The [[Journal of the Folk-Song Society]]'', with music, and the book most favoured by singers in the '60s revival as a source of songs. A revised edition, with more detailed notes, bibliography and information on the source singers, was published by EFDSS as [[Classic English Folk Songs]] in 2003, and can be bought from http://folkshop.efdss.org/. Web pages devoted to additions and corrections, with supporting material, can be seen at http://www.folk-network.com/miscellany/penguin/

* ''[[Singing Island, The|The Singing Island]]'', [[Ewan MacColl]] and [[Peggy Seeger]], 1960, Mills Books. Another great favourite in the early revival. Mostly traditional songs, arranged by theme, and with music.

* ''[[Folk Songs and Ballads of Scotland]]'', Compiled and edited by [[Ewan MacColl]] 1965, Oak Publications Books. Traditional songs, with music.

* ''[[I'm A Freeborn Man]]'', [[Ewan MacColl]] and [[Peggy Seeger]], 1968, Oak Publications, New York. Tells the story of the eight Radio Ballads (1957 - 1964) commissioned by the BBC. This book contains the story of the original radio ballads, songs taken from some of the ballads and other contemporary songs of struggle and conscience.

* ''[[Travellers' Songs from England and Scotland]]'', [[Ewan MacColl]] and [[Peggy Seeger]], 1977, Routledge Keegan And Paul. The result of 15 years of collecting both in the south and south-eastern England and central and north-eastern Scotland. 130 songs arranged into themes along with stories. Excellent book.

* ''[[Till Doomsday in the Afternoon]]'', [[Ewan MacColl]] and [[Peggy Seeger]], 1986, Manchester University Press. The result of 20 years of following the fortunes of the Stewarts of Blairgowrie, a family of Scots Travellers. An enormous treasury of tales, jokes, riddles, children's songs and and the words and music of some seventy songs.

* ''[[Folk Songs of Britain and Ireland]]'', [[Peter Kennedy]], 1975, Cassell. Again the songs are arranged by theme, largely using versions collected by Kennedy himself. Has music, and copious notes on each song, with useful references to other versions.

* ''[[Songs of the Midlands]]'', [[Roy Palmer]], EP Publishing, 1972. A collection of 70 traditional songs from the counties of Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire

==Specific Subjects==

* ''Come All you Bold Miners'', [[A. L. Lloyd]], second edition 1978, Laurence and Wishart

* ''A Taste of Ale'', [[Roy Palmer]], 2000, Green Branch, Lechlade

* '' A Touch on the Times'', Songs of Social Change 1770- 1914 Edited by [[Roy Palmer]], Penguin Education 1974

* ''The Rambling Soldier'', [[Roy Palmer]], 1977, Peacock Books

* ''Songs and Music of The Redcoats (1642 - 1902)'', Lewis Winstock, 1970, Leo Cooper Ltd

* ''One Hundred Songs of Toil'', [[Karl Dallas]], 1974, Wolfe

* ''The Cruel Wars'', 100 Soldiers Songs from Agincourt to Ulster [[Karl Dallas]], 1974, Wolfe

* ''Shanties from the Seven Seas'', [[Stan Hugill]], 1961, Routledge & Kegan Paul

* ''Ballads and Sea Songs of Newfoundland'' Elisabeth Bristol Greenleaf and Grace Yarrow Mansfield, 1933, Memorial University of Newfoundland

* ''The Oxford Book of Sea Songs'', [[Roy Palmer]], 1986, Oxford University Press

* ''Boxing The Compass - Sea Songs and Shanties'' - [[Roy Palmer]], 2001, Herron Publishing (Previously ''The Oxford Book of Sea Songs'' - now expanded)

==Collections==

Books which concentrate on the songs collected by one or two collectors.

* ''Cecil Sharp's Collection of English Folk Songs'', [[Maud Karpeles]], 1974, Oxford University Press. About two-thirds of the songs and tunes collected in England in the early 1900s by the most prolific collector, mostly in their original forms, though not invariably accurately or completely transcribed by Dr Karpeles. In two volumes, but difficult to find except through university libraries and 'antiquarian' book dealers.

* ''The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection'', [[Pat Shaw|Pat Shuldham-Shaw]], Emily B Lyle and others, 1981-2002, Aberdeen University Press and Mercat Press. The entire collection of the two Scots collectors [[Gavin Greig]] and [[John Duncan]], who worked in Aberdeenshire at the same time as Sharp and his contemporaries were collecting mainly in the south and east of England. Eight volumes: numbers 2, 4, 7 and 8 of which can still be got from the publishers.

* ''[[Marrow Bones]]'', ''[[The Wanton Seed]]'', ''[[The Constant Lovers]]'', and ''[[The Foggy Dew]]'', [[Frank Purslow]], 1965 to 1973, EFDS Publications Ltd. A series of books with a selection of songs from the collections of and [[H.E.D. Hammond|Henry]] and [[Robert Hammond]] and [[George Gardiner]], who collected mainly in Dorset and Hampshire respectively, again in the early 1900s. The books were intended for relative newcomers to folk song and, as was usual until very recently in 'popular' anthologies, many of the song texts were edited and collated in order to produce good 'singing' versions. A new, extensively revised edition of ''[[Marrow Bones]]'' was published by EFDSS in June 2007, and can be bought from http://folkshop.efdss.org/. A new edition of ''[[The Wanton Seed]]'' is planned for 2008.

* EFDSS also published two books from the collecting of [[Fred Hamer]] and one from the collecting of [[Ken Stubbs]]. These were ''[[Garners Gay (songbook)|Garners Gay]]: English Folk songs collected by Fred Hamer'' (1967): ''The Life of a Man: English Folk Songs from the Home Counties collected by Ken Stubbs'' (1970); and ''Green Groves: More English Folk Songs collected by Fred Hamer'' (1973).

* ''Folk Songs collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams'', [[Roy Palmer]], 1983, J M Dent.

* ''Bushes and Briars, Folk Songs collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams'', [[Roy Palmer]], 1999, Llanerch Press (Reprint of "Folk Songs collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams" 1983, but with corrections): http://www.llanerchpress.com/

Song Books

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Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire

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Pam Bishop:

==The Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire==

Edited by '''Llewellyn Jewitt'''
Published 1867 by Bemrose and Lothian - London & Derby.

Now available online at [http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924013509926 archive.org]

===Contents===

[[Introduction to Llewellyn Jewitt's Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire|Introduction]]

* King Henry V

* A Ballad of Derbyshire By Sir Aston Cokain

* Song of Lady Bessy

* Devonshire's Noble Duel with Lord Danby in the year 1687

* Unconsionable Batchelors of Darby, The

* Humours of Hayfield Fair, The

* (On the) Strange and Wonderful Sight (that was seen in the Air on the 6th of march, 1716)

* Drunken Butcher of Tideswell, The

* A New Ballad of Robin Hood

* Robin Hood and Little John

* Little John's End

* Lay of the Buckstone, The

* Sir Richard Whittington's Advancement

* Derbyshire Miller, The

* Tideswell in and Uproar

* Derby Ram, The

* Blink-Ey'd Cobler, The

* Strange Banquet, A

* Taylor's Ramble, The

* Squire Vernon's Fox-Chace

* Trusley Hunting Song, The

* Squire Frith's Hunting Song

* An Elegy

* Cocktail Reel

* Yorkshire Pye, A

* Agricultural Meeting, The

* Complainte of Anthony Babington

* Derbyshire Militia, The

* Florist's Song, The

* Old Nun's Green

* A Poem

* Quadrupedes, Etc, The

* Paving and Lighting

* Nun's Green Rangers, The

* Birch Rod for the Presbytarians, A

* Lost and Dead

* Song

* Sir Francis Leke

* True Lover's Knot Untied, The

* An Address to "Dickie"

* Driving of the Deer, The

* Ashupton Garland, The

* Derbyshire Hills

* Derbyshire Dales

* On the Peak of Derbyshire

* The Derby Hero

* A New Song

* Rev. Bache Thornhill, M.A.

* Journey into the Peak, A

* Epistle to John Bradshaw, Esq.

* Hugh Stenson and Molly Green

* Beggar's Ramble, The (1) (2)

* Henry and Clara

* Gypsies' Song, The

* Flax-Dresser's Wife of Spondon, The

* Ashborne Foot-ball Song

* Parson's Torr, The

[[Category:Derbyshire]]
[[Category:Book]]

Vaughan Williams Memorial Library

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'''The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library'''

The library of the [[English Folk Dance and Song Society]] is called the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library (VWML) in honour of the eminent composer, song collector and President of the EFDSS, [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]], who died in 1958. Up until then it was called the Cecil Sharp Library because it chiefly comprised [[Cecil Sharp|Sharp’s]] personal library, which he bequeathed to the [[EFDS]] in 1924. Its first permanent home was established with the opening of [[Cecil Sharp House]] in 1930, and Sharp’s daughter [[Joan|Joan Sharp]] was the first librarian. With the amalgamation of EFDS and the [[Folk-Song Society]] and subsequent bequests, donations and purchases, the library has developed considerably over the years, most notably with the addition of the literature, sound and manuscript collections of other eminent folklorists and collectors of the twentieth century. These include the original papers of [[Lucy Broadwood]], [[Janet Blunt]], [[Anne Gilchrist]], [[Maud Karpeles]], [[George Butterworth]], [[George Gardiner]], the [[Hammond Brothers]] and [[Francis Collinson]]; copies of the papers and notebooks of [[Sabine Baring-Gould]], [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]], [[Frank Kidson]], [[Gavin Greig]] and [[James Madison Carpenter]]; and the field recordings of [[Percy Grainger]], [[Mike Yates]] and the BBC Folk Music Archive. VWML is England’s national folk music and dance archive - a one stop shop for anybody interested in the folk arts.

Details of collections, services and opening hours at http://www.efdss.org/library.htm

[http://library.efdss.org/ Vaughan Williams Memorial Library Online]

[[Category: Library]]

British Library Sound Archive

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Pam Bishop:

'''British Library Sound Archive'''

Formerly the National Sound Archive, the British Library Sound Archive holds one of the world's largest collections of recordings variously described as traditional, folk or 'world' music. It is a valuable resource for musicians of all backgrounds and an essential reference collection for the study of ethnomusicology and anthropology.

http://www.bl.uk/nsa

[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/sound/wtmusic/worldmusic.html World and traditional music: sound recordings]

[http://sounds.bl.uk/ Archival Sound Recordings] - includes early 20th century cylinder recordings (e.g. of [[John Locke]] and [[Peter Verrall]]), and recordings from collectors such as [[Mike Yates]], [[Roy Palmer]] and [[Keith Summers]]

Anyone can

* Search all recordings on the site
* Listen to recordings where copyright permits - currently over 25,300 items

Users in licensed UK higher or further education institutions can additioanlly listen to and download any of the recordings.

[http://cadensa.bl.uk/cgi-bin/webcat Sound Archive catalogue]

[[Category: Library]]
[[Category: Archive]]

Charles Parker Archive

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Pam Bishop:

Songs of the Midlands

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Pam Bishop:

''Songs of the Midlands'' is a collection of 70 traditional songs from Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands County, edited by Roy Palmer, with Pamela Bishop and Katharine Thompson as music editors.

The material is thematically arranged as follows:

*Seasonal and ritual songs (15 items)
*Songs of love and courtship (28 items)
*Songs of crime and punishment (14 items)
*Songs of social comment (13 items)

The "book grew out of the work of the Birmingham and Midland Folk Centre" whose members collected some of the material and assisted with "selection of material, musical and editorial policy".

The collection is valuable in that it concentrates on a region under-represented in most song books, and in particular includes many songs from two important singers [[George Dunn]] and [[Cecilia Costello]].

115 pages, including 2 photographs, musical notes, song notes, bibliography and discography.

[[Category: Book]]

User:Pam Bishop

2010-01-31T12:03:06Z

Pam Bishop:

Pam Bishop plays duet concertina and guitar, and leads the [http://www.cuckoos-nest.org.uk Cuckoo's Nest] folk dance band and the [http://www.moseleyvillageband.org.uk Moseley Village Band]. She is a director of the [http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk Traditional Arts Team] which runs performance and training events across the Midlands, and editor of [http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/FM Folk Monthly]. She is also a Trustee of the [[Charles Parker Archive]] which is hosted in the Library of Birmingham.

User:Pam Bishop

2010-01-31T11:58:09Z

Pam Bishop:

Pam Bishop plays duet concertina and guitar, and leads the Cuckoo's Nest folk dance band and the Moseley Village Band. She is a director of the Traditional Arts Team which runs performance and training events across the Midlands, and editor of Folk Monthly. She is also a Trustee of the [[Charles Parker Archive]] which is hosted in the Library of Birmingham.

West Midlands County

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Pam Bishop:

==Archives==
[[Charles Parker Archive]]

==Books==
[[Songs of the Midlands]]

==Source Singers==

[[Cecilia Costello]]

[[George Dunn]]

Charles parker archive

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Charles Parker Archive

2010-01-31T11:52:13Z

Pam Bishop: Started page for Charles Parker Archive with correct capitalisation

Charles parker archive

2010-01-31T11:49:29Z

Pam Bishop:

Charles parker archive

2010-01-31T11:48:26Z

Pam Bishop:

The [http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/charlesparkerarchive Charles Parker Archive] is deposited in the Archives and Heritage Service on the Sixth Floor of Birmingham Central Library. It consists of tapes, production books, papers, correspondence and scripts for most ot the programmes Charles Parker produced and the organisations in which he was active.

Charles Parker came to believe passionately in the value of the testimony of working people and the creative importance of 'the oral tradition' and its relationship to folk music. This became the key to his work in radio, theatre and in his extensive teaching activities

Charles Parker kept everything, and everything he kept is held in this collection

- The tapes he recorded and worked with

- Transcriptions and working notes

- Production books and notebooks

- Newspaper cuttings

- Letters sent and received

- A library of books on international folk music and culture, politics, history, religion

After his death in 1980 a [http://www.cpatrust.org.uk Trust] was set up to administer the Archive.
The contents of the Archive have been converted to digital media for easier access.
An online catalogue of the whole archive will become available in 2010.

Charles parker archive

2010-01-31T11:46:03Z

Pam Bishop:

The [http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/charlesparkerarchive Charles Parker Archive] is deposited in the Archives and Heritage Service on the Sixth Floor of Birmingham Central Library. It consists of tapes, production books, papers, correspondence and scripts for most ot the programmes Charles Parker produced and the organisations in which he was active.

Charles Parker came to believe passionately in the value of the testimony of working people and the creative importance of 'the oral tradition' and its relationship to folk music. This became the key to his work in radio, theatre and in his extensive teaching activities

Charles Parker kept everything, and everything he kept is held in this collection
- The tapes he recorded and worked with
- Transcriptions and working notes
- Production books and notebooks
- Newspaper cuttings
- Letters sent and received
- A library of books on international folk music and culture, politics, history, religion

After his death in 1980 a [http://www.cpatrust.org.uk Trust] was set up to administer the Archive.
The contents of the Archive have been converted to digital media for easier access.
An online catalogue of the whole archive will become available in 2010.

Charles parker archive

2010-01-31T11:44:35Z

Pam Bishop: Page added for the Charles Parker Archive (sorry I couldn't make the capital letters work!)

The [http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/charlesparkerarchive Charles Parker Archive] is deposited in the Archives and Heritage Service on the Sixth Floor of Birmingham Central Library. It consists of tapes, production books, papers, correspondence and scripts for most ot the programmes Charles Parker produced and the organisations in which he was active.

Charles Parker came to believe passionately in the value of the testimony of working people and the creative importance of 'the oral tradition' and its relationship to folk music. This became the key to his work in radio, theatre and in his extensive teaching activities

Charles Parker kept everything, and everything he kept is held in this collection
- The tapes he recorded and worked with
- Transcriptions and working notes
- Production books and notebooks
- Newspaper cuttings
- Letters sent and received
- A library of books on international folk music and culture, politics, history, religion

After his death in 1980 a Trust was set up to administer the Archive.
The contents of the Archive have been converted to digital media for easier access.
An online catalogue of the whole archive will become available in 2010.

Media

2010-01-31T11:25:01Z

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==National Magazines==

===English Dance & Song===

The magazine of the EFDSS, English Dance & Song is the longest-established magazine devoted to folk music, dance and song in the country.

First published in 1936, it has appeared four times a year ever since.

[http://eds.efdss.org web site] [http://www.myspace.com/edsmagazine My Space] [[EDS Contents]]

=== fRoots ===

....is really an International magazine covering a wide range of traditional and roots music from all over the world, including England.

They describe themselves as covering ''Local Music from Out There''.

[http://www.frootsmag.com/ web site]

===Living Tradition===

The Living Tradition is a bi-monthly Folk & Traditional music magazine that has been in publication for over 14 years. The main aim of the magazine is ''to highlight the rich heritage of traditional music in the British Isles and further afield, and attempt to bring it to a wider audience''.

[http://www.folkmusic.net/ web site]

==Regional Magazines==

===Folk Monthly===

Folk Monthly is a Midlands publication carrying articles, reviews, diary listings and adverts for folk clubs, sessions, festivals and performers. It is published 11 times a year, and is for sale in folk clubs, music shops and by subscription.

For further information see [http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/FM/ web site] or email
[mailto:fm@tradartsteam.co.uk the editor]

===Folk Roundabout===

Folk Roundabout is a subscription magazine covering north east England, i.e. Teesside, North Yorkshire, Durham, Tyneside, Northumberland, and bits of Cumbria. It has news and gigs for folk clubs, sessions, dance sides, and performers, festival details, and CD reviews. It is published four times a year, and is for sale in some folk clubs in the region.

For further information please contact:
Trevor Lister (Editor)
24, Ambleside Grove,
Acklam,
Middlesbrough
Cleveland
TS5 7DQ

Tel: 01642 821776
Email: trevorl@ntlworld.com

===Stirrings===

Stirrings was founded in 1974 as ''The South Yorkshire Folk Diary'', and has been published at least four times a year ever since. It acquired its current name in 1980, and has had a long and complicated history under a series of editors.

[http://www.stirrings.org.uk/ web site]

===Taplas===

Published bi-monthly, Taplas serves the folk and traditional music scene in wales.
Contains the latest news & listings, features and reviews.

[http://www.taplas.co.uk/ web site]

===Tykes News===

West Yorkshire magazine carrying gig information and reviews from the region. The link also leads to FiloFolk, an online directory administered by Jim Lawton.

[http://www.tykesnews.org.uk/ web site]

===Shreds and Patches===

Shreds & Patches is a free folk magazine for Shropshire and surrounding areas comprising articles which include reviews, dance contacts, club and session details and event listings.

It is published 3 times per year.

For further information please contact:

Miss Sheila Mainwaring, Editor
Shreds & Patches
1 Herbert Avenue
Wellington
Telford
Shropshire
TF1 2BT

Tel: 01952 240989
Email: mainwaring@enta.net

==Internet Magazines==

===Musical Traditions===

Founded as a paper magazine by the late Keith Summers in 1983 and revived on the Internet in 1996 by Rod Stradling , this magazine covers a wide range of world traditional music.

[[Musical Traditions]]

[[Musical Traditions Magazine]]

[http://www.mustrad.org.uk/ web site]

===Broadside Magazine===

"Hugely influential in the folk-revival, Broadside Magazine was founded in 1962 by Agnes “Sis” Cunningham and her husband, Gordon Friesen, as a small mimeographed publication. The magazine reflected the times. It was often controversial, and was the subject of questions in one of Bob Dylan’s many news conferences, as seen in the Martin Scorcese documentary on Bob Dylan released in 2005. Issues of what is folk? what is folk rock? and who is folk? were roundly discussed and debated. At the same time, Broadside nurtured and promoted important singer-songwriters of the era.

By the end of the seventies it had virtually ceased publication. In 1982 it was revived by Norman Ross, President of Clearwater Publishing (a publisher of microfilms and reference books) after the firm had microfiched the entire backfile, and Jeff Ritter, a musician and folklorist."

[http://broadsidemagazine.com/?page_id=2 Read more]

==National Radio==

===BBC Radio 2===

The Mike Harding Show - Wednesday 8pm

Station site: [http://bbc.co.uk/radio2/ BBC Radio 2]

Programme page: [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/harding/ Web page]

Frequency: 88.1 to 90.1 FM

Stream: via the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/harding/biography.shtml presenter's page]

==Regional Radio==

===West Yorkshire===

====Bradford Community Broadcast====

Tim Moon presents a weekly folk music programme on BCB - Mondays at 8pm.

Station site: [http://www.bcbradio.co.uk/index.php?&MMN_position=1:1 Bradford Community Broadcast]

Programme page: [http://www.bcbradio.co.uk/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=20&MMN_position=42:42 "Folk Us"] Click on 'Monday'

Frequency: 106.6FM

Stream: [http://www.bcbradio.co.uk/bcb.m3u Listen online]

====PhoenixFM====

Commenced broadcasting in the Halifax area in December 2007 under an OfCom Community License. Hosts a two hour folk and roots music slot from 10am to noon each Sunday with a rota of presenters covering a wide range of folk and roots styles.

[http://www.phoenixfm.co.uk/ Phoenix FM]

Frequency: 96.7FM

Stream: [http://www.radiohosting.co.uk:8000/phoenix.m3u PhoenixFM On Line]

===South Yorkshire===

====Sheffield Live====

Commenced broadcasting in November 2007 under an OfCom Community License. Hosts a two hour folk music show, '''''Thank Goodness It's Folk''''' from 10am to noon each Friday presented by Dave Eyre.

Frequency: 93.2FM

* [http://www.sheffieldlive.org/ Sheffield Live]
* [http://www.sheffieldlive.org/uploads/sheffieldlive.m3u Live stream]
* [http://canstream.co.uk/sheffieldlive/index.php?cat=FolkMusic Listen Again]

===Glasgow===
====Celtic Music Radio====
Celtic Music Radio is the only UK-based radio station which focuses primarily on traditional and contemporary celtic/folk/scottish-influenced music. It broadcasts 24x7 on 1530 kHz AM/MW in and around the Glasgow and Clyde area, and a stream is also available. It commenced broadcasting in January 2008.

Frequency: 1530 kHz

* [http://www.celticmusicradio.net/ Celtic Music Radio]
* [http://www.celticmusicradio.net/celtic_live.m3u Live stream]
* [http://www.celticmusicradio.net/schedules.html Schedules]

==Internet Radio==

===Radio Britfolk===

Started by the Britfolk performers group and recently re-branded as '''The Music Well''', this is one of the best stations around. Performers and folk activists making programmes which include DJ style presentations, documentary radio, and even educational programmes. [http://www.radiobritfolkhome.co.uk/ Listen] to current content for free or buy a subscription and listen to the extensive archives.

===Worlds of Trad===

Run by Fred McCormick, this is an eclectic mix of roots music, changed periodically and hosted by Live 365. [http://www.live365.com/stations/oneworldmusic Listen]

===Smithsonian Folkways===

What better way to put a collection of historic recordings to good use than to stream them via Live 365 Internet Radio [http://www.live365.com/stations/folkways Listen]

===WUMB Boston===

Dedicated US Folk Music station [http://www.live365.com/stations/wumb919fast Listen]

==National TV==

==Regional TV==

==IPTV==

==Folk Journalists==

==Book Publishers==

===Mally Productions===

Dave Mallinson came up the hard way to become one of the prime music publishers on the English folk scene.

Read his story [http://www.mally.com/established.asp here] and check out the available titles.

===English Folk Dance & Song Society===

The EFDSS have published a variety of books over the years on a variety of subjects. Tunes, songs, dances, essays, mumming and guising, bibliographies, etc.

Presently, the easiest way to review the current titles is via the Folkshop publications catalogue page [http://folkshop.efdss.org/publications/index.htm]

Regional

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==North-East==

'''''Folkworks''''' is probably the best known of the regional folk development organisations. Based at The Sage in Gateshead it runs a variety of projects and has links with the degree in folk music at Newcastle University. [http://www.thesagegateshead.org/folkworks/index.aspx Folkworks] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/course/W340/Folk_and_Traditional_Music Folk Degree]

'''''The Lowland and Border Pipers' Society''''' was formed in 1982 by a group of enthusiasts who were interested in reviving the bagpipes of the Scottish lowlands and border region. These pipes are bellows-blown with their drones issuing from a common stock, and have been played in Scotland since at least the 17th Century.

Although here filed under ''Regional'', over recent years, the Society has grown to become an international organisation, with members in many far flung places. There are now a number of well established professional makers producing pipes of the highest quality, and the instrument has been adopted by numerous folk groups.

[http://www.lbps.net/ web site]

==North-West==

'''''Folkus''''' is a folk arts development organisation funded by ACE and Lancashire County Council to support folk activity in their region. [http://www.folkus.co.uk/home.htm web site]

'''''Furness Tradition''''' is a voluntarily run folk arts facilitating organisation based in Ulverston, South Cumbria. Furness Tradition also runs an annual festival in Ulverston in July. [http://www.furnesstradition.org.uk web site]

==Yorkshire==

'''''Yorkshire Folk Arts''''' state ''Every one of the 5 million people in Yorkshire and the Humber should be aware of folk arts and have a chance to take part; and every child in every school in the region should have the chance to learn traditional music, song and dance.'' [http://www.yorkshire-folk-arts.com/ web site]

'''''Ryburn 3 Step''''', based in Ripponden in the Pennines, run a staggering number of events each year, a large proportion of which are classes for local people. [http://www.ryburn3step.org.uk/ web site]

'''''Yorkshire Dales Workshop''''' founded by Geoff and Liz Bowen and based in Glusburn between Keighley and Skipton. Ran a variety of projects for schools and the public but ceased operation in 2008. [http://www.ydw.org.uk/ web site]]

'''''Yorkshire Garland Group''''' Established in 2006 by Steve Gardham and Mike Parsey primarily to promote traditional Yorkshire Folk Song. Main resource is the [http://www.yorkshirefolksong.net website] but the group is also involved in taking Yorkshire Folk Song into schools and the community at large, and organising workshops at all the main Yorkshire festivals.

==East Anglia==

'''''East Anglian Traditional Music Trust''''' operate out of their headquarters in Stowmarket and run a comprehensive programme of events, workshops, school and community projects, etc. [http://www.eatmt.org.uk/ web site]

==South-East==

'''''South East Folk Arts Network''''' (SEFAN) are active in their area, '' "offering an
information, advisory, co-ordinating and networking service
for the traditional arts in the region" ''. [http://www.sefan.org.uk/AboutUs.html web site]

'''''Electric Voices''''' is a folk arts organisation based in Guildford, Surrey, and is run by Lawrence and Linda Heath. Concerts are based in the Electric Theatre,Guildford,(from where the organisation derives its name, and the main site where concerts have now been held for 10 years since 1997 ), Cranleigh Arts Centre, and Farnham Maltings. Electric Voices also organise the Music Institute Folk Club in Guildford, and the Godalming Borough Hall (GBH) Ceilidhs (which have now been running for over 30 years).They have now been hosting the "Maypoles to Mistletoe" show at the Electric Theatre for 10 years, which holds the record for longevity at that venue (as it also does at Hawth in Crawley, Sussex where it has been running even longer !) [http://www.electricvoices.org.uk/ web site]

==South-West==

'''''Wren Trust''''' based in Okehampton, run workshops and schools projects based on local traditions and songs. [http://www.wrenmusic.co.uk/ web site]

'''''Folk South West''''' ''Folk South West is the folk arts development organisation for the South West of England - working to stimulate enjoyment, participation and creativity in the music, song, dance and traditions of the South West.'' [http://www.internet-today.co.uk/brad/folksouthwest/index.cfm web site]

==Midlands==

'''''The Traditional Arts Team''''' runs a range of traditional performance arts events and training in the Midlands. Its Birmingham-based music events provide opportunities for singing, dancing and making music in an informal and friendly environment. The Team runs regular traditional music and song sessions, ceilidhs and barn dances, while the [http://www.moseleyvillageband.org.uk Moseley Village Band] welcomes all musicians, plays at local events and enjoys occasional day workshops with inspirational tutors.

The [http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/song/ Kings Heath Traditional Song Project], running from Jan 2009 to Jan 2010, provides a platform for emerging singers and opportunities for training at regular monthly workshops and occasional full day workshops featuring nationally-known tutors.

The [http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/storytelling/cafe.htm Storytelling Cafe] is the most successful series of storytelling events in the country. It brings the best local, national and international traditional performances to the Midlands, with extended touring to arts and community venues across England and Wales. Its educational programme brings the Cafe storytellers into schools and out-of-school activities; runs workshops for beginners; helps storytellers to gain professional skills; and brings forward the next generation through Young Tongues projects and [http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/ysoy/ Young Storyteller of the Year] events.

The Traditional Arts Team also produces [http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/FM/ Folk Monthly], a magazine of folk and related events across the Midlands.

[http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/ web site]

West Midlands County

2010-01-31T11:14:05Z

Pam Bishop:

==Books==
[[Songs of the Midlands]]

==Source Singers==

[[Cecilia Costello]]

[[George Dunn]]

User:Pam Bishop

2010-01-31T11:09:11Z

Pam Bishop: added brief biographical details

Pam Bishop plays duet concertina and guitar, and leads the Cuckoo's Nest folk dance band and the Moseley Village Band. She is a director of the Traditional Arts Team which runs performance and training events across the Midlands, and editor of Folk Monthly. She is also a Trustee of the Charles Parker Archive which is hosted in the Library of Birmingham.

Songs of the Midlands

2010-01-31T11:03:43Z

Pam Bishop:

Regional

2009-11-05T14:18:29Z

Pam Bishop: /* Midlands */

==North-East==

'''''Folkworks''''' is probably the best known of the regional folk development organisations. Based at The Sage in Gateshead it runs a variety of projects and has links with the degree in folk music at Newcastle University. [http://www.thesagegateshead.org/folkworks/index.aspx Folkworks] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/course/W340/Folk_and_Traditional_Music Folk Degree]

'''''The Lowland and Border Pipers' Society''''' was formed in 1982 by a group of enthusiasts who were interested in reviving the bagpipes of the Scottish lowlands and border region. These pipes are bellows-blown with their drones issuing from a common stock, and have been played in Scotland since at least the 17th Century.

Although here filed under ''Regional'', over recent years, the Society has grown to become an international organisation, with members in many far flung places. There are now a number of well established professional makers producing pipes of the highest quality, and the instrument has been adopted by numerous folk groups.

[http://www.lbps.net/ web site]

==North-West==

'''''Folkus''''' is a folk arts development organisation funded by ACE and Lancashire County Council to support folk activity in their region. [http://www.folkus.co.uk/home.htm web site]

'''''Furness Tradition''''' is a voluntarily run folk arts facilitating organisation based in Ulverston, South Cumbria. Furness Tradition also runs an annual festival in Ulverston in July. [http://www.furnesstradition.org.uk web site]

==Yorkshire==

'''''Yorkshire Folk Arts''''' state ''Every one of the 5 million people in Yorkshire and the Humber should be aware of folk arts and have a chance to take part; and every child in every school in the region should have the chance to learn traditional music, song and dance.'' [http://www.yorkshire-folk-arts.com/ web site]

'''''Ryburn 3 Step''''', based in Ripponden in the Pennines, run a staggering number of events each year, a large proportion of which are classes for local people. [http://www.ryburn3step.org.uk/ web site]

'''''Yorkshire Dales Workshop''''' founded by Geoff and Liz Bowen and based in Glusburn between Keighley and Skipton. Ran a variety of projects for schools and the public but ceased operation in 2008. [http://www.ydw.org.uk/ web site]]

'''''Yorkshire Garland Group''''' Established in 2006 by Steve Gardham and Mike Parsey primarily to promote traditional Yorkshire Folk Song. Main resource is the [http://www.yorkshirefolksong.net website] but the group is also involved in taking Yorkshire Folk Song into schools and the community at large, and organising workshops at all the main Yorkshire festivals.

==East Anglia==

'''''East Anglian Traditional Music Trust''''' operate out of their headquarters in Stowmarket and run a comprehensive programme of events, workshops, school and community projects, etc. [http://www.eatmt.org.uk/ web site]

==South-East==

'''''South East Folk Arts Network''''' (SEFAN) are active in their area, '' "offering an
information, advisory, co-ordinating and networking service
for the traditional arts in the region" ''. [http://www.sefan.org.uk/AboutUs.html web site]

'''''Electric Voices''''' is a folk arts organisation based in Guildford, Surrey, and is run by Lawrence and Linda Heath. Concerts are based in the Electric Theatre,Guildford,(from where the organisation derives its name, and the main site where concerts have now been held for 10 years since 1997 ), Cranleigh Arts Centre, and Farnham Maltings. Electric Voices also organise the Music Institute Folk Club in Guildford, and the Godalming Borough Hall (GBH) Ceilidhs (which have now been running for over 30 years).They have now been hosting the "Maypoles to Mistletoe" show at the Electric Theatre for 10 years, which holds the record for longevity at that venue (as it also does at Hawth in Crawley, Sussex where it has been running even longer !) [http://www.electricvoices.org.uk/ web site]

==South-West==

'''''Wren Trust''''' based in Okehampton, run workshops and schools projects based on local traditions and songs. [http://www.wrenmusic.co.uk/ web site]

'''''Folk South West''''' ''Folk South West is the folk arts development organisation for the South West of England - working to stimulate enjoyment, participation and creativity in the music, song, dance and traditions of the South West.'' [http://www.internet-today.co.uk/brad/folksouthwest/index.cfm web site]

==Midlands==

'''''The Traditional Arts Team''''' runs a range of traditional performance arts events and training in the Midlands. Its Birmingham-based music events provide opportunities for singing, dancing and making music in an informal and friendly environment. The Team runs regular traditional music and song sessions, ceilidhs and barn dances, while the [http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/VB/ Moseley Village Band] welcomes all musicians, plays at local events and enjoys occasional day workshops with inspirational tutors.

The [http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/song/ Kings Heath Traditional Song Project], running from Jan 2009 to Jan 2010, provides a platform for emerging singers and opportunities for training at regular monthly workshops and occasional full day workshops featuring nationally-known tutors.

The [http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/storytelling/cafe.htm Storytelling Cafe] is the most successful series of storytelling events in the country. It brings the best local, national and international traditional performances to the Midlands, with extended touring to arts and community venues across England and Wales. Its educational programme brings the Cafe storytellers into schools and out-of-school activities; runs workshops for beginners; helps storytellers to gain professional skills; and brings forward the next generation through Young Tongues projects and [http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/ysoy/ Young Storyteller of the Year] events.

The Traditional Arts Team also produces [http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/FM/ Folk Monthly], a magazine of folk and related events across the Midlands.

[http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/ web site]

Media

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==National Magazines==

===English Dance & Song===

The magazine of the EFDSS, English Dance & Song is the longest-established magazine devoted to folk music, dance and song in the country.

First published in 1936, it has appeared four times a year ever since.

[http://eds.efdss.org web site] [http://www.myspace.com/edsmagazine My Space] [[EDS Contents]]

=== fRoots ===

....is really an International magazine covering a wide range of traditional and roots music from all over the world, including England.

They describe themselves as covering ''Local Music from Out There''.

[http://www.frootsmag.com/ web site]

===Living Tradition===

The Living Tradition is a bi-monthly Folk & Traditional music magazine that has been in publication for over 14 years. The main aim of the magazine is ''to highlight the rich heritage of traditional music in the British Isles and further afield, and attempt to bring it to a wider audience''.

[http://www.folkmusic.net/ web site]

==Regional Magazines==

===Folk Monthly===

Folk Monthly is a Midlands publication carrying adverts for folk clubs, sessions, festivals and performers. Diary listings, articles and reviews are being developed. It is published 11-12 times a year, and is for sale in folk clubs and by subscription.

For further information see [http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/FM/ web site] or email
[mailto:fm@tradartsteam.co.uk the editor]

===Folk Roundabout===

Folk Roundabout is a subscription magazine covering north east England, i.e. Teesside, North Yorkshire, Durham, Tyneside, Northumberland, and bits of Cumbria. It has news and gigs for folk clubs, sessions, dance sides, and performers, festival details, and CD reviews. It is published four times a year, and is for sale in some folk clubs in the region.

For further information please contact:
Trevor Lister (Editor)
24, Ambleside Grove,
Acklam,
Middlesbrough
Cleveland
TS5 7DQ

Tel: 01642 821776
Email: trevorl@ntlworld.com

===Stirrings===

Stirrings was founded in 1974 as ''The South Yorkshire Folk Diary'', and has been published at least four times a year ever since. It acquired its current name in 1980, and has had a long and complicated history under a series of editors.

[http://www.stirrings.org.uk/ web site]

===Taplas===

Published bi-monthly, Taplas serves the folk and traditional music scene in wales.
Contains the latest news & listings, features and reviews.

[http://www.taplas.co.uk/ web site]

===Tykes News===

West Yorkshire magazine carrying gig information and reviews from the region. The link also leads to FiloFolk, an online directory administered by Jim Lawton.

[http://www.tykesnews.org.uk/ web site]

===Shreds and Patches===

Shreds & Patches is a free folk magazine for Shropshire and surrounding areas comprising articles which include reviews, dance contacts, club and session details and event listings.

It is published 3 times per year.

For further information please contact:

Miss Sheila Mainwaring, Editor
Shreds & Patches
1 Herbert Avenue
Wellington
Telford
Shropshire
TF1 2BT

Tel: 01952 240989
Email: mainwaring@enta.net

==Internet Magazines==

===Musical Traditions===

Founded as a paper magazine by the late Keith Summers in 1983 and revived on the Internet in 1996 by Rod Stradling , this magazine covers a wide range of world traditional music.

[[Musical Traditions]]

[[Musical Traditions Magazine]]

[http://www.mustrad.org.uk/ web site]

===Broadside Magazine===

"Hugely influential in the folk-revival, Broadside Magazine was founded in 1962 by Agnes “Sis” Cunningham and her husband, Gordon Friesen, as a small mimeographed publication. The magazine reflected the times. It was often controversial, and was the subject of questions in one of Bob Dylan’s many news conferences, as seen in the Martin Scorcese documentary on Bob Dylan released in 2005. Issues of what is folk? what is folk rock? and who is folk? were roundly discussed and debated. At the same time, Broadside nurtured and promoted important singer-songwriters of the era.

By the end of the seventies it had virtually ceased publication. In 1982 it was revived by Norman Ross, President of Clearwater Publishing (a publisher of microfilms and reference books) after the firm had microfiched the entire backfile, and Jeff Ritter, a musician and folklorist."

[http://broadsidemagazine.com/?page_id=2 Read more]

==National Radio==

===BBC Radio 2===

The Mike Harding Show - Wednesday 8pm

Station site: [http://bbc.co.uk/radio2/ BBC Radio 2]

Programme page: [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/harding/ Web page]

Frequency: 88.1 to 90.1 FM

Stream: via the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/harding/biography.shtml presenter's page]

==Regional Radio==

===West Yorkshire===

====Bradford Community Broadcast====

Tim Moon presents a weekly folk music programme on BCB - Mondays at 8pm.

Station site: [http://www.bcbradio.co.uk/index.php?&MMN_position=1:1 Bradford Community Broadcast]

Programme page: [http://www.bcbradio.co.uk/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=20&MMN_position=42:42 "Folk Us"] Click on 'Monday'

Frequency: 106.6FM

Stream: [http://www.bcbradio.co.uk/bcb.m3u Listen online]

====PhoenixFM====

Commenced broadcasting in the Halifax area in December 2007 under an OfCom Community License. Hosts a two hour folk and roots music slot from 10am to noon each Sunday with a rota of presenters covering a wide range of folk and roots styles.

[http://www.phoenixfm.co.uk/ Phoenix FM]

Frequency: 96.7FM

Stream: [http://www.radiohosting.co.uk:8000/phoenix.m3u PhoenixFM On Line]

===South Yorkshire===

====Sheffield Live====

Commenced broadcasting in November 2007 under an OfCom Community License. Hosts a two hour folk music show, '''''Thank Goodness It's Folk''''' from 10am to noon each Friday presented by Dave Eyre.

Frequency: 93.2FM

* [http://www.sheffieldlive.org/ Sheffield Live]
* [http://www.sheffieldlive.org/uploads/sheffieldlive.m3u Live stream]
* [http://canstream.co.uk/sheffieldlive/index.php?cat=FolkMusic Listen Again]

===Glasgow===
====Celtic Music Radio====
Celtic Music Radio is the only UK-based radio station which focuses primarily on traditional and contemporary celtic/folk/scottish-influenced music. It broadcasts 24x7 on 1530 kHz AM/MW in and around the Glasgow and Clyde area, and a stream is also available. It commenced broadcasting in January 2008.

Frequency: 1530 kHz

* [http://www.celticmusicradio.net/ Celtic Music Radio]
* [http://www.celticmusicradio.net/celtic_live.m3u Live stream]
* [http://www.celticmusicradio.net/schedules.html Schedules]

==Internet Radio==

===Radio Britfolk===

Started by the Britfolk performers group and recently re-branded as '''The Music Well''', this is one of the best stations around. Performers and folk activists making programmes which include DJ style presentations, documentary radio, and even educational programmes. [http://www.radiobritfolkhome.co.uk/ Listen] to current content for free or buy a subscription and listen to the extensive archives.

===Worlds of Trad===

Run by Fred McCormick, this is an eclectic mix of roots music, changed periodically and hosted by Live 365. [http://www.live365.com/stations/oneworldmusic Listen]

===Smithsonian Folkways===

What better way to put a collection of historic recordings to good use than to stream them via Live 365 Internet Radio [http://www.live365.com/stations/folkways Listen]

===WUMB Boston===

Dedicated US Folk Music station [http://www.live365.com/stations/wumb919fast Listen]

==National TV==

==Regional TV==

==IPTV==

==Folk Journalists==

==Book Publishers==

===Mally Productions===

Dave Mallinson came up the hard way to become one of the prime music publishers on the English folk scene.

Read his story [http://www.mally.com/established.asp here] and check out the available titles.

===English Folk Dance & Song Society===

The EFDSS have published a variety of books over the years on a variety of subjects. Tunes, songs, dances, essays, mumming and guising, bibliographies, etc.

Presently, the easiest way to review the current titles is via the Folkshop publications catalogue page [http://folkshop.efdss.org/publications/index.htm]

Duet concertina

2008-11-30T01:49:23Z

Pam Bishop: /* Crane */

'''Duet concertina''' - name given to several types of [[Concertina]]

''"In the same way as the Maccann is related to the English system, the Jeffries is related to the Anglo system. The Crane is a rethink, and mine is a discovery rather than an invention. That's the way I see it".'' - Brian Hayden

In fact there are several systems of duet concertina, each as separate from each other as an [[Anglo concertina|anglo]] is from an [[English concertina|English]], but all set out to cure the same perceived problem: how to give an accompaniment to a melody without going schizoid. The answer is the same in all cases: put the low notes on the left hand side, and the high notes on the right hand side and have some overlap between the two sides. The player can then play the melody on the right hand, with an accompaniment on the left, thus
the name of "Duet".

The main duet systems are:

== MacCann ==
The key layout with six columns of buttons on each hand looks fairly illogical, but it was apparently designed for speed rather than logic and there are certainly some very fine players around! Fairly easy to get one. 57 or more buttons, but sometimes can be huge instruments with up to 80 buttons and the range of a piano!

The most famous MacCann player to have been recorded is probably [[Alexander Prince]]. Other old-time players include Henry Stanley, [[Tommy Williams]] and [[Reuben Shaw]].

Modern players include [[Ralph Jordan]], [[Iris Bishop]] and [[Pam Bishop]].

[http://www.concertina.com/maccann-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

== Crane ==
Also known as Triumph by the Salvation Army who used it a lot. A pretty straightforward, logical system, with five columns of buttons on each hand. Supposedly doesn't lend itself to fast playing, but I've only ever heard MacCann players say that, and the Crane players I've asked do not agree. Again some very good players around, of whom [[Tim Laycock]] is probably the best known in the UK today. 35, 48 and 55 button models exist. Fairly easy to find one.

[http://www.concertina.com/crane-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

== Jeffries ==
designed for anglo players to convert to. Has a "home key" such as G and is apparently difficult to play chromatically, thus players tend not to stray far from the home key. Much rarer than the first two, mostly due to the very regrettable practice of converting them into anglos.

Modern players include [[Michael Hebbert]] and [[Gavin Atkin]].

[http://www.concertina.com/jeffries-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

== Hayden ==
a modern system. Another logical and straightforward duet system, with some ingenious characteristics that make key transposition easy, but quite hard to get because it's modern. I once asked Brian Hayden how many Hayden duets there were in the world, and after some thought he said "Oh, about 60". However this situation is changing markedly for the better, as Stagi have started making accordion-reeded Haydens, a Russian bayan maker has made prototypes and intends to go into production with a potentially excellent instrument (the fabled Haydenovskaya), and now that [http://www.buttonbox.com/ The Button Box] have started making anglos and Englishes they intend to return to their long-held plan to make Haydens. Otherwise the only option is to get one built to order by C & R Dipper or Steve Dickinson. ''Late news: significant delays on the Haydenovskaya, but Marcus Music have started serious development.''

[http://www.concertina.com/hayden-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

[[Category:Instrument]]

Duet concertina

2008-11-30T01:49:06Z

Pam Bishop: /* MacCann */

'''Duet concertina''' - name given to several types of [[Concertina]]

''"In the same way as the Maccann is related to the English system, the Jeffries is related to the Anglo system. The Crane is a rethink, and mine is a discovery rather than an invention. That's the way I see it".'' - Brian Hayden

In fact there are several systems of duet concertina, each as separate from each other as an [[Anglo concertina|anglo]] is from an [[English concertina|English]], but all set out to cure the same perceived problem: how to give an accompaniment to a melody without going schizoid. The answer is the same in all cases: put the low notes on the left hand side, and the high notes on the right hand side and have some overlap between the two sides. The player can then play the melody on the right hand, with an accompaniment on the left, thus
the name of "Duet".

The main duet systems are:

== MacCann ==
The key layout with six columns of buttons on each hand looks fairly illogical, but it was apparently designed for speed rather than logic and there are certainly some very fine players around! Fairly easy to get one. 57 or more buttons, but sometimes can be huge instruments with up to 80 buttons and the range of a piano!

The most famous MacCann player to have been recorded is probably [[Alexander Prince]]. Other old-time players include Henry Stanley, [[Tommy Williams]] and [[Reuben Shaw]].

Modern players include [[Ralph Jordan]], [[Iris Bishop]] and [[Pam Bishop]].

[http://www.concertina.com/maccann-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

== Crane ==
Also known as Triumph by the Salvation Army who used it a lot. A pretty straightforward, logical system, with five columns. Supposedly doesn't lend itself to fast playing, but I've only ever heard MacCann players say that, and the Crane players I've asked do not agree. Again some very good players around, of whom [[Tim Laycock]] is probably the best known in the UK today. 35, 48 and 55 button models exist. Fairly easy to find one.

[http://www.concertina.com/crane-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

== Jeffries ==
designed for anglo players to convert to. Has a "home key" such as G and is apparently difficult to play chromatically, thus players tend not to stray far from the home key. Much rarer than the first two, mostly due to the very regrettable practice of converting them into anglos.

Modern players include [[Michael Hebbert]] and [[Gavin Atkin]].

[http://www.concertina.com/jeffries-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

== Hayden ==
a modern system. Another logical and straightforward duet system, with some ingenious characteristics that make key transposition easy, but quite hard to get because it's modern. I once asked Brian Hayden how many Hayden duets there were in the world, and after some thought he said "Oh, about 60". However this situation is changing markedly for the better, as Stagi have started making accordion-reeded Haydens, a Russian bayan maker has made prototypes and intends to go into production with a potentially excellent instrument (the fabled Haydenovskaya), and now that [http://www.buttonbox.com/ The Button Box] have started making anglos and Englishes they intend to return to their long-held plan to make Haydens. Otherwise the only option is to get one built to order by C & R Dipper or Steve Dickinson. ''Late news: significant delays on the Haydenovskaya, but Marcus Music have started serious development.''

[http://www.concertina.com/hayden-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

[[Category:Instrument]]

Talk:Duet concertina

2008-11-30T01:48:29Z

Pam Bishop:

The entries re duet concertina/Maccann duet are conflicting. The quote from Hayden gives the spelling "Maccann" as does the Concertina.com site which is linked to under the heading of "MacCann duet". The linked article re Maccann makes it quite clear that that was the way that he spelled his name, and uses that spelling throughout. Without going back over all the stuff which I have read in the last few months on the subject it was my understanding that somewhere along the line a capital C crept in, and was adopted to a large degree, but that it is now recognised that the non-cap C spelling is wrong, as indeed is the other "McCann" spelling. Should some explanation of this be made, as we have two spellings of the same name on the same page, and a link to a very comprehensive website which also uses the non cap C version of the name ... ???

+++

I'd like to query the assertion on this page that MacCann and Crane Duets are easy to find. They are not being made nowadays except by special commission, so used instruments are the only ones available. As a MacCann player myself, I often recommend this system to people who want to take up the concertina, but I'm afraid that the novice player will not be able to find an affordable instrument on which to "learn the ropes" - even the smaller ones start at around £500 and may be in poor condition. (Pam Bishop)

Talk:Duet concertina

2008-11-30T01:47:30Z

Pam Bishop:

Duet concertina

2008-11-30T01:43:55Z

Pam Bishop: /* Crane */

'''Duet concertina''' - name given to several types of [[Concertina]]

''"In the same way as the Maccann is related to the English system, the Jeffries is related to the Anglo system. The Crane is a rethink, and mine is a discovery rather than an invention. That's the way I see it".'' - Brian Hayden

In fact there are several systems of duet concertina, each as separate from each other as an [[Anglo concertina|anglo]] is from an [[English concertina|English]], but all set out to cure the same perceived problem: how to give an accompaniment to a melody without going schizoid. The answer is the same in all cases: put the low notes on the left hand side, and the high notes on the right hand side and have some overlap between the two sides. The player can then play the melody on the right hand, with an accompaniment on the left, thus
the name of "Duet".

The main duet systems are:

== MacCann ==
The key layout in six columns looks fairly illogical, but it was apparently designed for speed rather than logic and there are certainly some very fine players around! Fairly easy to get one. 57 or more buttons, but sometimes can be huge instruments with up to 80 buttons and the range of a piano!

The most famous MacCann player to have been recorded is probably [[Alexander Prince]]. Other old-time players include Henry Stanley, [[Tommy Williams]] and [[Reuben Shaw]].

Modern players include [[Ralph Jordan]], [[Iris Bishop]] and [[Pam Bishop]].

[http://www.concertina.com/maccann-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

== Crane ==
Also known as Triumph by the Salvation Army who used it a lot. A pretty straightforward, logical system, with five columns. Supposedly doesn't lend itself to fast playing, but I've only ever heard MacCann players say that, and the Crane players I've asked do not agree. Again some very good players around, of whom [[Tim Laycock]] is probably the best known in the UK today. 35, 48 and 55 button models exist. Fairly easy to find one.

[http://www.concertina.com/crane-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

== Jeffries ==
designed for anglo players to convert to. Has a "home key" such as G and is apparently difficult to play chromatically, thus players tend not to stray far from the home key. Much rarer than the first two, mostly due to the very regrettable practice of converting them into anglos.

Modern players include [[Michael Hebbert]] and [[Gavin Atkin]].

[http://www.concertina.com/jeffries-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

== Hayden ==
a modern system. Another logical and straightforward duet system, with some ingenious characteristics that make key transposition easy, but quite hard to get because it's modern. I once asked Brian Hayden how many Hayden duets there were in the world, and after some thought he said "Oh, about 60". However this situation is changing markedly for the better, as Stagi have started making accordion-reeded Haydens, a Russian bayan maker has made prototypes and intends to go into production with a potentially excellent instrument (the fabled Haydenovskaya), and now that [http://www.buttonbox.com/ The Button Box] have started making anglos and Englishes they intend to return to their long-held plan to make Haydens. Otherwise the only option is to get one built to order by C & R Dipper or Steve Dickinson. ''Late news: significant delays on the Haydenovskaya, but Marcus Music have started serious development.''

[http://www.concertina.com/hayden-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

[[Category:Instrument]]

Duet concertina

2008-11-30T01:43:27Z

Pam Bishop: /* MacCann */

'''Duet concertina''' - name given to several types of [[Concertina]]

''"In the same way as the Maccann is related to the English system, the Jeffries is related to the Anglo system. The Crane is a rethink, and mine is a discovery rather than an invention. That's the way I see it".'' - Brian Hayden

In fact there are several systems of duet concertina, each as separate from each other as an [[Anglo concertina|anglo]] is from an [[English concertina|English]], but all set out to cure the same perceived problem: how to give an accompaniment to a melody without going schizoid. The answer is the same in all cases: put the low notes on the left hand side, and the high notes on the right hand side and have some overlap between the two sides. The player can then play the melody on the right hand, with an accompaniment on the left, thus
the name of "Duet".

The main duet systems are:

== MacCann ==
The key layout in six columns looks fairly illogical, but it was apparently designed for speed rather than logic and there are certainly some very fine players around! Fairly easy to get one. 57 or more buttons, but sometimes can be huge instruments with up to 80 buttons and the range of a piano!

The most famous MacCann player to have been recorded is probably [[Alexander Prince]]. Other old-time players include Henry Stanley, [[Tommy Williams]] and [[Reuben Shaw]].

Modern players include [[Ralph Jordan]], [[Iris Bishop]] and [[Pam Bishop]].

[http://www.concertina.com/maccann-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

== Crane ==
also known as Triumph by the Salvation Army who used it a lot. A pretty straightforward, logical system. Supposedly doesn't lend itself to fast playing, but I've only ever heard MacCann players say that, and the Crane players I've asked do not agree. Again some very good players around, of whom [[Tim Laycock]] is probably the best known in the UK today. 35, 48 and 55 button models exist. Fairly easy to find one.

[http://www.concertina.com/crane-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

== Jeffries ==
designed for anglo players to convert to. Has a "home key" such as G and is apparently difficult to play chromatically, thus players tend not to stray far from the home key. Much rarer than the first two, mostly due to the very regrettable practice of converting them into anglos.

Modern players include [[Michael Hebbert]] and [[Gavin Atkin]].

[http://www.concertina.com/jeffries-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

== Hayden ==
a modern system. Another logical and straightforward duet system, with some ingenious characteristics that make key transposition easy, but quite hard to get because it's modern. I once asked Brian Hayden how many Hayden duets there were in the world, and after some thought he said "Oh, about 60". However this situation is changing markedly for the better, as Stagi have started making accordion-reeded Haydens, a Russian bayan maker has made prototypes and intends to go into production with a potentially excellent instrument (the fabled Haydenovskaya), and now that [http://www.buttonbox.com/ The Button Box] have started making anglos and Englishes they intend to return to their long-held plan to make Haydens. Otherwise the only option is to get one built to order by C & R Dipper or Steve Dickinson. ''Late news: significant delays on the Haydenovskaya, but Marcus Music have started serious development.''

[http://www.concertina.com/hayden-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

[[Category:Instrument]]

Talk:Duet concertina

2008-11-30T01:42:41Z

Pam Bishop: added another paragraph

The entries re duet concertina/Maccann duet are conflicting. The quote from Hayden gives the spelling "Maccann" as does the Concertina.com site which is linked to under the heading of "MacCann duet". The linked article re Maccann makes it quite clear that that was the way that he spelled his name, and uses that spelling throughout. Without going back over all the stuff which I have read in the last few months on the subject it was my understanding that somewhere along the line a capital C crept in, and was adopted to a large degree, but that it is now recognised that the non-cap C spelling is wrong, as indeed is the other "McCann" spelling. Should some explanation of this be made, as we have two spellings of the same name on the same page, and a link to a very comprehensive website which also uses the non cap C version of the name ... ???

+++

I'd like to query the assertion on this page that MacCann and Crane Duets are easy to find. They are not being made nowadays except by special commission, so only older instruments are available. As a MacCann player myself, I often recommend this system to people who want to take up the concertina, but I'm afraid that the novice player will not be able to find an affordable instrument on which to "learn the ropes" - even the smaller ones start at around £500 and may be in poor condition - Pam Bishop

English concertina

2008-11-30T01:11:44Z

Pam Bishop:

'''English concertina''' - a type of [[Concertina]]

This is the original concertina as invented by [[Charles Wheatstone]]. You can recognise one by the 4 parallel rows of buttons and by the supports for thumb and little finger on each end. (There is quite a good picture in Microsoft's Encarta encyclopaedia, except that it is upside down!). The larger baritone and bass English concertinas frequently have wrist straps as well, to help with the greater weight of the instrument.

The two centre rows on each side are in the key of C, the accidentals are distributed between the outside rows. Playing a scale involves alternating between the left and right hands. The layout of buttons is very logical and fully chromatic, and permits very high speeds to be achieved when playing melody (e.g. the ''Flight of the Bumble Bee'', a classic Victorian party piece on the instrument), but is more restrictive if you want to play melody with chordal accompaniment, e.g. ragtime.

Normally the English concertina has 48 keys, but some models had 56. The extra 8 keys are at the high end of the scale and are thus not so useful on the treble, but they can be helpful in tenor-trebles and baritones.

[[Gordon Cutty]] is one of relatively few traditional players to have had recordings released on CD. [[Alistair Anderson]] is the doyen of modern English concertina players; other leading exponents include [[Dave Townsend]], Rob Harbron and - exploring the instrument's classical repertoire - [[Douglas Rogers]].

== External links ==
[http://www.concertina.com/english/index.htm The Concertina Library]

[[Category:Instrument]]

English concertina

2008-11-30T01:10:38Z

Pam Bishop:

'''English concertina''' - a type of [[Concertina]]

This is the original concertina as invented by [[Charles Wheatstone]]. You can recognise one by the 4 parallel rows of buttons and by the supports for thumb and little finger on each end. (There is quite a good picture in Microsoft's Encarta encyclopaedia, except that it is upside down!). The larger baritone and bass English concertinas frequently have wrist straps as well, to help with the greater weight of the instrument.

The two centre rows on each side are in the key of C, the accidentals are distributed between the outside rows. Playing a scale involves alternating between the left and right hands. The layout of buttons is very logical and fully chromatic, and permits very high speeds to be achieved when playing melody (e.g. the ''Flight of the Bumble Bee'', a classic Victorian party piece on the instrument), but is more restrictive if you want to play melody with chordal accompaniment, e.g. ragtime.

Normally the English concertina has 48 keys, but some models had 56. The extra 8 keys are at the high end of the scale and are thus not so useful on the treble, but they can be helpful in tenor-trebles and baritones.

[[Gordon Cutty]] is one of relatively few traditional players to have had recordings released on CD. [[Alastair Anderson]] is the doyen of modern English concertina players; other leading exponents include [[Dave Townsend]], Rob Harbron and - exploring the instrument's classical repertoire - [[Douglas Rogers]].

== External links ==
[http://www.concertina.com/english/index.htm The Concertina Library]

[[Category:Instrument]]

Duet concertina

2008-11-30T01:06:40Z

Pam Bishop: /* MacCann */

'''Duet concertina''' - name given to several types of [[Concertina]]

''"In the same way as the Maccann is related to the English system, the Jeffries is related to the Anglo system. The Crane is a rethink, and mine is a discovery rather than an invention. That's the way I see it".'' - Brian Hayden

In fact there are several systems of duet concertina, each as separate from each other as an [[Anglo concertina|anglo]] is from an [[English concertina|English]], but all set out to cure the same perceived problem: how to give an accompaniment to a melody without going schizoid. The answer is the same in all cases: put the low notes on the left hand side, and the high notes on the right hand side and have some overlap between the two sides. The player can then play the melody on the right hand, with an accompaniment on the left, thus
the name of "Duet".

The main duet systems are:

== MacCann ==
The key layout looks fairly illogical, but it was apparently designed for speed rather than logic and there are certainly some very fine players around! Fairly easy to get one. 57 or more buttons, but sometimes can be huge instruments with up to 80 buttons and the range of a piano!

The most famous MacCann player to have been recorded is probably [[Alexander Prince]]. Other old-time players include Henry Stanley, [[Tommy Williams]] and [[Reuben Shaw]].

Modern players include [[Ralph Jordan]], [[Iris Bishop]] and [[Pam Bishop]].

[http://www.concertina.com/maccann-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

== Crane ==
also known as Triumph by the Salvation Army who used it a lot. A pretty straightforward, logical system. Supposedly doesn't lend itself to fast playing, but I've only ever heard MacCann players say that, and the Crane players I've asked do not agree. Again some very good players around, of whom [[Tim Laycock]] is probably the best known in the UK today. 35, 48 and 55 button models exist. Fairly easy to find one.

[http://www.concertina.com/crane-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

== Jeffries ==
designed for anglo players to convert to. Has a "home key" such as G and is apparently difficult to play chromatically, thus players tend not to stray far from the home key. Much rarer than the first two, mostly due to the very regrettable practice of converting them into anglos.

Modern players include [[Michael Hebbert]] and [[Gavin Atkin]].

[http://www.concertina.com/jeffries-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

== Hayden ==
a modern system. Another logical and straightforward duet system, with some ingenious characteristics that make key transposition easy, but quite hard to get because it's modern. I once asked Brian Hayden how many Hayden duets there were in the world, and after some thought he said "Oh, about 60". However this situation is changing markedly for the better, as Stagi have started making accordion-reeded Haydens, a Russian bayan maker has made prototypes and intends to go into production with a potentially excellent instrument (the fabled Haydenovskaya), and now that [http://www.buttonbox.com/ The Button Box] have started making anglos and Englishes they intend to return to their long-held plan to make Haydens. Otherwise the only option is to get one built to order by C & R Dipper or Steve Dickinson. ''Late news: significant delays on the Haydenovskaya, but Marcus Music have started serious development.''

[http://www.concertina.com/hayden-duet/index.htm Concertina Library]

[[Category:Instrument]]

Radio ballads

2008-11-30T01:00:23Z

Pam Bishop: added reference to complete book relating to this item

The Radio Ballads tell a story and explore issues using song and music. They are concerned with ordinary people, and their lives as related to the work they do. The original radio ballads were conceived and implemented by [[Ewan MacColl]] and Charles Parker in the late 1950s and early 60s, and broadcast on the BBC Home Service (now Radio 4). 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/radioballads/original/

They covered mining, fishing, roadbuilding, train driving, but also explored social issues like psychological breakdown, juvenile delinquency, and travelling people.

Recently, the concept has been revisited with great sucess by John Tams and John Leonard, this time for BBC Radio 2. 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/radioballads/2006/

''Set into Song : Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker and the Radio Ballads'' is a comprehensive account of the making of the Radio Ballads. It was written and researched by Peter Cox, published by Labatie Books ISBN 978-095518771-1, and can be obtained via
http://www.setintosong.co.uk . This extensive website carries the first two pages of each chapter, the complete transcripts and cast lists for each programme, bibliography, footnotes and reviews.

Radio ballads

2008-11-30T00:47:25Z

Pam Bishop:

Waysailing Bowl,The

2008-11-30T00:46:43Z

Pam Bishop:

Sung by Billy Buckingham and others 
Recorded by Gwilym Davies in The Royal Arms, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. February 1979

''As printed in the sleeve notes of [[The Voice of the People]] Volume 16 [[Topic Records]] TSCD666

1 Oh, waysail, oh, waysail all over the town. 
Our pledge it is white, our ale it is brown. 
And our bowl it is made of the best mottling tree. 
To my waysailing bowl I'll bring unto thee.

2 Now, here's health to my master and to his right eye. 
Pray God send our master a good Xmas pie, 
And a good Xmas pie that we may all see. 
To my waysailing bowl I'll bring unto thee.

3 Now, here's health to my master and to his right ear. 
Pray God send our master a happy New Year. 
And an happy New Year that we may all see. 
To my waysailing bowl I'll bring unto thee.

4 Now, here's health to my master and to his right arm. 
Pray God send our master a good crop of corn. 
And a good crop of corn and another of hay 
To pass the cold wintery winds away.

5 Now, here's health to my master and to his right hip. 
Pray God send our master a good flock of sheep. 
And a good flock of sheep that we may all see. 
To my waysailing bowl I'll bring unto thee.

6 Now, here's health to my master and to his right leg. 
Pray God send our master a good fatted pig 
And a good fatted pig that we may all see. 
To my waysailing bowl I'll bring unto thee.

7 Now, butler, come fill up a bowl of your best. 
I hope in Heaven your soul will rest, 
But if that you should bring us a bowl of your small ale 
Then down shall go butler and all and all.

8 There was an old woman she had but one cow, 
And how to maintain it she did not know how. 
She builded a barn to keep her cow warm 
And – I’ll have to have more cider – will do us no harm

The Quaker

2008-11-30T00:46:17Z

Pam Bishop:

Sung by mummers including Freddie James, Roms Williams & G.W. Greening, voices & probably Harry Hawkins, melodeon 
Recorded in the Town Hall, Dorchester, Dorset, 14 December 1936; BBC 14289 G 14290.

''As printed in the sleeve notes of [[The Voice of the People]] Volume 16 [[Topic Records]] TSCD666

1 Come all my bold fellows wherever you may be 
That has got a mind to cross the salt sea,

2 We'll go on board The Quaker and soon you will find 
Our ship she is well rigged and sails like the wind.

3 Our ship's sealed up like waxwork in every degree. 
Our ship she is well rigged and fitted for the sea.

4 We're five hundred and fifty bright seamen so bold, 
And, by those blooming French dogs, we'll never be controlled.

5 We fought them for hours, till they could no longer stay, 
Whjle big guns and small guns sweetly did play.

6 Till the dead lay on our decks, boys, most loud to complain, 
And the blood rushed through the scuppers like showers of rain.

7 So now the war is over and homeward we do steer 
Unto our wives and sweethearts and the girls we love so dear.

8 And this is my good health, boys, to the girl that shall prove true; 
Likewise unto Lord Nelson, the best of all our crew.

So Now We've Gained Our Victory

2008-11-30T00:45:48Z

Pam Bishop:

Sung by mummers including Freddie James, Roms Williams & G.W. Greening, voices & probably Harry Hawkins, melodeon 
Recorded in the Town Hall, Dorchester, Dorset, 14 December 1936; BBC 14289 G 14290.

''As printed in the sleeve notes of [[The Voice of the People]] Volume 16 [[Topic Records]] TSCD666

1 So now we've gained our victory, we'll follow them with speed, 
For it never shall be said, my boys, that Britons they do yield.

2 We'll follow them and beat them; do all that we can do, 
For the bantam cock shall never crow on the plains of Waterloo.

3 We'll send him to some island that is so far away, 
And hope that they will keep him there forever and a day,

4 And not let him return again to do they did before, 
But keep him in some prison strong and the wars shall soon be o'er.

5 For now unto old England we shall return again, 
A health there is to drink to great George, who is our king;

6 Likewise unto Lord Wellington and all his army, too, 
For, if Boney lives for a hundred years, he'll remember Waterloo.

Waysailing Bowl,The

2008-11-30T00:42:55Z

Pam Bishop:

Sung by Billy Buckingham and others 
Recorded by Gwilym Davies in The Royal Arms, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. February 1979

''Taken from the sleeve notes of [[The Voice of the People]] Volume 16 [[Topic Records]] TSCD666

1 Oh, waysail, oh, waysail all over the town. 
Our pledge it is white, our ale it is brown. 
And our bowl it is made of the best mottling tree. 
To my waysailing bowl I'll bring unto thee.

2 Now, here's health to my master and to his right eye. 
Pray God send our master a good Xmas pie, 
And a good Xmas pie that we may all see. 
To my waysailing bowl I'll bring unto thee.

3 Now, here's health to my master and to his right ear. 
Pray God send our master a happy New Year. 
And an happy New Year that we may all see. 
To my waysailing bowl I'll bring unto thee.

4 Now, here's health to my master and to his right arm. 
Pray God send our master a good crop of corn. 
And a good crop of corn and another of hay 
To pass the cold wintery winds away.

5 Now, here's health to my master and to his right hip. 
Pray God send our master a good flock of sheep. 
And a good flock of sheep that we may all see. 
To my waysailing bowl I'll bring unto thee.

6 Now, here's health to my master and to his right leg. 
Pray God send our master a good fatted pig 
And a good fatted pig that we may all see. 
To my waysailing bowl I'll bring unto thee.

7 Now, butler, come fill up a bowl of your best. 
I hope in Heaven your soul will rest, 
But if that you should bring us a bowl of your small ale 
Then down shall go butler and all and all.

8 There was an old woman she had but one cow, 
And how to maintain it she did not know how. 
She builded a barn to keep her cow warm 
And – I’ll have to have more cider – will do us no harm

So Now We've Gained Our Victory

2008-11-30T00:42:29Z

Pam Bishop:

Sung by mummers including Freddie James, Roms Williams & G.W. Greening, voices & probably Harry Hawkins, melodeon 
Recorded in the Town Hall, Dorchester, Dorset, 14 December 1936; BBC 14289 G 14290.

''Taken from the sleeve notes of [[The Voice of the People]] Volume 16 [[Topic Records]] TSCD666

1 So now we've gained our victory, we'll follow them with speed, 
For it never shall be said, my boys, that Britons they do yield.

2 We'll follow them and beat them; do all that we can do, 
For the bantam cock shall never crow on the plains of Waterloo.

3 We'll send him to some island that is so far away, 
And hope that they will keep him there forever and a day,

4 And not let him return again to do they did before, 
But keep him in some prison strong and the wars shall soon be o'er.

5 For now unto old England we shall return again, 
A health there is to drink to great George, who is our king;

6 Likewise unto Lord Wellington and all his army, too, 
For, if Boney lives for a hundred years, he'll remember Waterloo.

The Quaker

2008-11-30T00:42:08Z

Pam Bishop:

Sung by mummers including Freddie James, Roms Williams & G.W. Greening, voices & probably Harry Hawkins, melodeon 
Recorded in the Town Hall, Dorchester, Dorset, 14 December 1936; BBC 14289 G 14290.

''Taken from the sleeve notes of [[The Voice of the People]] Volume 16 [[Topic Records]] TSCD666

1 Come all my bold fellows wherever you may be 
That has got a mind to cross the salt sea,

2 We'll go on board The Quaker and soon you will find 
Our ship she is well rigged and sails like the wind.

3 Our ship's sealed up like waxwork in every degree. 
Our ship she is well rigged and fitted for the sea.

4 We're five hundred and fifty bright seamen so bold, 
And, by those blooming French dogs, we'll never be controlled.

5 We fought them for hours, till they could no longer stay, 
Whjle big guns and small guns sweetly did play.

6 Till the dead lay on our decks, boys, most loud to complain, 
And the blood rushed through the scuppers like showers of rain.

7 So now the war is over and homeward we do steer 
Unto our wives and sweethearts and the girls we love so dear.

8 And this is my good health, boys, to the girl that shall prove true; 
Likewise unto Lord Nelson, the best of all our crew.

The Quaker

2008-11-30T00:41:18Z

Pam Bishop: added song text

'''The Quaker''' 

Sung by mummers including Freddie James, Roms Williams & G.W. Greening, voices & probably Harry Hawkins, melodeon 
Recorded in the Town Hall, Dorchester, Dorset, 14 December 1936; BBC 14289 G 14290.

''Taken from the sleeve notes of [[The Voice of the People]] Volume 16 [[Topic Records]] TSCD666

1 Come all my bold fellows wherever you may be 
That has got a mind to cross the salt sea,

2 We'll go on board The Quaker and soon you will find 
Our ship she is well rigged and sails like the wind.

3 Our ship's sealed up like waxwork in every degree. 
Our ship she is well rigged and fitted for the sea.

4 We're five hundred and fifty bright seamen so bold, 
And, by those blooming French dogs, we'll never be controlled.

5 We fought them for hours, till they could no longer stay, 
Whjle big guns and small guns sweetly did play.

6 Till the dead lay on our decks, boys, most loud to complain, 
And the blood rushed through the scuppers like showers of rain.

7 So now the war is over and homeward we do steer 
Unto our wives and sweethearts and the girls we love so dear.

8 And this is my good health, boys, to the girl that shall prove true; 
Likewise unto Lord Nelson, the best of all our crew.

So Now We've Gained Our Victory

2008-11-30T00:39:00Z

Pam Bishop:

'''So Now We've Gained Our Victory''' 

Sung by mummers including Freddie James, Roms Williams & G.W. Greening, voices & probably Harry Hawkins, melodeon 
Recorded in the Town Hall, Dorchester, Dorset, 14 December 1936; BBC 14289 G 14290.

''Taken from the sleeve notes of [[The Voice of the People]] Volume 16 [[Topic Records]] TSCD666

1 So now we've gained our victory, we'll follow them with speed, 
For it never shall be said, my boys, that Britons they do yield.

2 We'll follow them and beat them; do all that we can do, 
For the bantam cock shall never crow on the plains of Waterloo.

3 We'll send him to some island that is so far away, 
And hope that they will keep him there forever and a day,

4 And not let him return again to do they did before, 
But keep him in some prison strong and the wars shall soon be o'er.

5 For now unto old England we shall return again, 
A health there is to drink to great George, who is our king;

6 Likewise unto Lord Wellington and all his army, too, 
For, if Boney lives for a hundred years, he'll remember Waterloo.

So Now We've Gained Our Victory

2008-11-30T00:38:31Z

Pam Bishop: added song text

'''So Now We've Gained Our Victory''' 

Sung by mummers including Freddie James, Roms Williams & G.W. Greening, voices & probably Harry Hawkins, melodeon 
Recorded in the Town Hall, Dorchester, Dorset, 14 December 1936; BBC 14289 G 14290.

''Taken from the sleeve notes of [[The Voice of the People]] Volume 16 [[Topic Records]] TSCD666

1 So now we've gained our victory, we'll follow them with speed,
For it never shall be said, my boys, that Britons they do yield.

2 We'll follow them and beat them; do all that we can do,
For the bantam cock shall never crow on the plains of Waterloo.

3 We'll send him to some island that is so far away,
And hope that they will keep him there forever and a day,

4 And not let him return again to do they did before,
But keep him in some prison strong and the wars shall soon be o'er.

5 For now unto old England we shall return again,
A health there is to drink to great George, who is our king;

6 Likewise unto Lord Wellington and all his army, too,
For, if Boney lives for a hundred years, he'll remember Waterloo.

Waysailing Bowl,The

2008-11-30T00:33:48Z

Pam Bishop:

'''The Waysailing Bowl ''' 
Sung by Billy Buckingham and others 
Recorded by Gwilym Davies in The Royal Arms, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. February 1979

''Taken from the sleeve notes of [[The Voice of the People]] Volume 16 [[Topic Records]] TSCD666

1 Oh, waysail, oh, waysail all over the town. 
Our pledge it is white, our ale it is brown. 
And our bowl it is made of the best mottling tree. 
To my waysailing bowl I'll bring unto thee.

2 Now, here's health to my master and to his right eye. 
Pray God send our master a good Xmas pie, 
And a good Xmas pie that we may all see. 
To my waysailing bowl I'll bring unto thee.

3 Now, here's health to my master and to his right ear. 
Pray God send our master a happy New Year. 
And an happy New Year that we may all see. 
To my waysailing bowl I'll bring unto thee.

4 Now, here's health to my master and to his right arm. 
Pray God send our master a good crop of corn. 
And a good crop of corn and another of hay 
To pass the cold wintery winds away.

5 Now, here's health to my master and to his right hip. 
Pray God send our master a good flock of sheep. 
And a good flock of sheep that we may all see. 
To my waysailing bowl I'll bring unto thee.

6 Now, here's health to my master and to his right leg. 
Pray God send our master a good fatted pig 
And a good fatted pig that we may all see. 
To my waysailing bowl I'll bring unto thee.

7 Now, butler, come fill up a bowl of your best. 
I hope in Heaven your soul will rest, 
But if that you should bring us a bowl of your small ale 
Then down shall go butler and all and all.

8 There was an old woman she had but one cow, 
And how to maintain it she did not know how. 
She builded a barn to keep her cow warm 
And – I’ll have to have more cider – will do us no harm