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<div>'''George Benstead''', singer, Hamstreet, [[Kent]].<br />
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Sang [[Barley Mow, The|The Barley Mow]] ([[Roud 944]]) for [[Cecil Sharp]], 22nd September 1908.<br />
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David Sutcliffe has identified the singer as Percy George Benstead, agricultural labourer, born 1882.<br />
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See https://cecilsharpspeople.org.uk/benstead-george.html<br />
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[[Category: Kent]]</div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=George_Benstead&diff=15504George Benstead2023-10-20T10:48:02Z<p>Andyturner: Have removed George Frampton's speculations about the singer - I can't see anywhere that Sharp says the singer was 68. Only VWML record is https://www.vwml.org/record/CJS2/10/1920</p>
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<div>'''George Benstead''', singer, Hamstreet, [[Kent]].<br />
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Sang [[Barley Mow, The|The Barley Mow]] ([[Roud 944]]) for [[Cecil Sharp]], 22nd September 1908.<br />
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Charles Sutcliffe has identified the singer as Percy George Benstead, agricultural labourer, born 1882.<br />
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See https://cecilsharpspeople.org.uk/benstead-george.html<br />
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[[Category: Singer]]<br />
[[Category: Kent]]</div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=Ambrose_Cooper&diff=15502Ambrose Cooper2023-10-10T09:37:34Z<p>Andyturner: </p>
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<div>'''Ambrose Cooper''' Gypsy singer and songwriter who lives near Epsom, [[Surrey]]. He is [[Jasper Smith]]'s nephew and [[Harry Lee]]'s grandson.<br />
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:'''''Unsung hero''': Ambrose Cooper is a Gypsy man who sings for passion not profit.<br />
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:''Ambrose Cooper is almost unique amongst British Gypsy performers. He loves country music and he’s keen on English folk too. But unlike many others he sings about recent Gypsy experiences and sets it all down to a country rhythm. The songs he’s written over the years are known and sung by Gypsies across England, yet he rarely gets the credit for what he’s created. For Ambrose, singing is a passion and not a profession. And his talent is as hidden away as the site he lives on.''<br />
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:''In his kitchen block at the corner of the Cox Lane site in Epsom, Surrey, Ambrose is jamming with his son Ambrose, playing everything from guitar boogies and English folk, to Elvis. Ambrose senior plays the accordion, guitar and banjo expertly. He says he got his interest in music from his granddad Harry Lee.''<br />
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:''“My granddad used to get his living with his violin years ago,” says Ambrose. “They’d make a fire and get a board to tap dance on and he’d play jigs and reels on the fiddle. That was their entertainment. The trouble is now, everything is ready made. You’ve got CDs, backing tapes and karaoke and the music is already there. The younger generation don’t play instruments like they used to. Karaoke’s alright, but it’s not real music, is it?”''<br />
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:''“When I was a little boy I used to say: ‘Let me have a go on your banjo grandfather’ and he’d say: ‘No son, that’s a violin.’ But it got me interested in music. When I got old enough I got myself a guitar and used to listen to old Jimmie Rodgers’ records and taught myself.”''<br />
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:''Ambrose’s best-known song, ‘Will There Be Any Travellers in Heaven?’ is a good example of how he creates music, but gets little credit for it. His late cousin Derby Smith is often named as the song’s creator.''<br />
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:''“People take my stuff and say they’ve done it. I can’t read and write, so I’ve made a song up on a tape, played it to somebody and they’ve written it down and said that they’ve done it. Jimmie Rodgers said: ‘Will there be any brakemen in heaven?’ So it was his tune but my words.”''<br />
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:''From his song ‘Old Motors’ to the ‘Travellers’ Blues’, his songs are widely known, but have never been commercially released. “What I’ve wrote about is what’s really happened,” he says and launches into a song that all Gypsies in the south of England know and love: ‘Now you get some old motors, they’re going everyday, some of them, they need a tow, before you can get away …’''''<br />
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from [http://travellerstimes.org.uk Traveller's Times] issue 33, Autumn 2007<br />
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Some of Ambrose's songs are included in 'Romano Drom songbook: Songs by Ambrose Cooper, Kerieva & Others', Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month, June 2009.<br />
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'''YouTube links:'''<br />
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[https://youtu.be/tIBpPMHYe8U?si=6xvywTHFA8GT5xrr Travellers Tales part 1 (Surrey History Trust)]<br />
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[http://youtu.be/ZxcNYnlE6Og 'Reuben And Levy']<br />
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[http://youtu.be/zma-AlFMWkg 'Old Motors', written by Ambrose Cooper]<br />
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'''Audio links:'''<br />
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[http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/realmedia/audio/voices/ambrose.ram Ambrose Cooper sings ''Hartlake Bridge''] - linked from http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/voices/hartlake/song.shtml<br />
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[[Category: Traveller]]</div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=Ken_Stubbs&diff=15259Ken Stubbs2022-05-09T18:36:20Z<p>Andyturner: </p>
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<div>'''Ken Stubbs''' (1923-2008), Southern English folksong collector.<br />
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See http://forest-tracks.co.uk/kenstubbs/<br />
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There is a brief biography of Stubbs on the VWML website at https://www.vwml.org/archives-catalogue/KS<br />
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The VWML houses digitised copies of Stubbs' field recordings, and these are accessible as the [https://www.vwml.org/archives-catalogue/KS Ken Stubbs Collection].<br />
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The recordings are mostly from [[Sussex]], [[Surrey]] and [[Kent]]. Regular locations for the “folk music parties” that he organised included The Abergavenny Arms, Copthorne; The Cherry Tree, Copthorne; The Plough, Three Bridges; The Oak, Ardingly; The Plough Inn, Cuckfield; The Gun, Horsmonden; The Crown, Edenbridge and “Elsie’s” at The Queen’s Arms, Cowden.<br />
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[[Category: Collector]]</div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=George_Spicer&diff=15258George Spicer2022-05-09T18:30:09Z<p>Andyturner: Added links to Frampton articles</p>
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<div>'''George ‘Spike’ Spicer''', singer, 1906-1981.<br />
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George Spicer was born at Little Chart, [[Kent]] in 1906 and left school at the age of 14, when he went to work on a local farm as a general farmhand.&nbsp; After two years he became an under herdsman and at the age of twenty-six the head man.&nbsp; His early working life was spent on farms in the Dover and Deal area and continued on various farms in Kent near Faversham, Canterbury, Maidstone and Biggin Hill before moving to Selsfield, [[Sussex]], in 1940, where he was employed as head herdsman with pedigree Guernsey cattle.&nbsp; Here he was to work for virtually all of the next 31 years until retiring in 1971.<br />
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George had a vast store of songs ranging from music hall tearjerkers to classic traditional ballads.&nbsp; Many he learnt from his parents, others from various relatives and still more from pub singsongs.&nbsp; After retiring he remained very active as a part time gamekeeper, village cricket umpire and enthusiastic gardener; he won over a thousand certificates at various flower shows for his skills.<br />
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A renowned singer, throughout his life George performed in village pubs at sing arounds - including the Cherry Tree at Copthorne where he encountered [[George 'Pop' Maynard|Pop Maynard]] - and various others around the Ashdown Forest area.&nbsp; He often sang in company with [[Harry Holman]] of Copthorne, a friend of Pop’s.&nbsp; During the 1950s he regularly took his son [[Ron Spicer]] along to play accordion while he did the singing.<br />
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The collector [[Ken Stubbs]] maintained that George was never ‘discovered’ by song collectors.&nbsp; He insisted George was so well known as a singer that anyone visiting the area in search of traditional material could not help but find him.<br />
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[[Brian Matthews]] remembers him as ‘a fine powerful singer who would dominate most pub sing-songs ...&nbsp; much to the annoyance of other singers, I gather.’ This was so marked that Brian only heard his son [[Ron Spicer]] sing in public after George’s death.<br />
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George died at Selsfield, Sussex in 1981 at the age of 75.&nbsp; He made one complete Topic LP, ''Blackberry Fold'' (12T235), 1974, and could be heard on tracks of several others: he sang ''I Wish there was no Prisons'' on the EP ''Four Sussex Singers'' (Collector LEB 7), 1961; and ''The Thrashing Machine'' and ''Lilly White Hand'' on ''When Sheepshearing’s Done'' (Topic 12T254), 1975.<br />
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''Part of the booklet notes, written by Mike Yates, to the Musical Traditions Records CDs [[MTCD311-2 Up in the North and Down in the South|Up in the North and Down in the South]] (MTCD311-2)''<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
George Frampton ''"I don't know if this is actually a folk song" The Life and Music of George Spicer (1906-1981)''<br />
* Part 1: A Boyhood in Kent https://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/g_spicer.htm<br />
* Part 2: The West Langdon Years, 1928-35 https://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/g_spice2.htm<br />
* Part 3: Crossing the Border, 1935-1953 https://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/g_spice3.htm<br />
* Part 4: The Old House Years, 1948-1981 https://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/g_spice4.htm<br />
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== Discography ==<br />
* George Spicer, [[Blackberry Fold (LP)|Blackberry Fold]], [[Topic Records]] 12T235 (1974)<br />
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* Various artists, [[MTCD309-10 Just Another Saturday Night|Just Another Saturday Night]], Musical Traditions, MTCD309-10 (4 tracks)<br />
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* Various artists, [[MTCD311-2 Up in the North and Down in the South|Up in the North and Down in the South]], Musical Traditions, MTCD311-2 (6 tracks)<br />
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*Various Artists, [[VTC4CD Down in the Fields|Down in the Fields]], Veteran, VTC4CD (2 tracks)<br />
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[[Category: Sussex]]</div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=MTCD339-0_A_Story_to_Tell:_Keith_Summers_in_Suffolk_1972-9&diff=15036MTCD339-0 A Story to Tell: Keith Summers in Suffolk 1972-92022-02-14T15:00:19Z<p>Andyturner: </p>
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<div>To see the full CD details, go to the ''Musical Traditions'' website where you'll also find the complete booklet notes https://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/summers.htm<br />
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'''Tracklist:'''<br />
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''[[Doing My Duty]]'', [[Ted Cobbin]], [[Roud 21227]]<BR><br />
''[[Abie My Boy]]'', [[Ted Cobbin and Peter Plant]]<BR><br />
''[[Blow the Candle Out]]'', [[Jumbo Brightwell|William 'Jumbo' Brightwell]], [[Roud 368]]<BR><br />
''[[Highwayman and the Farmer's Daughter]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]], [[Roud 2638]]<BR><br />
''[[Coal-Black Mammy]]'', [[Fred Pearce]]<BR><br />
''[[Talking about learning songs]]'', [[Cyril Poacher]] and [[Geoff Ling]]<BR><br />
''[[Three Jolly Sportsmen]]'', [[Bob Scarce]], [[Roud 17]]<BR><br />
''[[Green Bushes]]'', [[Geoff Ling]], [[Roud 1040]]<BR><br />
''[[Maggie May]]'', [[Geoff Ling]], [[Roud 1757]]<BR><br />
''[[Mary Anne]]'', [[Arthur 'Spanker' Austin]], [[Roud 21228]]<BR><br />
''[[Soldier's Joy]]'', [[Fred List]]<BR><br />
''[[All Tattered and Torn]]'', [[Percy Ling]], [[Roud 1407]]<BR><br />
''[[The Nutting Girl]]'', [[Cyril Poacher]], [[Roud 509]]<BR><br />
''[[The Kildare Fancy]]'', [[Fred 'Pip' Whiting]]<BR><br />
''[[The Ship I Love]]'', [[Fred 'Pip' Whiting]], [[Roud 17057]]<BR><br />
''[[I'm a Man you don't Meet Every Day]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]], [[Roud 975)]]<BR><br />
''[[Step Dance Tune]]'', [[Peter Plant]]<BR><br />
''[[The Parson's Creed]]'', [[Jumbo Brightwell|William 'Jumbo' Brightwell]]<BR><br />
''[[Cock of the North / Pop Goes the Weasel]]'', [[Tommy Williams]]<BR><br />
''[[The Seeds of Love]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]], [[Roud 3]]<BR><br />
''[[The Drowned Lover]]'', [[Jumbo Brightwell|William 'Jumbo' Brightwell]], [[Roud 185]]<BR><br />
''[[The Lincolnshire Poacher]]'', [[Billy List]], [[Roud 299]]<BR><br />
''[[Talking about his grandfather]]'', [[George Ling]]<BR><br />
''[[Fairy's Hornpipe and dancing doll]]'', [[Fred 'Pip' Whiting and Cecil Fisk]]<BR><br />
''[[You Can Look but you Mustn't Touch!]]'', [[Jimmy Knights]], [[Roud 21238]]<BR><br />
''[[Wild Flowers]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]]<BR><br />
''[[The Yellow Handkerchief]]'', [[Cyril Poacher]], [[Roud 954]]<BR><br />
''[[Poem]]'', [[Harkie Nesling]]<BR><br />
''[[The Rakes of Mallow]]'', [[Harkie Nesling]]<BR><br />
''[[The Baby's Name]]'', [[Harkie Nesling]], [[Roud 21229]]<BR><br />
''[[The Flowers of Edinburgh]]'', [[Fred 'Pip' Whiting]]<BR><br />
''[[The Roving Gypsy]]'', [[Fred 'Pip' Whiting]], [[Roud 21230]]<BR><br />
''[[Talking]]'', [[Harkie Nesling and Fred 'Pip' Whiting]]<BR><br />
''[[Polka(Jingle Bells)]]'', [[Harkie Nesling]]<BR><br />
''[[Australia]]'', [[Cyril Poacher]], [[Roud 1488]]<BR><br />
''[[The Female Drummer]]'', [[Bill 'Dodger' Brabbing]], [[Roud 226]]<BR><br />
''[[The Sailor's Hornpipe]]'', [[The Peacock Band]]<BR><br />
''[[Truly Fair]]'', [[Font Watling and Wattie Wright]]<BR><br />
''[[The Recruiting Sergeant]]'', [[George Ling]], [[Roud 493]]<BR><br />
''[[Strolling down to Hastings]]'', [[Aileen Stollery]], [[Roud 364]]<BR><br />
''[[Chinaman]]'', [[Aileen Stollery]], [[Roud 1850]]<BR><br />
''[[Pigeon on the Gate]]'', [[Font Watling and Wattie Wright]]<BR><br />
''[[The Lobster]]'', [[Percy Ling]], [[Roud 149]]<BR><br />
''[[Old General Wolfe]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]], [[Roud 624]]<BR><br />
''[[A Broadside]]'', [[Bob Scarce]], [[Roud 492]]<BR><br />
''[[Unidentified Tune]]'', [[George Woolnough]]<BR><br />
''[[The Flower of London]]'', [[George Dow]], [[Roud 548]]<BR><br />
''[[The Indian Lass]]'', [[Jumbo Brightwell|William 'Jumbo' Brightwell]], [[Roud 2326]]<BR><br />
''[[Oscar's Waltz / Charlie Philpott's Waltz]]'', [[Reg Reeder]]<BR><br />
''[[Out with my Gun in the Morning]]'', [[Jimmy Knights]], [[Roud 1847]]<BR><br />
''[[Talking]]'', [[Jimmy Knights]]<BR><br />
''[[Duckfoot Sue]]'', [[Jimmy Knights]], [[Roud 9553]]<BR><br />
''[[Talking]]'', [[Jimmy Knights]]<BR><br />
''[[Wormwood Scrubs]]'', [[Jimmy Knights]], [[Roud 21231]]<BR><br />
''[[Phil the Fluter]]'', [[Tommy Williams]]<BR><br />
''[[Paddy and the Rope]]'', [[Billy List]], [[Roud 2037]]<BR><br />
''[[The Oak and the Ash]]'', [[Charlie Whiting]], [[Roud 269]]<BR><br />
''[[Sailor's Hornpipe]]'', [[George Woolnough]]<BR><br />
''[[Lamplighting Time in the Valley]]'', [[Cyril Poacher]], [[Roud 13304]]<BR><br />
''[[Step Dance Tune]]'', [[Oscar Woods]]<BR><br />
''[[Pretty Little Mary]]'', [[Percy Ling]], [[Roud 899]]<BR><br />
''[[The Next Song in the Programme]]'', [[Albert Smith]]<BR><br />
''[[Sailor's Hornpipe / Pigeon on the Gate]]'', [[Albert Smith]]<BR><br />
''[[Old Brown sat in the Rose and Crown]]'', [[ Albert Smith]]<BR><br />
''[[Cock of the North]]'', [[Fred Pearce]]<BR><br />
''[[Talking about The Ship]]'', [[Cyril Poacher and Geoff Ling]]<BR><br />
''[[The Burden of the Spray]]'', [[Bob Scarce]], [[Roud 21232]]<BR><br />
''[[The Maid and the Magpie]]'', [[Cyril Poacher]], [[Roud 1532]]<BR><br />
''[[Red Sails in the Sunset]]'', [[Fred Eley Whent]]<BR><br />
''[[Unidentified Tunes]]'', [[Fred Eley Whent]]<BR><br />
''[[The False Hearted Knight]]'', [[Jumbo Brightwell|William 'Jumbo' Brightwell]], [[Roud 21]]<BR><br />
''[[Young George Oxbury]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]], [[Roud 90]]<BR><br />
''[[The Barndance]]'', [[Fred List]]<BR><br />
''[[The Morals]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]], [[Roud 21233]]<BR><br />
''[[Jim the Carter's Lad]]'', [[Ted Cobbin]] with [[Peter Plant]], [[Roud 1080]]<BR></div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=Keith_Summers&diff=15035Keith Summers2022-02-14T14:56:24Z<p>Andyturner: Created page with "'''Keith Summers''' (1948-2004), founder and editor of the paper Musical Traditions magazine, co-editor of the internet version of Musical Traditions; collector best k..."</p>
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<div>'''Keith Summers''' (1948-2004), founder and editor of the paper [[Musical Traditions magazine]], co-editor of the internet version of [[Musical Traditions]]; collector best known for his recordings made in Suffolk in the 1970s.<br />
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The [https://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Keith-Summers-Collection Keith Summers English Folk Music Collection] on the British Library Sounds website includes recordings made by Keith in [[Devon]], [[Essex]], [[London]], [[Norfolk]], [[Nottinghamshire]], [[Oxfordshire]], [[South Yorkshire]], [[Suffolk]] and [[Sussex]].<br />
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Keith Summers: An Obituary, Musical Traditions, https://www.mustrad.org.uk/ks_obit.htm</div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=Jumbo_Brightwell&diff=15034Jumbo Brightwell2022-02-14T14:49:50Z<p>Andyturner: </p>
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<div>William 'Jumbo' Brightwell, born 1900, Little Glenham, [[Suffolk]]. Singer recorded in 1947 by [[Ernest John Moeran|E.J.Moeran]], and in the 1970s by [[Keith Summers]] and [[Tony Engle]].<br />
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His father [[Velvet Brightwell]] was also a singer.<br />
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== External References == <br />
* Article by Chris Foster on the [[East Anglian Traditional Music Trust]] website: [https://www.eatmt.org.uk/jumbo-brightwell-2/ Jumbo Brightwell]<br />
* Interview, and song recordings made by [[Keith Summers]]: [https://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Keith-Summers-Collection Keith Summers English Folk Music Collection, British Library]<br />
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== Discography ==<br />
* [[Songs from the Eel’s Foot]], [[Topic Records]], TSDL261, 1975 [https://www.topicrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/TSDL261.pdf PDF booklet]<br />
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Compilations:<br />
* [[Sing, Say and Play|Sing, Say and Play: Traditional Songs & Music From Suffolk]], [[Topic Records]], 12TS375<br />
* [[MTCD339-0 A Story to Tell: Keith Summers in Suffolk 1972-9|A Story to Tell: Keith Summers in Suffolk 1972-9]], [[Musical Traditions]], MTCD339-0<br />
* [[Who's That at my Bed Window?|Who's That at my Bed Window? (Voice of the People Volume 10]] Track 17<br /><br />
* [[We've Received Orders to Sail|We've Received Orders to Sail (Voice of the People Volume 12]] Track 01<br /><br />
* [[Troubles They Are But Few|Troubles They Are But Few (Voice of the People Volume 14]] Track 06<br /><br />
* [[My Ship Shall Sail the Ocean|My Ship Shall Sail the Ocean (Voice of the People Volume 2]] Track 21<br /><br />
* [[[O'er His Grave the Grass Grew Green|O'er His Grave the Grass Grew Green (Voice of the People Volume 3]] Track 01<br /><br />
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[[Category:Suffolk]]</div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=Songs_from_the_Eel%E2%80%99s_Foot&diff=15033Songs from the Eel’s Foot2022-02-14T14:45:09Z<p>Andyturner: Created page with "Jumbo Brightwell, Songs from the Eel’s Foot, Topic Records, TSDL261, 1975 [https://www.topicrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/TSDL261.pdf PDF booklet] Recorded by ..."</p>
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<div>[[Jumbo Brightwell]], Songs from the Eel’s Foot, [[Topic Records]], TSDL261, 1975 [https://www.topicrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/TSDL261.pdf PDF booklet]<br />
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Recorded by [[Tony Engle]].<br />
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== Tracklist ==<br />
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# [[Flower of London]]<br />
# [[Derby Miller]]<br />
# [[Loss of the Ramillies]]<br />
# [[Green Mossy Bank of the Lea]]<br />
# [[Blow the Candle Out]]<br />
# [[Bold Princess Royal]]<br />
# [[Newry Town]]<br />
# [[Indian Lass]]<br />
# [[Muddley Barracks]]<br />
# [[False Hearted Knight]]<br />
# [[Lost Heiress]]<br />
# [[Down in the Fields Where the Buttercups Grow]]<br />
# [[Rumbleaway]]<br />
# [[Life of a Man]]</div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=MTCD339-0_A_Story_to_Tell:_Keith_Summers_in_Suffolk_1972-9&diff=15031MTCD339-0 A Story to Tell: Keith Summers in Suffolk 1972-92022-02-14T14:43:04Z<p>Andyturner: </p>
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<div>To see the full CD details, go to the ''Musical Traditions'' website where you'll also find the complete booklet notes https://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/summers.htm<br />
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'''Tracklist:'''<br />
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''[[Doing My Duty]]'', [[Ted Cobbin]], [[Roud 21227]]<BR><br />
''[[Abie My Boy]]'', [[Ted Cobbin and Peter Plant]]<BR><br />
''[[Blow the Candle Out]]'', [[William 'Jumbo' Brightwell]], [[Roud 368]]<BR><br />
''[[Highwayman and the Farmer's Daughter]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]], [[Roud 2638]]<BR><br />
''[[Coal-Black Mammy]]'', [[Fred Pearce]]<BR><br />
''[[Talking about learning songs]]'', [[Cyril Poacher and Geoff Ling]]<BR><br />
''[[Three Jolly Sportsmen]]'', [[Bob Scarce]], [[Roud 17]]<BR><br />
''[[Green Bushes]]'', [[Geoff Ling]], [[Roud 1040]]<BR><br />
''[[Maggie May]]'', [[Geoff Ling]], [[Roud 1757]]<BR><br />
''[[Mary Anne]]'', [[Arthur 'Spanker' Austin]], [[Roud 21228]]<BR><br />
''[[Soldier's Joy]]'', [[Fred List]]<BR><br />
''[[All Tattered and Torn]]'', [[Percy Ling]], [[Roud 1407]]<BR><br />
''[[The Nutting Girl]]'', [[Cyril Poacher]], [[Roud 509]]<BR><br />
''[[The Kildare Fancy]]'', [[Fred 'Pip' Whiting]]<BR><br />
''[[The Ship I Love]]'', [[Fred 'Pip' Whiting]], [[Roud 17057]]<BR><br />
''[[I'm a Man you don't Meet Every Day]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]], [[Roud 975)]]<BR><br />
''[[Step Dance Tune]]'', [[Peter Plant]]<BR><br />
''[[The Parson's Creed]]'', [[William 'Jumbo' Brightwell]]<BR><br />
''[[Cock of the North / Pop Goes the Weasel]]'', [[Tommy Williams]]<BR><br />
''[[The Seeds of Love]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]], [[Roud 3]]<BR><br />
''[[The Drowned Lover]]'', [[William 'Jumbo' Brightwell]], [[Roud 185]]<BR><br />
''[[The Lincolnshire Poacher]]'', [[Billy List]], [[Roud 299]]<BR><br />
''[[Talking about his grandfather]]'', [[George Ling]]<BR><br />
''[[Fairy's Hornpipe and dancing doll]]'', [[Fred 'Pip' Whiting and Cecil Fisk]]<BR><br />
''[[You Can Look but you Mustn't Touch!]]'', [[Jimmy Knights]], [[Roud 21238]]<BR><br />
''[[Wild Flowers]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]]<BR><br />
''[[The Yellow Handkerchief]]'', [[Cyril Poacher]], [[Roud 954]]<BR><br />
''[[Poem]]'', [[Harkie Nesling]]<BR><br />
''[[The Rakes of Mallow]]'', [[Harkie Nesling]]<BR><br />
''[[The Baby's Name]]'', [[Harkie Nesling]], [[Roud 21229]]<BR><br />
''[[The Flowers of Edinburgh]]'', [[Fred 'Pip' Whiting]]<BR><br />
''[[The Roving Gypsy]]'', [[Fred 'Pip' Whiting]], [[Roud 21230]]<BR><br />
''[[Talking]]'', [[Harkie Nesling and Fred 'Pip' Whiting]]<BR><br />
''[[Polka(Jingle Bells)]]'', [[Harkie Nesling]]<BR><br />
''[[Australia]]'', [[Cyril Poacher]], [[Roud 1488]]<BR><br />
''[[The Female Drummer]]'', [[Bill 'Dodger' Brabbing]], [[Roud 226]]<BR><br />
''[[The Sailor's Hornpipe]]'', [[The Peacock Band]]<BR><br />
''[[Truly Fair]]'', [[Font Watling and Wattie Wright]]<BR><br />
''[[The Recruiting Sergeant]]'', [[George Ling]], [[Roud 493]]<BR><br />
''[[Strolling down to Hastings]]'', [[Aileen Stollery]], [[Roud 364]]<BR><br />
''[[Chinaman]]'', [[Aileen Stollery]], [[Roud 1850]]<BR><br />
''[[Pigeon on the Gate]]'', [[Font Watling and Wattie Wright]]<BR><br />
''[[The Lobster]]'', [[Percy Ling]], [[Roud 149]]<BR><br />
''[[Old General Wolfe]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]], [[Roud 624]]<BR><br />
''[[A Broadside]]'', [[Bob Scarce]], [[Roud 492]]<BR><br />
''[[Unidentified Tune]]'', [[George Woolnough]]<BR><br />
''[[The Flower of London]]'', [[George Dow]], [[Roud 548]]<BR><br />
''[[The Indian Lass]]'', [[William 'Jumbo' Brightwell]], [[Roud 2326]]<BR><br />
''[[Oscar's Waltz / Charlie Philpott's Waltz]]'', [[Reg Reeder]]<BR><br />
''[[Out with my Gun in the Morning]]'', [[Jimmy Knights]], [[Roud 1847]]<BR><br />
''[[Talking]]'', [[Jimmy Knights]]<BR><br />
''[[Duckfoot Sue]]'', [[Jimmy Knights]], [[Roud 9553]]<BR><br />
''[[Talking]]'', [[Jimmy Knights]]<BR><br />
''[[Wormwood Scrubs]]'', [[Jimmy Knights]], [[Roud 21231]]<BR><br />
''[[Phil the Fluter]]'', [[Tommy Williams]]<BR><br />
''[[Paddy and the Rope]]'', [[Billy List]], [[Roud 2037]]<BR><br />
''[[The Oak and the Ash]]'', [[Charlie Whiting]], [[Roud 269]]<BR><br />
''[[Sailor's Hornpipe]]'', [[George Woolnough]]<BR><br />
''[[Lamplighting Time in the Valley]]'', [[Cyril Poacher]], [[Roud 13304]]<BR><br />
''[[Step Dance Tune]]'', [[Oscar Woods]]<BR><br />
''[[Pretty Little Mary]]'', [[Percy Ling]], [[Roud 899]]<BR><br />
''[[The Next Song in the Programme]]'', [[Albert Smith]]<BR><br />
''[[Sailor's Hornpipe / Pigeon on the Gate]]'', [[Albert Smith]]<BR><br />
''[[Old Brown sat in the Rose and Crown]]'', [[ Albert Smith]]<BR><br />
''[[Cock of the North]]'', [[Fred Pearce]]<BR><br />
''[[Talking about The Ship]]'', [[Cyril Poacher and Geoff Ling]]<BR><br />
''[[The Burden of the Spray]]'', [[Bob Scarce]], [[Roud 21232]]<BR><br />
''[[The Maid and the Magpie]]'', [[Cyril Poacher]], [[Roud 1532]]<BR><br />
''[[Red Sails in the Sunset]]'', [[Fred Eley Whent]]<BR><br />
''[[Unidentified Tunes]]'', [[Fred Eley Whent]]<BR><br />
''[[The False Hearted Knight]]'', [[William 'Jumbo' Brightwell]], [[Roud 21]]<BR><br />
''[[Young George Oxbury]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]], [[Roud 90]]<BR><br />
''[[The Barndance]]'', [[Fred List]]<BR><br />
''[[The Morals]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]], [[Roud 21233]]<BR><br />
''[[Jim the Carter's Lad]]'', [[Ted Cobbin with Peter Plant]], [[Roud 1080]]<BR></div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=MTCD339-0_A_Story_to_Tell:_Keith_Summers_in_Suffolk_1972-9&diff=15030MTCD339-0 A Story to Tell: Keith Summers in Suffolk 1972-92022-02-14T14:42:38Z<p>Andyturner: </p>
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<div>To see the full CD details, go to the ''Musical Traditions'' website where you'll also find the complete booklet notes [https://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/summers.htm]<br />
<br />
'''Tracklist:'''<br />
<br />
''[[Doing My Duty]]'', [[Ted Cobbin]], [[Roud 21227]]<BR><br />
''[[Abie My Boy]]'', [[Ted Cobbin and Peter Plant]]<BR><br />
''[[Blow the Candle Out]]'', [[William 'Jumbo' Brightwell]], [[Roud 368]]<BR><br />
''[[Highwayman and the Farmer's Daughter]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]], [[Roud 2638]]<BR><br />
''[[Coal-Black Mammy]]'', [[Fred Pearce]]<BR><br />
''[[Talking about learning songs]]'', [[Cyril Poacher and Geoff Ling]]<BR><br />
''[[Three Jolly Sportsmen]]'', [[Bob Scarce]], [[Roud 17]]<BR><br />
''[[Green Bushes]]'', [[Geoff Ling]], [[Roud 1040]]<BR><br />
''[[Maggie May]]'', [[Geoff Ling]], [[Roud 1757]]<BR><br />
''[[Mary Anne]]'', [[Arthur 'Spanker' Austin]], [[Roud 21228]]<BR><br />
''[[Soldier's Joy]]'', [[Fred List]]<BR><br />
''[[All Tattered and Torn]]'', [[Percy Ling]], [[Roud 1407]]<BR><br />
''[[The Nutting Girl]]'', [[Cyril Poacher]], [[Roud 509]]<BR><br />
''[[The Kildare Fancy]]'', [[Fred 'Pip' Whiting]]<BR><br />
''[[The Ship I Love]]'', [[Fred 'Pip' Whiting]], [[Roud 17057]]<BR><br />
''[[I'm a Man you don't Meet Every Day]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]], [[Roud 975)]]<BR><br />
''[[Step Dance Tune]]'', [[Peter Plant]]<BR><br />
''[[The Parson's Creed]]'', [[William 'Jumbo' Brightwell]]<BR><br />
''[[Cock of the North / Pop Goes the Weasel]]'', [[Tommy Williams]]<BR><br />
''[[The Seeds of Love]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]], [[Roud 3]]<BR><br />
''[[The Drowned Lover]]'', [[William 'Jumbo' Brightwell]], [[Roud 185]]<BR><br />
''[[The Lincolnshire Poacher]]'', [[Billy List]], [[Roud 299]]<BR><br />
''[[Talking about his grandfather]]'', [[George Ling]]<BR><br />
''[[Fairy's Hornpipe and dancing doll]]'', [[Fred 'Pip' Whiting and Cecil Fisk]]<BR><br />
''[[You Can Look but you Mustn't Touch!]]'', [[Jimmy Knights]], [[Roud 21238]]<BR><br />
''[[Wild Flowers]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]]<BR><br />
''[[The Yellow Handkerchief]]'', [[Cyril Poacher]], [[Roud 954]]<BR><br />
''[[Poem]]'', [[Harkie Nesling]]<BR><br />
''[[The Rakes of Mallow]]'', [[Harkie Nesling]]<BR><br />
''[[The Baby's Name]]'', [[Harkie Nesling]], [[Roud 21229]]<BR><br />
''[[The Flowers of Edinburgh]]'', [[Fred 'Pip' Whiting]]<BR><br />
''[[The Roving Gypsy]]'', [[Fred 'Pip' Whiting]], [[Roud 21230]]<BR><br />
''[[Talking]]'', [[Harkie Nesling and Fred 'Pip' Whiting]]<BR><br />
''[[Polka(Jingle Bells)]]'', [[Harkie Nesling]]<BR><br />
''[[Australia]]'', [[Cyril Poacher]], [[Roud 1488]]<BR><br />
''[[The Female Drummer]]'', [[Bill 'Dodger' Brabbing]], [[Roud 226]]<BR><br />
''[[The Sailor's Hornpipe]]'', [[The Peacock Band]]<BR><br />
''[[Truly Fair]]'', [[Font Watling and Wattie Wright]]<BR><br />
''[[The Recruiting Sergeant]]'', [[George Ling]], [[Roud 493]]<BR><br />
''[[Strolling down to Hastings]]'', [[Aileen Stollery]], [[Roud 364]]<BR><br />
''[[Chinaman]]'', [[Aileen Stollery]], [[Roud 1850]]<BR><br />
''[[Pigeon on the Gate]]'', [[Font Watling and Wattie Wright]]<BR><br />
''[[The Lobster]]'', [[Percy Ling]], [[Roud 149]]<BR><br />
''[[Old General Wolfe]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]], [[Roud 624]]<BR><br />
''[[A Broadside]]'', [[Bob Scarce]], [[Roud 492]]<BR><br />
''[[Unidentified Tune]]'', [[George Woolnough]]<BR><br />
''[[The Flower of London]]'', [[George Dow]], [[Roud 548]]<BR><br />
''[[The Indian Lass]]'', [[William 'Jumbo' Brightwell]], [[Roud 2326]]<BR><br />
''[[Oscar's Waltz / Charlie Philpott's Waltz]]'', [[Reg Reeder]]<BR><br />
''[[Out with my Gun in the Morning]]'', [[Jimmy Knights]], [[Roud 1847]]<BR><br />
''[[Talking]]'', [[Jimmy Knights]]<BR><br />
''[[Duckfoot Sue]]'', [[Jimmy Knights]], [[Roud 9553]]<BR><br />
''[[Talking]]'', [[Jimmy Knights]]<BR><br />
''[[Wormwood Scrubs]]'', [[Jimmy Knights]], [[Roud 21231]]<BR><br />
''[[Phil the Fluter]]'', [[Tommy Williams]]<BR><br />
''[[Paddy and the Rope]]'', [[Billy List]], [[Roud 2037]]<BR><br />
''[[The Oak and the Ash]]'', [[Charlie Whiting]], [[Roud 269]]<BR><br />
''[[Sailor's Hornpipe]]'', [[George Woolnough]]<BR><br />
''[[Lamplighting Time in the Valley]]'', [[Cyril Poacher]], [[Roud 13304]]<BR><br />
''[[Step Dance Tune]]'', [[Oscar Woods]]<BR><br />
''[[Pretty Little Mary]]'', [[Percy Ling]], [[Roud 899]]<BR><br />
''[[The Next Song in the Programme]]'', [[Albert Smith]]<BR><br />
''[[Sailor's Hornpipe / Pigeon on the Gate]]'', [[Albert Smith]]<BR><br />
''[[Old Brown sat in the Rose and Crown]]'', [[ Albert Smith]]<BR><br />
''[[Cock of the North]]'', [[Fred Pearce]]<BR><br />
''[[Talking about The Ship]]'', [[Cyril Poacher and Geoff Ling]]<BR><br />
''[[The Burden of the Spray]]'', [[Bob Scarce]], [[Roud 21232]]<BR><br />
''[[The Maid and the Magpie]]'', [[Cyril Poacher]], [[Roud 1532]]<BR><br />
''[[Red Sails in the Sunset]]'', [[Fred Eley Whent]]<BR><br />
''[[Unidentified Tunes]]'', [[Fred Eley Whent]]<BR><br />
''[[The False Hearted Knight]]'', [[William 'Jumbo' Brightwell]], [[Roud 21]]<BR><br />
''[[Young George Oxbury]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]], [[Roud 90]]<BR><br />
''[[The Barndance]]'', [[Fred List]]<BR><br />
''[[The Morals]]'', [[Alec Bloomfield]], [[Roud 21233]]<BR><br />
''[[Jim the Carter's Lad]]'', [[Ted Cobbin with Peter Plant]], [[Roud 1080]]<BR></div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=Jumbo_Brightwell&diff=15028Jumbo Brightwell2022-02-14T14:38:23Z<p>Andyturner: </p>
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<div>William 'Jumbo' Brightwell, born 1900, Little Glenham, [[Suffolk]]. Singer recorded in 1947 by [[Ernest John Moeran|E.J.Moeran]], and in the 1970s by [[Keith Summers]] and [[Tony Engle]].<br />
<br />
His father [[Velvet Brightwell]] was also a singer.<br />
<br />
== External References == <br />
Article by Chris Foster on the [[East Anglian Traditional Music Trust]] website: [https://www.eatmt.org.uk/jumbo-brightwell-2/ Jumbo Brightwell]<br />
<br />
== Discography ==<br />
[[Songs from the Eel’s Foot]], [[Topic Records]], TSDL261, 1975 [https://www.topicrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/TSDL261.pdf PDF booklet]<br />
<br />
Compilations:<br />
* [[Sing, Say and Play|Sing, Say and Play: Traditional Songs & Music From Suffolk]], [[Topic Records]], 12TS375<br />
* [[MTCD339-0 A Story to Tell: Keith Summers in Suffolk 1972-9|A Story to Tell: Keith Summers in Suffolk 1972-9]], [[Musical Traditions]], MTCD339-0<br />
* [[Who's That at my Bed Window?|Who's That at my Bed Window? (Voice of the People Volume 10]] Track 17<br /><br />
* [[We've Received Orders to Sail|We've Received Orders to Sail (Voice of the People Volume 12]] Track 01<br /><br />
* [[Troubles They Are But Few|Troubles They Are But Few (Voice of the People Volume 14]] Track 06<br /><br />
* [[My Ship Shall Sail the Ocean|My Ship Shall Sail the Ocean (Voice of the People Volume 2]] Track 21<br /><br />
* [[[O'er His Grave the Grass Grew Green|O'er His Grave the Grass Grew Green (Voice of the People Volume 3]] Track 01<br /><br />
<br />
[[Category:Singer]]<br />
[[Category:Suffolk]]</div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=Jumbo_Brightwell&diff=15025Jumbo Brightwell2022-02-14T14:29:07Z<p>Andyturner: </p>
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<div>William 'Jumbo' Brightwell, born 1900, Little Glenham, [[Suffolk]]. Singer recorded in 1947 by [[Ernest John Moeran|E.J.Moeran]], and in the 1970s by [[Keith Summers]] and [[Tony Engle]].<br />
<br />
His father [[Velvet Brightwell]] was also a singer.<br />
<br />
== External References == <br />
Article by Chris Foster on the [[East Anglian Traditional Music Trust]] website: [https://www.eatmt.org.uk/jumbo-brightwell-2/ Jumbo Brightwell]<br />
<br />
== Discography ==<br />
[[Songs from the Eel’s Foot]], [[Topic Records]], TSDL261, 1975 [https://www.topicrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/TSDL261.pdf PDF booklet]<br />
<br />
Compilations:<br />
* [[Sing, Say and Play|Sing, Say and Play: Traditional Songs & Music From Suffolk]], [[Topic Records]], 12TS375<br />
* [[A Story to Tell|A Story to Tell: Keith Summers in Suffolk 1972-9]], [[Musical Traditions]], MTCD339-0<br />
<br />
[[Category:Singer]]<br />
[[Category:Suffolk]]</div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=Jumbo_Brightwell&diff=14988Jumbo Brightwell2022-02-13T19:48:39Z<p>Andyturner: Starter post</p>
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<div>William 'Jumbo' Brightwell, born 1900, Little Glenham, [[Suffolk]]. Singer recorded in 1947 by [[Ernest John Moeran|E.J.Moeran]], and in the 1970s by [[Keith Summers]] and [[Tony Engle]].<br />
<br />
His father [[Velvet Brightwell]] was also a singer.<br />
<br />
== External References == <br />
Article by Chris Foster on the [[East Anglian Traditional Music Trust]] website: [https://www.eatmt.org.uk/jumbo-brightwell-2/ Jumbo Brightwell]<br />
<br />
== Discography ==<br />
Songs from the Eel’s Foot, Topic Records, TSDL261, 1975 [https://www.topicrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/TSDL261.pdf PDF booklet]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Singer]]<br />
[[Category:Suffolk]]</div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=Robert_Hurr&diff=14858Robert Hurr2021-09-22T15:59:35Z<p>Andyturner: Stub</p>
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<div>'''Robert Hurr''' (1855-1934), singer and [[concertina]]-player from [[Southwold]] in [[Suffolk]] who sang for [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] and [[George Butterworth]].<br />
<br />
See [https://unsunghistories.info/the-real-ben-hurr Katie Howson, ''The Real Ben Hurr: The Hurr brothers of Southwold, singers & fishermen'']<br />
<br />
[[Category: Singer]]<br />
<br />
[[Category: Suffolk]]</div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=William_Hurr&diff=14857William Hurr2021-09-22T15:58:17Z<p>Andyturner: Stub</p>
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<div>'''William Hurr''' (1843-1925), singer from [[Southwold]] in [[Suffolk]] who sang for [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] and [[George Butterworth]].<br />
<br />
See [https://unsunghistories.info/the-real-ben-hurr Katie Howson, ''The Real Ben Hurr: The Hurr brothers of Southwold, singers & fishermen''] and [https://unsunghistories.info/a-life-through-five-sovereigns-william-hurr-senior Katie Howson, ''A Life through Five Sovereigns: Stories from the life of William Hurr senior, Southwold'']<br />
<br />
[[Category: Singer]]<br />
<br />
[[Category: Suffolk]]</div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=Ben_Hurr&diff=14856Ben Hurr2021-09-22T15:56:07Z<p>Andyturner: Stub</p>
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<div>'''Ben Hurr''' (1860-1934), singer from [[Southwold]] in [[Suffolk]] who sang for [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] and [[George Butterworth]].<br />
<br />
See [https://unsunghistories.info/the-real-ben-hurr Katie Howson, ''The Real Ben Hurr: The Hurr brothers of Southwold, singers & fishermen'']<br />
<br />
[[Category: Singer]]<br />
<br />
[[Category: Suffolk]]</div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=Singers_by_County&diff=14855Singers by County2021-09-22T15:51:18Z<p>Andyturner: /* Gloucestershire */</p>
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<div>The thrust of this section is to identify what we might call 'traditional' singers. These are distinct from the singers who have learned via the folk revival initiated in the 1950s and continuing today. <br />
<br />
Which singers should go in this category? That's open to discussion. The starting point is the era of recording, ie. those singers who sang into the cylinder machines of the early collectors, followed by the early reel-to-reel tape machines and then the newer technologies, probably as far as the turn of the millenium. What we include before and after that is open to discussion and interpretation of what constitutes a 'traditional singer'<br />
<br />
They are more likely to have learned their songs within the family or the community rather than off recordings but even this factor is fraught with difficulty. Probably the best approach is to take a stab at it and accept the flaws.<br />
<br />
Classifying singers by County is probably as good an approach as any. That's often how the collectors did it. <br />
<br />
But some of the Counties have changed! Let's include them anyway, for a while at least!<br />
<br />
==North East==<br />
<br />
<br />
===[[Northumberland]]===<br />
<br />
===[[County Durham]]===<br />
[[Jack Elliott]]<br />
<br />
===[[Yorkshire]]===<br />
<br />
==North West==<br />
<br />
===[[Cumbria:Cumberland:Westmorland]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Lancashire]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Greater Manchester]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Merseyside]]===<br />
<br />
==West Midlands==<br />
<br />
===[[Cheshire]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Staffordshire]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Shropshire]]===<br />
<br />
[[Fred Jordan]]<br />
<br />
===[[West Midlands County]]===<br />
<br />
[[Cecilia Costello]]<br />
<br />
[[George Dunn]]<br />
<br />
===[[Herefordshire]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Warwickshire]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Worcestershire]]===<br />
<br />
==East Midlands==<br />
<br />
===[[Derbyshire]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Nottinghamshire]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Leicestershire]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Rutland]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Humberside]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Lincolnshire]]===<br />
<br />
[[Joseph Leaning]]<br />
<br />
[[Joseph Taylor]]<br />
<br />
[[George Wray]]<br />
<br />
==East Anglia==<br />
<br />
<br />
===[[Norfolk]]===<br />
<br />
[[Harry Cox]]<br />
<br />
[[Sam Larner]]<br />
<br />
[[Walter Pardon]]<br />
<br />
===[[Suffolk]]===<br />
<br />
[[Alec Bloomfield]]<br />
<br />
[[George Bloomfield]]<br />
<br />
[[Harry Bloomfield]]<br />
<br />
[[Jumbo Brightwell]]<br />
<br />
[[Velvet Brightwell]]<br />
<br />
[[Ted Chaplin]]<br />
<br />
[[Hubert Freeman]]<br />
<br />
[[Bob Hart]]<br />
<br />
[[Tony Harvey]]<br />
<br />
[[Ben Hurr]]<br />
<br />
[[Robert Hurr]] <br />
<br />
[[William Hurr]] <br />
<br />
[[Roy Last]]<br />
<br />
[[Fred Ling]]<br />
<br />
[[Geoff Ling]]<br />
<br />
[[Percy Ling]]<br />
<br />
[[Fred List]]<br />
<br />
[[Harry List]]<br />
<br />
[[Cyril Poacher]]<br />
<br />
[[Bob Roberts]]<br />
<br />
[[Phoebe Smith]]<br />
<br />
[[Fred Whiting]]<br />
<br />
===[[Cambridgeshire]]===<br />
<br />
==South Midlands==<br />
<br />
===Northamptonshire===<br />
<br />
===Bedfordshire===<br />
<br />
===Buckinghamshire===<br />
<br />
===[[Oxfordshire]]===<br />
<br />
[[Joseph Alcock]]<br />
<br />
[[Bob Arnold]]<br />
<br />
[[Shadrack Hayden|Shadrack 'Shepherd' Hayden]]<br />
<br />
[[Tom Newman]]<br />
<br />
[[Freda Palmer]]<br />
<br />
[[William Pratley]]<br />
<br />
[[George Rimell]]<br />
<br />
[[Francis Shergold]]<br />
<br />
[[Charlie Tanner]]<br />
<br />
[[Son Townsend]]<br />
<br />
[[William Walton]]<br />
<br />
[[Fred Webb]]<br />
<br />
[[Henry Webb]]<br />
<br />
<br />
===[[Berkshire]]===<br />
<br />
==London and South East==<br />
<br />
===[[London]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Middlesex]]===<br />
<br />
===Surrey===<br />
<br />
===Essex===<br />
<br />
===[[Kent]]===<br />
[[Ethel Apps]]<br />
<br />
[[Frances Baker]]<br />
<br />
[[Harry Baker]]<br />
<br />
[[Charles Barling]]<br />
<br />
[[Harry Barling]]<br />
<br />
[[Batt Family]]<br />
<br />
[[Albert Beale]]<br />
<br />
[[James Beale]]<br />
<br />
[[George Benstead]]<br />
<br />
[[Charles Boulding]]<br />
<br />
[[Charlie Bridger]]<br />
<br />
[[Ted Briggs]]<br />
<br />
[[William Crampton]]<br />
<br />
[[Bill Epps]]<br />
<br />
[[Tim Fidler]]<br />
<br />
[[Jack Goodban]]<br />
<br />
[[Henry Greengrass]]<br />
<br />
[[Alice Harden]]<br />
<br />
[[William Harding]]<br />
<br />
[[Samuel Holdstock]]<br />
<br />
[[John Johnson]]<br />
<br />
[[John Lancefield]]<br />
<br />
[[Ted Lancefield]]<br />
<br />
[[Clarke Lonkhurst]]<br />
<br />
[[Frances Lurcock]]<br />
<br />
[[Fred Mannering]]<br />
<br />
[[Jim Mannering]]<br />
<br />
[[Millen Family]]<br />
<br />
[[William Newport]]<br />
<br />
[[Kate Oliver]]<br />
<br />
[[Fred Ring]]<br />
<br />
[[Bill Rolph]]<br />
<br />
[[Will Sawkins]]<br />
<br />
[[Charlie Scamp]]<br />
<br />
[[Phoebe Smith]]<br />
<br />
[[George Spicer]]<br />
<br />
[[Fred Wanstall]]<br />
<br />
[[Chris Willett]]<br />
<br />
[[Tom Willett]]<br />
<br />
==South==<br />
<br />
===[[Sussex]]===<br />
<br />
* [[George Attrill]]<br />
<br />
* [[Rabbidy Baxter]]<br />
<br />
* [[George Belton]]<br />
<br />
* [[Bob Blake]]<br />
<br />
* [[Henry Burstow]]<br />
<br />
* [[Lily Cook]]<br />
<br />
* [[The Copper Family]]<br />
<br />
* [[Johnny Doughty]]<br />
<br />
* [[Louie Fuller]]<br />
<br />
* [[Noah Gillette]]<br />
<br />
* [[Gordon Hall]]<br />
<br />
* [[Mabs Hall]]<br />
<br />
* [[Mary Ann Haynes]]<br />
<br />
* [[John Johnson]]<br />
<br />
* [[Bob Lewis]]<br />
<br />
* [[Pop Maynard|George 'Pop' Maynard]]<br />
<br />
* [[Cyril Phillips]]<br />
<br />
* [[George Spicer]]<br />
<br />
* [[Ron Spicer]]<br />
<br />
* [[Jim Swain]]<br />
<br />
* [[Scan Tester]]<br />
<br />
* [[Harry Upton]]<br />
<br />
===[[Hampshire]]===<br />
see list at http://www.forest-tracks.co.uk/hampshirevoices/pages/singers.html<br />
<br />
===[[Dorset]]===<br />
<br />
==South West==<br />
<br />
===Gloucestershire===<br />
<br />
* [[Mildred Akers]]<br />
<br />
* [[Henry Charles Albino]]<br />
<br />
* [[Ann Aston]]<br />
<br />
* [[Henry Barrett]]<br />
<br />
* [[William Baylis]]<br />
<br />
* [[Frederick Bee]]<br />
<br />
* [[Danny Brazil]]<br />
<br />
* [[Harry Brazil]]<br />
<br />
* [[Hyram Brazil]]<br />
<br />
* [[Lemmy Brazil]]<br />
<br />
* [[Tom Brazil]]<br />
<br />
* [[William Hedges]]<br />
<br />
* [[George Hill]]<br />
<br />
* [[Daniel Morgan]]<br />
<br />
* [[C S Neal]]<br />
<br />
* [[Thomas Lanchbury]]<br />
<br />
===Avon===<br />
<br />
===Somerset===<br />
<br />
===[[Devon]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Cornwall]]===</div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=Singers_by_County&diff=14854Singers by County2021-09-22T15:50:48Z<p>Andyturner: /* Suffolk */</p>
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<div>The thrust of this section is to identify what we might call 'traditional' singers. These are distinct from the singers who have learned via the folk revival initiated in the 1950s and continuing today. <br />
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Which singers should go in this category? That's open to discussion. The starting point is the era of recording, ie. those singers who sang into the cylinder machines of the early collectors, followed by the early reel-to-reel tape machines and then the newer technologies, probably as far as the turn of the millenium. What we include before and after that is open to discussion and interpretation of what constitutes a 'traditional singer'<br />
<br />
They are more likely to have learned their songs within the family or the community rather than off recordings but even this factor is fraught with difficulty. Probably the best approach is to take a stab at it and accept the flaws.<br />
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Classifying singers by County is probably as good an approach as any. That's often how the collectors did it. <br />
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But some of the Counties have changed! Let's include them anyway, for a while at least!<br />
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==North East==<br />
<br />
<br />
===[[Northumberland]]===<br />
<br />
===[[County Durham]]===<br />
[[Jack Elliott]]<br />
<br />
===[[Yorkshire]]===<br />
<br />
==North West==<br />
<br />
===[[Cumbria:Cumberland:Westmorland]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Lancashire]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Greater Manchester]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Merseyside]]===<br />
<br />
==West Midlands==<br />
<br />
===[[Cheshire]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Staffordshire]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Shropshire]]===<br />
<br />
[[Fred Jordan]]<br />
<br />
===[[West Midlands County]]===<br />
<br />
[[Cecilia Costello]]<br />
<br />
[[George Dunn]]<br />
<br />
===[[Herefordshire]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Warwickshire]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Worcestershire]]===<br />
<br />
==East Midlands==<br />
<br />
===[[Derbyshire]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Nottinghamshire]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Leicestershire]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Rutland]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Humberside]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Lincolnshire]]===<br />
<br />
[[Joseph Leaning]]<br />
<br />
[[Joseph Taylor]]<br />
<br />
[[George Wray]]<br />
<br />
==East Anglia==<br />
<br />
<br />
===[[Norfolk]]===<br />
<br />
[[Harry Cox]]<br />
<br />
[[Sam Larner]]<br />
<br />
[[Walter Pardon]]<br />
<br />
===[[Suffolk]]===<br />
<br />
[[Alec Bloomfield]]<br />
<br />
[[George Bloomfield]]<br />
<br />
[[Harry Bloomfield]]<br />
<br />
[[Jumbo Brightwell]]<br />
<br />
[[Velvet Brightwell]]<br />
<br />
[[Ted Chaplin]]<br />
<br />
[[Hubert Freeman]]<br />
<br />
[[Bob Hart]]<br />
<br />
[[Tony Harvey]]<br />
<br />
[[Ben Hurr]]<br />
<br />
[[Robert Hurr]] <br />
<br />
[[William Hurr]] <br />
<br />
[[Roy Last]]<br />
<br />
[[Fred Ling]]<br />
<br />
[[Geoff Ling]]<br />
<br />
[[Percy Ling]]<br />
<br />
[[Fred List]]<br />
<br />
[[Harry List]]<br />
<br />
[[Cyril Poacher]]<br />
<br />
[[Bob Roberts]]<br />
<br />
[[Phoebe Smith]]<br />
<br />
[[Fred Whiting]]<br />
<br />
===[[Cambridgeshire]]===<br />
<br />
==South Midlands==<br />
<br />
===Northamptonshire===<br />
<br />
===Bedfordshire===<br />
<br />
===Buckinghamshire===<br />
<br />
===[[Oxfordshire]]===<br />
<br />
[[Joseph Alcock]]<br />
<br />
[[Bob Arnold]]<br />
<br />
[[Shadrack Hayden|Shadrack 'Shepherd' Hayden]]<br />
<br />
[[Tom Newman]]<br />
<br />
[[Freda Palmer]]<br />
<br />
[[William Pratley]]<br />
<br />
[[George Rimell]]<br />
<br />
[[Francis Shergold]]<br />
<br />
[[Charlie Tanner]]<br />
<br />
[[Son Townsend]]<br />
<br />
[[William Walton]]<br />
<br />
[[Fred Webb]]<br />
<br />
[[Henry Webb]]<br />
<br />
<br />
===[[Berkshire]]===<br />
<br />
==London and South East==<br />
<br />
===[[London]]===<br />
<br />
===[[Middlesex]]===<br />
<br />
===Surrey===<br />
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===Essex===<br />
<br />
===[[Kent]]===<br />
[[Ethel Apps]]<br />
<br />
[[Frances Baker]]<br />
<br />
[[Harry Baker]]<br />
<br />
[[Charles Barling]]<br />
<br />
[[Harry Barling]]<br />
<br />
[[Batt Family]]<br />
<br />
[[Albert Beale]]<br />
<br />
[[James Beale]]<br />
<br />
[[George Benstead]]<br />
<br />
[[Charles Boulding]]<br />
<br />
[[Charlie Bridger]]<br />
<br />
[[Ted Briggs]]<br />
<br />
[[William Crampton]]<br />
<br />
[[Bill Epps]]<br />
<br />
[[Tim Fidler]]<br />
<br />
[[Jack Goodban]]<br />
<br />
[[Henry Greengrass]]<br />
<br />
[[Alice Harden]]<br />
<br />
[[William Harding]]<br />
<br />
[[Samuel Holdstock]]<br />
<br />
[[John Johnson]]<br />
<br />
[[John Lancefield]]<br />
<br />
[[Ted Lancefield]]<br />
<br />
[[Clarke Lonkhurst]]<br />
<br />
[[Frances Lurcock]]<br />
<br />
[[Fred Mannering]]<br />
<br />
[[Jim Mannering]]<br />
<br />
[[Millen Family]]<br />
<br />
[[William Newport]]<br />
<br />
[[Kate Oliver]]<br />
<br />
[[Fred Ring]]<br />
<br />
[[Bill Rolph]]<br />
<br />
[[Will Sawkins]]<br />
<br />
[[Charlie Scamp]]<br />
<br />
[[Phoebe Smith]]<br />
<br />
[[George Spicer]]<br />
<br />
[[Fred Wanstall]]<br />
<br />
[[Chris Willett]]<br />
<br />
[[Tom Willett]]<br />
<br />
==South==<br />
<br />
===[[Sussex]]===<br />
<br />
* [[George Attrill]]<br />
<br />
* [[Rabbidy Baxter]]<br />
<br />
* [[George Belton]]<br />
<br />
* [[Bob Blake]]<br />
<br />
* [[Henry Burstow]]<br />
<br />
* [[Lily Cook]]<br />
<br />
* [[The Copper Family]]<br />
<br />
* [[Johnny Doughty]]<br />
<br />
* [[Louie Fuller]]<br />
<br />
* [[Noah Gillette]]<br />
<br />
* [[Gordon Hall]]<br />
<br />
* [[Mabs Hall]]<br />
<br />
* [[Mary Ann Haynes]]<br />
<br />
* [[John Johnson]]<br />
<br />
* [[Bob Lewis]]<br />
<br />
* [[Pop Maynard|George 'Pop' Maynard]]<br />
<br />
* [[Cyril Phillips]]<br />
<br />
* [[George Spicer]]<br />
<br />
* [[Ron Spicer]]<br />
<br />
* [[Jim Swain]]<br />
<br />
* [[Scan Tester]]<br />
<br />
* [[Harry Upton]]<br />
<br />
===[[Hampshire]]===<br />
see list at http://www.forest-tracks.co.uk/hampshirevoices/pages/singers.html<br />
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===[[Dorset]]===<br />
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==South West==<br />
<br />
===Gloucestershire===<br />
<br />
* [[Mildred Akers]]<br />
<br />
* [[Henry Charles Albino]]<br />
<br />
* [[Henry Barrett]]<br />
<br />
* [[William Baylis]]<br />
<br />
* [[Frederick Bee]]<br />
<br />
* [[Danny Brazil]]<br />
<br />
* [[Harry Brazil]]<br />
<br />
* [[Hyram Brazil]]<br />
<br />
* [[Lemmy Brazil]]<br />
<br />
* [[Tom Brazil]]<br />
<br />
* [[William Hedges]]<br />
<br />
* [[George Hill]]<br />
<br />
* [[Daniel Morgan]]<br />
<br />
* [[C S Neal]]<br />
<br />
* [[Thomas Lanchbury]]<br />
<br />
===Avon===<br />
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===Somerset===<br />
<br />
===[[Devon]]===<br />
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===[[Cornwall]]===</div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=West_Gallery_Music&diff=14853West Gallery Music2021-09-22T15:44:38Z<p>Andyturner: </p>
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<div>'''West Gallery Music''' is a term coined to describe the music performed in English country churches during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It is so called because the music was typically perfromed by a group of singers and musicians housed in the West Gallery of the church. The music is sometimes also referred to as 'Georgian Psalmody' since it flourished in the reigns of George I to George IV.<br />
<br />
Our knowledge of the West Gallery repertoire is drawn from printed sources (e.g. [[William Knapp|William Knapp's]] published works) and from surviving musicians' and singers' manuscript books. [[Metrical Psalms]] were the most common type of music performed, along with anthems and some hymns. The repertoire also included a significant number of pieces suitable to be sung at Christmas and for funerals. Few of the pieces sung by West Gallery 'quires' were composed by professional musicians. Most were composed by artisans and craftsmen: for example, [[William Knapp]] was apprenticed as a glovemaker, [[Thomas Clark]] worked as a shoemaker, [[James Nuttall]] was a weaver. West Gallery Music can thus be viewed as an example of genuine folk art - particularly since the versions found in musicians' manuscript books often show marked discrepancies from the composer's original, differences which sometimes suggest a degree of oral transmission.<br />
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The music had largely died out by the middle of the nineteenth century. One interpretation is that singers and musicians were driven out of the church by reforming Church of England parsons determined to establish control over the music sung during their services. In Sussex, however, Lucy Broadwood told a different story. See [[Media:LEB_West_Gallery.pdf]]. But, for whatever reasons, fiddle, cello, clarinet and bassoon were replaced by some form of organ; while the metrical translations of the psalms by [[Tate and Brady]] or [[Sternhold and Hopkins]] were superseded by ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymns_Ancient_and_Modern Hymns Ancient and Modern]''.<br />
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However the music survived in a number of places. Having crossed the Atlantic in the eighteenth century the West Gallery style developed into [[Shape Note Singing]] (of which the [[Sacred Harp]] tradition is the best known example. Meanwhile, back in England, musical settings composed by West Gallery composers survive in the carol-singing traditions of [[Padstow]] in [[Cornwall]], and in South [[Yorkshire]] and [[Derbyshire]] - in villages such as [[Oughtibridge]] and [[Grenoside]] near [[Sheffield]], and [[Castleton]] in the Derbyshire Peak District.<br />
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Since the mid-1970s there has been a revival of interest in performing music from the West Gallery repertoire, prompted by the researches of [[Vic Gammon]], [[Gordon Ashman]], [[Dave Townsend]] and others. The West Gallery Music Association supports both research in, and performance of, this music.<br />
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Vic Gammon's 'The Rise and Fall of the West Gallery: popular religious music in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries' was published as a chapter in the ''Routledge Companion to Folk Performance,'' edited By Peter Harrop and Steve Roud, July 2021. PDF images of the author's PowerPoint presentation in support of the chapter are available here [[Media:TSF_West_Gallery_Presentation-compressed_copy.pdf]]. A recording of the presentation, including audio playback of the sound examples, is posted at YouTube here [[https://youtu.be/pZmpALZkqEI]]. The presentation begins about 1 hour and 10 minutes into the recording.<br />
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'''External links'''<br />
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[http://www.rodingmusic.co.uk/index.htm Roding Music] - is Francis Roads' website of West Gallery church music. It is dedicated to encouraging choirs to sing music from this repertoire by offering free downloads and information about the genre.<br />
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[http://www.wgma.org.uk/ West Gallery Music Association website] - a great deal of useful information, with links to other sites dealing with this music.<br />
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[http://www.wgma.org.uk/Articles/intro.htm Gordon Ashman, ''Introduction to West Gallery Music''] - online version of an article which first appeared in [[English Dance and Song]], 56 (4), Winter 1994.<br />
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[http://www.radical-musicology.org.uk/2006/Gammon.htm Vic Gammon, ''Problems in the Performance and Historiography of English Popular Church Music'', Radical Musicology Volume 1 (2006)]<br />
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[https://youtu.be/pZmpALZkqEI?t=4283 Vic Gammon, ''The Rise and Fall of the West Gallery: popular religious music in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries'', TSF Online meeting 28, Sunday 11 July 2021]</div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=Penguin_Book_of_English_Folk_Songs&diff=14852Penguin Book of English Folk Songs2021-09-22T07:24:26Z<p>Andyturner: Added bibliographic details and contents list from https://mainlynorfolk.info/lloyd/books/penguinbookofenglishfolksongs.html Wikified Lewis' list of songs and modes</p>
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<div><br />
Links to the [[Song Books]] page and to [[Tune Analysis: How To Dissect, Interpret and Categorize Anglo-American, Celtic and English Folk Melodies]].<br />
<br />
Originally published as 'The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs', edited by [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] and [[A.L. Lloyd]], Penguin Books, 1959.<br />
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Revised edition published as 'Classic English Folk Songs', selected and edited by [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] and [[A.L. Lloyd]], revised by [[Malcolm Douglas]], [[English Folk Dance & Song Society]], London, 2003.<br />
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== Contents of the book ==<br />
[[All Things Are Quite Silent]] ([[Roud 2532]])<br />
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[[As Sylvie Was Walking]] ([[Roud 170]])<br />
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[[The Banks of Green Willow]] ([[Roud 172]]; [[Child 24]])<br />
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[[The Banks of Newfoundland]] ([[Roud 1812]]; [[Laws K25]])<br />
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[[The Banks of Sweet Primroses]] ([[Roud 586]])<br />
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[[The Basket of Eggs]] ([[Roud 377]])<br />
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[[Benjamin Bowmaneer]] ([[Roud 1514]])<br />
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[[The Blacksmith]] ([[Roud 816]])<br />
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[[The Bold Benjamin]] ([[Roud 2632]])<br />
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[[The Bramble Briar]] ([[Roud 18]]; [[Laws M32]])<br />
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[[The Broomfield Hill]] ([[Roud 34]]; [[Child 43]]; [[Greig/Duncan 2:322]]; [[Henry H135]])<br />
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[[The Cock-Fight]] ([[Roud 211]])<br />
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[[The Cruel Mother]] ([[Roud 9]]; [[Child 20]])<br />
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[[The Daughter of Peggy, O]] ([[Roud 117]]; [[Child 277]]; [[Greig/Duncan 7:1282]])<br />
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[[Death and the Lady]] ([[Roud 1031]])<br />
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[[The Death of Queen Jane]] ([[Roud 77]]; [[Child 170]])<br />
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[[The Deserter from Kent]] ([[Roud 2510]])<br />
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[[The Devil and the Ploughman]] ([[Roud 160]]; [[Child 278]])<br />
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[[Droylsden Wakes]] ([[Roud 3290]])<br />
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[[The False Bride]] ([[Roud 154]]; [[Greig/Duncan 6:1198]])<br />
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[[Fare Thee Well, My Dearest Dear]] ([[Roud 1035]])<br />
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[[Gaol Song]] ([[Roud 1077]])<br />
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[[The Gentleman Soldier]] ([[Roud 178]])<br />
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[[Geordie]] ([[Roud 90]]; [[Child 209]])<br />
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[[George Collins]] ([[Roud 147]]; [[Child 85]])<br />
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[[The Golden Vanity]] ([[Roud 122]]; [[Child 286]])<br />
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[[The Green Bed]] ([[Roud 276]]; [[Laws K36]])<br />
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[[The Greenland Whale Fishery]] ([[Roud 347]]; [[Laws K21]])<br />
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[[The Grey Cock / The Lover's Ghost]] ([[Roud 179]]; [[Child 248]])<br />
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[[I Wish, I Wish]] ([[Roud 495]])<br />
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[[Jack the Jolly Tar]] ([[Roud 511]]; [[Laws K40]])<br />
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[[John Barleycorn]] ([[Roud 164]])<br />
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[[Lisbon]] ([[Roud 551]]; [[Laws N8]])<br />
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[[Long Lankin]] ([[Roud 6]]; [[Child 93]])<br />
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[[Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor]] ([[Roud 4]]; [[Child 73]])<br />
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[[Lovely Joan]] ([[Roud 592]])<br />
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[[Lucy Wan]] ([[Roud 234]]; [[Child 51]])<br />
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[[Manchester Angel|The Manchester “Angel”]] ([[Roud 2741]])<br />
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[[Man of Burningham Town |The Man of Burningham Town]] ([[Roud 665]])<br />
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[[Mermaid, The|The Mermaid]] ([[Roud 124]]; [[Child 289]])<br />
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[[Mother, Mother, Make My Bed]] ([[Roud 45]])<br />
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[[New York Trader , The|The New York Trader]] ([[Roud 478]]; [[Laws K22]])<br />
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[[O Shepherd, O Shepherd]] ([[Roud 1055]])<br />
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[[Old Man from Lee, The|The Old Man from Lee]] ([[Roud 362]]; [[Greig/Duncan 4:815]])<br />
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[[On Monday Morning]] ([[Roud 433]]; [[Laws Q6]])<br />
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[[One Night As I Lay on My Bed]] ([[Roud 672]])<br />
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[[Outlandish Knight, The|The Outlandish Knight]] ([[Roud 21]]; [[Child 4]])<br />
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[[T'Owd Yowe Wi' One Horn]] ([[Roud 1762]])<br />
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[[Oxford City]] ([[Roud 218]]; [[Laws P30]])<br />
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[[Ploughman, The|The Ploughman]] ([[Roud 2538]])<br />
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[[Ratcliffe Highway]] ([[Roud 598]])<br />
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[[Red Herring , The|The Red Herring]] ([[Roud 128]]; [[ TYG 31]])<br />
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[[Robin Hood and the Pedlar]] ([[Roud 333]]; [[Child 132]])<br />
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[[Rounding the Horn]] ([[Roud 4706]]; [[Henry H539]])<br />
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[[Royal Oak, The|The Royal Oak]] ([[Roud 951]])<br />
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[[Sailor from Dover, The|The Sailor from Dover]] ([[Roud 180]]; [[Laws P9]])<br />
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[[A Sailor in the North Country]] ([[Roud 1504]])<br />
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[[Sailor in the North Country, The|A Sailor's Life]] ([[Roud 273]]; [[Laws K12]])<br />
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[[Salisbury Plain]] ([[Roud 1487]])<br />
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[[Ship in Distress, The|The Ship in Distress]] ([[Roud 807]])<br />
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[[Six Dukes Went A-Fishing]] ([[Roud 78]])<br />
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[[Streams of Lovely Nancy, The|The Streams of Lovely Nancy]] ([[Roud 688]]; [[Henry H520]])<br />
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[[Trees They Grow So High, The|The Trees They Grow So High]] ([[Roud 31]]; [[Laws O35]])<br />
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[[Whale-Catchers , The|The Whale-Catchers]] ([[Roud 3291]])<br />
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[[When I Was a Little Boy]] ([[Roud 1706]])<br />
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[[When I Was Young]] ([[Roud 2583]])<br />
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[[Ye Mar'ners All]] ([[Roud 1191]])<br />
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[[Young and Single Sailor, The|The Young and Single Sailor]] ([[Roud 264]]; [[Laws N42]])<br />
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[[Young Edwin in the Lowlands Low / Young Emma]] ([[Roud 182]]; [[Laws M34]])<br />
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[[Young Girl Cut Down in Her Prime]] ([[Roud 2]]; [[Laws Q26]])<br />
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== Analysis of the 70 tunes in Ralph Vaughan Williams and A.L. Lloyd (1959) ''The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs'' ==<br />
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''The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs'' contains 70 tunes. Of these 31 are plagal and 13 are authentic. There are 25 tunes that are mainly authentic but that contain at least one note that is below the keynote (sub-keynote), or, in one case, (Number 31, ''Jack, the Jolly Tar''), two notes that are above the keynote (super-keynotes). One tune (Number 29, ''The Grey Cock'') has 2 variant keynotes, one of which renders it as authentic and the other as mainly authentic. These tunes in ''The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs'' all have either D or G as their keynote. With one exception, (Number 52, ''The Red Herring'', which is authentic) these tunes whose keynote is G are plagal, whereas tunes whose keynote is D are authentic or mainly authentic and, except for Number 31, ''Jack, the Jolly Tar'', they have sub-keynotes such, for example, as the C below the keynote.<br />
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Full seven-note Heptatonic scales number 58, or c.82 per cent. There are 11 (c.15 per cent) six-note Hexatonic scales, and 2 (c.3 per cent) five-note Pentatonic scales. One tune, (Number 19, Droyelsden Wakes), has a 4 note scale.<br />
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There are 21 tunes (c.30 per cent) in the Ionian, or major scale (17 pure heptatonic, 2 heptatonic with accidentals, 1 hexatonic and 1 --'Droylesden Wakes'--with only 4 notes of the scale). There are 11 (c.16 per cent) Mixoydian tunes (7 pure heptatonic, 2 heptatonic with accidentals, 1 hexatonic and 1 pentatonic). The Aeolian melodies number 12 (c.17 per cent) of which 7 are pure heptatonic, 4 heptatonic with accidentals, and 1 pentatonic. There are 25 Dorian tunes (c.36 per cent) of which 16 are pure heptatonic, 2 heptatonic with accidentals, and 7 hexatonic. Finally, 1 tune --'The Trees They Grow So High'-- is pure heptatonic Phrygian.<br />
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For definitions and explanations of authentic and plagal scales, and of the different scales and modes, see [[Scales and Musical Modes in Celtic, Anglo-American and English Folk Songs]].<br />
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== Full Detailed Listing ==<br />
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1 [[All Things are Quite Silent]] [1904] Heptatonic D Dorian Authentic<br><br />
2 [[As Sylvie Was Walking]] [1911] Heptatonic D Aeolian 1 B natural--sharpened 7th, so tune modulates between Aeolian and a modern minor key Authentic<br><br />
3 [[Banks of Green Willow, The]] [1904] Hexatonic G Ionian no C (4th) Plagal<br><br />
4 [[Banks of Newfoundland, The]] [1926] Heptatonic D Mixolydian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote A<br><br />
5 [[Banks of Sweet Primroses, The]] [1892] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
6 [[Basket of Eggs, The]] [1903] Heptatonic G Aeolian Plagal<br><br />
7 [[Benjamin Bowmaneer]] [n.d.] Hexatonic G Dorian no E (6th) Plagal<br><br />
8 [[Blacksmith, The]] [1909] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
9 [[Bold Benjamin, The]] [1907] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
10 [[Bramble Briar, The]] [1914] Heptatonic D Ionian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
11 [[Broomfield Hill, The]] [1910] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
12 [[Cock-Fight, The]] [1905] Heptatonic D Aeolian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
13 [[Cruel Mother, The]] [1907] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
14 [[Daughter of Peggy, O, The]] [1908] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
15 [[Death and the Lady]] [1946] Heptatonic D Ionian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynotes C and B<br><br />
16 [[Death of Queen Jane, The]] [1907] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
17 [[Deserter from Kent, The]] [1907] Heptatonic D Ionian Plagal<br><br />
18 [[Devil and the Ploughman, The]] [1903] Heptatonic E Aeolian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynotes D and C<br><br />
19 [[Droylsden Wakes]] [n.d.] 4-note scale G Ionian no C (4th), E (6th) or F (7th) Plagal<br><br />
20 [[False Bride, The]] [1904] Heptatonic G Ionian 1 flattened F (7th) so tune modulates between Ionian and Mixolydian Plagal<br><br />
21 [[Fare Thee Well, my Dearest Dear]] [1904] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
22 [[Gaol Song]] [1906] Pentatonic D Aeolian no B (6th) or C (7th) Authentic<br><br />
23 [[Gentleman Soldier, The]] [1907] Pentatonic G Mixolydian no E (6th) or F (7th) Plagal<br><br />
24 [[Geordie]] [1908] Hexatonic G Dorian no E (6th) Plagal<br><br />
25 [[George Collins]] [1906] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
26 [[Golden Vanity, The]] [1906] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
27 [[Green Bed, The]] [1909] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
28 [[Greenland Whale Fishery, The]] [1906] Heptatonic G Mixolydian 1 sharpened F so tune modulates between Mixolydian and Ionian Plagal<br><br />
29 [[Grey Cock, The]] [1951] Heptatonic D Aeolian or F Ionian with alternative keynote. Authentic as D Aeolian, Mainly Authentic--sub-keynotes E and D as F Ionian<br><br />
30 [[I Wish, I Wish]] [1951] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
31 [[Jack the Jolly Tar]] [1904] Heptatonic D Ionian Mainly Authentic--super-keynotes E and F<br><br />
32 [[John Barleycorn]] [1909] Heptatonic D Dorian Authentic<br><br />
33 [[Lisbon]] [1904] Heptatonic D Dorian 2 Cs (7ths) both sharpened--influence of modern mior scales? Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
34 [[Long Lankin]] [1909] Heptatonic G Aeolian the 1 F is sharpened so tune modulates between Aeolian and a modern minor scale. Plagal<br><br />
35 [[Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor]] [1904] Heptatonic D Mixolydian Authentic<br><br />
36 [[Lovely Joan]] [1908] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
37 [[Lucy Wan]] [n.d.] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
38 [[Manchester ‘Angel’, The]] [1906] Heptatonic D Aeolian Authentic<br><br />
39 [[Man of Burningham Town, The]] [1908] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
40 [[Mermaid, The]] [1906] Heptatonic G Aeolian Plagal<br><br />
41 [[Mother, Mother, Make My Bed]] [1906] Heptatonic D Mixolydian Authentic<br><br />
42 [[New York Trader, The]] [1921] Hexatonic D Dorian no B (6th) so tune could be either Dorian or Aeolian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
43 [[O Shepherd, O Shepherd]] [1906] Hexatonic G Dorian no E (6th) Plagal<br><br />
44 [[Old Man from Lee, The]] [n.d.] Hexatonic D Dorian no B (6th). If flattened D Aeolian. Only 2 Cs (7ths) both sharpened so tune modulates between Dorian, Aeolian and a modern minor key. Authentic<br><br />
45 [[On Monday Morning]] [1909] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
46 [[One Night as I Lay on my Bed]] [1907] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
47 [[Outlandish Knight, The]] [1908] Heptatonic D Mixolydian Authentic<br><br />
48 [[Owd Yowe Wi’ one Horn, T’]] [1905] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
49 [[Oxford City]] [1905] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
50 [[Ploughman, The]] [1904] Heptatonic D Aeolian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
51 [[Ratcliffe Highway]] [1905] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
52 [[Red Herring, The]] [1906] Heptatonic G Mixolydian Authentic<br><br />
53 [[Robin Hood and the Pedlar]] [1906] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
54 [[Rounding the Horn]] [1907] Heptatonic D Mixolydian Authentic<br><br />
55 [[Royal Oak, The]] [1912] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
56 [[Sailor from Dover, The]] [1909] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
57 [[Sailor in the North Country, A]] [1904] Heptatonic G Dorian Plagal<br><br />
58 [[Sailor’s Life, A]] [1899] Heptatonic G Mixolydian Plagal<br><br />
59 [[Salisbury Plain]] [1904] Heptatonic D Aeolian 3 of the Bs (6ths) are naturalised so tune modulates between Aeolian and Dorian. Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
60 [[Ship in Distress, The]] [1907] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
61 [[Six Dukes went A-Fishing]] [1906] Hexatonic G Mixolydian no F (7th). If this were sharpened tune would be G Ionian, so tune could be either Mixolydian or Ionian. Plagal<br><br />
62 [[Streams of Lovely Nancy, The]] [1905] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
63 [[Trees they Grow so High, The]] [n.d.] Heptatonic G Phrygian Plagal<br><br />
64 [[Whale-Catchers, The]] [1900] Heptatonic D Dorian 3 of the Fs (3rds) are sharpened so tune modulates between Dorian and Mixolydian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
65 [[When I was a Little Boy]] [1947] Hexatonic G Dorian no E (3rd) Plagal<br><br />
66 [[When I was Young]] [1920] Heptatonic D Ionian. 4 of the Gs (4ths) are sharpened. Authentic<br><br />
67 [[Ye Mar’ners All]] [1907] Hexatonic G Dorian no E (6th) Plagal<br><br />
68 [[Young and Single Sailor, The]] [1908] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
69 [[Young Edwin in the Lowlands Low]] [1907] Heptatonic G Aeolian Plagal<br><br />
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== Analysis of the 70 tunes in Ralph Vaughan Williams and A.L. Lloyd (1959) ''The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs'' ==<br />
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''The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs'' contains 70 tunes. Of these 31 are plagal and 13 are authentic. There are 25 tunes that are mainly authentic but that contain at least one note that is below the keynote (sub-keynote), or, in one case, (Number 31, ''Jack, the Jolly Tar''), two notes that are above the keynote (super-keynotes). One tune (Number 29, ''The Grey Cock'') has 2 variant keynotes, one of which renders it as authentic and the other as mainly authentic. These tunes in ''The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs'' all have either D or G as their keynote. With one exception, (Number 52, ''The Red Herring'', which is authentic) these tunes whose keynote is G are plagal, whereas tunes whose keynote is D are authentic or mainly authentic and, except for Number 31, ''Jack, the Jolly Tar'', they have sub-keynotes such, for example, as the C below the keynote.<br />
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Full seven-note Heptatonic scales number 58, or c.82 per cent. There are 11 (c.15 per cent) six-note Hexatonic scales, and 2 (c.3 per cent) five-note Pentatonic scales. One tune, (Number 19, Droyelsden Wakes), has a 4 note scale.<br />
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There are 21 tunes (c.30 per cent) in the Ionian, or major scale (17 pure heptatonic, 2 heptatonic with accidentals, 1 hexatonic and 1 --'Droylesden Wakes'--with only 4 notes of the scale). There are 11 (c.16 per cent) Mixoydian tunes (7 pure heptatonic, 2 heptatonic with accidentals, 1 hexatonic and 1 pentatonic). The Aeolian melodies number 12 (c.17 per cent) of which 7 are pure heptatonic, 4 heptatonic with accidentals, and 1 pentatonic. There are 25 Dorian tunes (c.36 per cent) of which 16 are pure heptatonic, 2 heptatonic with accidentals, and 7 hexatonic. Finally, 1 tune --'The Trees They Grow So High'-- is pure heptatonic Phrygian.<br />
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For definitions and explanations of authentic and plagal scales, and of the different scales and modes, see [[Scales and Musical Modes in Celtic, Anglo-American and English Folk Songs]].<br />
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== Full Detailed Listing ==<br />
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1 All Things are Quite Silent [1904] Heptatonic D Dorian Authentic<br><br />
2 [[As Sylvie Was Walking]] [[Roud 170]] [1911] Heptatonic D Aeolian 1 B natural--sharpened 7th, so tune modulates between Aeolian and a modern minor key Authentic<br><br />
3 Banks of Green Willow, The [1904] Hexatonic G Ionian no C (4th) Plagal<br><br />
4 Banks of Newfoundland, The [1926] Heptatonic D Mixolydian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote A<br><br />
5 Banks of Sweet Primroses, The [1892] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
6 Basket of Eggs, The [1903] Heptatonic G Aeolian Plagal<br><br />
7 Benjamin Bowmaneer [n.d.] Hexatonic G Dorian no E (6th) Plagal<br><br />
8 Blacksmith, The [1909] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
9 Bold Benjamin, The [1907] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
10 Bramble Briar, The [1914] Heptatonic D Ionian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
11 Broomfield Hill, The [1910] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
12 Cock-Fight, The [1905] Heptatonic D Aeolian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
13 Cruel Mother, The [1907] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
14 Daughter of Peggy, O, The [1908] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
15 Death and the Lady [1946] Heptatonic D Ionian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynotes C and B<br><br />
16 Death of Queen Jane, The [1907] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
17 Deserter from Kent, The [1907] Heptatonic D Ionian Plagal<br><br />
18 Devil and the Ploughman, The [1903] Heptatonic E Aeolian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynotes D and C<br><br />
19 Droylsden Wakes [n.d.] 4-note scale G Ionian no C (4th), E (6th) or F (7th) Plagal<br><br />
20 False Bride, The [1904] Heptatonic G Ionian 1 flattened F (7th) so tune modulates between Ionian and Mixolydian Plagal<br><br />
21 Fare Thee Well, my Dearest Dear [1904] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
22 Gaol Song [1906] Pentatonic D Aeolian no B (6th) or C (7th) Authentic<br><br />
23 Gentleman Soldier, The [1907] Pentatonic G Mixolydian no E (6th) or F (7th) Plagal<br><br />
24 Geordie [1908] Hexatonic G Dorian no E (6th) Plagal<br><br />
25 George Collins [1906] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
26 Golden Vanity, The [1906] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
27 Green Bed, The [1909] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
28 Greenland Whale Fishery, The [1906] Heptatonic G Mixolydian 1 sharpened F so tune modulates between Mixolydian and Ionian Plagal<br><br />
29 Grey Cock, The [1951] Heptatonic D Aeolian or F Ionian with alternative keynote. Authentic as D Aeolian, Mainly Authentic--sub-keynotes E and D as F Ionian<br><br />
30 I Wish, I Wish [1951] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
31 Jack the Jolly Tar [1904] Heptatonic D Ionian Mainly Authentic--super-keynotes E and F<br><br />
32 John Barleycorn [1909] Heptatonic D Dorian Authentic<br><br />
33 Lisbon [1904] Heptatonic D Dorian 2 Cs (7ths) both sharpened--influence of modern mior scales? Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
34 Long Lankin [1909] Heptatonic G Aeolian the 1 F is sharpened so tune modulates between Aeolian and a modern minor scale. Plagal<br><br />
35 Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor [1904] Heptatonic D Mixolydian Authentic<br><br />
36 Lovely Joan [1908] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
37 Lucy Wan [n.d.] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
38 Manchester ‘Angel’, The [1906] Heptatonic D Aeolian Authentic<br><br />
39 Man of Burningham Town, The [1908] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
40 Mermaid, The [1906] Heptatonic G Aeolian Plagal<br><br />
41 Mother, Mother, Make My Bed [1906] Heptatonic D Mixolydian Authentic<br><br />
42 New York Trader, The [1921] Hexatonic D Dorian no B (6th) so tune could be either Dorian or Aeolian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
43 O Shepherd, O Shepherd [1906] Hexatonic G Dorian no E (6th) Plagal<br><br />
44 Old Man from Lee, The [n.d.] Hexatonic D Dorian no B (6th). If flattened D Aeolian. Only 2 Cs (7ths) both sharpened so tune modulates between Dorian, Aeolian and a modern minor key. Authentic<br><br />
45 On Monday Morning [1909] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
46 One Night as I Lay on my Bed [1907] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
47 Outlandish Knight, The [1908] Heptatonic D Mixolydian Authentic<br><br />
48 Owd Yowe Wi’ one Horn, T’ [1905] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
49 Oxford City [1905] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
50 Ploughman, The [1904] Heptatonic D Aeolian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
51 Ratcliffe Highway [1905] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
52 Red Herring, The [1906] Heptatonic G Mixolydian Authentic<br><br />
53 Robin Hood and the Pedlar [1906] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
54 Rounding the Horn [1907] Heptatonic D Mixolydian Authentic<br><br />
55 Royal Oak, The [1912] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
56 Sailor from Dover, The [1909] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
57 Sailor in the North Country, A [1904] Heptatonic G Dorian Plagal<br><br />
58 Sailor’s Life, A [1899] Heptatonic G Mixolydian Plagal<br><br />
59 Salisbury Plain [1904] Heptatonic D Aeolian 3 of the Bs (6ths) are naturalised so tune modulates between Aeolian and Dorian. Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
60 Ship in Distress, The [1907] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
61 Six Dukes went A-Fishing [1906] Hexatonic G Mixolydian no F (7th). If this were sharpened tune would be G Ionian, so tune could be either Mixolydian or Ionian. Plagal<br><br />
62 Streams of Lovely Nancy, The [1905] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
63 Trees they Grow so High, The [n.d.] Heptatonic G Phrygian Plagal<br><br />
64 Whale-Catchers, The [1900] Heptatonic D Dorian 3 of the Fs (3rds) are sharpened so tune modulates between Dorian and Mixolydian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
65 When I was a Little Boy [1947] Hexatonic G Dorian no E (3rd) Plagal<br><br />
66 When I was Young [1920] Heptatonic D Ionian. 4 of the Gs (4ths) are sharpened. Authentic<br><br />
67 Ye Mar’ners All [1907] Hexatonic G Dorian no E (6th) Plagal<br><br />
68 Young and Single Sailor, The [1908] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
69 Young Edwin in the Lowlands Low [1907] Heptatonic G Aeolian Plagal<br><br />
70 Young Girl Cut Down in her Prime, The [1909] Heptatonic D Mixolydian. One of the Fs is flattened so tune modulates between Mixolydian and Dorian. Authentic<br></div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=As_Sylvie_Was_Walking&diff=14850As Sylvie Was Walking2021-09-21T19:49:28Z<p>Andyturner: Created page with "Roud 170 Tilly Aston noted down the song from her mother, Ann Aston, originally from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, but then resident in Moonee Ponds, Mel..."</p>
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Tilly Aston noted down the song from her mother, [[Ann Aston]], originally from the Forest of Dean in [[Gloucestershire]], but then resident in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, [[Australia]]. She sent it to [[W. Percy Merrick]] in 1911. It was included in the [Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society] Vol. 1, No. 1, December 1932, and then in the '[[Penguin Book of English Folk Songs]]'.<br />
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Merrick noted "When sending me the song in 1911, Miss Aston wrote that she had taken it down from the singing of her mother, then in her eightieth year, who was born near Coleford, Gloucestershire, England, and who had learnt it from her uncle, also of Gloucestershire. Mrs. Aston went to Australia after her marriage, in 1855."<br />
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Ann Aston, née Ann Howell, born October 1832 at Broadwell Lane End, Forest of Dean, [[Gloucestershire]].<br />
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She and her husband emigrated to [[Australia]] in 1855. Her daughter Tilly Aston noted down one of her songs, 'Sylvia' (or '[[As Sylvie was walking]]'), and sent it to W. Percy Merrick. It was included in the [Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society] Vol. 1, No. 1, December 1932, and then in the '[[Penguin Book of English Folk Songs]]'.<br />
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Biographical details at https://www.brh.org.uk/site/articles/as-sylvie-was-walking/<br />
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Links to the [[Song Books]] page and to [[Tune Analysis: How To Dissect, Interpret and Categorize Anglo-American, Celtic and English Folk Melodies]].<br />
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== Analysis of the 70 tunes in Ralph Vaughan Williams and A.L. Lloyd (1959) ''The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs'' ==<br />
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''The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs'' contains 70 tunes. Of these 31 are plagal and 13 are authentic. There are 25 tunes that are mainly authentic but that contain at least one note that is below the keynote (sub-keynote), or, in one case, (Number 31, ''Jack, the Jolly Tar''), two notes that are above the keynote (super-keynotes). One tune (Number 29, ''The Grey Cock'') has 2 variant keynotes, one of which renders it as authentic and the other as mainly authentic. These tunes in ''The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs'' all have either D or G as their keynote. With one exception, (Number 52, ''The Red Herring'', which is authentic) these tunes whose keynote is G are plagal, whereas tunes whose keynote is D are authentic or mainly authentic and, except for Number 31, ''Jack, the Jolly Tar'', they have sub-keynotes such, for example, as the C below the keynote.<br />
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Full seven-note Heptatonic scales number 58, or c.82 per cent. There are 11 (c.15 per cent) six-note Hexatonic scales, and 2 (c.3 per cent) five-note Pentatonic scales. One tune, (Number 19, Droyelsden Wakes), has a 4 note scale.<br />
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There are 21 tunes (c.30 per cent) in the Ionian, or major scale (17 pure heptatonic, 2 heptatonic with accidentals, 1 hexatonic and 1 --'Droylesden Wakes'--with only 4 notes of the scale). There are 11 (c.16 per cent) Mixoydian tunes (7 pure heptatonic, 2 heptatonic with accidentals, 1 hexatonic and 1 pentatonic). The Aeolian melodies number 12 (c.17 per cent) of which 7 are pure heptatonic, 4 heptatonic with accidentals, and 1 pentatonic. There are 25 Dorian tunes (c.36 per cent) of which 16 are pure heptatonic, 2 heptatonic with accidentals, and 7 hexatonic. Finally, 1 tune --'The Trees They Grow So High'-- is pure heptatonic Phrygian.<br />
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For definitions and explanations of authentic and plagal scales, and of the different scales and modes, see [[Scales and Musical Modes in Celtic, Anglo-American and English Folk Songs]].<br />
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== Full Detailed Listing ==<br />
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1 All Things are Quite Silent [1904] Heptatonic D Dorian Authentic<br><br />
2 [[As Sylvie Was Walking]] [1911] Heptatonic D Aeolian 1 B natural--sharpened 7th, so tune modulates between Aeolian and a modern minor key Authentic<br><br />
3 Banks of Green Willow, The [1904] Hexatonic G Ionian no C (4th) Plagal<br><br />
4 Banks of Newfoundland, The [1926] Heptatonic D Mixolydian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote A<br><br />
5 Banks of Sweet Primroses, The [1892] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
6 Basket of Eggs, The [1903] Heptatonic G Aeolian Plagal<br><br />
7 Benjamin Bowmaneer [n.d.] Hexatonic G Dorian no E (6th) Plagal<br><br />
8 Blacksmith, The [1909] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
9 Bold Benjamin, The [1907] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
10 Bramble Briar, The [1914] Heptatonic D Ionian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
11 Broomfield Hill, The [1910] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
12 Cock-Fight, The [1905] Heptatonic D Aeolian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
13 Cruel Mother, The [1907] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
14 Daughter of Peggy, O, The [1908] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
15 Death and the Lady [1946] Heptatonic D Ionian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynotes C and B<br><br />
16 Death of Queen Jane, The [1907] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
17 Deserter from Kent, The [1907] Heptatonic D Ionian Plagal<br><br />
18 Devil and the Ploughman, The [1903] Heptatonic E Aeolian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynotes D and C<br><br />
19 Droylsden Wakes [n.d.] 4-note scale G Ionian no C (4th), E (6th) or F (7th) Plagal<br><br />
20 False Bride, The [1904] Heptatonic G Ionian 1 flattened F (7th) so tune modulates between Ionian and Mixolydian Plagal<br><br />
21 Fare Thee Well, my Dearest Dear [1904] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
22 Gaol Song [1906] Pentatonic D Aeolian no B (6th) or C (7th) Authentic<br><br />
23 Gentleman Soldier, The [1907] Pentatonic G Mixolydian no E (6th) or F (7th) Plagal<br><br />
24 Geordie [1908] Hexatonic G Dorian no E (6th) Plagal<br><br />
25 George Collins [1906] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
26 Golden Vanity, The [1906] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
27 Green Bed, The [1909] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
28 Greenland Whale Fishery, The [1906] Heptatonic G Mixolydian 1 sharpened F so tune modulates between Mixolydian and Ionian Plagal<br><br />
29 Grey Cock, The [1951] Heptatonic D Aeolian or F Ionian with alternative keynote. Authentic as D Aeolian, Mainly Authentic--sub-keynotes E and D as F Ionian<br><br />
30 I Wish, I Wish [1951] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
31 Jack the Jolly Tar [1904] Heptatonic D Ionian Mainly Authentic--super-keynotes E and F<br><br />
32 John Barleycorn [1909] Heptatonic D Dorian Authentic<br><br />
33 Lisbon [1904] Heptatonic D Dorian 2 Cs (7ths) both sharpened--influence of modern mior scales? Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
34 Long Lankin [1909] Heptatonic G Aeolian the 1 F is sharpened so tune modulates between Aeolian and a modern minor scale. Plagal<br><br />
35 Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor [1904] Heptatonic D Mixolydian Authentic<br><br />
36 Lovely Joan [1908] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
37 Lucy Wan [n.d.] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
38 Manchester ‘Angel’, The [1906] Heptatonic D Aeolian Authentic<br><br />
39 Man of Burningham Town, The [1908] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
40 Mermaid, The [1906] Heptatonic G Aeolian Plagal<br><br />
41 Mother, Mother, Make My Bed [1906] Heptatonic D Mixolydian Authentic<br><br />
42 New York Trader, The [1921] Hexatonic D Dorian no B (6th) so tune could be either Dorian or Aeolian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
43 O Shepherd, O Shepherd [1906] Hexatonic G Dorian no E (6th) Plagal<br><br />
44 Old Man from Lee, The [n.d.] Hexatonic D Dorian no B (6th). If flattened D Aeolian. Only 2 Cs (7ths) both sharpened so tune modulates between Dorian, Aeolian and a modern minor key. Authentic<br><br />
45 On Monday Morning [1909] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
46 One Night as I Lay on my Bed [1907] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
47 Outlandish Knight, The [1908] Heptatonic D Mixolydian Authentic<br><br />
48 Owd Yowe Wi’ one Horn, T’ [1905] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
49 Oxford City [1905] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
50 Ploughman, The [1904] Heptatonic D Aeolian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
51 Ratcliffe Highway [1905] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
52 Red Herring, The [1906] Heptatonic G Mixolydian Authentic<br><br />
53 Robin Hood and the Pedlar [1906] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
54 Rounding the Horn [1907] Heptatonic D Mixolydian Authentic<br><br />
55 Royal Oak, The [1912] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
56 Sailor from Dover, The [1909] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
57 Sailor in the North Country, A [1904] Heptatonic G Dorian Plagal<br><br />
58 Sailor’s Life, A [1899] Heptatonic G Mixolydian Plagal<br><br />
59 Salisbury Plain [1904] Heptatonic D Aeolian 3 of the Bs (6ths) are naturalised so tune modulates between Aeolian and Dorian. Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
60 Ship in Distress, The [1907] Heptatonic D Dorian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
61 Six Dukes went A-Fishing [1906] Hexatonic G Mixolydian no F (7th). If this were sharpened tune would be G Ionian, so tune could be either Mixolydian or Ionian. Plagal<br><br />
62 Streams of Lovely Nancy, The [1905] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
63 Trees they Grow so High, The [n.d.] Heptatonic G Phrygian Plagal<br><br />
64 Whale-Catchers, The [1900] Heptatonic D Dorian 3 of the Fs (3rds) are sharpened so tune modulates between Dorian and Mixolydian Mainly Authentic--sub-keynote C<br><br />
65 When I was a Little Boy [1947] Hexatonic G Dorian no E (3rd) Plagal<br><br />
66 When I was Young [1920] Heptatonic D Ionian. 4 of the Gs (4ths) are sharpened. Authentic<br><br />
67 Ye Mar’ners All [1907] Hexatonic G Dorian no E (6th) Plagal<br><br />
68 Young and Single Sailor, The [1908] Heptatonic G Ionian Plagal<br><br />
69 Young Edwin in the Lowlands Low [1907] Heptatonic G Aeolian Plagal<br><br />
70 Young Girl Cut Down in her Prime, The [1909] Heptatonic D Mixolydian. One of the Fs is flattened so tune modulates between Mixolydian and Dorian. Authentic<br></div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=Ann_Aston&diff=14847Ann Aston2021-09-21T19:34:29Z<p>Andyturner: Brief details of singer</p>
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<div>'''Ann Aston'''<br />
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Ann Aston, née Ann Howell, born October 1832 at Broadwell Lane End, Forest of Dean, [[Gloucestershire]].<br />
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She and her husband emigrated to [[Australia]] in 1855. Her daughter Tilly Aston noted down one of her songs, 'Sylvia' (or [['As Sylvie was walking']]), and sent it to W. Percy Merrick. It was included in the [Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society] Vol. 1, No. 1, December 1932, and then in [['The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs'|Penguin Book of English Folk Songs]].<br />
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Biographical details at https://www.brh.org.uk/site/articles/as-sylvie-was-walking/<br />
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<div>'''Elizabeth Smitherd'''<br />
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Singer from whom [[Cecil Sharp]] collected at [[Tewkesbury]], [[Gloucestershire]] in January and April 1908, when she was 58.<br />
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Biographical details at http://www.gloschristmas.com/songs-carols/the-singers/singers-r-z/elizabeth-smitherd-nee-haynes/<br />
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Her name is usually given as Mrs Elizabeth Smitherd, or Smithers, although research by [[Paul Burgess]] suggests this should be SMILHARD.<br />
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[https://www.vwml.org/search?q=smitherd&is=1 Songs collected by Cecil Sharp from Mrs Smitherd (VWML Online)]<br />
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<div>'''Elizabeth Smitherd'''<br />
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Singer from whom [[Cecil Sharp]] collected at [[Tewkesbury]], [[Gloucestershire]] in January and April 1908, when she was 58.<br />
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Biographical details at http://www.gloschristmas.com/songs-carols/the-singers/singers-r-z/elizabeth-smitherd-nee-haynes/<br />
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Her name is usually given as Mrs Elizabeth Smitherd, or Smithers, although research by [[Paul Burgess]] suggests this should be SMILHARD.<br />
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[http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/query.cgi?index_sharp=on&cross=off&fieldshow=single&output=Record&submit=Submit+query&idquery=yes&idslist=907&access=off Songs collected by Cecil Sharp from Mrs Smitherd (VWML Online)]<br />
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Elizabeth Smitherd]]</div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=Glorishears&diff=14757Glorishears2021-06-08T07:26:09Z<p>Andyturner: Created page with "Morris dance. The title is used for dances at * Bampton * Bledington * Fieldtown At Bledington and Fieldtown this is a leapfrog dance. Research by Mike Heane..."</p>
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<div>Morris dance.<br />
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The title is used for dances at <br />
* [[Bampton]]<br />
* [[Bledington]]<br />
* [[Fieldtown]]<br />
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At Bledington and Fieldtown this is a leapfrog dance.<br />
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Research by [[Mike Heaney]] established that the title is a corruption of the phrase “Glorious Year” – taken from a song titled ‘Now Comes on the Glorious Year’, which was published in 1709 in [[Thomas D’Urfey]]’s ''The Modern Prophets''.<br />
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The Bledington tune appears to be based on the song’s melody. A completely different tune is used in the other two traditions.<br />
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'''References'''<br />
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[[The Morris Dancer]], Volume 1, No. 8 (November 1980), pp12-14 https://themorrisring.org/document/morris-dancer-volume-1-no-8<br />
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<div>Thomas Sands' MS book was in private ownership, but has been donated to the VWML (2013)<br />
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The book is 11 1/2" wide and 9" tall. It is dated March 12th 1810. In sideways script is the word 'Rye Garth' - which is a rare field name, found in the village of Grainsby in the late 1700s. The lord of the manor of Grainsby in 1810 was one Thomas Sands. (Research by Ruairidh Greig, who ABC'd the collection for the VMP)<br />
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It contains 270 tunes. The 'TS' numbers are the Village Music Project index numbers allocated to the tune.<br />
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The first seven tunes are bound in separately.<br />
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[[File:SandsMS.PDF]]<br />
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[[Dame Durden]] (TS001)<br />
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To All Good Lasses (TS002)<br />
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[[Oh dear what can the matter be]] (TS003)<br />
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God Save... (TS004)<br />
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[[Moll in the Wad]] (TS005)<br />
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[[Balance a Straw]] (TS006)<br />
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I will Gang no more to yon town (TS007)<br />
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[[Fisher's Hornpipe]] (TS008)<br />
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[[Wright's Hornpipe]] (TS009)<br />
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Hornpipe (TS010)<br />
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March by Dobney - A favourite Scotch Air (TS011)<br />
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No.1 March (TS012)<br />
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No.2 Waltz (TS013)<br />
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No.3 Minuet (TS014)<br />
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No.4 Andante (TS015)<br />
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No.5 Giga (TS016)<br />
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No.6 Moderato (TS017)<br />
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No.7 Siciliano (TS018)<br />
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No.8 Allegretto (TS019)<br />
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No.9 Andante (TS020)<br />
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No.10 Minuet (TS021)<br />
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No.11 Giga (TS022)<br />
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No.12 Allegretto (TS023)<br />
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No.13 Andantino (with Bass solo + tuti) (TS024) <br />
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No.14 Minuet (TS025)<br />
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No.15 Allegro Moderato (TS026)<br />
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No.16 Largetto (TS027)<br />
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[[Roslin Castle|No.17 Roslin Castle]] (TS028)<br />
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[[Plato's Advice|No.18 Plato's Advice]] (TS029)<br />
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No.19 The Bower Waltz (TS030)<br />
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No.20 Life Let Us Cherish (TS031)<br />
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No.21 My Wife - Foolish Young Thing (TS032)<br />
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No.22 Bonny Charley (TS033)<br />
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No.23 I'll be Marri'd on Tuesday (TS034)<br />
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[[The Sylph|No.24 The Sylph]] (TS035)<br />
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[[Michael Wiggins|No.25 Michael Wiggins]] (TS036)<br />
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No.26 Beggar Girl, The (TS037)<br />
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No.27 (untitled) (TS038)<br />
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No.28 Wood's Hornpipe (TS039)<br />
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No.29 Minuet (TS040)<br />
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No.30 Minuet (TS041)<br />
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No.31 New So Bell (?) (TS042)<br />
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Draught, The (TS043)<br />
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Russian Dance, The (TS044)<br />
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Duke of Sussex's Reel (TS045)<br />
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Princess Royal (TS046)<br />
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Miss Brown's Reel (TS047)<br />
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Hornpipe (TS048)<br />
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Hornpipe (TS049)<br />
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Hornpipe (TS050)<br />
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Persian Dance, The (TS051)<br />
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Morgiana in Ireland (TS052)<br />
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Lord Cathcart's Favourite (TS053)<br />
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Waltz (TS054)<br />
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Angelic March, The (TS055)<br />
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A Gavot (by Correlli) (TS056)<br />
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Honest Yorkshireman's Hornpipe, The (TS057)<br />
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Waltz (TS058)<br />
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March (TS059)<br />
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G.M. (TS060)<br />
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Reel - Bonum (TS061)<br />
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Jigg (TS062)<br />
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Hornpipe (TS063)<br />
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Hornpipe (TS064)<br />
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Hornpipe (TS065)<br />
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Paddy's Resource (TS066)<br />
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Maria's Frolick (TS067)<br />
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Double Kisses (TS068)<br />
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Chapter of Kings, The (TS069)<br />
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Turk's March (TS070)<br />
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Admiral Collingwood's March (TS071)<br />
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Miss Mary(?) Lee's Farewell (TS072)<br />
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14th of February or St Valentine's Day (TS073)<br />
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My Lady (TS074)<br />
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Henry's Cottage Maid (TS075)<br />
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Deep Nine, The (ad Libidum) (TS076)<br />
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Lads of Dunce, The (TS077)<br />
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And Keep Your Hair Dry (TS078)<br />
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Lady Montgomery's Reel (TS079)<br />
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Lady Mary Ramsey's Reel (TS080)<br />
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Italian Morphiana (TS081)<br />
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Miss Grimstob's Hornpipe (Bonum) (TS082)<br />
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Prize, The (TS083)<br />
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Lincoln Hornpipe, The (TS084)<br />
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Nelson's Victory Hornpipe (TS085)<br />
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Mrs Smollett's Favourite (TS086)<br />
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Duchess of Devonshire's Reel, The (TS087)<br />
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Frogmore Farm (TS088)<br />
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New Drury (TS089)<br />
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New Floating Battery (TS090)<br />
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Mr Benton's Hornpipe (TS091)<br />
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Lord Ramsey's Reel (TS092)<br />
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Miss Murray of Archentyre's Reel (TS093)<br />
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Lady Caroline Lee's Waltz or Hanovarian Waltz (TS094)<br />
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Lady Hamilton's New Waltz (TS095)<br />
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Waltz (TS096)<br />
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Miller of Droan, The - A Strathspey (TS097)<br />
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Hornpipe (TS098)<br />
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Lord Nelson's Waltz (TS099)<br />
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Lord Nelson's Hornpipe (TS100)<br />
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Saymor's Reel (TS101)<br />
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Colibri (TS102)<br />
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Hibbinson's Fancy (TS103)<br />
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1st A Good Reel (TS104)<br />
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2nd (''untitled'') (TS105)<br />
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3rd (''untitled'') (TS106)<br />
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Duchess of Atholl's Strathspey (TS107)<br />
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Old Through The Wood Laddy (TS108)<br />
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MacDonald's Reel (TS109)<br />
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Devil's Dream, The The (TS110)<br />
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Venus at Play (TS111)<br />
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Hornpipe by Rowley Bolt (TS112)<br />
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Smith's Hornpipe (TS113)<br />
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Admiral Duncan's Hornpipe (TS114)<br />
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Jugler, The (TS115)<br />
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Spanish Dollar - capital (TS116)<br />
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Witty Hornpipe (TS117)<br />
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Hornpipe - Bonum (TS118)<br />
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Miller's Hornpipe (TS119)<br />
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Hornpipe (TS120)<br />
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Sheffield Hornpipe (TS121)<br />
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Kite Hornpipe (TS122)<br />
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Lord MacDonald's Reel (TS123)<br />
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Sylph, The (2) (TS124)<br />
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Tank, The (TS125)<br />
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Muses, the (TS126)<br />
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Sweet Susan of the Garret (TS127)<br />
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Sir T H Liddell's Favourite (TS128)<br />
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Crop the Croppies (TS129)<br />
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Miss Gow's Fancy (TS130)<br />
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Miss Marsden's Favourite (TS131)<br />
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Drops of Brandy (TS132)<br />
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Hornpipe (TS133)<br />
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Prince of Wales Hornpipe (TS134)<br />
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Dean's Hornpipe (TS135)<br />
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Waistcoat Pocket Hornpipe, The (TS136)<br />
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Croppies Lie Down (TS137)<br />
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Opera Hat, The (TS138)<br />
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Monzani or Morgiano (TS139)<br />
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Voulez vous Danser, Madamoiselle (TS140)<br />
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Duncan's Hornpipe (TS141)<br />
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Duke of Norfolk's Hornpipe - Bonum (TS142)<br />
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Prince Edward's Fancy (TS143)<br />
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Figure of Five (TS144)<br />
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Northumberland or Bree's Loose (TS145)<br />
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Cuckoo Solo (TS146)<br />
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Duke of Cumberland's Reel (TS147)<br />
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Burk's Hornpipe - Bonum (TS148)<br />
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Tank, The (TS149)<br />
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Duke of Perth's Reel (TS150)<br />
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West Hornpipe (TS151)<br />
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Shooter's Hornpipe (TS152)<br />
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Prince of Wales Hornpipe (TS153)<br />
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Daniel or Duncan's Hornpipe (TS154)<br />
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Reel (TS155)<br />
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It Winna Do or Mr Watt's Reel (TS156)<br />
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Calder Fair (TS157) "''If you had followed wisdom as I have followed care, you'd nevver have lost your maidenhead by going to Calder Fair!''"<br />
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Sheffield Hornpipe (TS158)<br />
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Copenhagen Waltz (TS159)<br />
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Hornpipe - Bonum (TS160)<br />
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Hornpipe - Bonum (TS161)<br />
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Hornpipe - Bonum (TS162)<br />
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Gould's Hornpipe (TS163)<br />
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Countess of Sutherland's Reel, The (TS164)<br />
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Sicilian Dance, The (TS165)<br />
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No Body (TS166)<br />
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Pleasant Reel, The (TS167)<br />
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Miss Well's Reel (TS168)<br />
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Sweet Jessy (TS169)<br />
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Newcastle Hornpipe (TS170)<br />
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Norwich Hornpipe (TS171)<br />
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Wright's Hornpipe (TS172)<br />
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Hornpipe by Rowley Belt (TS173)<br />
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Sweet Jessy (2) ( TS174)<br />
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Rule Britannia (TS175)<br />
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Old Towler (TS176)<br />
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Brighton Camp or The Girl I Left Behind Me (TS177)<br />
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O Dear What Can the Matter Be (TS178)<br />
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Paddy Carey (TS179)<br />
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Gobby-O, The (TS180)<br />
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Miss Adam's Hornpipe (TS181)<br />
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A March (TS182)<br />
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Bugle Solo (TS183)<br />
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Tail Toddle (TS184)<br />
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John Anderson My Jo (TS185)<br />
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Wood and Marrien and A' (TS186)<br />
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Cauliflower, The (TS187)<br />
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Drummer's Rant, The (TS188)<br />
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A Trip to the Oatlands (TS189)<br />
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In the Dead of the Night (TS190)<br />
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Fairy Dance, The or Cameronians Rant (TS191)<br />
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Kiss My Lady (TS192)<br />
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Kiss My Lady (TS193)<br />
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Speed the Plough (TS194)<br />
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Caledonian Laddy, The (TS195)<br />
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Hull Dock Company's March (TS196)<br />
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Bonny Ann (TS197)<br />
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The Golden Days of Good Queen Bess (TS198)<br />
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Sailor's Allegory, The (TS199)<br />
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Calais Packet (TS200)<br />
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Hunting Chorus, The (TS201)<br />
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Buy A Broom - A Bavarian Air (TS202)<br />
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Jenny Jones (TS203)<br />
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Butter'd Pease (in a different hand) (TS204)<br />
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Reel (back to original hand) (TS205)<br />
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Der Friechuzts Quadrille (TS206)<br />
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Anna (TS207)<br />
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Jockey to the Fair (TS208)<br />
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Black Joke, The (TS209)<br />
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Trip to Gretford (TS210)<br />
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Hunter's Chorus in der F (TS211)<br />
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Hornpipe (TS212)<br />
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Quadrill (TS213)<br />
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Smash the Windows (TS214)<br />
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Cameronian's Rant, The (2) (TS215)<br />
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Dusty Miller (TS216)<br />
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Untitled (and in a different hand) (TS217)<br />
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1st Countess of Sutherland's Reel (TS218)<br />
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2nd Untitled (TS219)<br />
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3rd Untitled (TS220)<br />
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4th Untitled (TS221)<br />
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5th Untitled (TS222)<br />
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7th Untitled (TS223)<br />
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8th Hornpipe in Rowley Belt (TS224)<br />
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Duke of Cumberland's Reel (TS225)<br />
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Miss Murry of Archentyre's Reel (TS226)<br />
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Paddy O'Carel - Irish (TS227)<br />
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Apshenilin - Welch (TS228)<br />
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Farrier's Reel (TS229)<br />
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Miss Fletcher's Reel (TS230)<br />
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Nelson's Hornpipe (TS231)<br />
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Hornpipe (TS232)<br />
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Mrs McCarty's Reel (TS233)<br />
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College Hornpipe (TS234)<br />
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I'll make you fain to follow me (TS235)<br />
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Miss Green's Hornpipe (TS236)<br />
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Guardian Hornpipe (TS237)<br />
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Hornpipe (TS238)<br />
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Hornpipe (TS239)<br />
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Hornpipe (TS240)<br />
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Scotch Reel (TS241)<br />
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Miss Clark's Hornpipe(?) (TS242)<br />
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Gayton's Hornpipe (TS243)<br />
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Hornpipe (TS244)<br />
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The Perth Hunt (TS245)<br />
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Wilkinson's Hornpipe (TS246)<br />
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E.A Hornpipe (TS247)<br />
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Sicialian Dance, The (TS248)<br />
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Mr C.Clark's Hornpipe (1812) (TS249)<br />
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Hornpipe (TS250)<br />
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New May Day (TS251)<br />
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Stirling Castle (TS252)<br />
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Bilsby Hornpipe (TS253)<br />
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Hornpipe (TS254)<br />
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Gypsies Hornpipe (TS255)<br />
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Caster Lenor's Hornpipe (TS256)<br />
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Astley's Hornpipe (TS257)<br />
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Douth Down Hornpipe (TS258)<br />
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Rory O.More (in a different hand) (TS259)<br />
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Earl St Vincent's Hornpipe (TS260)<br />
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Stoney Steps Hornpipe (TS261)<br />
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Rick's Hornpipe (TS262)<br />
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Queen Victoria's Waltz (in a different hand) (TS263)<br />
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Foresters Sound the Cheerful Horn (TS264) (in hand 'a' + 'b'<br />
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Morning Hymn - a great air (TS265)<br />
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Evening Hymn (TS266)<br />
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Henrietta's Favourite - by Mr Clark 1840 (TS267) (in a different hand)<br />
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Untitled (in a different hand) (TS268)<br />
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Psalm 80th (TS269)<br />
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Abbot's Hornpipe (TS270)<br />
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<div>Country dance and morris tune, also known as 'Balance A Straw' and 'Balancy Straw'.<br />
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Used as a morris tune at<br />
* [[Ascott-Under-Wychwood]] ('Balancy Straw')<br />
* [[Bledington]]<br />
* [[Brackley]] ('Balancy Straw')<br />
* [[Fieldtown]]<br />
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Appears in 18th and 19th century manuscripts including those of [[William Clark]], [[Thomas Sands Ms|Thomas Sands]] and [[John Rook]].<br />
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The melody and title, derive from a song which appears in an opera, 'The Reprisal', by Scottish composer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Oswald_(composer)|James Oswald] (1710–1769), first performed in London in 1757:<br />
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From the man whom I Love, tho’ my Heart I disguise<br><br />
I will freely discribe the Wretch I despise<br><br />
And if he has Sense but to ballance a Straw<br><br />
He will surely take the Hint from the Picture I draw<br />
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'''References'''<br />
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CD liner notes to Concerto Caledonia ''Colin’s kisses: the music of James Oswald'' (Linn Records CKD 101) https://concertocaledonia.bandcamp.com/album/colins-kisses-the-music-of-james-oswald<br />
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[[Category:Morris Dance]]<br />
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<div>'''Alice Harden'''. Singer, Sittingbourne, [[Kent]]. Collected at Hamstreet by [[Cecil Sharp]], 11th May 1911. Daughter of [[James Beale]].<br />
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Probably the Alice J. Harden, born c. 1870, wife of Thomas Harden (Wood Cutter & Dealer), living at Hamstreet, Kent at the time of the 1901 Census.<br />
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'''Songs collected'''<br />
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[[Moon shines bright, The|The moon shines bright]]<br />
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[[As I sat on a sunny bank]]<br />
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[[Seven Joys of Mary, The|The seven joys of Mary]]<br />
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'''References'''<br />
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[https://cecilsharpspeople.org.uk/harding-mrs-alice.html Cecil Sharp's People]<br />
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<div>James Beale, 1836 - 1918, singer, Warehorne, [[Kent]]. Collected by [[Cecil Sharp]].<br />
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James Beale was born at Wivelsfield in [[Sussex]], and according to Beale family tradition, was a “caravan-dweller” until settling at Hamstreet, Kent, on the edge of Romney Marsh - most likely by 1870. In the 1901 Census he is shown as living at an unnumbered dwelling on the Ruckinge Road, Hamstreet, and is listed as a Wood and Timber Dealer, working on his own account (Kelly’s Directory for 1903 records him as a poulterer, but no doubt he turned his hand to a variety of work). Living with him were his wife Charlotte and four grown-up sons – including [[Albert Beale]], then 25, whom [[Peter Kennedy]] would record in the 1950s. From earlier Census records it appears that James had eleven children in all; Albert recalled that his mother used to lead the choir in Hamstreet Chapel, and that there had been ten family members in the choir at one time. <br />
Cecil Sharp visited Hamstreet and neighbouring villages on September 23rd 1908, collecting eight songs from James Beale at Spothouse Farm, Warehorne. In 1911, he also collected songs from Mr Beale’s married daughter [[Alice Harden]].<br />
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Songs collected:<br />
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[[No John, no]]<br />
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[[Woodman’s Daughter, The|The Woodman’s Daughter]]<br />
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[[Stroll away the morning dew]] (‘The baffled Knight’)<br />
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[[Cold blow and a rainy night]]<br />
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[[Keys of Heaven, The|The Keys of Heaven]]<br />
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[[Bold fisherman, The|The bold fisherman]]<br />
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[[Moon shines bright, The|The moon shines bright]]<br />
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[[Sons of Levi]] <br />
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'''Sources:'''<br />
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Charles Beale (James's grandson), interviewed by Andy Turner at The Wish, Kenardington, 1983. <br />
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Unnumbered [[Folktracks]] cassette, recorded at Kenardington by Peter Kennedy and Maud Karpeles, 14th Jan 1954.<br />
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George Frampton. In search of Cecil Sharp: the Folk Song Society in Kent. Bygone Kent, January 1998<br />
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'''References'''<br />
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[https://cecilsharpspeople.org.uk/beale-james.html Cecil Sharp's People]<br />
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<div>'''The Zulu War'''<br />
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[[Roud 5362]]<br />
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== As sung by [[Charlie Bridger]], Stone-in-Oxney, [[Kent]] ==<br />
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#How I love to tell the story, which I've often told before,<br />How we fought for death or glory at the blessed Zulu war.<br />Side by side we fought like demons to keep the enemy at bay.<br />Until Jack received a bullet wound, which made the fellow say<br /><br />Chorus: <br />“Give my love to Nancy, the girl that I adore.<br />Tell her that she'll never see her sailor any more.<br />Say I fell in battle while fighting with those blacks,<br />Every inch a sailor beneath the Union Jack.“<br /><br /><br />
#At first I thought that he was jesting, knowing he liked a bit of fun,<br />Until I saw that he was resting on the barrel of his gun.<br />Then I knew that he was badly wounded or he never would give way,<br />When, shaking hands, he said “Old comrade, the best of friends must part some day.”<br /><br /><br />
#“Take this ring from off my finger and this locket from my neck,<br />For I have but little time to linger so I hope you'll not forget.<br />And should you ever reach old England, which you may perhaps some day,<br />Give these relics to my mother and my orders please obey.”<br /><br /><br />
#I said “I'll not forget to tell her. Of these words you may be sure.”<br />For it did grieve me much severely to see the fellow rothering in his gore.<br />The look he gave me when we parted, I'll remember to this day,<br />And when for camp that day we started, I fancied I could hear him say<br />
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Charlie Bridger's version can be heard on <br />
* [[VTC7CD It was on a market day|It was on a market day - Volume 2]], Veteran, VTC7CD.<br />
* [[MTCD377 Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers?|Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers?]], Musical Traditions, MTCD377.<br />
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The song has also been collected in [[Scotland]] as 'The Dying Sailor' ([[Gavin Greig]] collection, from [[Annie Shirer]]), and in [[Australia]] as 'The Blessed Zulu War' - see http://www.vfmc.org.au/FiresideFiddlers/BlessedZuluWar.html<br />
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[[Mary Hudleston|Mary]] & [[Nigel Hudleston]] collected a similar set from a singer in West Witton, [[Yorkshire]], see [[Songs of the Ridings]], Scarborough, 2001, pp. 216-17.<br />
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[[Walter Pardon]] sang the chorus only as 'Give my love to Nancy' to [[Roy Palmer]] - see https://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Roy-Palmer-collection/025M-C1023X0124XX-0900V0.<br />
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Mike Yates writes:<br />
:Although the Zulu Wars lasted for the period 1838-1888, this song is actually only concerned with the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. In 1879 the wife of Sihayo, a Zulu chief, fled with her lover into British territory. Sihayo's sons crossed the frontier into Natal and killed her. The British, perceiving the growth of Zulu power as a threat to their imperial ambitions, used this as an excuse to invade Zululand on 11th January, 1879. The British force, under Lieutenant-General Frederic Thesiger, Lord Chelmsford, set out to defeat the Zulu chief Cetshwayo and his 29,000 strong army, but things didn't exactly go according to plan when, on 22nd January, the main Zulu army led by Ntshingwayo kaMahole and Mavumengwana kaNdlela finished off the British central column at Isandhlwana, killing some 1,500 British soldiers. It was, almost certainly, the greatest victory ever won by Africans against Europeans in sub-Saharan Africa. An attempt that night to capture the central column's depot at Rork's Drift was beaten off by a handful of British soldiers and, after the right column fought through an elaborate ambush as Nyezane, Chelmsford wisely decided to retire to Natal. There was some fighting in March, 1879, but it was not until May that Chelmsford launched his second invasion. On 4th July the Zulu army was routed at Ulundi and resistance ended when Cetshwayo was captured on 1 September. The song The Zulu Wars was issued shortly after these events by the Edinburgh broadside printer Sanderson. <br />
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:When I first heard Charlie sing this song, in 1984, I was at a loss to explain why a sailor should have been involved in the campaign. However, it turns out that after the British defeat at Isandlwana a Naval Brigade was formed from members of HMS Shah and HMS Boadicea and that the Brigade helped defend the British square at the Battle of Gingindlovu (2nd April, 1879) and was present at the relief of Echowe, on the following day.<br />
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:(from ''Wonderfully Curious: some thoughts on the English song tradition'', Musical Traditions Article MT231, http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/wond_cur.htm)<br />
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<div>'''The Zulu War'''<br />
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[[Roud 5362]]<br />
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== As sung by [[Charlie Bridger]], Stone-in-Oxney, [[Kent]] ==<br />
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#How I love to tell the story, which I've often told before,<br />How we fought for death or glory at the blessed Zulu war.<br />Side by side we fought like demons to keep the enemy at bay.<br />Until Jack received a bullet wound, which made the fellow say<br /><br />Chorus: <br />“Give my love to Nancy, the girl that I adore.<br />Tell her that she'll never see her sailor any more.<br />Say I fell in battle while fighting with those blacks,<br />Every inch a sailor beneath the Union Jack.“<br /><br /><br />
#At first I thought that he was jesting, knowing he liked a bit of fun,<br />Until I saw that he was resting on the barrel of his gun.<br />Then I knew that he was badly wounded or he never would give way,<br />When, shaking hands, he said “Old comrade, the best of friends must part some day.”<br /><br /><br />
#“Take this ring from off my finger and this locket from my neck,<br />For I have but little time to linger so I hope you'll not forget.<br />And should you ever reach old England, which you may perhaps some day,<br />Give these relics to my mother and my orders please obey.”<br /><br /><br />
#I said “I'll not forget to tell her. Of these words you may be sure.”<br />For it did grieve me much severely to see the fellow rothering in his gore.<br />The look he gave me when we parted, I'll remember to this day,<br />And when for camp that day we started, I fancied I could hear him say<br />
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Charlie Bridger's version can be heard on <br />
* [[VTC7CD It was on a market day|It was on a market day - Volume 2]], Veteran, VTC7CD.<br />
* [[MTCD377 Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers?|Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers?]], Musical Traditions, MTCD377.<br />
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The song has also been collected in Scotland as 'The Dying Sailor' ([[Gavin Greig]] collection, from [[Annie Shirer]]), and in Australia as 'The Blessed Zulu War' - see http://www.vfmc.org.au/FiresideFiddlers/BlessedZuluWar.html<br />
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[[Mary Hudleston|Mary]] & [[Nigel Hudleston]] collected a similar set from a singer in West Witton, Yorkshire, see [[Songs of the Ridings]], Scarborough, 2001, pp. 216-17.<br />
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Walter Pardon sang the chorus only as 'Give my love to Nancy' to Roy Palmer - see https://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Roy-Palmer-collection/025M-C1023X0124XX-0900V0.<br />
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Mike Yates writes:<br />
:Although the Zulu Wars lasted for the period 1838-1888, this song is actually only concerned with the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. In 1879 the wife of Sihayo, a Zulu chief, fled with her lover into British territory. Sihayo's sons crossed the frontier into Natal and killed her. The British, perceiving the growth of Zulu power as a threat to their imperial ambitions, used this as an excuse to invade Zululand on 11th January, 1879. The British force, under Lieutenant-General Frederic Thesiger, Lord Chelmsford, set out to defeat the Zulu chief Cetshwayo and his 29,000 strong army, but things didn't exactly go according to plan when, on 22nd January, the main Zulu army led by Ntshingwayo kaMahole and Mavumengwana kaNdlela finished off the British central column at Isandhlwana, killing some 1,500 British soldiers. It was, almost certainly, the greatest victory ever won by Africans against Europeans in sub-Saharan Africa. An attempt that night to capture the central column's depot at Rork's Drift was beaten off by a handful of British soldiers and, after the right column fought through an elaborate ambush as Nyezane, Chelmsford wisely decided to retire to Natal. There was some fighting in March, 1879, but it was not until May that Chelmsford launched his second invasion. On 4th July the Zulu army was routed at Ulundi and resistance ended when Cetshwayo was captured on 1 September. The song The Zulu Wars was issued shortly after these events by the Edinburgh broadside printer Sanderson. <br />
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:When I first heard Charlie sing this song, in 1984, I was at a loss to explain why a sailor should have been involved in the campaign. However, it turns out that after the British defeat at Isandlwana a Naval Brigade was formed from members of HMS Shah and HMS Boadicea and that the Brigade helped defend the British square at the Battle of Gingindlovu (2nd April, 1879) and was present at the relief of Echowe, on the following day.<br />
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:(from ''Wonderfully Curious: some thoughts on the English song tradition'', Musical Traditions Article MT231, http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/wond_cur.htm)<br />
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<div>'''Walter Pardon:''', [[Norfolk]] singer and melodeon-player, 1914–1996.<br />
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Walter Pardon lived all his life in the redbrick farm workers’ cottage where he was born on 4th March 1914, in the village of Knapton, Norfolk.&nbsp; All the male family members, on both sides, had been farm workers of one kind or another for as far back as anyone could remember, so young Walter was unusual in that he was apprenticed at fourteen to a carpenter in the village of Paston, and spent all his working life as a carpenter, interrupted by four years in the army (again as a carpenter, at Aldershot) during the Second World War.<br />
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This was by no means the only unusual thing about him … to begin with, he was an only child - a rarity in that time, place and social stratum.&nbsp; Perhaps he enjoyed the solitary life, and the independence it brought, since he remained a bachelor all his days.&nbsp; But the most remarkable thing - perhaps almost unique for a male traditional singer - was that he rarely if ever sang outside the family home.&nbsp; Yet he kept a huge repertoire of songs alive in almost total isolation for over 20 years, between the last of the family singing sessions and his being ‘discovered’ by the 1970s’ folk scene.<br />
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Walter’s uncle, [[Billy Gee]] (born 1863), lived with the family for many years and had learned many of his songs from his father, Walter’s grandfather, Thomas Cook Gee (born 1827).&nbsp; In the early 1930s, when the Depression was at its worst and young Walter was finding carpentry jobs few and far between, he and Uncle Billy found themselves with time on their hands: ''“He worked on the golf course as a groundsman and when times were bad he’d be laid off … We’d sit of an afternoon in one of the sheds.&nbsp; He’d keep a bottle of something or other under the floorboards and he’d get that out and we’d sit there, the two of us, him singing and me listening.&nbsp; And that’s how I got most of my songs.”''<br />
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[[Roy Palmer]]'s article in the Oxford DNB gives this assessment of Walter:<br />
:''As a singer Pardon was quiet, even slightly introspective. He would begin a song in a gentle, thoughtful way, and draw in listeners, almost as if by enchantment. He allied sure musical instinct with excellent diction and first-class memory. A quiet, modest, and intelligent man, he read avidly — Dickens and Hardy for preference. When at the age of seventy-five he decided that his powers were on the wane, he gave up singing in public.'' <br />
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Walter died in hospital in Norwich, 9th June 1996.<br />
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== Discography ==<br />
* [[A Proper Sort]], Leader LP LED2063<br />
* [[Our Side of the Baulk]], Leader LP LED2111<br />
* [[A Country Life (LP)|A Country Life ]], Topic LP 12TS392<br />
* [[Bright Golden Store (LP)|Bright Golden Store]], Home-Made Music LP LP301 <br />
* [[A World Without Horses]], Topic CD TSCD514<br />
* [[Put a Bit of Powder on it, Father]], Musical Traditions CD MTCD305-6 <br />
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== Obituaries ==<br />
* [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-walter-pardon-1336792.html Derek Schofield, The Independent, 13 June 1996]<br />
* Pat MacKenzie and Jim Carroll, [[Folk Music Journal]], Volume 7 Number 2 (1996) <br />
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== References ==<br />
* Roy Palmer, ‘Pardon, Walter William (1914–1996)’, [[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]], Oxford University Press, 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/63074<br />
* Mike Yates, ''Stand Up Ye Men of Labour: The Socio-Political Songs of Walter Pardon'', Musical Traditions Article MT054, 1983 http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/pardon.htm <br />
* ''Walter Pardon: Put a Bit of Powder on it, Father'', Musical Traditions Article MT052, 2000 http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/pardon2.htm<br />notes to [[MTCD305-6 Put a Bit of Powder on it, Father: Walter Pardon|Put a Bit of Powder on it, Father... the other songs of Walter Pardon]] (MT CD 305-6)<br />
* Chris Holderness, ''Haste to the Wedding: the melodeon playing of Walter Pardon'', Musical Traditions Article MT253, 2010 http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/pardon3.htm<br />Includes MP3 files of 8 tunes played by Walter Pardon<br />
* Jim Carroll, ''Walter Pardon-A Simple Countryman?'', https://www.academia.edu/43037121/Walter_Pardon_A_Simple_Countryman_<br />
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<div>'''The Zulu War'''<br />
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[[Roud 5362]]<br />
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== As sung by [[Charlie Bridger]], Stone-in-Oxney, [[Kent]] ==<br />
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#How I love to tell the story, which I've often told before,<br />How we fought for death or glory at the blessed Zulu war.<br />Side by side we fought like demons to keep the enemy at bay.<br />Until Jack received a bullet wound, which made the fellow say<br /><br />Chorus: <br />“Give my love to Nancy, the girl that I adore.<br />Tell her that she'll never see her sailor any more.<br />Say I fell in battle while fighting with those blacks,<br />Every inch a sailor beneath the Union Jack.“<br /><br /><br />
#At first I thought that he was jesting, knowing he liked a bit of fun,<br />Until I saw that he was resting on the barrel of his gun.<br />Then I knew that he was badly wounded or he never would give way,<br />When, shaking hands, he said “Old comrade, the best of friends must part some day.”<br /><br /><br />
#“Take this ring from off my finger and this locket from my neck,<br />For I have but little time to linger so I hope you'll not forget.<br />And should you ever reach old England, which you may perhaps some day,<br />Give these relics to my mother and my orders please obey.”<br /><br /><br />
#I said “I'll not forget to tell her. Of these words you may be sure.”<br />For it did grieve me much severely to see the fellow rothering in his gore.<br />The look he gave me when we parted, I'll remember to this day,<br />And when for camp that day we started, I fancied I could hear him say<br />
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Charlie Bridger's version can be heard on <br />
* [[VTC7CD It was on a market day|It was on a market day - Volume 2]], Veteran, VTC7CD.<br />
* [[MTCD377 Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers?|Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers?]], Musical Traditions, MTCD377.<br />
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The song has also been collected in Scotland as 'The Dying Sailor' ([[Gavin Greig]] collection, from [[Annie Shirer]]), and in Australia as 'The Blessed Zulu War' - see http://www.vfmc.org.au/FiresideFiddlers/BlessedZuluWar.html<br />
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[[Mary Hudleston|Mary]] & [[Nigel Hudleston]] collected a similar set from a singer in West Witton, Yorkshire, see [[Songs of the Ridings]], Scarborough, 2001, pp. 216-17.<br />
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Walter Pardon sang the chorus only as 'Give my love to Nancy' to Roy Palmer - see https://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Roy-Palmer-collection/025M-C1023X0124XX-0900V0.<br />
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These versions have been assigned a different Roud number, [[Roud 13676 ]].<br />
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Mike Yates writes:<br />
:Although the Zulu Wars lasted for the period 1838-1888, this song is actually only concerned with the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. In 1879 the wife of Sihayo, a Zulu chief, fled with her lover into British territory. Sihayo's sons crossed the frontier into Natal and killed her. The British, perceiving the growth of Zulu power as a threat to their imperial ambitions, used this as an excuse to invade Zululand on 11th January, 1879. The British force, under Lieutenant-General Frederic Thesiger, Lord Chelmsford, set out to defeat the Zulu chief Cetshwayo and his 29,000 strong army, but things didn't exactly go according to plan when, on 22nd January, the main Zulu army led by Ntshingwayo kaMahole and Mavumengwana kaNdlela finished off the British central column at Isandhlwana, killing some 1,500 British soldiers. It was, almost certainly, the greatest victory ever won by Africans against Europeans in sub-Saharan Africa. An attempt that night to capture the central column's depot at Rork's Drift was beaten off by a handful of British soldiers and, after the right column fought through an elaborate ambush as Nyezane, Chelmsford wisely decided to retire to Natal. There was some fighting in March, 1879, but it was not until May that Chelmsford launched his second invasion. On 4th July the Zulu army was routed at Ulundi and resistance ended when Cetshwayo was captured on 1 September. The song The Zulu Wars was issued shortly after these events by the Edinburgh broadside printer Sanderson. <br />
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:When I first heard Charlie sing this song, in 1984, I was at a loss to explain why a sailor should have been involved in the campaign. However, it turns out that after the British defeat at Isandlwana a Naval Brigade was formed from members of HMS Shah and HMS Boadicea and that the Brigade helped defend the British square at the Battle of Gingindlovu (2nd April, 1879) and was present at the relief of Echowe, on the following day.<br />
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:(from ''Wonderfully Curious: some thoughts on the English song tradition'', Musical Traditions Article MT231, http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/wond_cur.htm)<br />
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[[Category: Song]]</div>Andyturnerhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=Francis_Collinson&diff=14652Francis Collinson2021-04-27T09:41:31Z<p>Andyturner: Updated links from Take Six to VWML Archive</p>
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<div>'''Francis Collinson''', folk song collector, arranger and musicologist, 1898–1984.<br />
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Musical director of the BBC's ''Country Magazine'' rural affairs radio programme from 1941, with [[Francis Dillon|Francis 'Jack' Dillon]] as its overall editor.<br />
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In the 1940s Collinson had a country home at Old Surrenden Manor near Bethersden in [[Kent]], and collected a number of songs from local singers.<br />
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He became the first musical research fellow at the newly established [[School of Scottish Studies]] in 1951, concentrating on the collection, study, and transcription of traditional song in both Scots and Gaelic.<br />
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Collinson's papers are held at the School of Scottish Studies, but copies of his English song collections are now lodged in the [[Vaughan Williams Memorial Library]], and available online, through the [https://www.vwml.org/archives-catalogue|VWML Archives Catalogue]. <br />
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== Publications ==<br />
*Collinson, Francis M., and Francis Dillon, (eds) ''Songs from the Countryside, As Featured in ‘Country Magazine’'' (London:Paxton, 1946)<br />
*Collinson, Francis M., and Francis Dillon, (eds) ''Folk Songs from ‘Country Magazine’'' (London: Paxton, 1952) <br />Songs collected for the BBC radio programme<br />
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* Francis Collinson, ''The traditional and national music of Scotland'' (London: Routledge, 1966)<br />
*Francis Collinson, ''The Bagpipe: the History of a Musical Instrument'' (1975). Routledge & Kegan Paul, London and Boston, MA, USA. Reprinted 1976. ISBN 0710079133.<br />
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== External references ==<br />
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*Ian A. Olson, ''Collinson, Francis James Montgomery (1898–1984)'', [[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]], Oxford University Press, 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/53950<br />
*''Francis James Montgomery Collinson (1898-1984)'' - brief biography on [https://www.vwml.org/archives-catalogue/COL VWML Online]<br />
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<div>The tune most commonly known by this title was recorded by [[William Kimber]], [[anglo-concertina]] player from [[Headington Quarry]], just outside Oxford.<br />
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This was originally a song, 'Légende de la Mère Angot', from Act I of the three act opéra-comique 'La fille de Madame Angot', written by French composer Charles Lecoq. The opera was first produced in Brussels at the Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisiennes on the 4 December 1872. The piece caused a sensation in Britain where it ran for a consecutive five-hundred nights and then appeared in London in various forms as well as being extensively toured. It is still a great favourite with the French, and is still, apparently, played almost continuously in the Asterix theme park, south of Paris. (Source: [[Hugh Rippon]]) <br />
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A transcription of Kimber's version, and the dance which it accompanied, was printed in [[English Dance and Song]], vol X, no. 3 (February 1946). The tune was also included on a 78rpm record recorded in October 1946, and issued by HMV in association with the EFDSS in 1947. <br />
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The tune which [[Cecil Sharp]] collected from [[William Kimber]] as ‘Double Lead Through’ in 1908 was a completely different melody - a version of ‘[[King of the Cannibal Islands]]’. See https://www.vwml.org/record/CJS2/10/1656.<br />
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A variety of other tunes have been noted under the title 'Double Lead Through', from [[Oxfordshire]], [[Gloucestershire]] and [[Sussex]]. See https://www.vwml.org/search?advq=0|tt|double%20lead%20through&is=1<br />
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==Recordings==<br />
Billy Kimber - Solo Concertina (His Master's Voice UK, B.9519), Jan 1947 10" 78 rpm https://youtu.be/Y6h9M-N_tJo<br />
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<div>'''English Dance & Song'''<br />
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Quarterly magazine published by the [[English Folk Dance and Song Society]]<br />
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<div>Originally a song, 'Légende de la Mère Angot', from Act I of the three act opéra-comique 'La fille de Madame Angot', written by French composer Charles Lecoq. The opera was first produced in Brussels at the Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisiennes on the 4 December 1872. The piece caused a sensation in Britain where it ran for a consecutive five-hundred nights and then appeared in London in various forms as well as being extensively toured. Made famous more recently in England from the version which [[Cecil Sharp]] collected from [[William Kimber]] at [[Headington Quarry]] - also included on a 78rpm record issued by HMV in association with the EFDSS in 1947. It is still a great favourite with the French, and is still, apparently, played almost continuously in the Asterix theme park, south of Paris. ([[Hugh Rippon]])<br />
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==Recordings==<br />
Billy Kimber - Solo Concertina (His Master's Voice UK, B.9519), Jan 1947 10" 78 rpm https://youtu.be/Y6h9M-N_tJo<br />
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<div>'''William Kimber''' (8 September 1872 – 26 December 1961).<br />
[[Anglo concertina|anglo-concertina]] player and Morris Dancer with [[Headington Quarry Morris Men]].<br />
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He was the musician when Headington Quarry were encountered by [[Cecil Sharp]] on Boxing Day 1899. Sharp noted down his first Morris tunes from Kimber's playing. Subsequently Kimber acted as Sharp's informant on the Headington Quarry Morris tradition, and as his assistant at lectures - Sharp would lecture on them while Kimber demonstrated the dances and played the concertina. <br />
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Kimber's Anglo-concertina playing - making use of the left-hand to add simple but effective chordal and rhythmic accompaniments - showed great vitality and lightness of touch. The recordings made of Kimber, many of which are now available on CD, are among the very few recordings that exist of English traditional concertina players, and have been very influential on later twentieth century exponents of the instrument.<br />
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In 1894 Kimber married Florence Cripps, and they had three children. "Merry" Kimber built a house for himself in 1911, which he named "Merryville". His first wife died in 1917, and in 1920 he married again, to Bessie Clark.<br />
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== Discography ==<br />
'''CDs'''<br />
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[[Absolutely Classic: The Music of William Kimber]], [[English Folk Dance and Song Society]] EFDSSCD03 (1999)<br/>CD includes a 64 page booklet with a biographical essay by [[Derek Schofield]].<br />
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Bean Setting, [[Folktrax]] FTX-382 <br/>[http://www.folktrax.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/menus/cassprogs/382kimber1.htm details]<br />
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Early Days: William Kimber Talking, [[Folktrax]] FTX-383<br/>[http://www.folktrax.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/menus/cassprogs/383kimber2.htm details]<br />
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'''LPs'''<br />
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The Art of William Kimber, [[Topic Records]] 12T249<br />
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== References ==<br />
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The Anglo-Concertina Music of William Kimber - Worrall, Dan M. (2005) London, English Folk Dance and Song Society ISBN 085418194146 <br />
Includes detailed transcriptions of 28 tunes from Kimber's repertoire.<br />
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Michael Heaney, ‘Kimber, William (1872–1961)’, ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'', Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/37635<br />
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http://backtothequarry.net/ - online archive of material relating to William Kimber, including recordings made by [[Theo Chaundy]] and [[Father Kenneth Loveless|Kenneth Loveless]]<br />
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<div>'''A Boy's Best Friend is His Mother'''<br />
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[[Roud 1756]]<br />
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Words by Harry Miller, music by J.P. Skelly.<br />
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Sheet music available from the Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music: https://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/collection/136/028<br />
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[http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/query.cgi?cross=on&type=Song&access=off&op_0=or&field_0=&op_5=or&field_5=&op_9=or&field_9=&op_10=or&field_10=&op_11=or&field_11=&op_12=or&field_12=&op_13=or&field_13=&op_14=or&field_14=&op_15=or&field_15=&op_16=or&field_16=&op_17=or&field_17=&op_18=or&field_18=&op_19=or&field_19=&op_20=or&field_20=&op_21=or&field_21=&op_22=or&field_22=&op_23=or&field_23=&op_24=or&field_24=&op_25=or&field_25=&op_26=or&field_26=&op_47=or&field_47=&fieldshow=single&op=or&query=1756&field=20&output=List&length=50&submit=Submit+query&index_roud=on&index_roudbroadside=on Search VWML Online]<br />
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'''Charlie Bridger''': singer and musician, Stone-in-Oxney, [[Kent]], 1913-1988. <br />
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Born 9th July 1913, at Kenardington, into a musical family. His father, also Charles, was employed as mower on a farm at Kenardington, and played tenor horn in both Kenardington and Woodchurch Bands. Charlie's great-grandfather had played the flute, while his grandfather Tom played clarinet. There is a photograph of Woodchurch Band from around 1920, which shows Charlie's father and grandfather, and Charlie in the front row, holding a clarinet. Band practices often ended with a sing-song, and although Charlie was too young to go into the pub, he picked up a number of songs this way. <br />
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Other songs he learned in adulthood from local men - typically older than him - sometimes buying a pint of beer in return for the words (e.g. [[Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go]] "I learnt that off an old man, old Billy King. I gave him a pint of beer. And you got it for nothing - 4d, that was a lot of money then.") He sang in the pub and at village hall events such as smoking concerts, and naturally his repertoire included songs learned from books such as the [[News Chronicle Song Book]], "nigger minstrel" songs, and standard items such as [[Village Pump, The|The Village Pump]] as well as traditional material.<br />
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Between the wars Charlie played clarinet in bands for dances in local village halls. After the Second World War he took up playing the tenor horn with the Rye Town Band. When that band folded, he joined the Peasmarsh Band, and later the Cranbrook Town band; he was an active bandsman practically for the rest of his life. <br />
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When Charlie left school he worked on the same farm as his father, but found that he could earn more by stone-breaking and road-building. It was while working as a stone-breaker that he first met Lilian Gill (Lily), whom he married in October 1938. During the Second World War he worked on a market garden, as well as serving in the Home Guard. After the war he worked in a variety of agricultural jobs, ending his working life as an employee of the Southern Water Authority, maintaining the banks of the Royal Military Canal.<br />
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Charlie Bridger became known to the folk revival in 1983. Andy Turner was researching Kentish singers and was given Charlie's name by his contemporary Mr. Charles Beale, son of [[Albert Beale]] of Kenardington. Andy recorded a number of Charlie's songs, and organised occasional music and song sessions at Charlie's local, the Crown Inn, Stone-in-Oxney, at which it was obvious that he very much enjoyed being the centre of attention once again. [[Mike Yates]] recorded some half dozen songs from Charlie in April 1984, most of which have been released on [[Veteran]] or [[Musical Traditions]]. Charlie was invited to attend the [[National Folk Music Festival]] at Sutton Bonington, 1985, but was unable to travel owing to ill health. He did however make a brief appearance at the [[English Country Music Weekends|English Country Music Weekend]] at Frittenden, September 1988, a couple of months before his death.<br />
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:'I went to visit Charlie at his home in Kent because I had been told about his superb version of the song ''Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go''... Charlie had worked for most of his life at a near-by stone quarry and I am sorry that I only managed to see him on one occasion.'<br />
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:''Part of the booklet notes, written by Mike Yates, to the Musical Traditions Records CDs [[MTCD333_The_Birds_Upon_the_Tree|The Birds Upon the Tree (MTCD333)]]''<br />
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== Repertoire ==<br />
<br />
*[[Birds Upon the Tree, The|The Birds Upon the Tree]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''<br />
*[[Boy's best friend is his mother, A|A Boy's best friend is his mother]]<br />
*[[Brave Ploughboy, The|The Brave Ploughboy]]<br />
*[[Buttercup Joe]]<br />
*[[Death of Nelson, The|The Death of Nelson]]<br />
*[[Farmer's Boy, The|The Farmer's Boy]]<br />
*[[Folkestone Murder, The|The Folkestone Murder]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''<br />
*[[Gipsy's Warning, The|The Gipsy's Warning]]<br />
*[[Good Old Jeff]]<br />
*[[I'll take you home again, Kathleen]]<br />
*[[In the Spring Time]]<br />
*[[Jenny Lind|Jenny Lind Polka]]<br />
*[[Jolly Waggoner, The|The Jolly Waggoner]]<br />
*[[Little by little, and bit by bit]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''<br />
*[[Mistletoe Bough, The|The Mistletoe Bough]]<br />
*[[O who will o'er the Downs so free?]]<br />
*[[Old Farmer Giles]]<br />
*[[Old fashioned Mother of mine]]<br />
*[[Faithful Sailor Boy, The|One bitter night in winter]] <br />
*[[Playing on the old banjo]]<br />
*[[Ship that never returned, The|The Ship that never returned]]<br />
*[[Silver Moon]]<br />
*[[That's how you get served when you're old]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''<br />
*[[Three cheers for the Red, White and Blue]]<br />
*[[Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''<br />
*[[Veteran, The|The Veteran]]<br />
*[[Wait till the clouds roll by]]<br />
*[[When you and I were young, Maggie]]<br />
*[[Where is my wandering boy tonight?]]<br />
*[[Won't you buy my pretty Flowers]]<br />
*[[Zulu War, The|The Zulu War]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''<br />
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All of these are on the Musical Traditions CD, Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers? (MTCD377), with the exception of 'Buttercup Joe', 'The Farmer's Boy' and 'Silver Moon'.<br />
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Copies of Mike Yates' recordings are held by the [http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/cat.html British Library Sound Archive].<br />
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== Discography ==<br />
*Charlie Bridger [[MTCD377 Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers?|Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers?]], Musical Traditions, MTCD377.<br />
*Various Artists, [[MTCD333 The Birds Upon the Tree|The Birds Upon the Tree]], Musical Traditions, MTCD333. ([[Birds Upon the Tree, The|The Birds Upon the Tree]], [[Little by little, and bit by bit]])<br />
*Various Artists, [[VT108 The Horkey Load Vol 1|The Horkey Load Vol 1]], Veteran, VT108. ([[Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go]])<br />
*Various Artists, [[VT109 The Horkey Load Vol 2|The Horkey Load Vol 2]], Veteran, VT109. ([[Zulu War, The|The Zulu War]])<br />
*Various Artists, [[VTC4CD Down in the Fields|Down in the Fields]], Veteran, VTC4CD. ([[Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go]])<br />
*Various Artists, [[VTC6CD It was on a market day|It was on a market day - One]], Veteran, VTC6CD. ([[Folkestone Murder, The|The Folkestone Murder]])<br />
*Various Artists, [[VTC7CD It was on a market day|It was on a market day - Two]], Veteran, VTC7CD. ([[Zulu War, The|The Zulu War]])<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
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George Frampton, ''Charlie Bridger musician and singer'', Bygone Kent, January 1994.<br />
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Andy Turner & Rod Stradling, Booklet accompanying MTCD377 Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers? https://mtrecords.co.uk/pdf/377.pdf<br />
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<div>[[Image:Charlie_bridger.jpg|right]]<br />
'''Charlie Bridger''': singer and musician, Stone-in-Oxney, [[Kent]], 1913-1988. <br />
<br />
Born 9th July 1913, at Kenardington, into a musical family. His father, also Charles, was employed as mower on a farm at Kenardington, and played tenor horn in both Kenardington and Woodchurch Bands. Charlie's great-grandfather had played the flute, while his grandfather Tom played clarinet. There is a photograph of Woodchurch Band from around 1920, which shows Charlie's father and grandfather, and Charlie in the front row, holding a clarinet. Band practices often ended with a sing-song, and although Charlie was too young to go into the pub, he picked up a number of songs this way. <br />
<br />
Other songs he learned in adulthood from local men - typically older than him - sometimes buying a pint of beer in return for the words (e.g. [[Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go]] "I learnt that off an old man, old Billy King. I gave him a pint of beer. And you got it for nothing - 4d, that was a lot of money then.") He sang in the pub and at village hall events such as smoking concerts, and naturally his repertoire included songs learned from books such as the [[News Chronicle Song Book]], "nigger minstrel" songs, and standard items such as [[Village Pump, The|The Village Pump]] as well as traditional material.<br />
<br />
Between the wars Charlie played clarinet in bands for dances in local village halls. After the Second World War he took up playing the tenor horn with the Rye Town Band. When that band folded, he joined the Peasmarsh Band, and later the Cranbrook Town band; he was an active bandsman practically for the rest of his life. <br />
<br />
When Charlie left school he worked on the same farm as his father, but found that he could earn more by stone-breaking and road-building. It was while working as a stone-breaker that he first met Lilian Gill (Lily), whom he married in October 1938. During the Second World War he worked on a market garden, as well as serving in the Home Guard. After the war he worked in a variety of agricultural jobs, ending his working life as an employee of the Southern Water Authority, maintaining the banks of the Royal Military Canal.<br />
<br />
Charlie Bridger became known to the folk revival in 1983. Andy Turner was researching Kentish singers and was given Charlie's name by his contemporary Mr. Charles Beale, son of [[Albert Beale]] of Kenardington. Andy recorded a number of Charlie's songs, and organised occasional music and song sessions at Charlie's local, the Crown Inn, Stone-in-Oxney, at which it was obvious that he very much enjoyed being the centre of attention once again. [[Mike Yates]] recorded some half dozen songs from Charlie in April 1984, most of which have been released on [[Veteran]] or [[Musical Traditions]]. Charlie was invited to attend the [[National Folk Music Festival]] at Sutton Bonington, 1985, but was unable to travel owing to ill health. He did however make a brief appearance at the [[English Country Music Weekends|English Country Music Weekend]] at Frittenden, September 1988, a couple of months before his death.<br />
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:'I went to visit Charlie at his home in Kent because I had been told about his superb version of the song ''Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go''... Charlie had worked for most of his life at a near-by stone quarry and I am sorry that I only managed to see him on one occasion.'<br />
<br />
:''Part of the booklet notes, written by Mike Yates, to the Musical Traditions Records CDs [[MTCD333_The_Birds_Upon_the_Tree|The Birds Upon the Tree (MTCD333)]]''<br />
<br />
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== Repertoire ==<br />
<br />
*[[Birds Upon the Tree, The|The Birds Upon the Tree]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''<br />
*[[Boy's best friend is his mother, A|A Boy's best friend is his mother]]<br />
*[[Brave Ploughboy, The|The Brave Ploughboy]]<br />
*[[Buttercup Joe]]<br />
*[[Death of Nelson, The|The Death of Nelson]]<br />
*[[Farmer's Boy, The|The Farmer's Boy]]<br />
*[[Folkestone Murder, The|The Folkestone Murder]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''<br />
*[[Gipsy's Warning, The|The Gipsy's Warning]]<br />
*[[Good Old Jeff]]<br />
*[[I'll take you home again, Kathleen]]<br />
*[[In the Spring Time]]<br />
*[[Jenny Lind|Jenny Lind Polka]]<br />
*[[Jolly Waggoner, The|The Jolly Waggoner]]<br />
*[[Little by little, and bit by bit]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''<br />
*[[Mistletoe Bough, The|The Mistletoe Bough]]<br />
*[[O who will o'er the Downs so free?]]<br />
*[[Old Farmer Giles]]<br />
*[[Old fashioned Mother of mine]]<br />
*[[Faithful Sailor Boy, The|One bitter night in winter]] <br />
*[[Playing on the old banjo]]<br />
*[[Ship that never returned, The|The Ship that never returned]]<br />
*[[Silver Moon]]<br />
*[[That's how you get served when you're old]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''<br />
*[[Three cheers for the Red, White and Blue]]<br />
*[[Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''<br />
*[[Veteran, The|The Veteran]]<br />
*[[Wait till the clouds roll by]]<br />
*[[When you and I were young, Maggie]]<br />
*[[Where is my wandering boy tonight?]]<br />
*[[Won't you buy my pretty Flowers]]<br />
*[[Zulu War, The|The Zulu War]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''<br />
<br />
All of these are on the Musical Traditions CD, Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers? (MTCD377), with the exception of 'Buttercup Joe', 'The Farmer's Boy' and 'Silver Moon'.<br />
<br />
Copies of Mike Yates' recordings are held by the [http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/cat.html British Library Sound Archive].<br />
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== Discography ==<br />
*Charlie Bridger [[MTCD377 Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers?|Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers?]], Musical Traditions, MTCD377.<br />
*Various Artists, [[MTCD333 The Birds Upon the Tree|The Birds Upon the Tree]], Musical Traditions, MTCD333. ([[Birds Upon the Tree, The|The Birds Upon the Tree]], [[Little by little, and bit by bit]])<br />
*Various Artists, [[VT108 The Horkey Load Vol 1|The Horkey Load Vol 1]], Veteran, VT108. ([[Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go]])<br />
*Various Artists, [[VT109 The Horkey Load Vol 2|The Horkey Load Vol 2]], Veteran, VT109. ([[Zulu War, The|The Zulu War]])<br />
*Various Artists, [[VTC4CD Down in the Fields|Down in the Fields]], Veteran, VTC4CD. ([[Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go]])<br />
*Various Artists, [[VTC6CD It was on a market day|It was on a market day - One]], Veteran, VTC6CD. ([[Folkestone Murder, The|The Folkestone Murder]])<br />
*Various Artists, [[VTC7CD It was on a market day|It was on a market day - Two]], Veteran, VTC7CD. ([[Zulu War, The|The Zulu War]])<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
<br />
George Frampton, ''Charlie Bridger musician and singer'', Bygone Kent, January 1994.<br />
Andy Turner & Rod Stradling, Booklet accompanying MTCD377 Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers? https://mtrecords.co.uk/pdf/377.pdf<br />
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<div>[[Image:Charlie_bridger.jpg|right]]<br />
'''Charlie Bridger''': singer and musician, Stone-in-Oxney, [[Kent]], 1913-1988. <br />
<br />
Born 9th July 1913, at Kenardington, into a musical family. His father, also Charles, was employed as mower on a farm at Kenardington, and played tenor horn in both Kenardington and Woodchurch Bands. Charlie's great-grandfather had played the flute, while his grandfather Tom played clarinet. There is a photograph of Woodchurch Band from around 1920, which shows Charlie's father and grandfather, and Charlie in the front row, holding a clarinet. Band practices often ended with a sing-song, and although Charlie was too young to go into the pub, he picked up a number of songs this way. <br />
<br />
Other songs he learned in adulthood from local men - typically older than him - sometimes buying a pint of beer in return for the words (e.g. [[Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go]] "I learnt that off an old man, old Billy King. I gave him a pint of beer. And you got it for nothing - 4d, that was a lot of money then.") He sang in the pub and at village hall events such as smoking concerts, and naturally his repertoire included songs learned from books such as the [[News Chronicle Song Book]], "nigger minstrel" songs, and standard items such as [[Village Pump, The|The Village Pump]] as well as traditional material.<br />
<br />
Between the wars Charlie played clarinet in bands for dances in local village halls. After the Second World War he took up playing the tenor horn with the Rye Town Band. When that band folded, he joined the Peasmarsh Band, and later the Cranbrook Town band; he was an active bandsman practically for the rest of his life. <br />
<br />
When Charlie left school he worked on the same farm as his father, but found that he could earn more by stone-breaking and road-building. It was while working as a stone-breaker that he first met Lilian Gill (Lily), whom he married in October 1938. During the Second World War he worked on a market garden, as well as serving in the Home Guard. After the war he worked in a variety of agricultural jobs, ending his working life as an employee of the Southern Water Authority, maintaining the banks of the Royal Military Canal.<br />
<br />
Charlie Bridger became known to the folk revival in 1983. Andy Turner was researching Kentish singers and was given Charlie's name by his contemporary Mr. Charles Beale, son of [[Albert Beale]] of Kenardington. Andy recorded a number of Charlie's songs, and organised occasional music and song sessions at Charlie's local, the Crown Inn, Stone-in-Oxney, at which it was obvious that he very much enjoyed being the centre of attention once again. [[Mike Yates]] recorded some half dozen songs from Charlie in April 1984, most of which have been released on [[Veteran]] or [[Musical Traditions]]. Charlie was invited to attend the [[National Folk Music Festival]] at Sutton Bonington, 1985, but was unable to travel owing to ill health. He did however make a brief appearance at the [[English Country Music Weekends|English Country Music Weekend]] at Frittenden, September 1988, a couple of months before his death.<br />
<br />
:'I went to visit Charlie at his home in Kent because I had been told about his superb version of the song ''Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go''... Charlie had worked for most of his life at a near-by stone quarry and I am sorry that I only managed to see him on one occasion.'<br />
<br />
:''Part of the booklet notes, written by Mike Yates, to the Musical Traditions Records CDs [[MTCD333_The_Birds_Upon_the_Tree|The Birds Upon the Tree (MTCD333)]]''<br />
<br />
<br />
== Repertoire ==<br />
<br />
*[[Birds Upon the Tree, The|The Birds Upon the Tree]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''<br />
*[[Boy's best friend is his mother, A|A Boy's best friend is his mother]]<br />
*[[Brave Ploughboy, The|The Brave Ploughboy]]<br />
*[[Buttercup Joe]]<br />
*[[Death of Nelson, The|The Death of Nelson]]<br />
*[[Farmer's Boy, The|The Farmer's Boy]]<br />
*[[Folkestone Murder, The|The Folkestone Murder]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''<br />
*[[Gipsy's Warning, The|The Gipsy's Warning]]<br />
*[[Good Old Jeff]]<br />
*[[I'll take you home again, Kathleen]]<br />
*[[In the Spring Time]]<br />
*[[Jenny Lind|Jenny Lind Polka]]<br />
*[[Jolly Waggoner, The|The Jolly Waggoner]]<br />
*[[Little by little, and bit by bit]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''<br />
*[[Mistletoe Bough, The|The Mistletoe Bough]]<br />
*[[O who will o'er the Downs so free?]]<br />
*[[Old Farmer Giles]]<br />
*[[Old fashioned Mother of mine]]<br />
*[[Faithful Sailor Boy, The|One bitter night in winter]] <br />
*[[Playing on the old banjo]]<br />
*[[Ship that never returned, The|The Ship that never returned]]<br />
*[[Silver Moon]]<br />
*[[That's how you get served when you're old]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''<br />
*[[Three cheers for the Red, White and Blue]]<br />
*[[Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''<br />
*[[Veteran, The|The Veteran]]<br />
*[[Wait till the clouds roll by]]<br />
*[[When you and I were young, Maggie]]<br />
*[[Where is my wandering boy tonight?]]<br />
*[[Won't you buy my pretty Flowers]]<br />
*[[Zulu War, The|The Zulu War]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''(recorded Mike Yates, 1984)''<br />
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All of these are on the Musical Traditions CD, Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers? (MTCD377), with the exception of 'Buttercup Joe', 'The Farmer's Boy' and 'Silver Moon'.<br />
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Copies of Mike Yates' recordings are held by the [http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/cat.html British Library Sound Archive].<br />
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== Discography ==<br />
*Charlie Bridger [[MTCD377 Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers?|Won't you Buy my Pretty Flowers?]], Musical Traditions, MTCD377.<br />
*Various Artists, [[MTCD333 The Birds Upon the Tree|The Birds Upon the Tree]], Musical Traditions, MTCD333. ([[Birds Upon the Tree, The|The Birds Upon the Tree]], [[Little by little, and bit by bit]])<br />
*Various Artists, [[VT108 The Horkey Load Vol 1|The Horkey Load Vol 1]], Veteran, VT108. ([[Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go]])<br />
*Various Artists, [[VT109 The Horkey Load Vol 2|The Horkey Load Vol 2]], Veteran, VT109. ([[Zulu War, The|The Zulu War]])<br />
*Various Artists, [[VTC4CD Down in the Fields|Down in the Fields]], Veteran, VTC4CD. ([[Three Maidens a-Milking Did Go]])<br />
*Various Artists, [[VTC6CD It was on a market day|It was on a market day - One]], Veteran, VTC6CD. ([[Folkestone Murder, The|The Folkestone Murder]])<br />
*Various Artists, [[VTC7CD It was on a market day|It was on a market day - Two]], Veteran, VTC7CD. ([[Zulu War, The|The Zulu War]])<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
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George Frampton, ''Charlie Bridger musician and singer'', Bygone Kent, January 1994.<br />
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