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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 …’''''		:''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 …’''''

	from [http://travellerstimes.org.uk~~/downloads%5CTT33_05042009200142.pdf~~ Traveller's Times issue 33, Autumn 2007]		from [http://travellerstimes.org.uk Traveller's Times] issue 33, Autumn 2007


	Some of Ambrose's songs are included in ~~[http://www.grthm.co.uk/romano-drom/romano-drom-songbook.pdf~~ Romano Drom songbook]		Some of Ambrose's songs are included in 'Romano Drom songbook: Songs by Ambrose Cooper, Kerieva & Others', Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month, June 2009.


	'''YouTube links:'''		'''YouTube links:'''

	[~~http~~://youtu.be/~~aKqFKMVp3qo The Musician's Tale: Gypsy Singer Ambrose Cooper's life and music~~]		[https://youtu.be/tIBpPMHYe8U?si=6xvywTHFA8GT5xrr Travellers Tales part 1 (Surrey History Trust)]

	[http://youtu.be/ZxcNYnlE6Og "Reuben And Levy"]		[http://youtu.be/ZxcNYnlE6Og 'Reuben And Levy']

	[http://youtu.be/zma-AlFMWkg Old Motors, written by Ambrose Cooper]		[http://youtu.be/zma-AlFMWkg 'Old Motors', written by Ambrose Cooper]

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	[http://youtu.be/aKqFKMVp3qo The Musician's Tale: Gypsy Singer Ambrose Cooper's life and music]		[http://youtu.be/aKqFKMVp3qo The Musician's Tale: Gypsy Singer Ambrose Cooper's life and music]

	http://youtu.be/ZxcNYnlE6Og		[http://youtu.be/ZxcNYnlE6Og "Reuben And Levy"]

	http://youtu.be/zma-AlFMWkg		[http://youtu.be/zma-AlFMWkg Old Motors, written by Ambrose Cooper]

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	'''Ambrose Cooper''' Gypsy singer who lives near Epsom, [[Surrey]]. He is [[Jasper Smith]]'s nephew and [[Harry Lee]]'s grandson.		'''Ambrose Cooper''' Gypsy singer and songwriter who lives near Epsom, [[Surrey]]. He is [[Jasper Smith]]'s nephew and [[Harry Lee]]'s grandson.

	:'''''Unsung hero''': Ambrose Cooper is a Gypsy man who sings for passion not profit.		:'''''Unsung hero''': Ambrose Cooper is a Gypsy man who sings for passion not profit.
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	'''YouTube links:'''		'''YouTube links:'''

	http://youtu.be/aKqFKMVp3qo		[http://youtu.be/aKqFKMVp3qo The Musician's Tale: Gypsy Singer Ambrose Cooper's life and music]

	http://youtu.be/ZxcNYnlE6Og		http://youtu.be/ZxcNYnlE6Og

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'''Ambrose Cooper''' Gypsy singer who lives near Epsom, [[Surrey]]. He is [[Jasper Smith]]'s nephew and [[Harry Lee]]'s grandson.

:'''''Unsung hero''': Ambrose Cooper is a Gypsy man who sings for passion not profit.

:''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.''

:''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.''

:''“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?”''

:''“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.”''

:''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.''

:''“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.”''

:''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 …’''''

from [http://travellerstimes.org.uk/downloads%5CTT33_05042009200142.pdf Traveller's Times issue 33, Autumn 2007]

Some of Ambrose's songs are included in [http://www.grthm.co.uk/romano-drom/romano-drom-songbook.pdf Romano Drom songbook]

'''YouTube links:'''

http://youtu.be/aKqFKMVp3qo

http://youtu.be/ZxcNYnlE6Og

http://youtu.be/zma-AlFMWkg

'''Audio links:'''

[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

[[Category: Singer]]

[[Category: Surrey]]

[[Category: Traveller]]