https://folkopedia.info/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Joseph_LeaningJoseph Leaning - Revision history2026-05-10T07:19:34ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.3https://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=Joseph_Leaning&diff=14405&oldid=prevRuairidh Greig: Family history and repertoire of one of Percy Grainger's major informants2021-02-11T12:08:27Z<p>Family history and repertoire of one of Percy Grainger's major informants</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Born in 1837 at Barton on Humber, Joseph Leaning (known as "Lean") was the son of William Leaning an agricultural labourer from Barton and Mary from Thornton Curtis. He lived on the High St, on Beck Hill and later on Pasture Rd.<br />
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Joseph became an agricultural labourer like his father but after his first wife, Mary Ann died he also had a grocer's shop, with his sister Alice, on High St. He married his second wife, Ann Moment from Habrough in 1876, after which he became a blacksmith's labourer and ultimately a labourer for Barton Urban District Council.<br />
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It is not known how he came into contact with Percy Grainger, but he was phonographed at Brigg in 1906 and 1908.<br />
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He celebrated his Golden Wedding in 1926 and died the following year.<br />
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Repertoire:<br />
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1. The Banks of Sweet Dundee<br />
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2. Barbara Ellen<br />
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3. Bold William Taylor<br />
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4. Come all Jolly Ploughboys<br />
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5. Creeping Jane<br />
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6. Died for Love<br />
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7. The Gallant Huzzar<br />
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8. The Gardener and the Ploughman<br />
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9. General Wolfe<br />
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10. Green Bushes <br />
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11. The Green Mossy Banks<br />
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12. Just as the Tide was Flowing<br />
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13. The Kerry Recruit<br />
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14. Lord Bateman<br />
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15. The Lowlands of Holland<br />
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16. The North Country Maid<br />
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17. The Nutting Girl<br />
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18. The Old Mare<br />
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19. The Outlandish Knight<br />
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20. Seventeen Come Sunday<br />
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21. The Sheffield Apprentice<br />
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22. Six Dukes went a-Fishing<br />
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23. The Lost Lady Found<br />
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24. The Poacher's Fate<br />
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25. The Pretty Maid Milking her Cow <br />
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26. Poor Mary and the Silvery Tide<br />
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27. Time to Remember the Poor<br />
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28. Wharncliffe Highwood<br />
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29. Young Henry My Son</div>Ruairidh Greig