May Bradley - Revision history

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	Hamer records that she spoke Welsh until she was eighteen, which sounds strange, given that her collected songs, and those of her sister, mother and grandmother were all in English. Singing was a family affair, she sang “with her brothers and sisters round the fire at night”, they learned songs from each other and shared some songs. [[Sweet Swansea]] she learned from her grandfather, and claimed that is was written by her “double great grandfather” to commemorate the results of “a minor trespassing offence with his caravan.”		Hamer records that she spoke Welsh until she was eighteen, which sounds strange, given that her collected songs, and those of her sister, mother and grandmother were all in English. Singing was a family affair, she sang “with her brothers and sisters round the fire at night”, they learned songs from each other and shared some songs. [[Sweet Swansea]] she learned from her grandfather, and claimed that is was written by her “double great grandfather” to commemorate the results of “a minor trespassing offence with his caravan.”

			A very full description of May Bradley's life, family and songs can be found in the booklet notes to the Musical Traditions CD ''Sweet Swansea'', at http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/bradley.htm

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Repertoire

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	*[[Willow Tree, The\|The Willow Tree]]		*[[Willow Tree, The\|The Willow Tree]]

	There is a picture of her, sat outside her house, in [[Garners Gay]], p 49.		There is a picture of her, sat outside her house, in [[Garners_Gay_(songbook)\|Garners Gay]], p 49.

	There is an account of her first meeting with Fred Hamer at [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/fhamer.htm The Folk Mag]		There is an account of her first meeting with Fred Hamer at [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/fhamer.htm The Folk Mag]


	== Discography ==		== Discography ==

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Discography

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	*Various artists, Voice of the People [[We've Received Orders to Sail\|Volume 12]] Track 01: [[Willow Tree, The\|The Willow Tree]]		*Various artists, Voice of the People [[We've Received Orders to Sail\|Volume 12]] Track 01: [[Willow Tree, The\|The Willow Tree]]
	*Various artists, Voice of the People [[A Story I'm Just About to Tell\|Volume 8]] Track 22: [[Calvery]]		*Various artists, Voice of the People [[A Story I'm Just About to Tell\|Volume 8]] Track 22: [[Calvery]]
	Various Artists, [[Century of Song, A\|A Century of Song]], EFDSS (1998): [[On Christmas Day]]Various artists, ''The Leaves of Life: The field recordings of Fred Hamer'', EFDSS cassette (1998): [[McCaffery]], [[Willow Tree, The\|The Willow Tree]], [[Under the Leaves]], [[Lily White Hand]]		*Various Artists, [[Century of Song, A\|A Century of Song]], EFDSS (1998): [[On Christmas Day]]
			*Various artists, ''The Leaves of Life: The field recordings of Fred Hamer'', EFDSS cassette (1998): [[McCaffery]], [[Willow Tree, The\|The Willow Tree]], [[Under the Leaves]], [[Lily White Hand]]
	*Various artists, ''[[Garners Gay (LP)]], EFDSS LP, (1971): [[Outlandish Knight, The\|The Outlandish Knight]], [[Sweet Swansea]], [[Blackbird, The\|The Blackbird]], [[On Christmas Day]], [[Cold Blows the Wind]]		*Various artists, ''[[Garners Gay (LP)]], EFDSS LP, (1971): [[Outlandish Knight, The\|The Outlandish Knight]], [[Sweet Swansea]], [[Blackbird, The\|The Blackbird]], [[On Christmas Day]], [[Cold Blows the Wind]]


	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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	== Discography ==		== Discography ==
	*Voice of the People [[My Father's the King of the Gypsies\|Volume 11]] Track 33: [[Under the Leaves]]		*May Bradley, [[Sweet Swansea (MTCD349)\|Sweet Swansea]], Musical Traditions MTCD349(2010)
	*Voice of the People [[We've Received Orders to Sail\|Volume 12]] Track 01: [[Willow Tree, The\|The Willow Tree]]		*Various artists, Voice of the People [[My Father's the King of the Gypsies\|Volume 11]] Track 33: [[Under the Leaves]]
	*Voice of the People [[A Story I'm Just About to Tell\|Volume 8]] Track 22: [[Calvery]]		*Various artists, Voice of the People [[We've Received Orders to Sail\|Volume 12]] Track 01: [[Willow Tree, The\|The Willow Tree]]
	*Various artists, ''The Leaves of Life: The field recordings of Fred Hamer'', EFDSS cassette (1998): [[McCaffery]], [[Willow Tree, The\|The Willow Tree]], [[Under the Leaves]], [[Lily White Hand]]		*Various artists, Voice of the People [[A Story I'm Just About to Tell\|Volume 8]] Track 22: [[Calvery]]
			Various Artists, [[Century of Song, A\|A Century of Song]], EFDSS (1998): [[On Christmas Day]]Various artists, ''The Leaves of Life: The field recordings of Fred Hamer'', EFDSS cassette (1998): [[McCaffery]], [[Willow Tree, The\|The Willow Tree]], [[Under the Leaves]], [[Lily White Hand]]
	*Various artists, ''[[Garners Gay (LP)]], EFDSS LP, (1971): [[Outlandish Knight, The\|The Outlandish Knight]], [[Sweet Swansea]], [[Blackbird, The\|The Blackbird]], [[On Christmas Day]], [[Cold Blows the Wind]]		*Various artists, ''[[Garners Gay (LP)]], EFDSS LP, (1971): [[Outlandish Knight, The\|The Outlandish Knight]], [[Sweet Swansea]], [[Blackbird, The\|The Blackbird]], [[On Christmas Day]], [[Cold Blows the Wind]]


	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
	* Booklet for [[The Voice of the People]] No. 11, Topic TSCD 661, ''My ~~father~~'s the ~~king~~ of the ~~gypsies'~~'		* Booklet for [[The Voice of the People]] No. 11, Topic TSCD 661, ''[[My Father's the King of the Gypsies]]'
	* [[Garners Gay (songbook)\|Garners Gay]]		* [[Garners Gay (songbook)\|Garners Gay]]
	* [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/fhamer.htm The Folk Mag - Fred Hamer in the West Midlands] - background to Fred Hamer's meeting with May Bradley, with words and music for 10 songs collected from her.		* [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/fhamer.htm The Folk Mag - Fred Hamer in the West Midlands] - background to Fred Hamer's meeting with May Bradley, with words and music for 10 songs collected from her.


	[[Category:Singer]]		[[Category:Singer]]
	[[Category:Monmouthshire]]		[[Category:Monmouthshire]]
			[[Category:Shropshire]]

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	*[[Down the Green Groves]]		*[[Down the Green Groves]]
	*[[Lily White Hand]]		*[[Lily White Hand]]
	*[[~~McCafferty~~]] (Calvery)		*[[McCaffery]] ([[Calvery]])
	*[[On Christmas Day]]		*[[On Christmas Day]]
	*[[Outlandish Knight, The\|The Outlandish Knight]] (The Dappledy Grey)		*[[Outlandish Knight, The\|The Outlandish Knight]] (The Dappledy Grey)
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	There is an account of her first meeting with Fred Hamer at [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/fhamer.htm The Folk Mag]		There is an account of her first meeting with Fred Hamer at [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/fhamer.htm The Folk Mag]


	== Discography ==		== Discography ==
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	*Voice of the People [[We've Received Orders to Sail\|Volume 12]] Track 01: [[Willow Tree, The\|The Willow Tree]]		*Voice of the People [[We've Received Orders to Sail\|Volume 12]] Track 01: [[Willow Tree, The\|The Willow Tree]]
	*Voice of the People [[A Story I'm Just About to Tell\|Volume 8]] Track 22: [[Calvery]]		*Voice of the People [[A Story I'm Just About to Tell\|Volume 8]] Track 22: [[Calvery]]
			*Various artists, ''The Leaves of Life: The field recordings of Fred Hamer'', EFDSS cassette (1998): [[McCaffery]], [[Willow Tree, The\|The Willow Tree]], [[Under the Leaves]], [[Lily White Hand]]
			*Various artists, ''[[Garners Gay (LP)]], EFDSS LP, (1971): [[Outlandish Knight, The\|The Outlandish Knight]], [[Sweet Swansea]], [[Blackbird, The\|The Blackbird]], [[On Christmas Day]], [[Cold Blows the Wind]]


	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
	* Booklet for [[The Voice of the People]] No. 11, Topic TSCD 661, ''My father's the king of the gypsies''		* Booklet for [[The Voice of the People]] No. 11, Topic TSCD 661, ''My father's the king of the gypsies''
	* [[Garners Gay]]		* [[Garners Gay (songbook)\|Garners Gay]]
	* [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/fhamer.htm The Folk Mag - Fred Hamer in the West Midlands] - background to Fred Hamer's meeting with May Bradley, with words and music for 10 songs collected from her.		* [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/fhamer.htm The Folk Mag - Fred Hamer in the West Midlands] - background to Fred Hamer's meeting with May Bradley, with words and music for 10 songs collected from her.

	[[Category:Singer]]		[[Category:Singer]]
	[[Category:Monmouthshire]]		[[Category:Monmouthshire]]

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	[[Fred Hamer]] states that “she sang softly if a little harshly, but with the complete assurance of a practised performer”. She can be heard on the [[The Voice of the People]] twice, singing Under the Leaves (No. 11, Topic TSCD 661) and the Willow Tree (Topic TSCD 662), singing in very much in the manner Hamer records.		[[Fred Hamer]] states that “she sang softly if a little harshly, but with the complete assurance of a practised performer”. She can be heard on the [[The Voice of the People]] twice, singing Under the Leaves (No. 11, Topic TSCD 661) and the Willow Tree (Topic TSCD 662), singing in very much in the manner Hamer records.

	Hamer records that she spoke Welsh until she was eighteen, which sounds strange, given that her collected songs, and those of her sister, mother and grandmother were all in English. Singing was a family affair, she sang “with her brothers and sisters round the fire at night”, they learned songs from each other and shared some songs. [[Sweet Swansea]] she learned from her grandfather, and claimed that is was written by her “double great grandfather” to commemorate the results of “a minor trespassing offence with his caravan.” ~~She had, Hamer states, “an extensive repertoire”, of which the following, very varied, collection appears in the Roud index:~~		Hamer records that she spoke Welsh until she was eighteen, which sounds strange, given that her collected songs, and those of her sister, mother and grandmother were all in English. Singing was a family affair, she sang “with her brothers and sisters round the fire at night”, they learned songs from each other and shared some songs. [[Sweet Swansea]] she learned from her grandfather, and claimed that is was written by her “double great grandfather” to commemorate the results of “a minor trespassing offence with his caravan.”


	*[[The Blackbird]]		== Repertoire ==
			She had, Hamer states, “an extensive repertoire”, of which the following, very varied, collection appears in the Roud index:


			*[[Blackbird, The\|The Blackbird]]
	*[[Cold Blows the Wind]]		*[[Cold Blows the Wind]]
	*[[Down the Green Groves]]		*[[Down the Green Groves]]
	*[[Lily White Hand]]		*[[Lily White Hand]]
	*[[McCafferty]]		*[[McCafferty]] (Calvery)
	*[[On Christmas Day]]		*[[On Christmas Day]]
	*[[The Outlandish Knight]] (The Dappledy Grey)		*[[Outlandish Knight, The\|The Outlandish Knight]] (The Dappledy Grey)
	*[[Sweet Swansea]]		*[[Sweet Swansea]]
	*[[Turpin’s Farewell to Black Bess]]		*[[Turpin’s Farewell to Black Bess]]
	*[[Under the Leaves]]		*[[Under the Leaves]]
	*[[The Willow Tree]]		*[[Willow Tree, The\|The Willow Tree]]
	*[[Calvery]]

	There is a picture of her, sat outside her house, in [[Garners Gay]], p 49.		There is a picture of her, sat outside her house, in [[Garners Gay]], p 49.
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	There is an account of her first meeting with Fred Hamer at [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/fhamer.htm The Folk Mag]		There is an account of her first meeting with Fred Hamer at [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/fhamer.htm The Folk Mag]

	Sources:		== Discography ==
			*Voice of the People [[My Father's the King of the Gypsies\|Volume 11]] Track 33: [[Under the Leaves]]
			*Voice of the People [[We've Received Orders to Sail\|Volume 12]] Track 01: [[Willow Tree, The\|The Willow Tree]]
			*Voice of the People [[A Story I'm Just About to Tell\|Volume 8]] Track 22: [[Calvery]]

			== Sources ==
	* Booklet for [[The Voice of the People]] No. 11, Topic TSCD 661, ''My father's the king of the gypsies''		* Booklet for [[The Voice of the People]] No. 11, Topic TSCD 661, ''My father's the king of the gypsies''
	* [[Garners Gay]]		* [[Garners Gay]]

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	* Booklet for [[The Voice of the People]] No. 11, Topic TSCD 661, ''My father's the king of the gypsies''		* Booklet for [[The Voice of the People]] No. 11, Topic TSCD 661, ''My father's the king of the gypsies''
	* [[Garners Gay]]		* [[Garners Gay]]
	* [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/fhamer.htm The Folk Mag]		* [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/fhamer.htm The Folk Mag - Fred Hamer in the West Midlands] - background to Fred Hamer's meeting with May Bradley, with words and music for 10 songs collected from her.

	[[Category:Singer]]		[[Category:Singer]]
	[[Category:Monmouthshire]]		[[Category:Monmouthshire]]

JohnnyAdams at 19:45, 17 October 2008

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	* [[Garners Gay]]		* [[Garners Gay]]
	* [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/fhamer.htm The Folk Mag]		* [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/fhamer.htm The Folk Mag]

			[[Category:Singer]]
			[[Category:Monmouthshire]]

RichardSpencer at 16:22, 11 November 2007

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	*[[Calvery]]		*[[Calvery]]

	There is a picture of her, sat outside her house, in [[Garners Gay]], p 49		There is a picture of her, sat outside her house, in [[Garners Gay]], p 49.
	There is an account of ~~here~~ first meeting with Fred Hamer at [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/fhamer.htm The Folk Mag]
			There is an account of her first meeting with Fred Hamer at [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/fhamer.htm The Folk Mag]

			Sources:
			* Booklet for [[The Voice of the People]] No. 11, Topic TSCD 661, ''My father's the king of the gypsies''
			* [[Garners Gay]]
			* [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/fhamer.htm The Folk Mag]

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	*Various artists, Voice of the People [[We've Received Orders to Sail\|Volume 12]] Track 01: [[Willow Tree, The\|The Willow Tree]]		*Various artists, Voice of the People [[We've Received Orders to Sail\|Volume 12]] Track 01: [[Willow Tree, The\|The Willow Tree]]
	*Various artists, Voice of the People [[A Story I'm Just About to Tell\|Volume 8]] Track 22: [[Calvery]]		*Various artists, Voice of the People [[A Story I'm Just About to Tell\|Volume 8]] Track 22: [[Calvery]]
	Various Artists, [[Century of Song, A\|A Century of Song]], EFDSS (1998): [[On Christmas Day]]Various artists, ''The Leaves of Life: The field recordings of Fred Hamer'', EFDSS cassette (1998): [[McCaffery]], [[Willow Tree, The\|The Willow Tree]], [[Under the Leaves]], [[Lily White Hand]]		*Various Artists, [[Century of Song, A\|A Century of Song]], EFDSS (1998): [[On Christmas Day]]
			*Various artists, ''The Leaves of Life: The field recordings of Fred Hamer'', EFDSS cassette (1998): [[McCaffery]], [[Willow Tree, The\|The Willow Tree]], [[Under the Leaves]], [[Lily White Hand]]
	*Various artists, ''[[Garners Gay (LP)]], EFDSS LP, (1971): [[Outlandish Knight, The\|The Outlandish Knight]], [[Sweet Swansea]], [[Blackbird, The\|The Blackbird]], [[On Christmas Day]], [[Cold Blows the Wind]]		*Various artists, ''[[Garners Gay (LP)]], EFDSS LP, (1971): [[Outlandish Knight, The\|The Outlandish Knight]], [[Sweet Swansea]], [[Blackbird, The\|The Blackbird]], [[On Christmas Day]], [[Cold Blows the Wind]]


	== Sources ==		== Sources ==