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His version of [[Death and the lady]], collected by [[Francis Collinson]] in 1946, was printed in [[JEFDSS]] Vol 5 No 1 (1946), p19-20, with the following note:
His version of [[Death and the lady]], collected by [[Francis Collinson]] in 1946, was printed in [[JEFDSS]] Vol 5 No 1 (1946), p19-20, with the following note:


:"Mr. Baker of Maidstone, who is in his senties, has worked all his life as an engineer at Thomas Tillings'. He is a little uncertain in his singing, and I had to ask him to repeat the tune of "Death and the Lady" a number of times before I was certain of having it down correctly."
:"Mr. Baker of Maidstone, who is in his seventies, has worked all his life as an engineer at Thomas Tillings'. He is a little uncertain in his singing, and I had to ask him to repeat the tune of "Death and the Lady" a number of times before I was certain of having it down correctly."





Revision as of 20:29, 27 April 2009

Harry Baker, singer from Maidstone, Kent.

His wife, Frances Baker, was also a singer.

His version of Death and the lady, collected by Francis Collinson in 1946, was printed in JEFDSS Vol 5 No 1 (1946), p19-20, with the following note:

"Mr. Baker of Maidstone, who is in his seventies, has worked all his life as an engineer at Thomas Tillings'. He is a little uncertain in his singing, and I had to ask him to repeat the tune of "Death and the Lady" a number of times before I was certain of having it down correctly."


Mr. Baker sang only four verses, but his version, with expanded words, was included in the Penguin Book of English Folk Songs.