EDS Vol 42 No 2

Cover: Dr Russell Wortley

SPECIAL FEATURES

SONGS OF A SHANTYMAN

Roy Palmer looks at the life and songs of Captain John Robinson.

THE BOLDEN LAD TAPES

John Tchalenko examines the nature of traditional music through the recorded speech of Bob Davenport and Tom Ford

THE MAN THAT WROTE 'THE MAN THAT WATERS THE WORKERS BEER'

A note on 'Paddy Ryan', the composer of the song, by Roy Palmer.

A CUMBRIAN SWORD DANCE

A descriptive extract taken from the Cumberland Paquet (1788) by Keith Gregson.

ODDS AND ENDS

Early newspaper cuttings;'LORNA"S FANCY", a jig from Nicholas Driver; photos of the Eynsham Mummers, Kentish Hoodeners and Sam Bennett's 'Broom Dance'; two songs:Windy Old Weather and Three Jolly Hoodening Boys.

SING US ONE OF THE OLD SONGS

Peter Charlton writes about the Connection between the Music Hall and the Folk Revival.

THREE NEW HAMPSHIRE CONTRAS

Collected by Roy Dommett and Tubby Reynolds on a recent American trip.

THEY REMEMBERED

A list of bequests left to the Society by members.

OBITUARIES

George Belton

Mervyn Vincent

Albert Glenwright

Russell Wortley

Elsie Whiteman

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