Henry Barrett

Henry Barrett (1847-1922) came from a large long-established family in Randwick, Gloucestershire. Cecil Sharp visited him on 9th April 19080 and noted three songs. source of two of his songs.

Henry was born in 1847, into a large family with 6 other brothers and two sisters. As a young man he started work at his father's trade, plasterer and tiler. In 1867 he married a local girl, Ellen Cratchley, following which the couple set up home in their native village and both went to work in the local woollen cloth factory.

Henry Barret died in 1922 and his wife three years later.

Sharp visited him on 9th April 1908, in between collecting sessions at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. He may well have met him in the nearby "Vine Tree" pub, where Henry's brother had been innkeeper during the 1880s.

Songs

Title	Roud number	Sharp Words	Sharp Tunes	Comments
The Rigs of London Town	868	1473-4	1623
Three Milkmaids	290	1475-6	1624
The Hearty Good Fellow	393	1477-8	1625

Paul Burgess