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1 September 2008
- 09:1309:13, 1 September 2008 diff hist +58 m Jack Elliott No edit summary
- 09:1209:12, 1 September 2008 diff hist +259 The Elliotts of Birtley No edit summary current
31 August 2008
- 16:4716:47, 31 August 2008 diff hist +1,909 N The Elliotts of Birtley New page: The County Durham mining family who were such an important force in the 1960s folk revival, with a folk club still thriving as it nears its 50th anniversary. Jack Elliott and brother Reece...
- 16:2716:27, 31 August 2008 diff hist +162 Jack Elliott No edit summary
28 December 2007
- 10:2210:22, 28 December 2007 diff hist +15 m Nelson →'''Nelson in folk song''' current
24 December 2007
- 15:0515:05, 24 December 2007 diff hist +4,767 N Nelson New page: == '''Nelson in folk song''' == Horatio Nelson is widely regarded as the greatest English military hero since Alfred the Great. The battle of Trafalgar in 1805 established Britain’s ma...
13 December 2007
- 14:2514:25, 13 December 2007 diff hist +4,668 N John barleycorn New page: == John Barleycorn (also Sir John Barleycorn) == One of the most popular folk songs in the rural tradition, the broadside trade, and the folk revival. Versions from the tradition are... current
11 December 2007
- 21:3321:33, 11 December 2007 diff hist +25 Regional →North-East
2 July 2007
- 19:0319:03, 2 July 2007 diff hist +137 m Princess Royal presentational changes, minor additions current
25 June 2007
- 14:4714:47, 25 June 2007 diff hist +8,120 N Princess Royal New page: == The story of a tune == ''The Princess Royal'' is one of the most ubiquitous of traditional tunes. Irish scholars say it was written by the great harper and composer O’Carolan aro...
3 June 2007
- 23:0623:06, 3 June 2007 diff hist +776 Yorkshire No edit summary
- 22:3622:36, 3 June 2007 diff hist +1,055 Cumbria No edit summary current
30 April 2007
- 17:3217:32, 30 April 2007 diff hist +235 Talk:A. L. Lloyd No edit summary
24 April 2007
- 21:1521:15, 24 April 2007 diff hist +2 m Northumberland →Tyneside Song Books
- 21:0621:06, 24 April 2007 diff hist +140 County Durham No edit summary current
23 April 2007
- 20:1020:10, 23 April 2007 diff hist +883 N County Durham New page: Durham as presently defined is mostly associated with rapper sword dances and pit songs. However, the county historically includes the Tyneside connurbation south of the river Tyne, and t...
- 19:1819:18, 23 April 2007 diff hist +4 m Children's Songs No edit summary current
21 April 2007
- 11:2811:28, 21 April 2007 diff hist +398 N Songs of Heroes and Villains New page: Everybody loves a hero, and some villains are secretly admired. Highwaymen and pirates are popular in song (''Turpin Hero'', ''Captain Kidd''), and although we sometimes salute our militar...
- 11:2011:20, 21 April 2007 diff hist +1,108 N Children's Songs New page: Many of the nursery rhymes and game songs that we learn as children are traditional, in that they are old, with no known author, and seem by their nature to be timeless. Despite many peopl...
- 10:4510:45, 21 April 2007 diff hist +417 N Ritual Songs New page: Many of our folk songs arise from cermonies or rituals, or are just seasonal. Carols for Christmas, Easter, and May Day, Wassail songs would come under this heading, as would pace egg and ...
- 10:3410:34, 21 April 2007 diff hist +524 N Songs of Comedy and Diversion New page: Many folk songs are comic, arising from many subjects, and some songs are just whimsical fantasies. Songs about legendary animals such as ''Froggy went a courtin'', ''The Derby Ram'', and ... current
19 April 2007
- 15:4915:49, 19 April 2007 diff hist +1 Northumberland No edit summary
- 15:4315:43, 19 April 2007 diff hist +889 N Hunting and Poaching Songs New page: Hunting songs are almost always jolly songs with lots of choruses, about the day itself, the company, the open air, the dogs, the nobility of the quarry, and on most occasions the fox or h...
- 08:3208:32, 19 April 2007 diff hist −633 Song →The Folk Revival
- 08:3108:31, 19 April 2007 diff hist +601 N Folk revival New page: Contributors to Folkopedia frequently mention the "Folk Revival". What they normally mean is the quite sudden increase of interest in traditional song and music starting with pioneers in t... current
- 08:2508:25, 19 April 2007 diff hist +2,148 N Lancashire New page: Lancashire, in common with most counties in the north of England and the midlands, did not feature much in the first folk revival. That is to say, Sharp, Hammond, Vaughan Williams and ...
18 April 2007
- 09:1109:11, 18 April 2007 diff hist −115 Songs of Good Company No edit summary
- 09:0609:06, 18 April 2007 diff hist +35 N Drinking Songs Drinking Songs moved to Songs of Good Company: preferred title current
- 09:0609:06, 18 April 2007 diff hist 0 m Songs of Good Company Drinking Songs moved to Songs of Good Company: preferred title
- 08:5108:51, 18 April 2007 diff hist +457 Industrial Songs No edit summary current
- 08:3608:36, 18 April 2007 diff hist +760 N Soldiers' Songs New page: Soldier's songs, songs about the army, or war are commonly concerned with recruiting parties, (for willing or unwilling recruits), such as ''The White Cockade'' or ''Twa Recruiting Sergean...
17 April 2007
- 18:2518:25, 17 April 2007 diff hist +21 Song →Traditional Songs by Theme
- 18:1718:17, 17 April 2007 diff hist +1,187 Talk:The Folk Songs of Britain No edit summary
16 April 2007
- 20:5320:53, 16 April 2007 diff hist +618 N Talk:The Folk Songs of Britain New page: Andy. If you are intending to set up a page for each LP in the Caedmon series, listing songs etc, that's fine. Perhaps on reflection, as you have separate pages for Child Ballads 1 and 2, ...
- 20:4720:47, 16 April 2007 diff hist +1 m The Folk Songs of Britain No edit summary
- 20:4320:43, 16 April 2007 diff hist +1,131 N Political and Historical Songs New page: There are many songs which detail historical events, particularly battles, hangings, and rebellions. Whilst the Folk Revival was ushered in on a wave of very political songs such as the CN...
- 20:1820:18, 16 April 2007 diff hist −2 m Songs of Country Life No edit summary current
- 08:4208:42, 16 April 2007 diff hist +1,101 N The Folk Songs of Britain New page: '''The Folk Songs of Britain''' A Ten Volume Series of sound recordings, compiled by Peter Kennedy and Alan Lomax, assisted by Shirley Collins. Originally published in America on Caedmon...
- 08:2008:20, 16 April 2007 diff hist +807 N Songs of Country Life New page: Many of our folk songs concern traditional crafstmen and traders such as millers, blacksmiths, cobblers, tailors, shepherds, brewers, merchants, and farmers. We hear how hard life is for t...
- 07:5707:57, 16 April 2007 diff hist +1,511 N Songs of the Road New page: There are many traditional songs about travellers, gypsies, journeymen, pedlars, commercial travellers and the like. Most of our travellers' songs come from two areas, the north east of Sc... current
15 April 2007
- 18:0118:01, 15 April 2007 diff hist +1,069 N Songs of Seduction New page: This is a very common theme in traditional song, and along with love and marriage songs feature in more than half of the songs in the Greig Duncan Collection from the Aberdeenshire area. A...
- 17:5417:54, 15 April 2007 diff hist +874 N Songs of Love and Marriage New page: This is probably the commonest topic in traditional song. For example, along with songs of seduction, the theme has more than half of the songs in the Greig Duncan Collection from the Aber... current
- 17:3217:32, 15 April 2007 diff hist +47 Song →Traditional Songs by Theme
- 15:1715:17, 15 April 2007 diff hist +645 Song →Traditional Songs by Theme
- 12:5512:55, 15 April 2007 diff hist +4 Song →Traditional Songs by Theme
- 10:4510:45, 15 April 2007 diff hist +73 Song →Traditional Songs by Theme
12 April 2007
- 15:0315:03, 12 April 2007 diff hist +795 N Songs of Good Company New page: There are many songs about alcohol, most of them about beer, except north of the border where songs about whisky abound, and west of Bristol, where songs extolling the juice of the apple a...
- 14:5014:50, 12 April 2007 diff hist −3 Song →Traditional Songs by Theme
- 14:4614:46, 12 April 2007 diff hist +675 Sea Songs No edit summary
10 April 2007
- 18:0618:06, 10 April 2007 diff hist −6 Song Books →General Anthologies