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
REGULAR FEATURES
MORRIS WORKSHOP
'Morris Dancers in Crewe before the First World War' by Theresa Buckland and Dan Howison.
RESEARCH INDEX
CORRESPONDENCE
REVIEWS
Books and Records.
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