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Thread #9379 Message #1561086
Posted By: GUEST,Lindsey
11-Sep-05 - 12:12 PM
Thread Name: English Folk Songs
Subject: RE: English Folk Songs
Going back to the sings from Somerset (where i happen to live at the moment), Folk South West (based in Montecute, Somerset), teamed up with the River Parrett Trail Partnership, to create a lovely Tape of music it contains the following- God speed the plough, 1907 (these are dates collected) From riches to poverty, 1904 Low lowlands of Holland, 1905 Tarpaulin jacket, 1905 Female cabin boy,1905 The Rover,1905 Whistle, daughter, whistle, 1906 Draggletail gypsies, 1904 Bridgwater fair, 1906 (bridgwater is spelt correctly) Pride of Kildare, 1905 Come all jolly fellows, that follow the plough, King George,1904 Once I courted, 1904 I wish I never had known, 1904 Ratcliffe Highway, 1906 Farewell he, 1904 New Year song, 1909 The deserter, 1906 I kept a pack of hounds, 1908 Song of the River Parrett These are mainly songs from when cecil sharp visited the area in and after 1903. And the songs were recreated using his original manuscripts using local people (with accents!). It has a lovely version of whistle, daughter, whistle, and so i copied off it off the tape on listen on CD in my car(not fun). Hope this helps. Anyone know of any yorkshire/northumberland equivalents? Thanks
Oh and big thanks to Alison, for saving me typing out the words again, after i lost my first lot due to a computer crash!