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GUEST,Suffolk Miracle Lyr Req: Farmer on a Bike (John Crisp) (40) RE: Lyr Req: Farmer on a Bike (John Crisp) 25 Sep 08


There is a recording of this collected by Neil Lanham from Jack Tarling (I'm almost certain) on Comic Songs of the Stour Valley. I was about to say the late great Jack Tarling, but it is just possible he is still with us, though I reckon he would be well into his nineties. Anyone know for sure?
Also can I plug the work that Neil has done? He gets so much less credit for it than e.g. the Howsons, perhaps because (Jack is an exception)the quality of singer he found was not quite that of Ted Chaplin, Tony Harvey etc. Nevertheless there are some good performers and more importantly he has made a very very thorough job of recording what of the living tradition is still there in Suffolk/Essex.


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