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Thread #123040   Message #2704658
Posted By: GUEST,Gadaffi
20-Aug-09 - 10:58 AM
Thread Name: Captain Swing songs
Subject: Captain Swing songs
I've been asked to look into ideas for a song cycle to commemorate the Swing Riots of 1830 in south-east England.

I have the Hogsbawn/Rude book, but whilst rich on social context, has little on ballad material. I can think of songs like 'Rigs of the Time', 'Owslebury Lads' and 'Painful Plough'. Any others?