"CYRIL TAWNEY SINGS CHILDREN'S SONGS FROM DEVON AND CORNWALL"



Talking Elephant TSCD 179



       The CD release on 5th September of this 1970 LP is another milestone in making available items from the Argo Folk Catalogue. A selection of songs - humorous, nursery and game songs etc - as collected in Devon and Cornwall from 1810 to 1964, and there's not a nursery rhyme among them. The album includes several items which were popular in Cyril's club repertoire, such as The Snail, John Jago and Old Daddy Fox, with the bonus of some fine accompaniments by Tom Paley (guitar) and Trevor Crozier (jaw's harp, mandolin and concertina).