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Thread #165445   Message #3968862
Posted By: Steve Gardham
30-Dec-18 - 09:13 AM
Thread Name: traditional songs - best for learning?
Subject: RE: traditional songs - best for learning?
Here's a better suggestion for you, Andy. Why not sing 3 Hampshire versions? On the VWML site in the search box put the name 'James Bounds'. He was from Portsmouth and sang several well-known chanteys which are on the site. (We're including them in our next volume). Then as a non-chorus song you could try 'The Rambling Soldier' as sung by George Digweed from Micheldever in 1906, not a commonly sung song (It's relative The Rambling Sailor' is more common). And for your chorus song how about 'The Ups and Downs' as sung by E Frankham of Petersfield in 1908? These last 2 can be found in the song book Marrow Bones still available from the EFDSS and very likely there are versions in the DT, but all available on the website.