Look up the book "The Chime Child: or Sommerset Singers" ("being an account of some of them and their songs collected over sixty years) by Ruth L. Tongue. Published 1967 in London by Routledge & Kegan Paul. And thanks to Ed Cray who suggested the book to me!

Ruth Tongue spent her childhood near Taunton and, as one born between midnight on Friday and cockcrow on Saturday, was regarded in West Somerset as a 'gifted' being -- and welcomed by many of the singers who usually kept their songs to themselves.

It's a WONDERFUL collection of songs, with the music and notes about the singers such as 'Old Shepherd,' 'Gillavor' of Taunton Barracks, 'Annie's Granny,' 'Cordelia Cooper the Gypsy,' and 'Mr. Barry the ballad singer.' Eminently readable, a real delight with a wealth of information.

Linn