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Thread #57722 Message #910267
Posted By: Willa
14-Mar-03 - 04:57 PM
Thread Name: Inflationary pressures on folk tradition-4 P a Day
Subject: RE: Inflationary pressures on folk tradition-4 P a Day

Giok and Malcolm
From Songs of Struggle and Protest', Mercier Press
Fourpence a day. Collected by Joan Littlewood and Ewan McColl from the singing of John Gowland, a retired lead miner of Middleton-in-Teesdale, Yorshire. The song is attributed to Thomas Raine (sic)lead miner and bard of Teesdale.
Bibliography ref. 'The Shuttle and Cage' Industrial folk ballads. The Workers' Music Assoc. 1954
Discography ref.Steam Whistle Ballads. E.McColl Topic 12T104
British Industrial Folk Songs. E.McColl. Stinson SLP79