Songs in various English dialects

Subject: Songs in various dialects from around England
From: David W
Date: 28 Jul 19 - 08:15 PM

An example,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuynxRH9k1Q

I've been into studying England's dialects for a long time now, never really looked into folk music though.

Any songs from around the country people know, if they're completely un-understandable to anyone not from the UK, all the better.

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: leeneia
Date: 28 Jul 19 - 08:30 PM

Long ago I went to "Phantom of the Opera", and the only lyrics I understood all night were 'tumty tumty tumty of the night.'

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: Thomas Stern
Date: 28 Jul 19 - 08:42 PM

https://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects

there were a number of BBC LPs (records) of British dialects:
https://www.discogs.com/No-Artist-Some-British-Accents-And-Dialects/release/5434430

there are others

Thomas.

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
Date: 28 Jul 19 - 09:38 PM

Most of the Alan Lomax Bahamian catalog and most calypso.

Lyr Req: Mama Look a Boo Boo (Harry Belafonte)
Lyr Req: Told You People Judgement Coming Bahamas
Lyr Req: Three Friends' Advice (Lord Executor)

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: David W
Date: 28 Jul 19 - 10:13 PM

Thomas,

Nice collection, that Essex accent is unrecognizable compared to these days

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: David W
Date: 28 Jul 19 - 10:17 PM

Another good one here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQIhVXwW1dM

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Jul 19 - 06:17 AM

VARIOUS ARTISTS OWDHAM EDGE – POPULAR SONG & VERSE FROM LANCASHIRE TSDL204

Until Topic Records featured Harry Boardman singing six Lancashire songs on the 1965 LP ‘New Voices’, available recordings of songs with their roots in the North West of England were scarce.

The growing demand for such material led to the release of ‘Deep Lancashire’ in 1968 and then, in 1970, ‘Owdham Edge’, featuring Harry Boardman once again, as well as the first recordings by one Mike Harding.

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 29 Jul 19 - 06:43 AM

One of the best examples of Lancashire dialect I can remember in a folk song was MacColl's obscene version of 'Seven Night's Drunk' - entitled 'T'owd Chap Cam 'ower t' Bank, originally recorded from Beckett Whitehead
There's a rather interesting collection of Yorkshire songs in the 'Musical Traditions' pipeline, recorded originally as a PhD by Colin Wharton - I assume it will be entitled, 'Songs of the North Riding' as was the PhD collection
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: Noreen
Date: 29 Jul 19 - 07:59 PM

Sid Calderbank reciting Lancashire dialect poem
http://www.sidcalderbank.co.uk/albums-and-downloads/

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: BobL
Date: 30 Jul 19 - 03:35 AM

Loads of Geordie songs in DT, e.g. Blaydon Races, Bonny At Morn, Dance To Thi Daddy, The Lambton Worm. And those are just ones that a Southerner such as I would know about.

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: GUEST,Mark Bluemel
Date: 30 Jul 19 - 03:48 AM

David W: You might like this

(The tune is "In And Out The Windows")

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: GUEST,John Greaves
Date: 04 Aug 19 - 04:49 PM

Certainly a good few up here in north east Yorkshire, e.g. Sedgefield Fair or Willie went to Westerdale also Tawd Sow.

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: Mrrzy
Date: 04 Aug 19 - 08:26 PM

There is a great video somewhere with a woman doing all the accents around the UK. She is quite talented.

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 04 Aug 19 - 10:13 PM

As a Yank...

I found the singing of the werzel song, "Wer Be The Blackbird He" totally incomprehensible when sung by a Yorkshire lad.

Even more incomprehensible was the castration of piglettes, and the making of Srampy with a rat in the brew.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

A bell ringer, Church of England, Isle of Jersey, gave me insight and a fluid translation.

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: The Sandman
Date: 05 Aug 19 - 02:42 AM

scrumpy not srampy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB3C1AU2Q3k

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: GUEST,Mike Yates
Date: 05 Aug 19 - 05:59 AM

An actress friend of mine was once asked by a BBC radio producer if she could 'do a Scottish' accent. 'Of course,' she replied. 'Which one do you want? I do six different ones.'

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: GUEST,Roger
Date: 05 Aug 19 - 06:22 AM

I yet to hear anyone do any of the many Cumbrian accents apart from native Cumbrians.
Roger.

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 05 Aug 19 - 07:22 AM

What about Birmingham ? how can 1.25 million people have the same speach impediment ?

Dave H

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: GUEST,Mike
Date: 05 Aug 19 - 08:21 AM

How can 60+ million people have the same hearing impediment?

Within Birmingham and the Black Country there's a huge array of accents/dialects - many of them mellifluous and easy on the ear.

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 05 Aug 19 - 10:36 AM

You've not got much of a sense of humour have you Mike ?

Dave H

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: r.padgett
Date: 05 Aug 19 - 04:05 PM

Yorkshire dialects are also quite wide and different~

South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and East Riding and Nth Yorkshire

see Yorkshire Garland website!

Gossip John, Dalesman's Litany, Mrs Holroyd, Holmfirth Anthem etc

Ray

Subject: RE: Songs in various English dialects
From: RTim
Date: 05 Aug 19 - 04:14 PM

Charlie Wills and Household Remedies...from deepest Dorset!

Tim Radford