Does any body own these recordings

Subject: Does any body own these recordings
From: Nick Dow
Date: 22 Jul 25 - 02:05 PM

CHARLIE LUCAS [Folktrax]; WALTER LUCAS [BBC] [RH: the same man]
Walter 'Charlie' Lucas
voice
Sixpenny Handley, Wiltshire, 12 December 1949.
Admiral Benbow      
The Prickle Holly Bush Folktrax FTX-513 BBC 9467
The Maid Freed from the Gallows [part only; edited with other material]Folktracks 90-502
According to Bronson there was another recording of the same singer by Lomax published on Rounder. I just need to check the tunes and text against another hand written collected source for a proposed future publication. Any help gladly received and credited.

Subject: RE: Does any body own these recordings
From: Reinhard
Date: 22 Jul 25 - 02:28 PM

From World Library of Folk and Primitive Music - Volume I: England, CD reissue:

25. The Prickle Holly Bush
Sung by Walter Lucas and the people of Sixpenny Handley, Dorset.
Recorded in 1951 by Peter Kennedy for the BBC’s “Village Barn Dance” program.

Hold your hand, dear Judge,
O stay some little while,
For I think I see my mother a-coming
All over yonder stile.

Refrain:
O the prickle holly bush
That pricks my poor heart sore,
And if ever I get out of the prickle holly bush,
I'll never get in it any more.

Dear sister any gold,
Or silver to set me free,
For to keep my body from the cold clay ground,
And me neck from the gallows tree.

O I've no gold,
Or silver to setyou free,
For I am come for to see you hung,
Alone on the gallows tree.

Hold your hand, dear judge,
Just stay some little while,
For I think I see my lover a-coming,
All over yonder style.

Dear lover any gold,
Or silver to set me free,
For to keep my body from the cold clay ground,
And me neck from the gallows tree.

Yes I've brought gold,
And silver to set you free,
For to keep your body from the cold day ground,
And your neck from the gallows tree.

I've sent you a PM with a link to the recording.

Subject: RE: Does any body own these recordings
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 22 Jul 25 - 04:49 PM

Have you checked out WorldCat? To get the best access you need to go through a logon setup via a library, but even everyday users can set up a free account and find information about published stuff and where copies might reside.

Subject: RE: Does any body own these recordings
From: Nick Dow
Date: 22 Jul 25 - 05:38 PM

Thank you both very much. You have solved a rather unusual problem. What was noted does not appear to be what the singer sang, and Bronson's words seem inaccurate. Your help is greatly valued.