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A Popular Singing Tradition of an Area of South-East London

Archive File: LAVC/SRP/2/174

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Type of record: Archive

Title: A Popular Singing Tradition of an Area of South-East London

Level: File

Classmark: LAVC/SRP/2/174

Creator(s): Wetton, Anne Lindsey

Site Location(s): Subject - Blexleyheath, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom ( 51.4527, 0.128837 )

Date(s): 1974

Size and medium: 128 unbound typed leaves.

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/410210

Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture

Description

A collection of popular songs recorded in 1973/1974 from informants living in and around the Bexleyheath area of London. Text and (some) tune transcriptions are presented, with comments from the collector. The songs collected are arranged according to subject matter - love, the home, family, war, morals, social songs, travel, Ethiopian Serenaders [Music Hall act] and comedy. An alphabetical index to the songs and Tape Tables of Contents are included.

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