Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A491r
Site Location(s): Subject - Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom( 51.6713, -1.77359 ); Subject - Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom( 51.7522, -1.25596 ); Subject - Clanfield, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom( 51.7162, -1.58888 ); Subject - Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom( 51.6977, -1.82777 ); Subject - Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom( 51.7018, -0.91161 )
Date(s): 1969
Size and medium: 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool; Duration: 64' 49".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414542
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
Mrs. I. M. Brown and Mrs. Cotmore [?sisters], recorded in Oxford in 1969. Recitation of the words to 'I had a Little Donkey', and the monologues 'Sally and Her Sweetheart', and 'Little Boy and the Errand', all known by the informants' grandmother who came from Lechlade. [Tr. 3]
William Clarke, recorded at home in Chinnor; sings 'The One-O' [? 'The Twelve Apostles'] - sung 1912-1913 by Jim Howlett and George Holland [other males present comment]; sings the chorus to 'All in the Morning Dew'. [Tr. 4]
Mr. T. Newman, recorded at home in Clanfield; sings 'The Three Jolly Huntsmen' [fragment], 'The Soldier and the Sailor' [fragment], recites some of the words of 'The Bold Grenadier' , sings 'Please kind sir don't pass me by' [fragment], 'I'll Beat the Drum Again' [ 'Hat and Feather'] [fragment], 'My Father got Five Little Piggies', 'Fare Thee Well Cold Winter'. [Tr. 5]
George Dawes [Dusty Dawes], recorded at home in Meysey Hampton; describes the Army ditty 'The Orderly Man', and then sings it; sings 'Down in the Fields Where the Buttercups All Grow', 'The Trumpeter' [learned/sung in the army, 1914], fragment of an unidentified song, sung in german. [Tr. 6]; sings 'The Royal Vineyard'; discussion of songs learned from his parents; the Army; father's occupation as a hurdle maker; describes the village of Kempsford, including the canal, blacksmith and wharf; sings the hunting song, 'Tally-ho hark away' [fragment]; talks about pub activities, including singing, music, dancing and games; beer and ale and breweries at Cirencester, Fairford and Burford; relates Army anecdotes. [Tr. 7]
16 of 20.
Access and usage
Reproduction
Access
A written application to the Head of Special Collections, University of Leeds, is required. This should identify clearly the research for which access to the sound recording(s) and/or any transcription(s) of both texts and music is requested. Access is permitted only within the Special Collections searchroom at the University of Leeds. No copy recordings or transcriptions whatsoever shall be made. Permission will normally be given for bona fide research purposes only and not for commercial use of any kind.
A written application for publication, performance or re-recording/transcription of the item(s) (or parts thereof) should be made to the Head of Special Collections, University of Leeds. Applications will be considered on a one-to-one basis, in consultation with the collector, his family and/or descendants, and where possible with the family and/or descendants of the informant(s) recorded on this tape/in the transcription(s). Permission will normally be given for bona fide research purposes only and not for commercial use of any kind.
Copyright shall remain at all times with the Fargher-Noble Trust on behalf of the collector, the informant(s) and their families/descendants. Where it is no longer possible for the University of Leeds to make contact with the collector, informant(s) or their families/descendants, the Head of Special Collections will consult and liaise with the Trustees of the Fargher-Noble Trust (SC 026604).
Copyright: Fargher-Noble Trust
Physical and technical conditions
9.5cm/sec. Variable recording level.
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