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Sound Recordings, London and Kent
Wetton, Anne Lindsey
July-August 1973
Compilation of field recordings made in Abbey Wood, Charlton, Plumstead and Swanley. Six informants sing a selection of popular love songs, including 'Dolly Gray', 'The Old Rustic Bridge', 'The Rose o...
Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire
Baldwin, John R
1966
Muriel Moss, recorded at home in Oxford, sings 'Lord Lovel', 'The Banks of the Sweet Dundee', 'The Dark Eyed Sailor', 'John Barleycorn' [fragment], 'Christchurch Bells', 'Rosetta was a Farmer's Daught...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
26 November 1976
Singing as part of the Ugthorpe Quoits Club Quoits Supper, recorded in the Black Bull pub, Ugthorpe. Conclusion of session which starts on LAVC/SRE/A454r. Male sings 'The Rose of Tralee' and 'Will You...
Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
1975
George Bennett[?recorded at home in Snape in 1975]. His ?wife/?sister is also present. Sings 'Little Jimmy Tiddler', ''Mid Shot and Shell' [words indistinct], 'I Have a Saviour'; information on 'Littl...
The Phonology of the Living Dialect of Hargrave
Wilson, David S
1963
A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Hargrave, Northamptonshire, based on one informant's responses to questions from the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire, and an analysis of a tape recording of t...
Sound Recordings, Cheshire
Harrop, Peter K
31 October 1977
Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play, outside the Holly Bush pub, Little Leigh. Very low recording level. Traffic noise obscures the speakers' voices on occasion. [Tr. 1] Antrobus Sou...
Sound Recording, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
9 September 1974
Ruby Ling, recorded at home in Snape; sings 'Hymns My Mother Sang', 'Yes, We Have No Bananas', 'The Melody that Makes You Mine', 'Carolina Moon', 'Tie a String Around Your Finger', 'Yes I Wonder, Yes ...
Stereotypes in English Folk Song
Ferris, Deborah Morwenna
1981
[M.A.] dissertation which suggests that male stereotypes are identifiable by their occupational name, and that from a reference in a song to a man of a certain occupation, a great deal can be predicte...
Sound Recordings, London and Kent
Wetton, Anne Lindsey
August-September 1973
Helen McEwan and her two sisters, recorded in New Cross on the 30 August 1973; sing a number of popular songs (unaccompanied); talk also about where and when they learned them (family evenings); prefe...
Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire
Baldwin, John R
1966
George Powell, recorded in Wigginton; sings 'Jim the Carter's Lad' [fragment], 'Beer Beer Glorious Beer' [fragment] and 'Joan's Ale'. [Tr. 1] Tom Timms and George Powell, recorded in Wigginton. Tom ...
Sound Recording, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
11 September 1974
Priscilla Savage, recorded at home in Blaxhall; talks about the village Youth Hostel; her parents and siblings; food, diet and bread baking; own family and children; working in service; childhood in L...
Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire
Baldwin, John R
1966-1967
George Powell, recorded in his home in Wigginton. Conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A476r. Sings 'Jim the Carter's Lad', 'Beer Beer Glorious Beer' [fragment] and 'Joan's Ale'. Mr. ...