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The kiss : A favorite song, as sung by Miss Brown. And Mrs. Farrel

Brown, Miss (fl. ca. 1775?); Farrell, Mrs (1755-1793); Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764); Babb, Samuel

[ca. 1780?]

Song arr. on two staves for voice and harpsichord; with a version for the guitar. Composer unknown. This is not the setting by J. Oswald. Words by R. Dodsley. First line: One kind kiss before we...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Cook, Catherine

[1970-1971]

George Metcalfe of Middlesmoor talks about Dead Mans Hill and the legend of a couple who robbed and murdered people on the pack trail, and buried them in the peat moorland where the bodies are preserv...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Cook, Catherine

[1970-1971]

George Rispin and Miss Brown relate various anecdotes concerning unidentified noises, the Devil, Bouthwaite Hall, haunting at High Lofthouse, local preachers; also talk of a witch's chimney seat, glas...

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