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On the Songs of the Rababa
Al-Hadithi, Sa'adi
1978
M.A. dissertation on the folk songs of Iraq, with particular reference to three related literary-musical patterns, Attaba, Nile and Swaihly. Chapter One introduces Iraq, the land and its people. The s...
Traditional Song: General
1963-1979
This file contains items relating to aspects of traditional music, and includes a copy of 'The Health of Man', a collection of traditional songs from Bedfordshire, Yorkshire, Suffolk and Lancashire, c...
Children's Songs and Rhymes
1954-1979
This file comprises a copy of James Ritchie's 'The Singing Street: A Merry-Ma-Tanzie of Skipping, Hopping, Stotting, Hiding, Birling, Playing, and Dancing Rhymes', revised edition (Edinburgh: Albyn Pr...
The Folk Songs of Bedfordshire
Webber, M R
1966
A study of songs collected from three adult informants living in Bedfordshire, and from children at a Luton Junior School.
Children's Games, Rhymes and Songs
Helliwell, Annette
1964
A collection of children's games, rhymes and songs collected in five Manchester and Leeds schools. The collected items have been classified according to function - skipping, ball, action and team game...
Lists from the Archive of Folk Song
Archive of Folk Song (U.S.)
1971-1974
This file contains lists produced by and for, and information about, the Archive of Folk Song at the Music Division of the Library of Congress. The file includes two versions of the paper, 'The Archiv...
A Collection of Children's Games, Rhymes and Songs
Waller, Vivien M
1962
A collection of children's games, rhymes and songs, collected in the Manchester area from children between the ages of nine and fifteen, playing in the street or whilst at school. Schools visited were...
Children's Rhymes, Songs and Singing Games in Birdsedge, West Yorkshire
Cooke, Jane A
1980
[M.A.] study of children's folklore in Birdsedge, based on fieldwork carried out in the playground of Birdsedge First School, between October 1979 and April 1980, and the recollections of parent and g...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
6 January 1977
[Collector announcement]; George Ellerby, recorded outside his home, Forest Lodge Farm, in Castleton; talks about the songs he sang on previous recording sessions; copyright in songs; making (amateur)...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
12 December 1976
[Collector announcement] informant, recorded at home in Tranmire; talks about his song repertoire and song sources; sings the chorus of 'Two Little Girls in Blue'; sings 'All Through the Night'; thoug...
Sound Recording, [ Iraq]
Al-Hadithi, Sa'adi
[1970s]
Eight Iraqi songs [of the Rababa]. Includes the collector's announcements, in English and Arabic. [Tr. 2]
Sound Recordings, Manchester and Shropshire
Dunn, Ginette
April 1974
Fred Jordan, singing at the Bay Horse pub in Manchester on the 26 April 1974; sings 'Farmer's Boy', 'The Vacant Chair' and 'The Old Armchair'. [Tr. 1]. Conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/...