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Folk Song: General
1959-1981
This file contains typed song texts for 'Ah'm an O'wd Age Penshoner' (provenance unknown); a photocopy of the text and tune for 'Charley of Armor', collected from Captain Shields by Geoff Wood, from a...
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...
Humorous Verse
Garland, Rosemary E B
1968
This file contains photocopies of two collections of humorous verse compiled by Rosemary Garland. This includes a photocopy of her typed 'Song Book: Songs Collected by Rosemary Garland'; and a photoco...
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 Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
19 March 1976
Thomas Simpson, recorded at home in Lebberston; sings 'All Jolly Fellows that Follow the Plough', [first line: 'When I was a jolly young ploughboy'], 'Farmer's Boy' and [first line: 'Come with me to t...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
27 November 1976
[Collector announcement]; Phil Hales, recorded at home in Ugthorpe; talks about singing at the Quoits Supper; song repertoire; audience; barn dances and songs; musicals; learning songs; favourite song...
Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
July 1975
Lil Durrant, recorded at home in Blaxhall [on 1 July 1975]; talks about her mother's songs and singing, and step dancing at weddings; father and siblings; school; work; step dancing with husband at Sh...
Sound Recording, London
Wetton, Anne Lindsey
1974
Susan Carr [studying French at the University of Leeds], recorded in Abbey Wood on the 30 January 1974; sings and discusses a parody of the song 'Don't Go Down the Mine Dad', 'Don't Jump Off the Roof ...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
McCosh, Sandra
[1973-1974]
Eight/nine year old girls and boys, recorded at Our Lady's Primary School in Leeds, talk about learning songs and jokes (sources include the television, comics, family and friends); the appeal of the ...
Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
26 June 1974
Bob Hart, Lenny Savage and Jack Foreman, recorded at the Golden Key pub in Snape; general conversation [much background noise, distortion of voices, multiple conversations, makes this section hard to ...
Sound Recording, [Cheshire]
Cliffe, David E
January 1968
Male [Mr. Cliffe of Macclesfield] sings '[Banks of the Brahmaputra]', "As Tommy was Walking" [1st line], with his [wife], [nonsense song], "Number One" [1st line].
Sound Recordings, Manchester
Mulley, Ian
1976
Collector talks with small groups/pairs of children at Greenheys Junior School, Greater Manchester, about duppies (ghosts), rasta men, the police, jumbies (ghosts), visiting the West Indies, children'...