Any thoughts on what these were? http://tinyurl.com/3yrlael CJB....
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Dave Eyre
robertcarlis...
Oct 2, 2010 10:27 am
Chiming Bells is a version of While Shepherds ........whether this is the same song I have no idea. Google "Sweet Chiming Bells" Dave "Thank Goodness It's...
2030
lewis4836
Oct 7, 2010 4:27 pm
Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33460/pg33460.html Well worth a browse or, even better, a read! In the eternal struggle against ignorance this is a...
2031
Topp Fargion, Janet
jtoppfargion
Oct 8, 2010 9:41 am
Dear all The BL has a project focussing on childrens' songs and games mainly centred on the Opie collection. It's extended to potentially working with some of...
2032
soundofcd
Oct 8, 2010 1:49 pm
Hi Folks, I've finally managed it. After much sweat toil, tears and many loud curses I've at last managed to upload the latest edition of Worlds of Trad....
2033
sueinwigton
Oct 9, 2010 12:50 pm
Hi Janet, I have emailed you details of Fr Damian, from his obituary which is published online. It's at...
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Topp Fargion, Janet
jtoppfargion
Oct 9, 2010 2:28 pm
Many thanks Sue. Janet ... From: Tradsong@yahoogroups.com <Tradsong@yahoogroups.com> To: Tradsong@yahoogroups.com <Tradsong@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sat Oct 09...
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Chris J Brady
chrisjbrady
Oct 9, 2010 7:50 pm
Could this claim really be true? But it seems that they had professional singers and arrangements so is this claim really true? Or is it a case of folks...
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Steve Gardham
gripperfolk
Oct 11, 2010 8:04 pm
Chris, I'm not sure what the problem is here. What's to stop any group of shanty singers with some nautical knowledge hiring a restored clipper and going out...
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Stephen Rowley
stevestrolls
Oct 11, 2010 8:50 pm
I remember Stan saying that he tried to do shanties in modern times it didn't really work like it did in the old days. Shanties came into their own on...
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burgess paul
fiddlypb
Oct 12, 2010 6:51 am
Hi Steve, Do you really mean refacimento? Or do we have to refer to all modern performances of folk material by this term now? :-) Cheers, Paul...
2039
mbcjo@...
Oct 12, 2010 5:36 pm
Some years ago there was a tape put out by Global Village of fishermen singing while at sea. It had an interesting discussion in the notes of the value of...
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Steve Gardham
gripperfolk
Oct 12, 2010 6:40 pm
Hi Paul, Not a good choice of term perhaps, even if it is 'just some thoughts'. 'Re-enactment'? 'Revival'? The big difference here of course is that most of...
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burgess paul
fiddlypb
Oct 13, 2010 6:18 am
Hi Steve, I quite agree - to expand my brief and hasty post! A few thoughts of my own: I can see the idea of refacimento when used in a "ballad words" context...
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Steve Gardham
gripperfolk
Oct 13, 2010 2:03 pm
Hi Paul Last time I went poaching singing was the last thing on my mind as I didn't want to alert the keepers. The only poaching songs I know were those sung...
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john adams
adelphiuk
Oct 13, 2010 5:34 pm
Hi Folks, My colleague Joel Hurd at North Country Public Radio in New York State is producing an album for the Fraser Family from Harrisville NY State. Joel...
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Derek Schofield
schofield7@...
Oct 13, 2010 5:56 pm
Try Vin Garbutt for the Ron Angel song. Or James Fagan (I think his family recorded it). Cecil Sheridan - try googling him! You get this for starters: ...
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Steve Gardham
gripperfolk
Oct 13, 2010 7:11 pm
John, Haven't got Ron's contact details but anyone up on Teesside would be able to give you them. The chap who does the folk mag for that area is a mate of...
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Chris J Brady
chrisjbrady
Oct 14, 2010 7:13 pm
Nice to see this featured on Poems on the Underground by TfL. First saw it today on the Bakerloo Line and been humming the tune all day. ...
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Chris J Brady
chrisjbrady
Oct 14, 2010 7:15 pm
Also see http://www.britishcouncil.org/arts-literature-poems-on-the-underground-sweet_thames_flow_softly.gif...
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Chris J Brady
chrisjbrady
Oct 15, 2010 10:09 am
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=54627 In the 1960s/70s I remember going cycling around Sussex on Sundays with the Brighton YHA Group. Then...
"What's become of all the folk singers who appeared there?" This was my home club, and where I first sang. And what did I sing? "Solidarity Forever"! Of the...
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Steve Gardham
gripperfolk
Oct 15, 2010 11:24 pm
Jon, I heard through the grapevine you haven't been too well lately. I hope this means you are back on the road to recovery. Best wishes, SteveG To:...
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JD Erskine
sailarrgh
Oct 16, 2010 12:18 am
... snip ... Was about to say much the same. Just home a week from flopping about in a boat and my grapevine had it that Morgan and crew were putting you on a...
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Jon Bartlett & Rika R...
jon_bartlett@...
Oct 16, 2010 5:37 pm
Mild (very!) heart attack, followed by quintuple by-pass. Yes, I'm back firing on all cylinders. Thanks for all the emails and phone calls, folks - let's end...
2055
frazer.clarke
Oct 19, 2010 7:23 pm
In answer to the question "What's become of all the folk singers who appeared there?" Clive Bennett's 2002 book "Sussex Folk" features lots of information on...
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Sue Allan
sueinwigton
Oct 19, 2010 7:26 pm
Janet - have sent you email with obituary of Fr Damian, which is pretty comprehensive. Best wishes Sue Allan...
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Chris J Brady
chrisjbrady
Oct 21, 2010 3:42 pm
Peggy Seeger: In Her Prime http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vcpbf Listen now: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00vcpbf Sara Parker presents a radio...
