The Winter issue of 'English Dance & Song' is currently being distributed to EFDSS members and subscribers. This covers January to March 2006. This issue has...
Does anyone out there know a word used by English-speaking Gypsies to describe non-Gypsies? I'm doing a translation from Hungarian to English on prestige item...
Andy Rouse
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Dec 13, 2005 12:19 pm
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Andy, Gorgio is one that comes to mind - Ewan MacColl wrote a song from a traveller point of view called "Was it us or the Gorgio people" which I think appears...
Hello, Gadgie (not sure of spelling) is what is used in the Newcastle area, maybe further afield, don't know. Gorgio (again spelling?) is kind of the 'root' ...
... word ... it is ... Gorgio is certainly the word used by gypsies to describe non-gypsies. It is also pronounced gorgy. I have also heard a lot of gypsies ...
I am cuirrently researchg the wassailing custom. I am not starting from base zero as I have already come across a lot of information and song versions from my...
... Steven has asked the same question at the Mudcat, but this has so far resulted only in the suggestion that it might have something to do with 'Omie Wise':...
Total blank in my database Happy New Year! Gregg ... From: "Martin Graebe" <martin.graebe@...> To: <Tradsong@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, December...
Gregg Butler
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Dec 31, 2005 11:26 am
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In a message dated 31/12/2005 01:56:30 GMT Standard Time, ... I wonder if someone could be confusing the train or the children's book with 'Little Sadie'....
I wonder if the song might be about Little Omie Wise and how she was deluded by John Lewis's lies. Just a thought....
Bill McCarthy
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Dec 31, 2005 3:16 pm
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We have been using a song from a local school, and the kids love it, they got it from Drum Crazy, who can't shed any light on its provenance, it could be...
Marilyn Tucker
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Jan 19, 2006 12:31 pm
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... it, they ... provenance, it could ... from or ... Marilyn I entered up the words "barima" and "tue" into Google (it doesn't recognise "tueh", and came up...
I sang this song as a kid and was told as Marilyn said, it's Ghanian. which language Im not sure though it was either a welcome song or a song in thanks for...
Next TSF Meeting Following a number of positive responses we have agreed to hold the next TSF meeting on May 6th at Cecil Sharp House. Details of the...
Does anyone out there know of an English dance attributed to St. Valentine's Day? I must confess I don't, and neither, would it seem, does GOOGLE. However, the...
Andy Rouse
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Feb 2, 2006 8:10 pm
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... From: "Andy Rouse" <rouse@...> <<Does anyone out there know of an English dance attributed to St. Valentine's Day? I must confess I don't, and...
Paul Stamler
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Feb 2, 2006 8:31 pm
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CD&S is indeed "Country Dance & Song", published in the US by the Country Dance and Song Society, Massachusetts. There is also a morris dance (with tune) known...
Just a line to let you all know that The Yorkshire Garland Group (Chair, Steve Gardham; sec Mike Parsey; treasurer, Ray Padgett) have been successful in their...
Hi Steve I Emailed Wendy and also a tentative email to Yorkshire Dales Workshops (I know a number on their committee anyway) just to to let them know what we...
r.padgett
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Feb 3, 2006 7:02 pm
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That's excellent, Ray. If you already know some of them then you could be the main contact here. Can you let Mike know this? No rush, he's about to go on...
Steve Holmfirth Festival of Folk (was Folk Fest) was to be a non starter ~ however I have been incontact with Cath Ingham regarding the non funded Fest of Folk...
r.padgett
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Feb 4, 2006 2:55 pm
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Ray, No I don't think May is too early. We can certainly get moving on this. Dave Eyre also mentioned Mudcat. I've put a message on the TSF website but if you...
Dear Fellow Lovers of Traditional Song, Greetings! Apropos of a recent enquiry, there is a dance called "Valentine's Day" on page 99 of Playford's "Dancing...
Further to my message of last week, we now have additional webspace and I have published Miss Mason in the 'key texts' section (follow the links). Please...
... From: Marilyn Tucker <marilyn@...> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:04:16 +0000 To: Marilyn Tucker <marilyn@...> Subject: Opportunity to...
Marilyn Tucker
marilyn@...
Feb 7, 2006 3:26 pm
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To all TSF members Sorry I forgot that the email group does not take attachments! On the off chance anyone is available for the next year on Saturdays! Text...
Marilyn Tucker
marilyn@...
Feb 7, 2006 5:59 pm
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Hi Marilyn Sam here from the B G study week Opportunity? Tell me more there was none in the text. Sounds interesting Ps I bumped into Phil Bear on a London...
For those of you who may not read The Sunday Times... which usually includes me.... my parents do, and when they find a funny they phone through to share. ...
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