Thanks Lewis I have just spent a half hour browsing this - a lovely displacement activity when I should be working! Marilyn ... [Non-text portions of this...
Marilyn Tucker
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Dec 1, 2006 12:41 pm
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Thanks, Lewis! Did you put it on? Will check it out later. Steve ... _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™...
Steve, make sure you have plenty of time - I have just wasted a whole afternoon when I had loads of other things to do. I agree with Marilyn - a lovely...
Dear Steve, Greetings! No. For this, alas, I can claim no credit. It is just that I often check the new postings at Project Gutenberg, and I tell the group if...
I am sorry to inform you all that Nigel Hudleston passed away this morning. In his nineties, he had been ill for some time. Daphne, his housekeeper, rang this...
Hi, A request from Eddie Cass working on the Carpenter Mss. Anybody out there got access to a copy of Community Singers' Association Community Song Book, ed...
It's a no from me..... Any other book where it might be? Dave ... From: Steve Gardham To: Tradsong@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 8:21 PM ...
In a message dated 04/12/2006 20:34:28 GMT Standard Time, gardhams@... writes: Hi, A request from Eddie Cass working on the Carpenter Mss. Anybody out...
Brilliant stuff, John. I knew this chatroom would come up trumps! I'll give Eddie your email. Dave, thanks but it's that specific edition he needs, not the...
Dear all, Can anybody help me with tracing a song called, "Jolly Blon", as per the subject line? I have done a Google search on it without coming up with...
Sandy Easton
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Dec 5, 2006 7:29 pm
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Sandy - Try looking here - http://www.cajunradio.org/earlysongs.html and using the variant spellings shown. Google brings up lots of reference. Georgina ... ...
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Dec 5, 2006 8:08 pm
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http://home.freeuk.net/pdcmusic/rosinators/cajun_creole.html http://www.cajunradio.org/earlysongs.html ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Is it possible that the song you are looking for is the Cajun song "Jolie Blonde"? see: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/pdcmusic/cajun-music-jolie-blonde.html Bill...
Bill McCarthy
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Dec 5, 2006 9:11 pm
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Thanks, Georgina. I'll pursue it. Sandy Easton. ... From: georgina@... To: Tradsong@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 7:59 PM ...
Sandy Easton
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Dec 5, 2006 9:38 pm
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No, Bill, but I'm not uninterested in that. My quarry is definitely from these islands, most probably English, if my memory serves me aright. As I said in my...
Sandy Easton
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Dec 5, 2006 9:40 pm
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Thanks, Thomas. Not the song I'm looking for, which is definitely British, but interesting, nevertheless. I have liked what I've heard of the Balham...
Sandy Easton
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Dec 5, 2006 10:02 pm
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Sandy, Are you after 'The Cluster of Nuts' broadside versions of which are known as 'The Crafty Maid's Policy' aka 'Sweet Joan' 'The Frolicksome Maid' and 'The...
Steve! That's certainly more in the right area. It's distinctly possible that one version from that song group is what I heard all those years ago. It might ...
Sandy Easton
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Dec 6, 2006 8:40 am
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Hi Folks, The December edition of Worlds of Trad Internet radio is now uploaded and as always features the very best in traditional folk, ethnic, world, roots,...
Hi Folks, The December edition of Worlds of Trad Internet radio is now uploaded and as always features the very best in traditional folk, ethnic, world, roots,...
Details from Yorkshire Post. Funeral service will take place at St Wilfred's church, South Stainley, Monday Dec 11th at 2 p.m. followed by internment in the...
Dear Tradsongers, Greetings once more from Birmingham, England! For festive Christmas reading check out the following link to Project Gutenberg's excellent...
Wow! It had me fooled. And to think that I used to collect this sort of stuff. It'd make an amazing folklore study for somebody. To cap it all I got one of...
Hi Folks, Well Steve if you insist. Secretly I think this is a test by Steve to see how many different versions of this particular "broadside" he can collect...
Car stolen? We used to DREAM of having our car stolen. Many's the time I've left the car in the car park, keys in the ignition, doors open, engine running -...
Jon Bartlett
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Dec 9, 2006 12:06 am
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Joy usually goes out carol singing in Pitchcombe (nr Stroud Gloucestershire) around this time of year. This is a revived activity headed by Steve Rowley who...