Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Description

Percy Webb, recorded at home in Tunstall Common on 24 June 1975; sings 'Fiddler's Green' [first verse only] and 'The Oak and the Ash' [incomplete], learned from a Woodbridge accordion player. [Tr. 5]. Conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A383r. Percy Webb, recorded at home on 25 June 1975, sings 'All Jolly Fellows that Follow the Plough', with comments on the tune being different to that sung by Bob Hart; talks about other singers/songs; songs learned at school and from his mother-in-law; sings 'Underneath the Apron', learned from Bob Hart; thoughts on song ownership; sings 'After the Ball was Over'; sings parody of chorus to the same song; sings 'Three Weeks Ago No Longer', learned from Fred Last; sings 'If I Were a Blackbird', learned from his father; sings 'Memories', learned during World War One; sings 'Green Grow the Laurels', learned from a hurdle maker when aged 18/19. [Tr. 6] Percy Webb, recorded at home on 26 June 1975, talks about singing before drinking; sings 'On the Banks of the Clyde'; Cyril Poacher; sings 'Broken Doll', and talks of other songs sung during the [?First World] war; sings 'O It's a Lovely War', 'A Group of Young Squaddies', 'Farmer's Boy', 'The Sailor Boy', 'Give Me Your Smile', 'Mother MacGee', 'If You Ever Go Across the Sea to Ireland', two verses of 'If Those Lips Could Only Speak'; talks of singing at Leiston Folk Club. [Tr. 1] 56 of 79.

Metadata

Identifier	ck1w54dp
IRN	414435
Class Mark	LAVC/SRE/A384r
Level	Item
Type of Record	Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link	http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/ck1w54dp
Collection(s)	Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category	Archive
Parent Record	Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s)	Dunn, Ginette
Date	June 1975
Size and Medium	1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 91' 08".

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