Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Description

Cyril Poacher, recorded at home in Blaxhall on the 3 October 1974; sings 'A Broadside', 'The Bonny Bunch of Roses', 'Whitewash' [learned from his father]; talks about farm work and wages, the song 'The Barley Mow'; sings 'Joe Moggins' [learned from Spencer Lee]; sings 'Young Man from the Country' [learned from his grandfather, William Ling]; talks about the Ling brothers singing in the Ship Inn; sings 'Once I Had Plenty of Time' and 'Strolling Round the Town'. [Tr. 1] Cyril Poacher, recorded at home on 17 November 1974. [Unidentified male questioner]; biographical details; work; learning songs; school; the Army; pub singing; local singers; musical accompaniment; step dancing competitions in the Ship Inn; rivalry between the villages of Blaxhall, Tunstall and Glemham; sing, say or pay; CP's television appearances in Ipswich and Norwich; singing at folk clubs; a film made by Alan Lomax and Peter Kennedy, and CP singing 'Nutting Girl'; repertoire and sources of songs. CP talks about repertoire and sources of songs; step dancing; collector asks about the Ling family and their songs; other local singers; singing at the Ship Inn - getting order, choosing songs, singing other people's songs; sings 'Once I Had Plenty of Time', 'Farmer's Boy' and 'Running Up and Down the Stairs'. [Tr. 2] 40 of 79.

Metadata

Identifier	d5qc6xk1
IRN	414419
Class Mark	LAVC/SRE/A368r
Level	Item
Type of Record	Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link	http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/d5qc6xk1
Collection(s)	Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category	Archive
Parent Record	Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s)	Dunn, Ginette
Date	1974
Size and Medium	1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 71' 59".

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