Sound Recording, Suffolk

Description

Bob Hart, recorded at home in Snape, talks about village concerts, the singer Jack Davy, speeches re. the village and songs sung, village organisations, other singers, (step) dancing, village dances, dance band from Aldeburgh; playing the mouth organ; pub singing at the Golden Key, the Crown and other pubs after World War Two; problems of travelling (to Blaxhall), transport not available; step dancing; describes the Candlestick dance; accordion music; women travelling from Blaxhall to Snape for dances at the Golden Key; Leiston Folk Club; preference for old songs; thoughts on musical accompaniment; changes in songs and singing; use of Jew's harp; medley singer, Bob [?Scarce]; singing on stage in Grimsby; Dutch fishing boats; fishing in Scotland; audience participation (choruses); Blaxhall village and songs, singing on Mondays; learning songs from Bob Scarce and Jack Harland; song ownership; singers' repertoires. Bob Hart sings part of 'I Ain't A-Going to Tell' ( Aaron Ling song); travelling to pubs, including the Ship Inn at Blaxhall; BH's family; ambitions; preference for Navy over Army; working on father's farm; career at sea, working on steam drifters; leaving school; Copper Kettle singing competitions; talk of local families and singers; versions of 'Barbara Allen'/ 'Barbara Ellen'; sings two versions of 'The Foggy Dew', including Lenny [Savage]'s ; talks about 'Underneath the Apron', 'Old Farmer's Servant' and 'A Broadside'. 16 of 79.

Metadata

Identifier d958djd3
IRN 414395
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A344r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/d958djd3
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Dunn, Ginette
Date 5 October 1974
Size and Medium 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 68' 30".

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