Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Description

[Collector announcement]; Jim Wilkinson, recorded at home in Tranmire; sings 'Yarmouth Town' [daughter Rachel Wilkinson joins in the chorus]; talks about learning songs; sings part of 'Shoals of Herring', 'North Sea Holes', 'Woman from Wexford', 'Matt Hyland'and 'I'll Lay Ye Down'; talks about song words and melodies; sings part of 'Claudy Banks'. Sings complete version of 'Claudy Banks' and 'Down By the Green Bushes'; talks about Girvan Folk Festival; sings 'Banks of Red Roses' and 'Blow Ye Winds in the Morning'; comments on and sings 'Farmer's Boy'; sings two shanties, 'Haul Away' and 'Fire Maringo'; sings 'Cruel Brother', [unidentified], 'Liverpool Lou' and (part of) 'Three Score and Ten'. Concludes on tape LAVC/SRE/A467r. 59 of 68.

Metadata

Identifier h7n7x2fl
IRN 414517
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A466r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/h7n7x2fl
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Sullivan, Keith Frederick
Date 3 January 1977
Size and Medium 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 90' 17".

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