Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Description

Percy Webb, recorded at home in Tunstall Common in April 1975; sings 'McCaffery'; talks about his time in the Army, being stationed in France and the fact that he was not allowed to sing 'McCaffery' whilst in the army. [Tr. 1] Percy Webb, recorded at home in Tunstall Commonon the 23 June 1975, talks about where he was born and raised; farm work in Tunstall and Essex; working with horses and as a ploughman; sings 'I Came Home Late Last Night', learned from a fisherman in Bawdsey; sources of other songs; sings 'Fiddler's Green' [incomplete] and 'Gypsy Girl'; singing at the Butley Oyster pub; sings and comments on 'One Day at the Docks' [learned c. 1914]; [break in recording]; sings 'I'm an Old Country Carrier'; singing in folk clubs. [Tr. 2] Percy Webb and Percy Ling, recorded in the Crown pub, Snape, on the 23 June 1975. Tune to 'The Foggy Dew' played on the fiddle and accordion [fragment]; Percy Webb sings 'Black Velvet Band'; Percy Ling sings 'Flanagan's Band' [with fiddle accompaniment]; both talk about the song 'A Broadside'; PW sings 'Old Farmer's Servant' [with audience participation]; PL sings 'The Boy with No Shoes'. [Tr. 3] Percy Webb, recorded at home in Tunstall Common on 24 June 1975, sings 'I Took My Wife to Burnham's', learned aged about sixteen from Fred Last of Butley; sings 'The Convicts They Were Seated', learned at the Butley Oyster pub from Albert Knights; pub singing; attempts 'The Woodpecker Song'; sings 'The Seagull' [incomplete], sung at school; sings 'Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister?'; Albert Knights' nickname; singing in pubs and giving order; the BBC and making a record. [Tr. 4-5]. Concludes on tape LAVC/SRE/A384r. 55 of 79.

Metadata

Identifier	l7tmzjzn
IRN	414434
Class Mark	LAVC/SRE/A383r
Level	Item
Type of Record	Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link	http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/l7tmzjzn
Collection(s)	Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category	Archive
Parent Record	Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s)	Dunn, Ginette
Date	1975
Size and Medium	1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 80' 25".

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