Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire

Description

Mrs. D. Brooks and Mr. Coombs [?brother and sister], recorded in Shipton-under-Wychwood in 1968. Mrs. Brooks describes her husband playing a horse game. [Tr. 1] Mr. Coombs sings 'The Old Leather Britches' [fragment] and 'The Family Dunn' [fragment]; talk of Shipton's minstrel troop; both sing 'John Adolphus'; Mrs. Brooks talks about a visiting one-man band, and sings 'Katie Carroll' [fragment]; talks of Welsh hunger marchers on the Burford Road; visitors to the village, including Compton MacKenzie; poultry driving; changes along the Burford Road; highwaymen; Shipton church; changes in the village; school rhymes; singing and learning songs; sings 'Bring I a Nail and a Hammer' [fragment], 'The Young Sailor Cut Down in His Prime' [fragment], 'The Mistletoe Bough' [fragment], 'Eliza Jane'; both sing 'I Come From the Country' [fragment]; Mr. Coombs sings 'Crooked Rifles'; Mrs. Brooks sings 'Bogeyman Jingle' [fragment]; Mr. Coombs sings 'The Rooks' [fragment]; Mrs. Brooks sings 'An Old-Fashioned Flapper'; both talk about George Spragg [?Mrs. Brooks' uncle]; Mrs. Brooks sings 'The Village Pump' [fragment]; talks about her uncle, the local railway, musical evenings with other families, rabbiting, local accent, her uncle and bell ringing; sings 'When the Parson Came to Tea' and 'Some Eggs and Some Ham and Some Onions' [fragment]; talks about visiting other families as a child. [Tr. 2] Mrs. F. Davis, recorded at home in Wootton in 1968; sings 'Camden Town', learned from her mother; recites 'Betty's Experience', talks about penny tracts, recites 'The Reason for Clinging to Life', 'The Old Parishioner and the New Parson', 'Harry's Dilemma', 'Mr. Page's Geese' and 'Missing From Home'. [Tr. 3] Mrs. J. Fellows, recorded at home in Kemble in 1969; sings 'Waiting to Welcome the Pilgrims of the Night' [fragment]. [Tr. 4] Mr. R. G. Cook, recorded at home in Purton in 1969; sings 'The Warwickshire Village', recites 'The Corporal and the Sergeant Major', 'Corporal Cook'; sings 'I Never Work on a Sunday', [organ tune], and sings 'The Ship that Never Returned'. [Tr. 5] Mr. A. Cobb, recorded at home in Siddington in 1969; recites words from the Sapperton Mummers' Play; sings 'Johnny Smoker'; talks about dancing in the play; sings 'I Had a Fine Hat Boys', 'William Taylor', a carol, 'Back Lane'[to the tune 'Cranbrook']. [Tr. 6] Albert Agg, recorded at home in Siddington in 1969; recites 'John Wesley'; sings 'Oh who will o'er the Downs so free' [fragment], 'Nick-Nack Paddy Whack'; recites 'Eckeldy-Speckledy'; sings 'There was a young lady from Luton'; talks about local parodies of songs, recites 'Ta-ra-ra-bum-di-ay' [and parody of ], 'Multiplication is Vexation'; sings 'Wrap me up in my tarpaulin jacket' [fragment], 'The Muffin Man' [fragment], 'My Old Man is a Muck Man' [fragment], recites 'The Old Owl' ; sings 'Old Jim Padelock', 'One-Eyed Riley' [fragment] and 'The Oak and the Ash' [fragment]. [Tr. 7] Mr. A. Cobb, recorded at home in Siddington in 1969; sings 'The Wheel of Life' [fragment], 'Katie Farrell' [fragment], 'Paddy Fagan' [fragment], 'Brennan on the Moor', 'Canadian Boat Song', 'The Crocodile', 'Kymanero' [fragment], 'My Old Arm Chair'. [Tr. 8] Mr. A. Cobb, recorded at home in Siddington in 1969; plays 'The Sweet Nightingale' and 'Onward Christian Soldiers' on the saw. [Tr. 9] 10 of 20.

Metadata

Identifier	m6jvw5q6
IRN	414536
Class Mark	LAVC/SRE/A485r
Level	Item
Type of Record	Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link	http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/m6jvw5q6
Collection(s)	Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category	Archive
Parent Record	Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s)	Baldwin, John R
Date	1968-1969
Size and Medium	1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 129' 37".

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