Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Description

Ruby Ling, recorded at home in Snape on the 6 September 1974; sings 'The Volunteer Organist', 'I'm the Man You Don't Meet Every Day', 'If I Were a Blackbird'; talks about singing at home; sings 'Happiness', 'Straight Banana', 'My Old Grey Coat', 'I Don't Care What You Used to Be'; talk of Bob Hart; living in Snape; husband's job at Snape Maltings; her working life; thoughts on modern life and importance of religion; cost of living; thoughts on marriage, money, the home, family and extended family; sings 'I Wonder What's Become of Sally', 'She's Proud and She's Beautiful' [learned from father]; asks about the collector's family; sings 'San Francisco' and 'Home'. Ruby Ling sings 'Nelly Grey', 'My Grandfather's Clock' and 'Polly Oliver' [last learned when at school]; talks about concerts at Snape Maltings; sings 'Railway Train'[known by her brother-in-law], 'The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo' and 'The Ring Your Mother Wore'. Conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A362r. Ruby Ling, recorded at home in Snapeon the 9 September 1974, talks about learning songs and their sources (inc. Sidney Cook); sings 'The Sailor Boy' and 'Flash Company'; talks about learning songs from friends and her husband; sings 'Wheel Your P'rambulator', 'Mother of Mine'and 'All of the Day I am Dreaming' - comments that she learned the last song on the piano at the age of sixteen; sings 'When You and I Were Seventeen'. Concludes on tapes LAVC/SRE/A364r and LAVC/SRE/A365r. 35 of 79.

Metadata

Identifier mlxfymkq
IRN 414414
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A363r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/mlxfymkq
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Dunn, Ginette
Date September 1974
Size and Medium 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 80' 05".

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