Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Description
Thomas Simpson, recorded at home in Lebberston; sings 'All Jolly Fellows that Follow the Plough', [first line: 'When I was a jolly young ploughboy'], 'Farmer's Boy' and [first line: 'Come with me to the races']; interest in horse racing; singing evenings in the saddle room of an unidentified farm; cycling; village cricket; describes the farming year and the jobs undertaken, including ploughing, sowing, harvest; working hours; crops and crop rotation; changes in farming; sings 'Granny's Song at Twilight'; remembering songs; sings [unidentified]; sings 'Springtime in the Rockies', 'Sonny Boy' and 'Wild Rover', remembered from singing in pubs; sings [unidentified]. Talks about music hall songs; a book of traditional songs from the Scarborough area; remembering songs; sings two songs [unidentified]; family; sings [unidentified], [Laughing Song] learned from a Scarborough fisherman, and 'Red Sails in the Sunset'; beach performers at Filey; talks about the song 'Farmer's Boy'; recites jokes; women in pubs; prostitutes; week's holiday at Martinmas; pub singing; fighting amongst farm lads; farm at Boythorpe and changes since he worked there; talks of sleeping/accommodation arrangements on the farm, money taken for workers' keep; spending wages - drink, clothes and other expenses. 9 of 68.
Metadata
| Identifier | p2bz2s8t |
| IRN | 414467 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A416r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/p2bz2s8t |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Sullivan, Keith Frederick |
| Date | 19 March 1976 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 92' 25". |