Sound Recording, Redcar and Cleveland
Description
William Hart, recorded at home in Wiltonby Tony Green [?daughter and son-in-law, Ray Bennett and Mrs. Ray Bennett, also present]. WH sings 'Guisborough Fair' and 'I'd Never Tell a Lie This Day', learned from his father; talks about the transmission of songs between the generations in his family; singing with his father and grandparents; emigration songs; family composing their own songs; reference to the song 'Out in the Wild World'; describes process of song composition with his father; recites the words of 'Out in the Wild World'; describes how his father related song ideas and started songs; own thoughts when singing; remembering songs; audience responses; singing at the Half Moon pub, Lazenby; Ray Bennett talks about singing at Christmas time; WH on Christmas carols, and sings 'As the Snow Lightly Fell'; grandmother's rhyme re. Wills in the family; living at Yearby; the village of Wilton; family history; history of the Middlesbrough area - steelworks, Catholics, Irish workers at the steel works and ironstone mines, and the growth of community; the Hart family; Wilton village church and church history. [Tr. 2] WH sings 'Ten Little Nigger Boys''; recites Yorkshire dialect poem, 'Spirits of Tar'; unidentified recitation; Hart family singers; marriage; describes his wedding at Middlesbrough Cathedral; singing at the reception; sings his own song composition, 'We're Only Two Boys from the North'; discussion of this song and 'Out in the Wild World', which he also sings; sings [ 'Now Here We are Two Jolly Old Pals'] and 'All Jolly Fellows that Follow the Plough'; talk of Cleveland farm songs, including 'Stockton Hirings'. [Tr. 1]. Concludes on tape LAVC/SRE/A425r. 17 of 68.
Metadata
| Identifier | p96xnbpd |
| IRN | 414475 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A424r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/p96xnbpd |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Sullivan, Keith Frederick, Green, Anthony E |
| Date | 29 November 1975 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 93' 40". |