Sound Recording, Suffolk

Description

Ruby Ling, recorded at home in Snape, sings 'Just a Rose in a Garden of Weeds', 'Am I Wasting My Time?' [1st verse only], 'It Happened in Monterrey', 'Cabin with Roses Round the Door', 'Eat More Fruit', 'Duck Foot Sue', 'The Photo of the Girl I Left Behind', 'No, No, A Thousand Times No!'; talks about singing songs with a friend whilst living in London, aged sixteen; brief biographical details; sings 'Call on Mammy', 'Forty Shades of Green', 'O How I've Waited for You', 'Buttercup Joe' [learned from her father], 'Varmer Giles', 'Save Your Sorrow'. Ruby Ling sings 'The Clouds will Soon Roll By', 'Bouquet of Posies', 'Romany Rose', 'Just an Old Fashioned Lady'; talks about her family and singing at home; sings 'Little Grey Home in the West', 'I Never Interfere', 'Mrs. Moore'; talks about learning songs; sings 'A Fair Haired Boy', 'Swim Sam, Swim Sam, Swim Sam', 'Delaney', 'Farmer's Boy', 'Wireless on the Brain'; talk of musical ability; sings 'Always Pasadena' and 'How Can You Buy Kilarney?' Concludes on tape LAVC/SRE/A363r. 34 of 79.

Metadata

Identifier rdvjnt4r
IRN 414413
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A362r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/rdvjnt4r
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Dunn, Ginette
Date 6 September 1974
Size and Medium 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 86' 48".

Related Records