Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire

Description

[Collector announcement]; Bampton Morris Dancers' get together [?recorded in a Bampton pub]; female sings [unidentified]; male relates an anecdote regarding the meeting of the Bampton Morris Dancers; male sings 'Tom Barbary'; male and female sing 'Wild Mountain Thyme'; male sings 'The Volunteer Organist'; unidentified fiddle tune; all sing [ 'The Blacksmith']; unidentified accordion tune [fragment]; female sings [unidentified]. [Tr. 8] Bampton Morris Dancers dancing outside; announcement of each dance, sound of dancers' bells, fiddle and accordion accompaniment - tunes include 'Shave the Donkey' and 'Constant Billy'. Collector announces the time and location of dancing at several points, naming ?pubs in Bampton. [Tr. 9] Originally labelled tape A by the collector. Tape B is now tape LAVC/SRE/A498r, and tape C is tape LAVC/SRE/A510r. 2 of 39.

Metadata

Identifier thbnyykv
IRN 414548
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A497r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/thbnyykv
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Harrop, Peter K
Date May 1978
Size and Medium 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 44' 52".

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