Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire

Description

Harry Johnson, recorded at home in Standlake; sings 'I Stand on a Lonely Seashore', 'Meet Me by the Moonlight', 'Polly Perkins of Paddington Green' [fragment], 'The Two Beats the One', sung by informant's father at Bampton; sings 'I heard a Robin singing', 'You Can't Judge a Woman by her Clothing' [fragment]; recites an unidentified mummers' play (performed at Christmas by HJ as a fifteen year old, c. 1909) - describes the characters and props, lists the performers and the parts they played, describes the costumes worn; sings 'My Little Grey Home in the West' and 'I Come from the Country' [fragment]. [Tr. 5] Mr. T. Newman, recorded at home in Clanfield; sings 'Sing Ovy and Sing Ivy'. [Tr. 6]; sings 'Here's Good Luck to all my Cocks and Hens', 'Farmer's Boy' [parody, cumulative animal noise version], 'The Tree in the Wood' [cumulative song], learned whilst in Birmingham for cattle sales; talks about his birthplace, family, his father's singing, and playing in Kempsford Band; sings 'Squeeze Me Joe', learned from his brother; talks about song sheets; sings 'Joe Muggins' [fragment] and 'The Cottage on the Hill'; names the places where he has lived. [Tr. 1]. Concludes on tape LAVC/SRE/A489r. 13 of 20.

Metadata

Identifier	tvcvvy8g
IRN	414539
Class Mark	LAVC/SRE/A488r
Level	Item
Type of Record	Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link	http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/tvcvvy8g
Collection(s)	Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category	Archive
Parent Record	Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s)	Baldwin, John R
Date	1969
Size and Medium	1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 59' 44".

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