Sound Recordings, Berkshire and Oxfordshire

Description

Dave Blagrove, recorded at Bulmershe Teacher Training Collegein Reading, plays the guitar and sings 'Winson Green Jail' and 'Where Be Thucky Blackbird?' [preceded by accordion music]; Johnny Grace sings 'The Rocks of Bawn'; Dave Blagrove plays the guitar and sings 'The 'Hampton and Oxford Railway', 'There was an Old Farmer in Sussex', 'She was poor but she was honest', [unidentified fragment]; Johnny Grace sings 'Working on the Railroad'; Dave Blagrove sings 'John Barleycorn' [unaccompanied]; Johnny Grace sings 'Golden Daffodils' [with guitar accompaniment]; Dave Blagrove plays the guitar and sings 'Georgie's Lost His Alley'; Johnny Grace sings 'The Candyman'; Dave Blagrove plays the accordion and sings an East coast barging song [? 'The Humber Belle'], 'Thrashing Machine'and 'Cosher Bailey'; Johnny Grace sings 'The Old Dun Cow'; Dave Blagrove sings 'The Prize-Winning Hereford Bull'. [Tr. 4] Singing at the Jubilee Inn, Bampton, including the piano playing of Bill Dore and the singing of Reg Pratley. The medley of piano tunes, some accompanied by singing, includes 'Won't You Buy My Pretty Flowers?', 'Widdicombe Fair', 'Will the Angels Way Up Yonder', 'Lovely Bunch of Coconuts', 'The Ivy on the Old Garden Wall', 'I Shot My Captain on the Barrack Square', 'When Irish Eyes are Smiling'and 'The Mountains of Mourne' . Reg Pratley sings 'Bless This House', 'Needle Cases', 'Grandmother's Old Armchair', 'The End of My Old Cigar'; all sing 'The Rose of Tralee'; Reg Pratley sings 'Butter Cheese and All', 'A Little Bit Further Down' [fragment], 'The Nightingale' and 'The Girl I Left Behind Me' [fragment]. [Tr. 5] Bill Dore, recorded at home in Leafield, sings 'Jolly Large' [with piano accompaniment], 'The End of My Old Cigar', 'Needle Cases' [fragment], 'Jolly Old Pals', 'If I Were a Blackbird' [fragment], 'Buttercup Joe'; plays two morris dance tunes on the piano [one identified as 'Molly Oxford'. [Tr. 6]. This recording of Bill Dore was copied at a faster playback speed from tape LAVC/SRE/A478r. Playback speed is still inconsistent. 4 of 20.

Metadata

Identifier	vt8ygfgy
IRN	414530
Class Mark	LAVC/SRE/A479r
Level	Item
Type of Record	Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link	http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/vt8ygfgy
Collection(s)	Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category	Archive
Parent Record	Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s)	Baldwin, John R
Date	1966
Size and Medium	1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 105' 32".

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