Sound Recording, West Midlands
Description
Cecilia Costello, recorded singing and in conversation at home in Birmingham; sings/recites the words to a large number of popular songs, many of which are fragments only. She talks about old songs and singing; her father singing; sings 'The Cruel Mother'; her singing as a child/teenager; recites and sings 'Lisa's Wedding' and 'Black-Eyed Susan'; talks about her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and the songs and rhymes she has taught to the former; sings unidentified songs [some fragments], including talk of a song known to the singer as 'The Cock' [the collector knows it as 'The Grey Cock'], her own and her eldest son's singing, and the stories of some of the songs known to her; recites and sings a verse from 'Don't Go Down the Mine Dad'; her son singing in pubs; sings/recites a number of unidentified song fragments; sings 'Kitty Wells', followed by more song fragments. [Tr. 5] Cecilia Costello talks about songs and singing, recites/sings words to a number of songs; talks about the ship the Lusitania; sings 'Ship that Never Returned'; thoughts on the sinking of the Lusitania; recollections of smallpox outbreak in Birmingham; recites words and sings parts of several unidentified songs; her own health and general conversation; recites and then sings part of 'Break the News to Mother'; sings 5 songs; death of her son serving in the Royal Air Force. [Tr. 1]
Metadata
| Identifier | x5nsnjgm |
| IRN | 414691 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A640r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/x5nsnjgm |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Raven, Jon |
| Date | July 1967 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 14.6cm open reel spool, Duration: 164' 23". |