Sound Recording, Suffolk

Description

Bob Hart, recorded in Snape [?in the collector's home], talks about practising songs; the preservation of songs and the collector's tape recordings; old songs - music hall, folk; fishing - herring, grounds, boats (sail, steam) and jobs on board; sings 'Cod Banging' and discusses learning it; sings 'John Barleycorn' and comments on another person's version of it; learning songs in a pub in Grimsby during singing sessions; singing at home with his mother, with accordion accompaniment; living in Wrentham; family; schooldays. Sings 'One of the Best'; early life; school; grandparents; sings 'Bonny Mary of Argyle', 'Why Have I No Daddy, Mummy?'; identifying old songs; rhythm in song; sings 'Australia' and 'A Broadside'(learned in Grimsby). Concludes on tape LAVC/SRE/A333r. Starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A331r. 4 of 79.

Metadata

Identifier xb84mw16
IRN 414383
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A332r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/xb84mw16
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Dunn, Ginette
Date 25 June 1974
Size and Medium 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 63' 05".

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