Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire

Description

Jim Willding, recorded in the Baker's Arms pub, Oxford, on the 5 December 1967; sings [unidentified, with accordion], 'Cock of the North'; conversation; 'Banks of the Sweet Primroses', 'Daisybell', 'I Tickled Her', 'Serving 'Em All Alike', 'Two Little Girls in Blue', attempts to remember 'Sweet Old-Fashioned Lady', sings 'The Faithful Sailor Boy', 'Gypsy's Warning', 'The Old Rustic Bridge', 'Molly Riley', 'Break the News to Mother', 'Bluebell', 'I'll Be Your Sweetheart', 'My Grandfather's Clock' [incomplete]; conversation; sings 'Three Pots a Shilling', 'Memories', 'In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree', 'Keys of Heaven', 'The Old Abbey Ruin', 'Cock of the North' [incomplete], 'Annie Laurie', 'Song at Twilight'; conversation; 'Give Me Just Another Chance', 'That's the Time to Catch 'Em', 'My Fiddle is my Sweetheart'[fragment]; rhyme; talks about Billy Williams; sings 'Little Willie', 'I'm About to Sing a Song', 'They're After Me', 'Cheer Up, Mother', 'Let's All Go Down the Strand', 'Bill Bailey', 'The Cottage by the Sea', 'Blind Irish Girl', 'Hop Along Sister Mary' (rhyme); conversation re. New Year; sings fragments of 'Auld Lang Syne'; plays the harmonica and sings 'For Old Time's Sake', 'Kitty Wells' and 'They're After Me' [fragment]. [Tr. 2] Jim Willding, recorded in the Baker's Arms pub, Oxford, on the 21 December 1968. Sings 'I Lives Underneath', 'Teach Me to Forget', 'I Know of a Comical Ditty', 'Mrs. Burrell's Home'; talks briefly about dancing in pubs; sings 'Yipp-I-Addy' ; talks about (clog) dancing; sings 'Let's All Go Down the Strand', 'I'll Be Your Sweetheart' [fragment]; anecdote and general conversation; sings 'He's Only Been Cuddling the Pillow' [parody of 'If Those Lips Could Only Speak'], 'Goodby-ee', 'We're Off to Baltimore', 'By the Zuider Zee' ; yodels and talks about singing and sentimental songs; sings 'Memories'. [Tr. 1] Danny Lenahan and Dick McNamara, recorded in the Plough and Anchor pub, Oxford, on the 12 November 1966; play tunes on the fiddle and bodhrán; [unidentified] sings [unidentified]; unidentified Irish tunes played on the fiddle, bodhrán, pipes and piano. [Tr. 2] Hughie McCann, recorded in the Plough and Anchor pub, Oxford, on the 1 February 1969; sings [first line: 'As I went out one evening in the merry month of May'], [2 unidentified]; talks about the sources of his song repertoire, and other musicians in his family; sings [first line: 'As I sit all alone in the gloaming'; anecdotes; sings 'Two Eyes of Blue'. [Tr. 3] Eddie Gorman and John Newell, recorded in the Plough and Anchor pub, Oxford, on the 2 February 1969; sing 'That's as Far as I Want to Go', [unidentified], 'I'll Walk Beside You', [ 'And You'll Remember Me'], [ 'You and I are Old and Worn'], [ 'That Little Silver Ring that You Once Gave to Me']; JN relates anecdotes regarding his working life (characters and experiences). [Tr. 4]

Metadata

Identifier	xw5zdcrv
IRN	414587
Class Mark	LAVC/SRE/A536r
Level	Item
Type of Record	Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link	http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/xw5zdcrv
Collection(s)	Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category	Archive
Parent Record	Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s)	Morson, I F
Date	1966-1969
Size and Medium	1 x 17.8cm open reel spool, Duration: 172' 57".

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