Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire

Description

George Powell, recorded in Wigginton; sings 'Jim the Carter's Lad' [fragment], 'Beer Beer Glorious Beer' [fragment] and 'Joan's Ale'. [Tr. 1] Tom Timms and George Powell, recorded in Wigginton. Tom Timms sings 'Be Civil Just and Kind' [fragment], 'All That Glitters is Not Gold' [fragment], 'Miss Clara Nolan's Ball' [fragment], 'The True Aberdeen', 'The Girl I Courted Years Ago', 'A Leaf of a Rose' [fragment], 'Green Leaves', 'Two Little Maids'; George Powell sings 'Hard Times'; Tom Timms sings 'The Mistletoe Bough' [fragment], 'Little Billy Williams', 'Farmer's Boy' [comments on origins], 'The Four-Posted Bedstead' [fragment], 'The Fly be on the Turmut' [fragment], 'The Little Shirt My Mother Made for Me', 'Flannagan', 'Old Mother Hubbard'; George Powell recites the words of a mummers' play, and discusses its characters, their costumes/make up, the musical accompaniment, visiting houses and villages in the early part of the twentieth century, drinking beer, singing, the people involved and the locations of performances; Tom Timms sings 'The Barley Rakings' [fragment], 'We're All Jolly Fellows As Follow the Plough', 'Out in the Moonlight', 'To Philadelphia in the Morning' [fragment], 'The Camel Corps' and 'Lay Him on the Hillside'. [Tr. 2] Mr. Bryant (Senior), Mrs. Bryant (Senior) and their son, recorded singing (with melodeon accompaniment) at home in Tackley. Mr. Bryant sings 'The Midnight Express', 'Farmer's Boy' [fragment]; Mrs. Bryant sings 'Broken Doll'; Mr. Bryant sings 'Tell me if he will return again'; Mrs. Bryant sings 'Lard and Cold Cabbage'[ fragment]; Mr. Bryant sings 'Everybody's Loved by Somebody'; Mrs. Bryant sings 'William Taylor'; Mr. Bryant sings 'The Young Sailor Cut Down in His Prime'; Mrs. Bryant sings 'Irish Molly'; Mr. Bryant (Junior) sings 'Goodbye Booze' and 'The Royal Family'; Mrs. Bryant sings 'Silver Threads Among the Gold'. [Tr. 3] Barbara Read, recorded at home in Leigh (near Cricklade); sings 'Drink Puppy Drink' [fragment]; Lettice Prout, recorded at home in Minchinhampton; sings 'There Were Three Jolly Fishermen', and describes how a group of children would perform the song (dancing and actions); repeats the song; sings a wassailing song, 'Wassail Wassail' [fragment]; and recites three children's rhymes, 'Down on the Carpet', 'Ellen's Got Married' and 'Wallflowers'. [Tr. 4] 7 of 20.

Metadata

Identifier	z7rk2pcr
IRN	414533
Class Mark	LAVC/SRE/A482r
Level	Item
Type of Record	Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link	http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/z7rk2pcr
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: 72' 57".

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