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Babbacombe Lee and Widecombe Fair : tales and tunes of old Devon

Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: FSA 086 | Folktracks [Folktrax]Publication details: Folktracks [Folktrax], 1975.Description: 1 audiocassette : analog
Contents:
Side 1: 1. The Farmyard Song / Dick Pearce of Kingsbridge [talk after], 3'49" -- 2. The Farmer's Boy / Chagford Merrymakers Band / 1'30" -- 3. The Counting Song [mowing the Meadow] / William Rew, Sidbury [talk before & after] / 5'42" -- 4. Recitation: The House That Jack Built / Bert Edgcombe, Kingston / 1'55" -- 5. The Steamboat, Devonshire Hornpipe / Will Thorn [melodeon] Kingston / 1'40" -- 6. Stag hunting Ballad / W.J.Heywood, Ottery St.Mary (with hunting horn), 4'53" -- 7. Babbacombe Lee (1v & ch only) / Bill Westaway, Belstone / 0'43" -- 8. Tedburn Hill [jack Hall] / Jack Endacott, Chagford [talk before], 2'08" -- 9. Toll the Bell, Sammy O / Jack Hunt, Moreleigh / 0'53" -- 10. The Green Grass Grew All Round (tree Song) / Dick Pearce [talk before about "repetion"] / 5'14" -- Side 2: 1. The Jolly Old Mallard / Dick Pearce [Bunny Palmer?] (Intro by Bernard Fishwick) recorded at Village Barn Dance, Sidbury 1950 [talk before], 3'28" -- 2. I'm A Morty Unlucky Old Chap / Jack Hunt [talk before], 2'10" -- 3. Talk about himself by William Henry 'Bill' Bailey (age 101), Totnes, -- 4. Widecombe Fair / Bill Westaway / 1'37" -- 5. The Game of All Fours Harry Westaway, Bill's brother [talk aft about his age], 2'54" -- 6. The Three Rogues George Endacott, Jack Endacott's cousin, S.Zeal / 1'29" -- 7. Country Dance: The Ladies Breast Knot Fred Pidgeon [fiddle], Stockland [talk before explaining dance], 2'01" -- 8. Talk about Last Sheaf Ceremony / Dick Pearce / 1'18" -- 9. The Harvest time Schottische / Chagford Merrymakers Band / 0'55" -- 10. Health To the Barley Mow / Dick Pearce, 4'15".
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Cassette.

Side 1: 1. The Farmyard Song / Dick Pearce of Kingsbridge [talk after], 3'49" -- 2. The Farmer's Boy / Chagford Merrymakers Band / 1'30" -- 3. The Counting Song [mowing the Meadow] / William Rew, Sidbury [talk before & after] / 5'42" -- 4. Recitation: The House That Jack Built / Bert Edgcombe, Kingston / 1'55" -- 5. The Steamboat, Devonshire Hornpipe / Will Thorn [melodeon] Kingston / 1'40" -- 6. Stag hunting Ballad / W.J.Heywood, Ottery St.Mary (with hunting horn), 4'53" -- 7. Babbacombe Lee (1v & ch only) / Bill Westaway, Belstone / 0'43" -- 8. Tedburn Hill [jack Hall] / Jack Endacott, Chagford [talk before], 2'08" -- 9. Toll the Bell, Sammy O / Jack Hunt, Moreleigh / 0'53" -- 10. The Green Grass Grew All Round (tree Song) / Dick Pearce [talk before about "repetion"] / 5'14" -- Side 2: 1. The Jolly Old Mallard / Dick Pearce [Bunny Palmer?] (Intro by Bernard Fishwick) recorded at Village Barn Dance, Sidbury 1950 [talk before], 3'28" -- 2. I'm A Morty Unlucky Old Chap / Jack Hunt [talk before], 2'10" -- 3. Talk about himself by William Henry 'Bill' Bailey (age 101), Totnes, -- 4. Widecombe Fair / Bill Westaway / 1'37" -- 5. The Game of All Fours Harry Westaway, Bill's brother [talk aft about his age], 2'54" -- 6. The Three Rogues George Endacott, Jack Endacott's cousin, S.Zeal / 1'29" -- 7. Country Dance: The Ladies Breast Knot Fred Pidgeon [fiddle], Stockland [talk before explaining dance], 2'01" -- 8. Talk about Last Sheaf Ceremony / Dick Pearce / 1'18" -- 9. The Harvest time Schottische / Chagford Merrymakers Band / 0'55" -- 10. Health To the Barley Mow / Dick Pearce, 4'15".

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