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Tracks 1-4 recorded 19/10/1952, Chideock, Bridport by Kennedy, Peter. (BBC 18694): 1. Barnes, Mrs E: Jersey City (Died for Love). (1'18") -- 2. Barnes, Mrs & Tuck Mrs: Talk about The Prickly Bush. (1'00") -- 3. Scaddon, Mrs Julia:The Prickly Bush (1st Part). (3'43") -- 4. Scaddon, Mrs Julia: The Prickly Bush (last part). (0'59") -- Tracks 5-6: Mr Biles, recorded 19/09/1943, Label says Mr. Biles is from Melplash, Dorset. (BBC 6797) -- 5. Shearing Song [1 verse]. (1'01") -- 6. John Barleycorn [1 verse]. (1'04") -- Tracks 7-8: Cox, Edwin & Stephens, Harry, recorded 08/10/1954, Wool by Kennedy, Peter -- 7. Intro: The Country Courtship. (1'44") (BBC 21496) -- 8. The Country Courtship. (4'17") (BBC 21497) -- Tracks 9-14: Curtis, Andrew, Aged 81, recorded 10/10/1954, Corfe by Kennedy, Peter -- 9. The Shepherdess [talk before and after]. (4'44") (BBC 21476) -- 10. Talk: Singing at an old folks' tea; Following a professional singer. (1'56") (BBC 21476) -- 11. As I Walked Out One May Morning (Lawyer Lee). (2'26") (BBC 21476) -- 12. Ellen the Fair (+ talk preceding and following). (3'53") (BBC 21477) -- 13. The Turmut Hoeing [fragment]. (0'58") (BBC 21477) -- 14. Talk about local dancing, including tune of 4-Hand Reel (Sally's Gone to Dorchester'. (2'52") (BBC 21477) -- Tracks 15-18: The Dorset Trio, recorded 17/09/1943, Kingston, nr. Corfe Castle, Isle of Purbeck -- 15. Grandfather's Dance. 2:40. (BBC 6777) -- 16. Hands Across ['Melodeon Solo' handwritten on label] 2:16. (BBC 6777) -- 17. The Monkey's Hornpipe. 2:08. (BBC 6778) -- 18. Italian Schottische. 2:07. (BBC 6778) -- 19. Eveleigh, Tom, of Eype: The Husbandman & Servingman (The Singing of the Travels) (Song from the Mummers' play St. George, 2 verses only). Recorded Feb. 1951, Symondsbury by Kennedy, Peter. 1:16. (BBC 22323) -- 20. Hawkins, Harry [melodeon]: Four Hand Reel. Recorded 3/12/1948 in Netherbury. 2:47. (BBC 14627) -- 21. Pidgeon, Bert [melodeon] & Tuck, Alf [tambourine]: Four Hand Reel. Recorded 17/09/1949, Symondsbury. 1:24. (BBC 14627) -- Tracks 22-24: Hayne, Walter, recorded 20/10/1954, Abbotsbury by Kennedy, Peter -- 22. The Soldier & the Lady (The Nightingale) 2:20. (BBC 22437) -- 23. Talk by the singer about his work. 0:47. (BBC 22437) -- 24. Soldier, Won't You Marry Me? (tune of song Not for Joe). Melodeon. 1:34. (BBC 22437) -- Tracks 25-28 recorded 17/09/1943, Kingston, nr. Corfe Castle, Isle of Purbeck. [n.b. While the label on (BBC 6779 names the peformer as Mrs Hooper, it seems likely this is a spelling mistake, and that it should read Mr Hooper. It certainly sounds like a Mr Hooper.] -- 25. Hooper, Mrs: The Ploughboy. 2:29. (BBC 6779) -- 26. Hooper, Mrs: Jimmy Boy. 2:25. (BBC 6779) -- 27. Hooper, Mr [concertina]: Grandmother's Dance. 2:15. (BBC 6968) -- 28. Hooper, Mr [concertina]: Up the Middle. 2:04. (BBC 6968) -- Tracks 29-30 recorded 12/4/1949, Sixpenny Handley -- 29. Lucas, C, hurdlemaker: The Prickle Holly Bush (The Briary Bush or the Maid Saved from the Gallows). 3:42. (BBC 9467) -- 30. Lucas, C: Admiral Benbow. 2:57. (BBC 9467). |