Tape. Collection comprises 16 tapes, thought to be donated by R.S. (Bob) Thomson. Their completeness is not as yet ascertained.
1. William Taylor -- 2. The Indian Lass / George Gouldthorpe, Brigg, Linconshire -- 3. The Rainbow -- 4. Spencer the Rover [fragment] -- 5. Artichokes and Cauliflowers [1 verse] -- 6. Geordie (tune) -- 7. The Rainbow (2nd recording) / George Orton, Brigg, Linconshire, 4/8/1906 -- 8. Seventeen Come Sunday (last verse) -- 9. Lost Lady Found / Fred Atkinson, Brigg, Linconshire, 31/7/1906 -- 10. Six Dukes Went A Fishing -- 11. Time To Remember the Poor -- 12. Creeping Jane / Joseph Leaning, Brigg, Linconshire, 31/7/1906 -- 13. The Sheffield Highwayman. George Wray, Brigg, Linconshire, 31/7/1906 -- 14. Lord Bateman (1st half) -- 15. The Nutting Girl (twice) -- 16. The North Country Maid -- 17. Digging Turf Land -- 18. The Old Mare -- 19. Green Bushes [fragment] -- 20. Old Friend Gardener and Ploughman / Joseph Leaning, Brigg, Linconshire, 231/7/1906. Note by John Bird: "Beware. Many of the cylinders are put on to acetate more than once and even some of the acetates seem to be recorded on to tape more than once. To add to the complications, sometimes 2 re-recordings of the same cylinders are given different dates (One of them must be wrong!) These tapes are recordings of the acetates made in the 1940s by the Library of Congress (and others?) of the original brown wax cylinders made before W.W.I. by Grainger, and the ref numbers announced by the American gentleman now and again refer to the L.O.C. acetate number.".