SCD CDA HAMER 58
Sound Lib. CDA
Fred Hamer collection, CD 58
- British Library Sound Archive, 1950-1969.
- 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Compact disc. Musical instruments: piano accordion.
1. [announcement] C443/38 Side 2: -- 2. Albert Church, Biddenham, Bedfordshire, 28 March 1967: 00:00 Jolly waggoner [Roud 1088, fragment] -- 02:08 Three was three jovial Welshmen [Roud 283, fragment] -- 04:26 Interview about game of sticks and stones -- 07:12 Interview about hide and seek game -- May Johnson, Ecton, Northamptonshire, March 1967 -- 09:58 Interview about May customs in Ecton [partial transcript in Hamer Ms on microfilm file 6, p. 20] -- 12:57 This morning is the first of May [Roud 305] -- 15:30 This morning is the first of May [Roud 305] -- 17:10 Interview about Plough Monday, Plough Mummering [partial transcript in Hamer Ms on microfilm file 8, p. 10] -- 19:20 Poor bold John Brown he's dead and gone [Roud 764] -- 20:06 This morning is the first of May [Roud 305] -- Cliff Yeldham, Thaxted, Essex, 4 June 1967: 21:22 London Cockerney [Roud 1688, fragment] -- Harry Green, Tilty, Essex, 4 June 1968: 21:53 The nutting girl [Roud 509] -- 26:10 The two sweethearts [Roud 4231] -- 28:24 The merchant's daughter and the highwayman [Roud 2638] -- 32:39 The pear tree [Roud 12861, recited] -- 35:15 Ladies won't you marry [Roud 3456] -- Bessie Rye, Weston super Mare, Somerset, 25 February 1968 -- 37:54 Cockamoor snake [Roud 23592] -- 42:44 Fox [Roud 131] -- 45:51 Trotting song [Roud 23593] -- 3. [announcement] C443/39 -- 4. [? extract from radio programme 1966] -- 5. [?] -- Rosamund Strode (voice without words), February 1966: Eight out of sixteen song tunes collected in Herefordshire by Ralph Vaughan Williams in September 1912 (August 1909 in the case of Apprentice boy): 00:00 Billy Taylor [Roud 158 / Esther Smith] -- 01:08 I'll bind my petticoat [Roud 911 / Esther Smith] -- 02:03 My mother sent me for some water [Roud 506 / Esther Smith] -- 02:41 Sheffield Park [Roud 399 / Esther Smith] -- 03:39 Unquiet grave [Roud 51 / Esther Smith] -- 04:48 Riding down to Portsmouth [Roud 1534 / Esther Smith] -- 06:40 Molly Bawn [Roud 166 / Esther Smith] -- 08:13 Apprentice boy [ / Esther Smith] -- Roger Nicholls [piano accordion], sixteen song tunes collected in Herefordshire by Ralph Vaughan Williams in September 1912 (August 1909 in the case of Apprentice boy): 09:20 On Christmas Day [Roud 1078 / gypsies near Weobley] -- 09:59 Under the leaves [Roud 127 / Mrs and Miss Whatton] -- 10:30 Good people all [ / Mrs and Miss Whatton] -- 11:03 God rest you merry, gentlemen [Roud 394 / Mrs and Miss Whatton] -- 11:51 Christ made a trance [Roud 2112 / Mrs and Miss Whatton] -- 12:21 Shrewsbury Gaol [Roud 22281 / Mrs and Miss Whatton] -- 13:08 Gipsy lord [collected from Esther Smith] -- 13:40 There was a lady lived in York [Roud 9 / Esther Smith] -- 14:22 Billy Taylor [Roud 158 / Esther Smith] -- 14:57 I'll bind my petticoat [Roud 911 / Esther Smith] -- 15:31 My mother sent me for some water [Roud 506 / Esther Smith] -- 16:00 Sheffield Park [Roud 399 / Esther Smith] -- 16:30 Unquiet grave [Roud 51 / Esther Smith] -- 17:00 Riding down to Portsmouth [Roud 1534 / Esther Smith] -- 17:45 Molly Bawn [Roud 166 / Esther Smith] -- 18:52 Apprentice boy [ / Esther Smith].