Call No.: SCD CDA HAMER 68 Sound Lib. CDA Fred Hamer collection, CD 68 - British Library Sound Archive, 1950-1969. - 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Compact disc. Musical instruments: piano accordion.

Contents: 1 Announcement C433/47 and C433/48 -- 2. C433/47 Side 1. Roger Nicholls [piano accordion]: Four song tunes collected in Herefordshire by Ralph Vaughan Williams in September 1912: 00:00 Under the leaves [Roud 127 / Mrs and Miss Whatton] -- 00:32 Good people all [collected from Mrs and Miss Whatton] -- 01:04 God rest you merry, gentlemen [Roud 394 / Mrs and Miss Whatton] -- 01:51 Christ made a trance [Roud 2112 / Mrs and Miss Whatton] -- Harry Green, Tilty, Essex, 19 May 1968: 02:18 Down in the fields [Roud 1736] -- 05:35 As I walked out [Roud 1139] -- 07:55 I cut my bum [Roud 1212] -- 10:22 Treat my daughter kindly [Roud 2552] -- 12:53 Jones' ale [Roud 139] -- 16:55 Knickerbocker line [Roud 2149, fragment, recited] -- 17:33 Nutting girl [Roud 509] -- 21:46 Green mossy banks of the Lea [Roud 987, fragment] -- C433/47 Side 2: 23:33 Thaxted bells [Roud 12859, fragment] -- May Johnson, Ecton, Northamptonshire -- 24:09 Interview about May customs [interviewed by [unidentified woman]] -- 25:51 Ecton May carol [Roud 305] -- 27:30 The cuckoo [Roud 413] -- 27:54 Merry month of May -- Mrs Charlton, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire -- 28:37 This morning is the first of May [Roud 305, recited] -- 29:25 Interview about May garlands [interviewed by [unidentified woman]] -- 3. C433/48 Side 1: 00:00 [testing equipment] -- Harry Green, Tilty, Essex, 4 June 1968: 00:14 Oh Joe the boat is going over [Roud 1777] -- 03:05 Blind Irish girl [Roud 22769] -- 05:26 Stranger in London [Roud 12860] -- 09:25 Fox and the hare [Roud 1140] -- 12:28 Oyster girl [Roud 875, fragment] -- 4. C433/48 Side 2: Annie Walmsley, Garstang, Lancashire -- 00:00 White preciousness of morning -- 01:10 Wait for the wagon [Roud 2080, 2835 or 3716] -- 01:59 Oh I do love you -- 02:29 Buttercups and daisies -- 03:13 Cobbler making a shoe -- 03:57 Life's short, very very short (And the verdict was).

These copies were made in 2011.



Acc no.: SR06929