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FTX-082 - TWANKYDILLO

MORE TRADITIONAL COUNTRY SONGS

BOB, RON AND JIM COPPER

Here is another album of traditional country songs from the Brighton area of the Sussex Downs - performed in the unique two-part unaccompanied style which seems to have been preferred in this part of the county. Here are 11 more songs in unaccompanied harmony style by Bob and his cousin Ron, 2 solos by Ron & 2 by Jim - introduced by Bob. Also singing is Bob's father, Jim Copper, who was recorded by Peter Kennedy at Rottingdean in the summer of 1951.

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Bob's father: James Copper

TWANKYDILLO - THRESHING MACHINE SONG - JONES'S ALE - INNOCENT HARE - SWEEP CHIM-NIE SWEEP - HARD TIMES OF OLD ENGLAND - MERRY HAY-MAKERS - SPENCER THE ROVER - GOOD ALE - TIME PASSES OVER - SHEPHERD'S ARISE - IRISH GIRL - BOLD GENERAL WOLFE - SHIP IN DISTRESS - BOLD FISHERMAN - SPOTTED COW - THE HAMPSHIRE FARMER - LEMONAY - THE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS (the Copper's version of The Twelve Days of Christmas)

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