FTX-453 - AS SHE IS SPOKE -3-

Dialect - the South and West

Selected field recordings of vernacular speech with a range of subjects & age groups, both men & women, covering BEDFORDSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, DORSET, KENT, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, HEREFORDSHIRE, LONDON, MIDDLESEX, SOMERSET, SURREY, SUSSEX & WILTSHIRE (but not Devon, Cornwall or The Channel Islands). Also includes talk about occupations & local customs: Thatching, May garlands, Street-sellers, Shepherding, Marble championships, Forest rights, Ashen Faggot, Apple Wassailing, Mumming and Morris Dancing.

1. WHEN I START THATCHING - Albert Church (47), Biddenham, Bedfordsh 1952 - 3'02"

2. CUTTING MAY BUSHES FOR THE MAIDS - Paddy Church (81) his father - 2'35"

3. WE USED TO GO ROUND WITH THE MAY GARLAND - Mrs C.A.Perry, Loughton, Buckinghamsh 1954 - 2'47"

4. THERE WAS AN OLD MAN IN THE PUB - William Scarlett (83), Cranford, Middx (He was postman where Heath Row Airport is today) 1953 - 0'29"

5. WE GIRLS USED TO GO ROUND THE VILLAGE WITH MAY GARLANDS -Margaret Coulson, Eastcote, Mddx 1958 - 0'51"

6. I CAN REMEMBER THE JACK-IN-THE-GREEN IN LONDON - Fred "Lucky" Luckhurst (60), Edmonton, 1978 - 4'34"

7. I WENT ROUND WITH MY MOTHER SELLING LAVENDER - Janet (30) & Florrie (70) Penfold, Battersea - 4'54"

8. GIVE US A SONG, DAD - Mr & Mrs Albert Beale, Kenardrington, Kent 1952 - 2.00"

9. IN THOSE DAYS IT WAS ALL OPEN FARMLAND (THE SOUTH DOWNS) -Jack & Edith Wheatland Hove, Sussex 1963 - 1'35"

10. THEY USED TO SHEAR BY HAND - Harry Upton, Balcombe, Sussex 1963 - 0'24"

11. A POUND A YEAR FOR TO PLAY ALONG BRIGHTON BEACH - Lewis "Scan" Tester, Horsted Keynes, Sussex 1963 - 1'38"

12. MARBLE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT TINSLEY GREEN ON GOOD FRIDAY & about himself - George Maynard, Smallfield, Surrey 1955 - 3'50"

12. WHEN I STARTED OUT TO GO TO WORK (FOREST OF DEAN GREETINGS & RIGHTS) - Malcolm Watkins, Lydbrook, Gloucestershire 1952 - 2'08"

13. SEEN JACK WEBB TODAY ? (CYCLING IN THE FOREST) - Malcolm Watkins with Jim Gunter - 3'54"

14. TWO FOREST ENCOUNTERS - As previous - 3'32"

15. FIDDLING FOR THE MORRIS - Stephen Baldwin (79), Upton Bishop, Herefordsh 1952 - 3'50"

16. THIS IS BURNING THE ASHEN FAGGOT - Fred Adams, Carhampton, Somerset 1959 - 1'09"

17. WE'D GO RIGHT UP UNDER THE APPLE TREES (WASSAILING) - Walter Sealey (67), Ash Priors, Somerset 1957 - 2'13"

18. THIS WAS A TRUE STORY HAPPENED (FLOODS AT MUCHELNEY) - Bill Meare (68), Drayton,, Langport, Somerset 1957 - 4'51"

19. THEY CALLED THEMSELVES THE WILTSHIRE MUMMERS - Fred Perrier, Shrewton, Wiltsh 1954 - 2'32"

20. WELL YOU'VE HEARD THICK TALE AFORE (Recitation: BEN AND THE BUTTER) - Fred Perrier - 2'31"

21. WHERE I WAS BORN AND BIDED (CIDER DRINKING) - Charlie Wills, Bridport, Dorset 1960 - 2'50"

Recorded & edited by Peter Kennedy and first published on Folktrax cassettes 1987.