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BRACKAGH HILLS - "One night as I lay sleepin on my silent bed alone...strange places to explore" - emigrates from Belfast to Scotland & returns to wed Mary in Roslea - ROUD#9244 - TOCHER #45 1992pp170-1 titled "Rosslea" from Cathal McConnell of Ballinaleck, Co Fermanagh rec by Michael Walsh, Edinburgh, 1991. Cathal learned it near Clones, Co Monaghan -- Mary MURPHY rec by PK, Draperstown, Co Derry 21/5/53: RPL 19974/ FTX-434 - Geordie HANNA: (TOPIC 12-Ts-372) "Brockagh Brae"

BRACKEN LANE, THE - DARLEY/ McCALL FC 1914 #26 p11 air only

BRACKLEY - BARON O' BRACKLEY

BRADLEY'S BALL - "O come all you lads & lasses and listen to me awhile" - ROUD#9243 -- Maggie CHAMBERS (later Mrs MURPHY) rec by PK, Tempo, Co Fermanagh 18/7/52: 7"RTR-0550 (talk bef)/ RPL 18491/ FTX-432

BRAEMAR GATHERING, THE - March -- Willy TAYLOR (fid): TOPIC TSCD-669 1998 Northern Dances bef "J D Burgess"

BRAES OF ABERNETHY, THE - "As I cam in by yon bonny waterside" - ROUD#3784 - Courtship Song - GREIG-DUNCAN 4 1990 #867 p371 (6var) - Inverness

BRAES OF AUCHTERTYRE, THE - Highland - BAYARD DTF #234 pp 192- 4 "Billy in the Lowland" - COLE p42 (C) - HONEYMAN #1 p36 (A) "This grand melody was composed or adapted about the year 1723 by James Crockat, but was first transposed from they key of C to A and played as a slow strathspey by James Scott Skinner" - KENNEDY FTB 2 publ Mallinson 1997 #12 p5 (D) alt: "The B of Auchintyre"; "Cronin's" - KERR MM 1 p14 (Low C) - Tunebook Ms 4/4 (D) #149 p411 "The Braes of Auchterpass" - WILSON p49 (C)

BRAES OF BALLANDINE - Perthshire (or Co Mayo ?) - Waltz - Tunebook Ms 3/4 (G) #218 p262 - McGOUN & others

BRAES OF BALQUIDDER, THE - "Let us go, lassie, go to the B of B" - Courtship Song - ROUD #541 - Balquidder is about 12m from Callandar in SW Perthsh - in the churchyard there lie the ashes of Rob Roy - JOHNSON SMM 2 1787 - words said to be by Robert Tannahill, Glasgow, 1838 with tune based on Highland air "Bochuiddar" printed in Captain Fraser's "Collection of Melodies of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (1816) - SMITH:" Scottish Minstrel" vol 1 p49 (appears in index as "Will ye go, lassie, go" to the air of "Braes o'Balquither") & vol 4 p89 has another tune marked "2nd set" (appears in index as "Let us go, lassie, go" and set to the air: "The Three Carls o Buchanan" - GREIG: "Scots Minstrelsie" 3 p244 with note on pxvii (from SMITH 1st set) - DUNCAN M208 Note about tradition different from Tannahill - GREIG-DUNCAN 4 1990 #862: p364 3 var of which 3rd is tune of "The Fair at Balnaminna" ("Amongst the heather") also contains Duncan's note and how same tune was used for the Balnaminna song - JFSS 9 1906 pp229-230 Gilchrist compares tune to "Napoleon on the Isle of St Helena" and gives 2 similar versions of tune from her mother who learnt it as a child in Glasgow and another from a Thomas Gilbert, Edinburgh 1900. She compares them to two old Gaelic airs: "Brochan Buirn" & "Cruachan Ben" (m/o) adding a note about how Tannahills song was fitted to an unvocal air, also about versions of a reel of the same name - BUCHAN 101SS 1962 p129 Robert Tannahill 3v only, no source given - CROININ 2000 #151 pp228-9 --- CREIGHTON FSSNB 1971 #23 pp55-6 Wm Ireland, NB 6v/m "The B of Belquether" - FOWKE SSBNC 1981 pp84-85 Fenwick Hatt Ms c1883 - see FAIR O' BALNAFANNEN ("Amongst the Heather") - BUONAPARTE (Shape-note hymn) - NAPOLEON ON THE ISLE OF ST HELENA - WILD MOUNTAIN THYME (remembered by Frank McPeake with distinctly different tune) -- Elizabeth CRONIN rec by Alan Lomax, Co Cork 1951/ rec by Seamus Ennis Aug 1952: RPL 18758: FTX-160/ FOUR COURTS CD-1 #16 - Calum JOHNSTON (tune on H-bagpipes) rec by The School of Scottish Studies: Barra: TANGENT TNGM-111 1972 - JACK TAMSON'S BAIRNS: TOPIC 12-TS- 424 1982 --- Wm Ireland, rec by Helen Creighton, New Brunswick, Canada NMM (7"-33 LP) 1971

BRAES OF BARLEYBUSHEL, THE - "Will ye gang wi me, lassie?" - Courtship Song - ROUD#3343- GREIG-DUNCAN 4 1990 #876 p399-400 (3var w/o) "The Braes o Birniebouzle" -- Duncan BURKE rec by PK, Perth 22/6/55 - Isabel SUTHERLAND: COLLECTOR JES-11 1960 "Burnie Bushel" - Jimmy STEWART (tune on fid) rec by PK, Aberdeen 1954: FTX-069 "Burniboosie"

BRAES OF BUSBY, THE - Strathspey/Reel - COLE p128 "B of Bushbie" - MITCHELL #48 p49 from Willie Clancy (U-pipes) - MOYLAN #3 also from Clancy -- Seamus ENNIS (U-pipes) rec by PK, London 1958: FTX-374

BRAES OF DUNPHAIL, THE - Pastoral Song -- John MacDONALD rec by PK, Elgin, Moray 1955: FTX-061

BRAES OF DUMBLANE - Reel (G) - COLE #8 p11 - KERR MM 2 #295 p32

BRAES OF GLENCOE, THE - Mrs William DUNCAN #298 rec on Dictaphone cylinder by James M Carpenter 1929-35

BRAES OF KILLIECRANKY - "For on the thistle I sat down" - ROUD#3363 - PORTER-GOWER 1995 pp201-2 4v & ch sung by Jeannie Robertson & notes - see also BALL OF K - this is a parody of Hogg's "Killiecranky" -- Jeannie Robertson rec by Hamish Henderson: (LISMOR LIFL-7001) "Up the Dee & Doon the Don"- Robin WILLIAMSON (harp): CLADDAGH CCF-12 1984 aft "Lord Dundee's Lamentation"

BRAES OF LOCHIEL, THE - BRAIGHE LOCH IALL

BRAES OF MAAS, THE - LOVE WILL YOU MARRY ME? (Highland Schottische)

BRAES OF MONEYMORE, THE - "O farewell to you, Old Ireland" "A big ship lies on deep Lough Foyle bound for the New York shore" - ROUD#9242 -- Terry DEVLIN rec by PK, Dungannon, Co Tyrone 3/7/52: RPL 18534/ FTX-432 (talk bef & aft)

BRAES OF SKELMORLIE, THE - BONNY BRAES OF SKELMORLIE

BRAES OF STRATHBLANE (or STRATHDON), THE - "As I was a-walking one morning in May" - fair maid - green meadows - bleaching clothes - Scots Love Song probably localised to Stirlingshire - ROUD#1096 - publ in Mavers Coll 1866 as heard in Kintyre (see OSSIAN LP) - KIDSON TT 1891 pp90-91 Dumfriesshire - FORD VSB 1899 (2) 1 pp76-7 (w/o) - RYMOUR Club 1906 1 p116 Stirlingsh 1v/m "The B of Strathdon" - GREIG-DUNCAN 6 1995 #1132 pp133-141 11var 10v/9m "The B of Strathdon" - GREIG FSNE 1909-14 #18 "B of Strathdon" - ORD BB 1930 p125 (w/o) - McCOLL-SEEGER TSES 1977 p187 Christine McAllister 1962 - SHIELDS SRT 1981 p55 Annie Sweeney, Co Derry 1969 (European Ethnic SRT-3) --- HUBBARD BSFU 1961 pp102-103 Mrs Mary Hoyt, Utah 1947 "The B of Strachblane" - PEACOCK SNO 1965 p499 Nicholas Keough, Nfl 1959 "The Beach of Strablane" -- Alex CAMPBELL #348, Ythan Wells & Bell DUNCAN #475 rec on Dictaphone cylinder by James M Carpenter 1929-35 - John STRACHAN of Fyvie accomp by Ian Middleton (accordion) rec Aberdeen 15/12/55: RPL LP 23220/ FTX-065 - Burns CRAWFORD rec by Seamus Ennis, Kirkcudbright 1952: RPL 21864/ FTX-262 - Margaret Stewart (from Buckie) rec by Isabel Sutherland Blairgowrie, Perthsh July 1955: 7"RTR-1211-2/ CASS-60-0966-7/ FTX-184 - Mabel SKELTON, Arbroath: RPL LP 28571 - John "Jacko" REILLY, tinker, rec by Tom Munnelly, Boyle, Co Roscommon 1967: FTX-175 - OSSIAN: IONA IR-001 1978 -

BRAES OF TULLIEMET, THE - (nr Pitlochry, Perthshire) - Strathspey (Gm) - HONEYMAN p26 (Gm) "B of Tullymet" - KERR MM 1 p19 (Em) & 2 p23 (Gm) - WILLIAMSON BFT p64 - Cf SALMON TAILS UP THE WATER -- Jimmy STEWART (fid) rec by PK, Aberdeen, 1955: FTX-069 - John REA (ham dulc) Antrim: TOPIC 12-TS-373 1979

BRAES OF TURRA, THE - "As I went out one morning/ evening clear" - she gets taunted by other women for keeping up with Johnny the schoolmaster whose education is her temptation - ROUD6323 - GREIG- DUNCAN 6 1995 #1124 pp115-6 (3var 8v/3m) -- Elizabeth ROBB #324, Strichen, Aberdeensh rec on Dictaphone cylinder by James M Carpenter 1929-35

BRAES O' YARROW, THE - DOWIE DENS O' YARROW

BRAGAN LASSES, THE - Reel - MAGUIRE 1 #58 p15 (G) from John Maguire (father)

BRAGGING - BOASTING

BRAGGING MAN, THE - Reel (G) _ MOYLAN 1 #35 from George Petrie (U-pipes)

BRAHMS - WIEGENLIED

BRAIGHE LOCH IALL - (The Braes of Lochiel) -- Mrs Rena McLean & group rec by Alan Lomax, Hebrides 1951: COLUMBIA SL-207 1952/ ROUNDER CD-1743 1998

BRAIN BOX - I PUT MY HAND ON MYSELF

BRAKE OF BRIARS, THE - or BRAMBLE BRIAR, THE - "In Bruton Town (BT) there lives a farmer" "A famous farmer as you shall hear" - Servant man courts their sister so brothers go out and kill him - her lover appears murdered to her in a dream - accuses brothers and they flee - LAWS #M-32 ABBB 1957 pp196-7 - ROUD#18 - SHARP- MARSON FSS 1 pp24-25 & pp62-3 Mrs Overd, Langport, Somerset 1904 (notes on song) "BT" - SHARP Sel Ed 1921 1 pp4-5 (text heavily edited) - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #61 pp280-282 Mrs Overd/ George Whitcombe, Westbury, Somerset 1907 (m/o) "BT" - GILLINGTON SOR pp10-11 (gypsies) Hampsh "The Brake of Briars" - JFSS 2:6 1905 pp42-3 Sharp: Mrs Overd - JFSS 5:19 1915 pp123-7 Sharp: George Whitcombe, Meare, Somerset 1906-7 (notes) "In Strawberry Town"/ Lucy Broadwood: Mrs Joiner, Chiswell Green, Hertfordshire 1914 "Lord Burling's Sister" (full text) - PENGUIN BEFS 1959 pp24-25 Lucy Broadwood: Mrs Joiner, Chiswell Green, Hertfordsh 1914 - REEVES EC 1960 pp105-6 Gardiner: George Digweed, Micheldever, Hampsh 1906 "A Famous Farmer" - PURSLOW WS 1968 p79 Gardiner: George Digweed (w) & Mrs Randall (m), Preston Candover, Hampsh 1906 "The Murdered Servant Man" - ED&S 37:1 1975 p20 Sibella Bonham- Carter: Henry Mitchell, Buriton, Hampsh 1938 "The Cruel Brothers" - McCOLL-SEEGER 1977 p106 Carolyne Hughes & Nelson Ridley (gypsies) "The Brake of Briars" - PALMER EBECS 1979 RVW: nn, Poolend, Hertfordsh 1913 "It's of a farmer" - RICHARDS-STUBBS EFS 1979 p94 "Strawberry Town" from Sharp Ms - STEWART 1977 p48-9 - HENRY SOP #806 - Cf BOCACCIO & Keats "Isabella & the pot of basil" - BRISK YOUNG COUNTRY LADY - another version of story see CONSTANT FARMER'S SON --- SHARP EFSSA 1917/32 #48 (vol 1 pp310-311) 4var: Mrs Stella Shelton, Alleghany NC 1916/ Mrs Gosnell, Allenstand, NC 1916 (1v w/m)/ Mrs Rosie Hensley, Carmen, NC 1916/ Mrs Jane Gentry, Hot Springs NC 1916 (1v w/m)/ Mrs Eliza Pace, Hyden Co, Ky 1917/ Mrs Mollie Broughton, Barbourville, Knox Co, Ky 1917 (1v w/m)/ Hillard Smith, Hindman, Knott Co, Ky 1917 (1v w/m)/ Mrs Laurel Wheeler, Buena Vista, Va 1918 (1v w/m)/ Mrs Sina Boone, Shoal Creek, Burnsville, NC 1918 (1v w/m) "In Seaport Town" - COX FSS 1921 #88 p305 (2var) - HENRY 1938 p161 Mrs Samuel Harmon Tenn 1930 - EDDY Ohio 1939 p85 - GARDNER-CHICKERING 1939 p59 Lamberton Ms Michigan (w/o) "The Apprentice Boy" - BELDEN Mo 1940 p 109/ Modern Language Assoc 33:327 - BREWSTER BSI 1940 pp193-195 Mrs A J Hopkins/ Tollie Toole, Ind 1935 - RANDOLPH OFS 1946 1 pp380-2 Doney Hammontree, Ark 1941 "The Jealous Brothers" - BROWN NC 1952-62 p62 2 & 4 - HUBBARD BSFU 1961 pp49-50 Mrs Elizabeth Jensen Utah 1947 "The Branbury Briars" (Near Portsman Town") - MOORE BFSW 1964 Mrs Opal Walker Okl -- - A L "Bert" LLOYD rec by AL & PK, London 22/4/51: 056/ 7" RTR-0058: FTX-056/ RIVERSIDE RLP 12-629 1956 (Famly version) "The Bramble Briar" - Carolyne & John HUGHES (gypsies) rec by PK, Blandford, Dorset 1968: FTX-043 & Carolyne solo talk before FTX-143 "Brake of Briars" - Tim HART & Maddy PRIOR (dulc): B & C CREST-23 1968/76/ CASS 45-0853 - STEELEYE SPAN: BOULEVARD BD-3004 1979 - Sandy DENNY: ISLAND HNBX-5301 1985 "BT" - Sally Ann HUMPHRIES in Martin Carthy's Song Workshop on Radio 2 rec 12/6/91 CASS-1019

BRANDED LAMBS - SEARCHING FOR YOUNG LAMBS

BRANGYWELL - SIR LIONEL

BRASS BAND MARCH - FELDMAN p156 from Con Cassidy, Donegal

BRASS NUTS - GRAND OLD DUKE

BRASS & BRASS BANDS -- Recordings see INSTRUMENTS Listing

BRATACH BANA (White Banner) -Rhona McLEOD (sung in Scots Gaelic): BELTONA (Decca) LBA-58 1968

BRAVE BLACK JUG, THE - Ch: "Ye're my braw BJ - my darling both night and morning" - GREIG-DUNCAN 3 1987 #590 - Cf GOOD ALE

BRAVE BURKE - London lamplighter - W: Muriel Holland/ M: Jim Parker

BRAVE COLLIER LADS, THE - COLLIER LADS

BRAVE DUNKIRK - comp by GM - KEMPTON PARK -- Graeme Miles: FTX-227

BRAVE EARL BRAND - EARL BRAND

BRAVE IRISH BOY, THE - Song Air/ Waltz - Tunebook Ms 3/4 (Am) #160 p234

BRAVE IRISH LAD, THE - "I'm a braw Irish lad - I've resilved to have some fun, sir" Ch: "Mashering a doo" - ROUD#12871 - GREIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1751 p274(1v/ch/m)

BRAVE LADS OF GALLA-WATER - GALLA WATER

BRAVE LEWIE ROY - KERR MM 3 #411 p45 (C) 2/4

BRAVE LIEUTENANT - BOLD LIEUTENANT IN THE LION'S DEN

BRAVE LORD WILLOUGHBY - "The 15th day of July" - Spanish war - VOC LIB 1822 #777 p300

BRAVE MARIN - "revient du guerre"-- Anita BEST & Pamela MORGAN with accomp: AMBER MUSIC (Newfoundland) ACD 9008 (from Mme Ozon of Cape St Georges)

BRAVE MILITAIRE -- Jack LE FEUVRE rec by PK, Sark, CI 1957: FTX-245

BRAVE NELL or LAWYER OUTWITTED - "Come all you men and maidens of high and low degree" - ROUD#555 - see also POOR NELL AND THE CHIMNEY SWEEP

BRAVE NELSON - NELSON'S VICTORY AT COPENHAGEN

BRAVE OLD OAK, THE - "Here's a song to the oak" - ROUD#1281- 56 BSs listed in ROUD - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 p203 #21 Thomas Larkin, Shrivenham, Wiltsh 3v/ch (w/o)

BRAVE OLD SOLDIER, THE - "I'm a BOS fighting for my country" Ch: "March to the battle in dear old Tennessee" -- Rebecca King JONES rec by Anne & Frank Warner, NC 1940: FTX-926

BRAVE PLOUGHBOY, THE - BROADWOOD John: Old Engl Songs 1843 #6 - PALMER 1979 #4 from Broadwood used for wassailing - COPPER (?) -- WATERSONS: TOPIC 12-TS-415 1981

BRAVE PLOUGHMAN LADDIES - "Cold winters storm is now awa' & summer's come again" - Bothy Ballad - ROUD#5409-- John STRACHAN rec by Alan Lomax, Fyvie, Aberdeensh 1951: RPL 21530 (4v)

BRAVE RAPPEREE - March - ROCHE 3 #204 p78 (Am)

BRAVE RODNEY'S GLORY - Set Dance (Am) - BRODY p234 - CRANITCH p80 - KERR MM 1 #11 p35 "The Irishman's Return from America" - Tunebook Ms 4/4 (Am) #167 p238 - O'NEILL MOI #27 & MOI #1784/ DMI #958 "RG" - MITCHELL #138 p101 from Willie Clancy (U-pipes) - ROCHE 2 #278 p32 "The Irishman's Return from America" - Cf PRINCESS ROYAL -- Frank LEE'S TARA CEILIDH Band: REGAL ZONOPHONE MR 1106 (78 rpm)/ CASS 0892 aft "Garden of Daisies" - Paddy BREEN (vert flute) of Co Clare rec by PK, London 1952: FTX-078 - Tom TURKINGTON (fid) of Co Tyrone, rec by PK, Belfast 8/7/52: 7"RTR-0545/ RPL 18383/ FTX-375 - Seamus ENNIS (mouth music) followed by Jim COLEMAN (fid) with PK (fid) playing seconds in AS I ROVED OUT "Collector's" Radio prog 1956 - Felix DORAN (U- pipes) rec by PK, Clones, Co Monaghan 1964: FTX-172 - Sean MAGUIRE (fid) with Eilis Ni MHARCAIGH (piano): GAEL-LINN CEF- 011 [nd] - YETTIES (with step dancing: Allen LEARY): ARGO ZFB-32 1971 - Bernard O Sullivan & Tommy Mc MAHON (concertinas) Co Clare: TOPIC 12-TFRS-502 1975

BRAVE WOLFE - "Bad news has come to town, bad news is carried" - "Cheer up my young men all, let nothing fright you" - he fives a woman as a token and leaves for the battle landing at Quebec - after talking to Montcalm he retires to his lines - mortally wounded he learns of the victory and dies "with pleasure" - LAWS #A-1 NAB 1950/64 p119 (Major-General James Wolfe (b1727) died at Quebec Sept 13th 1759) - ROUD#961 - Forget-Me-Not Songster (Locke, Boston, c1850?) pp.45-47 - COMBS FSM 1925 p176 - MACKENZIE BSSNS 1928 pp198-200 Richard Hines, River John, Nova Scotia "Quebec" - SHOEMAKER MMPA 1931 p108 - FLANDERS-BROWN VSB 1932 p55 - GREENLEAF-MANSFIELD BSSN 1933 p96 - CARMER SRA 1942 p61 - RANDOLPH OFS 4 1946-50 p198 - LOMAX FUSA 1947 p118/ FSNA 1960 p42 Galusha - GARDNER & CHICKERING BSSM 1949 p478 - LEACH BB 1955 717 - THOMPSON PS 1958 #323 pp98-101 - Stevens-Douglass Ms NY 1841-56 - WARNER TAFS 1984 pp86-9 John Galusha, Minerva, NY 1940 "The Ballad of Montcalm and Wolfe" ("Bad news has come to town - bad news is carried") - see also BOLD GENERAL WOLFE - WOLFE AND SAUNDERS -- Alan MILLS (Canadian) accomp by Steve Benbow (gtr) rec by PK, London 15/6/59: RTR-0325-7/ RPL LP 24896-7 (4 Fr & 20 Engl songs)/ FTX-905 - John GALUSHA rec by Frank & Anne Warner, Minerva, NY 1940: FTX-921 - IAN & SYLVIA: VANGUARD VRS-9154 1964 (from Greenleaf)

BRAVE YOUNG LAD, THE - "Braw young Lad" - Lowland Scots -- Ewan McCOLL rec by Alan Lomax, Hyde, Chesh 1951: 7"RTR-0705

BRAVE YOUNG SAILOR, THE - DIED FOR LOVE

BRAW - BRAVE

BRAZIER'S DAUGHTER, THE - BETRAYED MAIDEN

BRAZOS - NO MORE CANE ON THE BRAZOS

BREACH OF KILLICRANKY, THE - Highland/ Reel (Am) - BAYARD DTF 1982 #231 p214 "Kate lay sleeping" - FELDMAN p88 2nd tune on page & p247 "The Lass of K" (Highland) - KENNEDY FTB 1951 1 p18/ 1994 #73 p20 alt: "Barrack Hill" - KERR MM 2 #23 p49 - Tunebook Ms #122 p310 & #134 p404 "Charming Molly" - O'NEILL (not in MOI) DMI #410 as Single Jig - MOYLAN 2 #320 p183 12/8 Slide from John O Leary (melodeon) "Barrack Hill" - ROCHE 2 #250 p23 6/8 "Barrack Hill" - see also THE HAUGHS OF CROMDALE - TRALEE GAOL -- Paddy BREEN (vert flute) of Co Clare rec by PK, London 1950: FTX-078 - Johnny DOHERTY (fid) Untitled March: TOPIC 12-TS-398 1984

BREAD AND BUTTER - BROSE AND BUTTER - MAUREEN BLAKE

BREAD AND CHEESE AND CIDER - "I went up to London town the first time in my life"- LAWS#G26 - ROUD#10680 -- Tommy CHAPPLE rec by Michael Feist at "The Stag" Rackenford 1972 & Hare Down, Knowstowe 1973: CASS 0330 (see letter file) - George Edworthy rec by Sam Richards, Devon c1982: (PEOPLE'S STAGE-06) "Sing up, George"

BREAD AND FISHES -- YETTIES RPL Radio 2 14/11/87: CASS 60-0555

BREAD AND WATER - PRISON - SHOOTING GOSCHEN'S COCK-UPS

BREAD OF HEAVEN - GUIDE ME, O THOU GREAT JEHOVAH

BREAK THE NEWS TO MOTHER - "When shot & shell were screaming upon the battlefield" - he saved the flag but gave his own life - ROUD#4322 - comp by Charles Russell Harris 1897 (He also wrote AFTER THE BALL in memory of the American Civil War but others think of the 1914-18 War) -- Fred JORDAN: TOPIC 12-TS-233 1974 - Ruth BURDON (frag) rec Sandwich, Kent 27/2/82: CASS-90-0626 - Bob HART rec by Bill Leader, Snape, Suffolk 1969 on MT CD 301-2

BREAKDOWN, THE - Hornpipe (A) - KERR 4 #268 p29 - KENNEDY FTB 1951 1 p12/ 1994 #43 p14 - American version see WAKE UP, SUSAN -- Harry DANGER (fid) & Billy HOCKEN (conc) with Boscastle & Tintagel Players: 2 extracts (close & distant) with step-dancer rec Cornwall 9/10/43: RPL 7029 (78) "Boscastle Breakdown"/ TOPIC 12-T-240 1974/ TSCD-600 "Hidden English" (says rec by Richard Dimbleby 1944)/ TSCD-659 Dances of S England - Margaret BARRY (banjo) rec by Alan Lomax 1953: ROUNDER 11661-1774-2 1998 - Herbert SMITH (fid) rec by PK, Blakeney, Norfolk 1954: FTX-328 - Nancy RICHARDS (harp) rec by PK: 053 & 351 - Billy BALLANTINE (piccolo) rec by PK, Wark, Northumb 1954: FTX-119 - Beatrice HILL (mel) rec by PK, Bromsberrow Heath, Herefordsh 1952: FTX-115 - Robert STEWART (tinker)( acc) rec by PK, Scrabster, Sutherlandsh 1954: FTX-363 - HIGH LEVEL RANTERS: TOPIC 12-T-186 1968 - Billy BENNINGTON (ham dulc): TOPIC 12-TS-229 1973 "Slow Step" - Harry LEE (gypsy fid) Kent 1962 : TOPIC 12-T-240 1974 LP titled "Boscastle Breakdown"/ TSCD-661 Travellers bef "Flowers of Edinburgh" - Johnny DOHERTY rec by David Hammond 1975 GAEL-LINN CEF 072-3 1978 aft "The Bluebells of Scotland" - Alan COULSON (p/acc): TOPIC 12-TS-267 1975 "Banjo Breakdown" - James ANDREWS & Bob SMITH (ham dulc duet) & Bob SMITH'S IDEAL Band rec 1930: TOPIC 12-T-319 1977 - YETTIES: ARGO ZFB-16 1970 - TROTTO: FOREST TRACKS FT-6004 cass & FREE REED FRR-005 1976 - "Boscastle Breakdown" in RPL Prog 1957 "Sing Christmas" ROUNDER-CD-11661-1850-2 2000 --- Dick SUMMERS (fid) of Indiana with Franklin GEORGE (fid) using pizzicato & Pat DURNFORD (gtr): SAYDISC Matchbox SDM-229 1972 "Wake up, Susan" with "Devil's Dream" - Ron WEST (fiddle with guitar) of Richford., Vt., USA on "The Films of Bess Lomax Hawes" DVD by John Bishop 2003 rec 1983 (Colour)

BREAKFAST - SHEPHERD COME HOME

BREAKING UP CHRISTMAS - tune played last at Christmas party - -- Recordings see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

BREAMISH - STARRY NIGHT FOR A RAMBLE

BREAST KNOT, THE - BONNY BREAST KNOT

BREATH OF SPRING IS GRATEFUL, THE - BONNY REDESDALE LASSIE,

BRECHIN CASTLE - Strathspey (F) (Angus) - BALMORAL p15 - HONEYMAN p28 - KERR MM 1 #3 p17

BRECHT, Berthold - BLACK FREIGHTER - WIFE OF A SOLDIER

BRECON TO PORLOCK BAY -- Nobby CLARK rec by Michael Feist, Swimbridge, Devon 1974: CASS-0330

BREECHES - TROUSERS

BREECHES BUTTON HOLE, THE - Short Reel, Polka or Highland - BAYARD HCT #16 "Leather Breeches" & DTF #328 pp293-8 15var - BREATHNACH CRE 1 #82 p37 "Eilis Ni Bhrogain" - BRODY p168 "Leather Britches" - Tunebook Ms (D) #183 p328 - PETRIE AIM #473, 586 & 989 - ROCHE 2 #240 p20 (2/4 Single Jig) "O the breeches full of stitches" - SHASKEEN 2 #62 p47 from Roche - SULLIVAN 2 #18 p8 (A) "Oh those Breeches full of Stitches" (Polka) from Jackie Daly

BREECHES MARY - Jig - O'NEILL MOI #990/ DMI #205 (Am)

BREECHES WE DO WEAR-O, THE - Polka -- Paddy BREEN (vert flute) of Co Clare rec by PK, London 1950: FTX-078

BREEN'S JIG - PADDY BREEN'S

BREEN'S HORNPIPE - (Paddy Breen of Co Clare) - BREATHNACH CRE 3 #226 p103 (A) alt: "Mahoney's" - SHASKEEN 2 #58 p44 (given in both D and A)

BRENDAN BEGLEY'S JIG - MOYLAN 2 #40 pp24-25 (G)

BRENDAN McMORRIN or McMAHON'S - Reel - COOLEYS

BRENDAN TONE ROWE'S No 2 -- THE COLEMAN COUNTRY: CELTIC MUSIC CM-CD-048 1990 (Gift of Dave Bulmer March 2005) aft "Willie Coleman"

BRENNAN'S (FAVOURITE) - Jig - CRANITCH #19 p132 -- Sean MAGUIRE (fiddle) with Eileen HUNTER (piano) & Pat CONROY & Steve Cooney (guitar) CELTIC MUSIC CM-CD-048 1990 (Gift of Dave Bulmer Mar 2005) bef "The Green Apple"

BRENNAN ON THE MOOR - "It's of a fearless highwayman a story I will tell" - William Brennan was hung 1804 - LAWS #L-7 ABBB 1957 p169 - ROUD#476 - FORD VS 1899 1 pp56-58 Crieff, Perthsh 6v/m & pp59-61 (w/o) - KIDSON TT 1891 pp123-6 - HYLANDS Hibernian Songster (1901) pp137-8- SHARP Cf p65 - SHARP-MARSON FSS 1 pp52-3 & p70 Tom Sprachlan, Hambridge, Somerset 1903 (notes) - Schools Series - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #245 2 p166-7 Tom Sprachlan/ Wm Pittaway, Burford, Oxfordsh 1923 1v/m (note about "tenpence") - GILLINGTON 8HFS 1907 pp7-9 Hampsh - JOYCE OIFM&S 1909 pp186-8 nn, Trim, Co Meath - WILLIAMS #539 (w/o) - KIDSON FSNC 1927 - STUBBS LOM 1970 pp18-19 Fanny Pronger, East Sussex 1960 - GREIG-DUNCAN 2 p261 5var - O'LOCHLAINN MISB 1965 #73 pp144-5 & p147 - HEALY OISB 1 1967 pp120-122 Bs (w/o) - STUBBS LOM 1970 pp18-19 Fanny Pronger, Sussex 1960 - Lore & Language 1:10 1974 p12 Crieff: Its Traditions & Characters 1881 3v (w/o) - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #315 pp697-8 Charlie Wills 1952 10v/m - PALMER RVW 1983 pp25- 26 J Hall, Castleton, Derbysh 1908 - PORTER-GOWER 1995 pp141-3 5v & ch from Jeannie Robertson --- SHARP FSSA 1917 #135 - McKENZIE BSSNS 1928 #124 pp309-310 David Rogers (w/o) - BELDEN BSM 1940 pp284-6 Finis Dean, Mo 1905/ Earl Cruickshank Kansas 1920 (w/o) - LOMAX OSC 1941 p317 - CREIGHTON NS 1950 p236 - HUBBARD BSFU 1961 pp258-9 Andrew Allen Ms diary, Utah (w/o) "Brandon on the M" - PETERS FSOW 1977 pp191-2 Wm Morgan, Wisconsin 1946 - SILVERMAN SOI 1991 p35 no source given -- Charlie WILLS rec by PK, Bridport, Dorset 1952: RPL 18693/ FTX-029 & FTX-097/ LEADER LEA-4041 1972 - Jeannie ROBERTSON rec by PK, London 2/11/53: FTX-186/ RIVERSIDE RLP-12-633 1956 - Robert CINNAMOND rec by PK & Sean O Boyle, Belfast 1955: RPL 24839/ CAEDMON TC-1163/ TOPIC 12-T- 195/ 157 - CLANCY Brothers & Tommy MAKEM: TRADITION TLP-1042 1961 - CLANCY BROTHERS (Pat, Tom & Liam) & TOMMY MAKEM with Pete Seeger (banjo) & Bruce Langhorne (gtr) rec with audience, CBS Studio NY: CBS 63516 1963 - Roy GUEST & BENBOW FOLK FOUR: SOCIETY 919 1963 - McPEAKES: FONTANA TL-5214 1964 --- Ed McCURDY (with gtr) rec Jac Holzman, NY USA: RIVERSIDE RLP-12- 601 1955 Missouri/Canada - Neil MORRIS (voc & guitar) with his own dditional verses & talk rec by Alan Lomax, Timbo, Ark Oct 1959: ROUNDER CD-1705 1997/ "The Pioneer Strain" broadcast introduced by Alan LOMAX, 1960 rec off air by PK: FTX-902 "Willie Brennan"

BRER RABBIT - STORIES

BRESSAY LULLABY - TOCHER #52 1996 pp166-8 Stella Sutherland -- Elizabeth BARCLAY, Lerwick, Shetland 22/1/49: RPL 13199/ COLUMBIA SL-207 1952/ ROUNDER CD-1743 1998

BRETACH BANA - MHIC IARLA NAM

BRETHREN, WE HAVE MET AGAIN - Baptist hymn -- George SPANGLER & congregation of Thornton Old Regular Baptist Church, Mayking, Kentucky Sept 1959: ROUNDER CD-1704 1997

BRETON - BRITTANY

BREWER LADDIE, THE - "There lived a lad in the town of Perth" - Ch: "fol dol diddle" - courting Peggy Brown - she is unfaithful - Seduction Song - ROUD#867 (#2128 "She was a rum one") - KIDSON TT 1891 pp86-88 Washington Teasdale, Brough, Westmorland (notes on song) ("In Perth") - FORD VSB 1899 1 pp98-9 (w/o) ("In Perth") - ORD BB 1930 p178 "The Brewer Lad" 12v (w/o) - GRIEG-DUNCAN 4 1990 #916 p502 5var - KIDSON FSNC 1927 - McCOLL: SS 1953 p81 from his father - BARING GOULD-HITCHCOCK 1974 p62 "In Bodmin Town" - REEVES EC 1960 p55 Hammond: George Bowditch, Charmouth, Dorset 1906 (w/o) "Bilberry Town" - FMJ 1:2 1966 pp84-85 Duncan: Mrs Gillespie 1905 ("In Perth") - PURSLOW MB 1965 p11 Hammond: George Bowditch, Charmouth, Dorset 1906 ("In Bilberry Town") - ED&S 32:4 1970 p137 John Brune: Eppie Gelkie, Edinburgh 1942 "Peggy Rye" - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #190 Jeannie Robertson "The Overgate" - FRESHWATER SOS pp99-101 (tune from Kidson) --- SPAETH RE&W 1926 p86 "Dark girl dressed in blue" - see THE OVERGATE - AS I ROVED OUT (SEVENTEEN COME SUNDAY) - SHE WAS A QUEER ONE -- Jeannie ROBERTSON rec by PK 1953: "She is a rum one"/ (RPL disk was withdrawn)/ RTR-0669/ rec by Alan Lomax: RTR-0672 incl talk about song & sex: FTX-017 & FTX-186/ ROUNDER 1161-1720-2 p1998/ ROUNDER 11661-1778-2 p2000 "She was a rum one" - Ewan McCOLL with Peggy SEEGER (banjo) "The Wanton Muse": ARGO ZFB-67 1968 - Laurence (unacc) of NOTTS ALLIANCE: TRADITIONAL SOUND TSR-011 1972 - Tich FRIER (+ ch, guitar & fid): CELTIC MUSIC CM-014 1983 -- Jimmy HUTCHISON: LIVING TRADITION LTCD-1002 2000 "She was a rum one"

BREWER WITHOUT ANY BARM, A - Ch: "Fal the dal"-ROUD#1357 - BROCKLEBANK-KINDERSLEY DBFS 1966 p19 Hammond: Mrs Russell, Upwey, Dorset 1v/m

BREWER'S DAUGHTER, THE - BETSY, THE SERVANT MAID

BRIAN BORU - 6/8 March - FELDMAN p175 (A) from Francie & Mickey Byrne, Donegal - KERR MM 3 #286 p31 (Am) "Brian Boroughme" - O KEEFE descr of "Droghedy's March" (Morris Dance) - O'NEILL MOI #1801 (not in DMI) 4pts - ROCHE 2 #334 p58 (Bm) "Brian Boru's March" - SULLIVAN 2 #50 p21 - SPORTING PADDY -- CHIEFTAINS 2: TARA (CLADDAGH) TA-4 [nd] (M) cassette - The DRUIDS: ARGO ZFB-22 1970 - FUREYS with Bob STEWART (instrum): BROADSIDE BRO-133 1974 [?] aft "Foggy Dew" (Easter Rising Song)

BRIAN O LINN - "had no breeches to wear" - ROUD#294 -"Ballott of Tomalin" c1557-8 - RITSON 1802 - Dublin Comic Songster 1841 - HALLIWELL 1842 (Blackletter broadside dated 1560) & 1849 p271 & NR 1842 #61 - MAIDMENT 1844-58 2var - CHAPPELL PMOT 1858 p566 mentions Tom o' Lincoln 1690 - CHRISTIE TBA 1 1876 p192 "Tam o the Lin" - CHAMBERS SS 1829 p455 - HENRY SOP #480 (note about song)/ HUNTINGTON 1990 pp52-3 10v 2var - WEHRMAN Bros nd p98 - BARING GOULD SOW (#42 in Rev Ed only)/ Ms #200 (a) Thomas Darke, Holcombe BVunnell SBG 1889 (b) James Parsons FWB 1890 - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 pp181-2 #113 John Puffet, Lechlade, Gloucestersh - JFSS 8:33 1929 pp137-141 Gilchrist: Mrs Edmonson, Sunderland Point, Lancash 1910 (comments that it is a satire on the wild Scots & Irish)/ North Country Chorister 1802 "Tommy Linn" - O LOCHLAINN ISB 1939 pp30-31 - OPIE ODNR 1951 #413-5 - REEVES EC 1960 pp65-66 BG: Thomas Dart, Holcombe Burnell, Devon 1889 (w/o) - HAMER GGr 1973 pp73-4 Robert Brader, Scunthorpe, Lincolnsh 1967 "Old John Wallis" - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #290 p644 Thomas Moran 1954 5v/m - WALES WWD 1976 p52 Sussex - PALMER EBECS 1979 pp187-8 Dave Hillery: Jack Beeforth, Wragby, Yorksh 1974 "Sedgefield Fair" ("Old Dickie Thompson") - RICHARDS- STUBBS EFS 1979 p61 Fred Hamer: Mr Todd, Chesterfield Derby 1960s - GARDHAM ERS 1982 p25 Lesley Smith & Ethel Grimsdale, Albrough, Yorksh 1972 "The Old Mare"/ p49 Maurice Ogg: J M Pennell, Coleby, Lincolnsh ("Somerby Wood" -nr Melton Mowbray, Leicestersh)/ p50 J Horsfall Turner: Yorksh Anthology (w/o) "Old John Blythe" - Folk Song Research 3/2 Sept 1984 Gardham (Song uses a variety of jig tunes incl "Lannigans Ball" "Laird o Cockpen" "Villikens" etc) - WALES BBR 1985 pp24-25 Mrs Minnie Wales, Horsham, Sussex --- SHARP FSSA #151 "Tom Bolynn" Eliza Pace, Hyden, Leslie Co Ky 1917/ Wm Morgan, Short Creek, Hyden 1917 - PTFS 6 1927 p235 Annie Ray Kiefer: Gabe Lewis, Texas (w/o) "Old Brien-o-Lin" - FLANDERS- BROWN Vt 1932 p178 "Old Tombolin" - RANDOLPH OFS 1946 3 pp231- 2 Lessie Burke Mo 1935 - HUBBARD BSFU 1961 p322 Mrs Salley Hubbard, Utah 2v (w/o) - LEACH Labr 1965 p272 -- see TAM LIN -- Seamus ENNIS rec Dublin 1949: RPL 13770 from O Lochlainn: FTX-079/ accomp Jimmie McGREGOR (mandolin) & Perry FRIEDMAN (banjo) rec by PK, London 1958: HMV CLP-1327 1960/ FTX-093 - Wally FULLER (gypsy) rec by PK, Laughton, Lewes, Sussex 1952: RPL 18718/ FTX-140 "Briny-o-then" - Thomas MORAN rec by Seamus Ennis, Mohill, Co Leitrim 1954: CAEDMON TC-1225/ TOPIC 12-T- 198/ FTX-027/ SAYDISC CD SDL 411 1995 "Traditional Songs of Ireland" - Bill WILLIAMS rec by PK, Gloucester 1957 (1v): FTX-415 - Tony WALES (with gtr) 7"RTR-0089 dub from FOLKWAYS FG-3515 1957 (from his mother) - Dominic BEHAN: MAJOR MINOR SMM-LP-6 1967 - Robert BRADER, rec by Fred Hamer: VWML-003 Cass "Old John Wallis"

BRIAN O LINN - Jig - KERR MM 1 #26 p38 has this title but the tune is "(Kinnegad) Slashers") - O'NEILL DMI #221 (Am) (not in MOI) "Bryan O Lynn" alt: "The Planting Stick" - ROCHE 1 #90 p40 alt: "Humours of Ballinaford" - MITCHELL #125 p93 from Willie Clancy (U-pipes) -- STEEL EYE SPAN: B & C CAS-1029 1971 & CS-5 1972

BRIAN O LINN - Jig (Am) - ROCHE 1 #90 p40

BRIAN O LINN - Triple Jig (D) - KERR MM 2 #237 p26

BRIAN THE BRAVE - POLL HALFPENNY (Hornpipe/ 4/4 March) - REMEMBER THE GLORIES OF BRIAN THE BRAVE (Air)

BRIAR AND THE ROSE, THE - DELUDED LOVER

BRIAR ROSEBUD - Children's Singing Game - SLEEPING PRINCESS

BRIARY BUSH, THE - MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS

BRICK-BUILDER'S BOASTING SONG -- Fred WHITING rec by John HOWSON in "Songs sung in Suffolk" on RPL Radio 2 16/1/96: CASS-1336 at 3'10"

BRICKLAYER'S DREAM, THE - "A young brickmaker bold coming home from his work" - Seduction Song - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #115 p457 Henry Thomas, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestersh 1907 4v/m "The Brickster" Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestersh - SHARP Cf 1 p457 - PURSLOW MB 1965 p12 Gardiner: Daniel Wigg, Preston Candover, Hampsh 1907 - STUBBS LOM 1970 p11 Jim Harber, Three Bridges (Note says George Townsend sang it too "The Brickmaker") - Cf SPOTTED COW

BRICKLAYER'S HORNPIPE, THE - (F) - COLE #6 p91 (with dance directions) - KERR MM 2 #337 p37- KENNEDY FTB 1998 #19 p7 (G/D/G/Em)

BRICKMAKERS, THE - Jig - BAYARD 1982 #93 p56 "Bricklayer's Hornpipe" -- Billy PENNOCK rec by PK, Goathland, N Yorksh 1955: FTX-211 - John KIRKPATRICK (conc) & Sue HARRIS (oboe): TOPIC 12-TS-295 1976

BRID BHAN - (Fair Bridget) - Irish Gaelic Lovesong from Teelin composed by a woman who married a man from another district and felt homesick for her native place and wrote the words to express her feelings. - O MUIRGHEASA: CEAD DE CHEOLTA ULADH (100 Ulster Songs) 1915 #59 pp111 & 266 full note on song - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #26 O Donnell -- Sheila GALLAGHER, rec by PK, Middledore, Gweedore, Co Donegal 24/8/53: RPL 20142/ FTX-272 (story of song) - Anne DONEGAN rec by PK, Teelin, Co Donegal 1953: RPL 19358 - Conal O DONNELL rec by PK, London 1962: FTX-003

BRID HARPER'S - Reel - TWEED p24 (C)

BRID (or BRIGHID) OG NI MHAILLE - "(Young) Bridget O Malley" - Irish Lovesong - The Shamrock Feb 1872 - HARDEBECK 1939 Govnmt Publ Dublin #M-103 - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #27 O Donnell - Tune used for THE BLACKBIRD OF AVONDALE -- Hudie DEVANEY rec by PK, Ranafast, Co Donegal 24/5/53: RPL 19970 with talk bef/ SAYDISC CD SDL 411 1995 "Traditional Songs of Ireland" - Conal O'DONNELL rec by PK, London 1962: FTX-003 - O BOYLE Family: CEOLTA GAEL OSS-2 1971 on d/cass 0938-C60 - Mary O'HARA (voc/ harp): DECCA GES-1095 1973

BRIDAL JIG, THE - G) - ALLAN #31 p8 - COLE #4 p58 - KERR MM 2 #262 p29 - MOYLAN 2 #311 p179 from John O Leary (melodeon) - O'NEILL DMI #310 (not in MOI) alt: "Beside the Bann"

BRIDAL MARCH - Shetland Wedding tune from Unst used to lead the bride from the church to her house - played with the two lower strings raised to A & E - JFSS 1947 p79 noted by PNSS from John Stickle - BRODY p287 (G) from Boys of the Lough -- Tom ANDERSON (fid) & with gtr & piano rec 22/1/49 bef "Da bride's a bonny ting" RPL 13198 - BOYS OF THE LOUGH: LEADER LER-2086 1973 - Tom ANDERSON, Aly BAIN, Trevor HUNTER, Davie TULLOCH (Fiddles): TOPIC 12-TS-281 1976 with "Da Bride's a bonny ting" - Talk about tune by Tom Anderson RTR-1080/ CASS-0965

BRIDAL SONG - LEWIS BRIDAL SONG

BRIDE IN CAMP - GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME

BRIDE (I)'S A BONNY T'ING, DA - Shetland Wedding Tune (Jig) used to welcome the bride into her house - JEFDSS 1947 p80 John Stickle's tune transcribed by PNSS - BRODY p57 Note on Shetland rhythm & discog - see also BRIDAL MARCH - FARDER BEN DA WELKOMER -- Tom ANDERSON (fid) & with gtr & piano rec 22/1/49: RPL 13198 aft "Bride's March" - John STICKLE rec by Patrick Shuldham-Shaw, Baltasound, Unst 1952 - BOYS OF THE LOUGH: LEADER LER-2086 1973 - Aly BAIN, Tom Anderson (fids) rec Kinross Folk Festival 1975: SPRINGTHYME SPRC 1003/ CASS-1313 aft "Bride's March" - Tom ANDERSON, Aly BAIN, Trevor HUNTER, Davie TULLOCH (fids) TOPIC 12-TS-281 1976 aft "Unst Bridal March"

BRIDE OF GLENGOA, THE - (?) PRIDE OF GLENCOE

BRIDE OF KILDARE - Reel - COLE p10 (D) 3pts

BRIDE STOLEN BY FAIRIES - TAM LIN

BRIDE'S FAREWELL, THE - "Farewell mother tears are streaming" - ROUD#2062 - Many Bss incl BG --- THOMPSON PS 1958 pp182-3 Stevens-Douglass Ms NY 1841-56 - HUNTINGTON SWS ship's log 1840 (w/o)

BRIDE'S FAVOURITE, THE - Reel --GLENSIDE CEILI BAND: TRANSATLANTIC TRA 159 1967 with "Morrison's" - Seamus TANSEY (flute accomp): LEADER LEA-2005 1970 with "Tansey's Favourite" - STEELEYE SPAN: Orig Masters: CHRYSALIS CJT-3 (D) 1977 - Alistair ANDERSON (N-pipes & Engl conc): TOPIC 12-TS- 371 1978

BRIDE'S MARCH, THE - Shetland - TOCHER #50 1995 p54 rec from John Stickle of Baltasound, Unst by Calum McLean 1955 - see also WEDDING MARCH -- Peter FRASER rec by Patrick Shuldham-Shaw, Shetland 1952: FTX-068 - The CLUTHA: ARGO ZFB-18 1971 - Aly BAIN, Tom ANDERSON (fids) rec at the Kinross Folk Festival 1975: SPRINGTHYME SPRC 1003/ CASS-1313

BRIDE'S REEL, THE - Orkney Isles -- played on fiddle & Processional tune on H-pipes with celebrations described by Mrs Sinclair of Harray 22/4/38: RPL 1787 (78 rpm)

BRIDEGROOM GRAT, THE - "A young man came to my bower door" - ROUD#3867 - BUCHAN, Peter: Secret Songs of Silence (c1820s?) pp73-5

BRIDESMAID'S CHORUS IN "Der FREISCHUTZ" - Tunebook Ms 2/4 (D) #103 p210

BRIDGE BELOW THE TOWN, THE -- Eddie HICKEY: TRANSATLANTIC TRA- 159 1967 & TRANSATLANTIC TRA-SAM-11 1969

BRIDGE OF ABOYNE, THE - Strathspey - comp by Peter Milne -publ MIDDLETON -- Hector McANDREW (fid) 1967: RPL LP 30952/ FTX-272 "Brig o' Aboyne"

BRIDGE OF ATHLONE, THE - see also PRINCESS MARGARET'S FANCY -- Sid calling with OLD PECULIAR BAND on Radio 2 30/10/90/ CASS- 60-1014 "Sweets of May" & "Dingle Regatta"

BRIDGE OF AYR, THE - Strathspey - comp Garson -- JIMMY GARSON Trio: DTS EF-2 1965 (45 EP) bef "Forth Bridge"

BRIDGE OF DEE, THE - Scots Strathspey/ Reel comp by James Young - HONEYMAN p8 - MIDDLETON (?) -- Hector McANDREW (fid) 1967: RPL LP 30952/ FTX-272 "Brig o' Dee"

BRIDGE OF LODI, THE - Hornpipe - also titled "Lord Nelson" "Barkisland" - BALMORAL p32 Untitled - COLE #7 p102 "Huntsman's H" - HAYWOOD #3 p42 (D) - KERR MM 1 #4 p26 Untitled - O'NEILL MOI #1607/ DMI #849 "Murray's H" - Tunebook Ms #22 p95 "The Sailor's Hornpipe" - WESTROP #95 p33 - WILSON p 130 (C) - KENNEDY FTB 1998 #18 p7 (A & D)-- Paddy McCLUSKEY (fid) rec by PK, Clough Mills, Co Antrim 1952/ FTX-377 "Murray's Hornpipe" - Tom EDMONDSON (accordion) rec by PK, Northumb 1954: FTX-121

BRIDGE (BRIG) O' PERTH, THE - Strathspey - HONEYMAN p20 (Bm) - KERR MM 1 p20 (Am) "Brig o' Perth" -- Ned STEWART (fid) rec by PK, Fetterangus, Aberdeensh 1955: FTX-069 - Alex STEWART (H-pipes) TOPIC 12-T-179 1968

BRIDGE OVER THE FORTH, THE - NEW FORTH BRIDGE

BRIDGES - see also BRIG - CHARMING ENGINEER - FORTH BRIDGE - HIGH LEVEL - HUMBER BRIDGE - LONDON BRIDGE (K) - NEW BRIG OF GLASGOW - NEW FORTH BRIDGE - OLD BRIDGE BY THE MILL - TAY BRIDGE (K)

BRIDGET - BRID - BRIG(H)ID

BRIDGET ASTOR - JUG OF PUNCH

BRIDGET CRUISE - Harp tune by Turlough Carolan - BC 2 & 3 (4 tunes in all) -- John WRIGHT (jaws harp): TOPIC 12-TS-348 1988

BRIDGET FLYNN'S REEL - BREATHNACH 3 1985 #187 p84 (Em)

BRIDGET GAYER - WILLIAM SCANLON

BRIDGET HOGAN "There's a man by the name of Mich Hogan" - Uneasy Wedlock - Patsy McCann beats her, bangs her, a daughter of 6' 4" -- Noel MURPHY: FONTANA STL-5496 1969

BRIDGET Mc GRATH'S - Jig -- KILFENORA CEILI BAND (West Clare): TRANSATLANTIC TRA-283 1974

BRIDGET O MALLEY - BRID OG NI MHAILLE

BRIDGET O VESEY - BRIGHID BHEASACH

BRIDGET THOMAS MINT - Song in Irish Gaelic -- Colm KEANE rec by Alan Lomax, Glinsk Co Galway 1951 7"RTR-0566

BRIDGIE CON MATT'S POLKA #1 - MOYLAN 2 #101 p59 (G) from John O Leary (melodeon)

BRIDGIE CON MATT'S FAVOURITE POLKA - MOYLAN 2 #293 pp169-170 (D) from John O Leary (melodeon)

BRIDGWATER FAIR - "All you who roam both young and old" - Master John do beware - hole in her stocking - ROUD#1571 - SHARP-MARSON FSS 4 pp58-59 Wm Bailey, Cannington, Somerset 1906 - SHARP- KARPELES CSC 1974 #280 2 pp266-7 Bill Bailey/ Henry Tidball, Cannington, Somerset 1907 - SHARP Sel Ed II #24 -- Tony ROSE (v/gtr/conc): LEADER LER-2024 1971

BRIDGWATER MERCHANT, THE - BRAMBLE BRIAR

BRIDLE AND SADDLE, THE - "hangs on the shelf - if you want any more you must sing it yourself" - SHARP FSSA 1917/32 #224 (vol 2 p329) Mrs Emily J.Snipes, Marion, McDowell Co., NC 1918 (when her father sang this, all the family knew there would be no more singing that night)

BRIERY BUSH, THE - MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS

BRIG, DA - Shetland Jig (comp by F Stickle ?) - sometimes erroneously known as THE FOULA REEL -- Shetland TRADITIONAL BAND (Sextet) rec 22/1/49: RPL 13197 aft "Shaalds o Foula" & "Vallafield" - Bill SANDISON (fid) rec Lerwick Shetland 22/1/49: RPL 13200/ Bill SANDISON (fid) & Shetland Band rec PS 1952: FTX-068 - DA FORTY FIDDLERS with Marjorie SMITH (Piano): LEADER LED-2052 1973 - THE BOYS OF THE LOUGH: LEADER LER-2086 1973 with "Shaalds o Foula" & "Garster's Dream"

BRIG COLUMBUS, THE - "From Leith Roads in a pleasant gale" Shipwreck Song - bound for East Indies struck the Loder Rock, Skerries and ship claimed by the Pentland Firth - ROUD#8098 -- Dorothy FOURBISTER rec PK, Flotta, Orkney 18/7/55: FTX-189 & FTX-512

BRIGANTINE SINORCA, THE - "O now we're off of Shellburne" - ROUD#1814 - CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 pp228-9 Richard Hartlan, NS 1929+

BRIGG FAIR - "I rose up with the lark in the morning" - ROUD#1083 - JFSS 2:7 1905 p80 2v Grainger: Joseph Taylor, Saxby-all-Saints, Lincs 1905 2v/m - GRAINGER Ms ONS #56, #94, #200 & #368) - O SHAUGHNESSEY YB1 1975 pp15 & 67 Grainger: Mr Dean, Hibaldstow, Lincolnsh 1908 (notes on song)-- Joseph TAYLOR (unacc) rec Percy Grainger Saxby-all-Saints Lincolnsh 1906-8 - LEADER LEA- 4050 1972 "Unto Brigg Fair"/ John TAYLOR, his son rec 1944: RPL 6643 (78rpm) - Elizabeth TAYLOR, his daughter, rec by PK 27/3/53: FTX-135 & Study tape: FTX-136 incl Isla CAMERON rec by PK 1951 & Wisbech children rec PK 1956 7"RTR-0077-8/ FTX-424 - Joseph TAYLOR also on LEADER LEA-4050 1972 - Isla CAMERON (unacc): COLUMBIA SL-206 1952 - Shirley COLLINS: COLLECTOR JEB-3 1959 (45 EP)/ TOPIC 12-T-170 1967 - Martin CARTHY: FONTANA STL-5434 1967/ PHILLIPS international 6382-022 1967 (unacc) - Radio 2 1/4/87: CASS-90-0567 - ENGLISH TAPESTRY rec Concert Hall Radio 2 rec 6/9/83 CASS-15-0781 - Polly BOLTON (with keyboards & gtr) Radio 2 1/5/91 CASS-1022 - Tony DAVIS of SPINNERS tune on whistle "Folk on 2" 28/4/88 CASS-1051-C90 - TOPIC TSCD 600 (nd) sung by Joseph Taylor rec by Percy Grainger 1908 -- Piano roll arr by Percy Grainger: LARRIKIN LRF 034

BRIGHID BHEASACH - (Bridget O Vesey) Mrs Costello's Connacht version has a song with the same name BRIGHDIN BHEASAIGH - see EIRIGH SUAS A ROISE -- Kitty Gallagher - Sheila GALLAGHER, rec by PK, Middledore, Gweedore, Co Donegal 24/8/53: RPL 20142/ FTX-271

BRIGHOUSE - Yorkshire - "Pace-eggers" -- Recordings see AREA Listing

BRIGHT CHANTICLEER PROCLAIMS THE DAWN - OLD TOWLER

BRIGHT EYED LITTLE NELL - "Full well do I remember my boyhood's happy hours" - ROUD#3274 - SPAETH WSM 1926 pp30-31

BRIGHT GOLDEN STORE - SAILOR'S FROLIC

BRIGHT LADY, THE - Irish Air -- Willie CLANCY (whistle solo)/ rec by Seamus Ennis, Co Clare 1960: RPL LP 29884/ FTX-173/ (U-pipes) rec 1958-73: CLADDAGH 4-CC-32 1980 CASS-0815

BRIGHT MAY MORNING, A - Reel - O'NEILL MOI #1228/ DMI #501 (G)

BRIGHT MORNING STARS - American hymn -- ZIGGURAT rec by PK, Dartington, Devon 1974: FTX-090

BRIGHT ORANGE HEROES OF COMBER, THE - "On the 12th of July last" - Orange Movement song about procession, Newtonards, Co Down - see also THE AGHALEE HEROES -- Liam ANDREWS, rec by PK, Belfast 8/7/52: 7"RTR-0544/ RPL 18410

BRIGHT PHOEBE - PHOEBE

BRIGHT PHOEBUS - "BP has mounted the chariot of the day" - Hunting song - "Hark Away"- comp by James Hook (1740-1827) who also comp "The Lass Of Richmond Hill" - ROUD#1634 - BARRETT EFS 1891: (mentions 20 such songs by James Hook) - Tunebook Ms 3/4 (D) #186 p247 "Bright P has mounted" - PURSLOW WS 1968 p20 Gardiner: Henry Brown, Hartley Wintney, Hampsh 1907 -- SONGWAINERS Cheltenham: ARGO ZFB-31 1971

BRIGHT ROSY MORNING - RED ROSY MORNING

BRIGHT SHINES THE MOON - Russian Balalaika tune -- Roger NICHOLSON & Gerry ROLF (Appal dulcimers) with Jake WALTON (guitar): ARGO ZDA-204 1974

BRIGHT SHINING MORNING - "Awake from your slumber and hail the new day" - supposed to be from BROADWOOD - REYNARDSON: Popular Songs of Sussex (1890?) with an added verse - see also THE CHEERFUL HORN -- SWAN ARCADE: LEADER LER-2032 1973

BRIGHT SILVERY LIGHT OF THE MOON, THE - Air - Jimmy DORRIAN (fid) of Co Donegal rec by PK, London 18/12/56: FTX-371

BRIGHT STAR OF MUNSTER, THE - STAR OF MUNSTER (Reel)

BRIGHT STAR SHINING IN GLORY - Gospel Song -- The Georgia Sea Island Singers on "The Films of Bess Lomax Hawes" rec St Simon's Island 1964 (B/W)

BRIGHT THY FLAME - CORACLE OF St BRENDAN

BRIGHT VISION, A - AISLING GHEAL

BRIGHTEST AND BEST - "Hail the blest morn" - Carol - ROUD#57643 -- Jean RITCHIE (voc with recorder) & Robert ABRAMSON (harpsichord) rec by David Hancock: TRADITION TLP-1031 1959 - Jean RITCHIE family & friends GREENHAYS GR- 90717 1987 CASS-0792

BRIGHTON - Sussex - BLAYDON RACES - BRIGHTON CAMP - BRIGHTON RACES - FALSE HEARTED WILLIAM - JERUSALEM CUCKOO - NAUGHTY JEMIMA BROWN - ROAD TO BRIGHTON (Donegal Reel) -- Recordings see AREA Listing

BRIGHTON CAMP - GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME

BRIGHID BHAN - BRID BHAN

BRIGHID BHEASACH (Brighid O Veasey) -- Sheila GALLAGHER rec by PK, Middledore, Co Donegal Aug 1953: FTX-272

BRIGHID BOCHT - Song in Irish Gaelic -- Kitty GALLAGHER rec by Alan Lomax, Gweedore, Co Donegal Jan 1951 7"RTR-0566

BRIMBLEDOWN FAIR - RAMBLE-AWAY

BRING BACK MY BLUE EYED BOY - "'Tis true the ring that has no end" - ROUD#4308 -- Carter Family (Trio), Camden, NJ 15/2/29: BLUEBIRD B-6271-A/ 7"RTR-0313-4

BRING BACK MY BARNEY (or JOHNNY) TO ME - MY BONNY LIES OVER THE OCEAN

BRING IN THE PUNCH LADLE - PUNCH LADLE

BRING 'EM DOWN - "In Liverpool town I was born" - Single-pull shanty -- THE YOUNG TRADITION: TRANSATLANTIC TRA-SAM-13 1969 - Roy HARRIS & Ch: TOPIC 12-TS-234 1974 - David DODDS with ch rec by PK, Dartington Ciderhouse Nov 1974: FTX-091 - Louis KILLEN & ch, USA: COLLECTOR 1928 1977

BRING ME WATER FOR LILY - Song partly in French Creole, English & Yoruba -- Irene McQUEEN with chorus, drums & boli, rec by AL, Levera, St Patrick's, Grenada: ROUNDER CD 1728 2001

BRING US IN A BARREL -- Derek & Dorothy ELLIOTT Yorksh: LEADER LER-2023 1972 from Keith Marsden of Leeds

BRING US IN GOOD ALE - "for our blessed lady's sake" - No bread, beef, bacon, mutton, tripe, eggs, butter, puddings, capons flesh etc - dates from about 1490 - RITSON: Ancient Songs 1790 pxxxiv & xxxv - PERCY - CHAPPELL PMOT 1858 I p41-3 "Wassail Song" - HACKWOOD 1909 p328 says it appears in a little volume "The Ipswich Minstrel" - Cf WE ARE A ST MARY'S MEN (New Year's Eve Carol) -- Tim HART & Maddy PRIOR: B & C CAS-1035 1971/ CASS-45-0851

BRING YOUR FIDDLE -- "Son of Morris on": EMI SHSM-2012 1976

BRINK OF THE WHITE ROCKS, THE - Song Air - ROCHE 1 (2 Settings): #7 p9 (Em) & #8 p9 (Am) written slow 6/8

BRINY-O-THEN - BRIAN O' LINN

BRISBANE LADIES -- A L LLOYD: TOPIC 12-T-51 1960

BRISK AND BONNY LASS, THE - "I am a B&B Lad (or Lass) and free from care and strife" - pleasures of country life - ROUD#606 - BSs "The Country Lass" ("C Lass") incl BG 5 #161, 9 #136 - BARRETT EFS 1891 pp2-3 Shoreham, Sussex "The C Lass" - FARMER Merry Songs & Ballads (1897) 2 pp205-7 - JFSS 6:21 1918 pp4-5 Frederick Keel: James Stacey, Fernhurst, West Sussex 1913 "Harvest Home Song" ("B&B Lass") - WILLIAMS #120 Wm Merritt, Meysey Hampton, Glucestersh (w/o) "The Happy C Lass" - COPPER SESB 1971 pp268-9 Family, Rottingdean, Sussex "B&B Lad" - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #244 p552 Mark Fuller & Luther Hills 1952 6v/m "The B&B Lass" - HOLLOWAY-BLACK LEBB 1 1975 pp71-2 Evans Bs London (w/o) "The C Lass" - PALMER EBECS 1979 #17 pp40-1 Lucy Broadwood: Samuel Willett, Cuckfield, Sussex 1890 "The C Lass" -- James & his son, Bob COPPER rec by Brian George, Peacehaven, Sussex 1/3/51: RPL 16062/ COLUMBIA SL-206 1952/ TOPIC TSCD-534 2001 - John COPPER 1957: RPL LP 26349 - Bob & Ron COPPER rec by PK, Peacehaven, Sussex 9/5/66/ COLUMBIA SL-206 - Luther HILLS & Mark FULLER rec by PK, East Dean, Sussex 1952: RPL 18714/ FTX-023 & FTX-428 - Bob & John COPPER: LEADER LEA-4048 boxed 1971

BRISK AND LIVELY LAD, THE - "It's of a brisk and lively lad came out of Gloucestershire" - lovers talking - farmer's son, pressed to sea by his father, is wounded in a seafight and tended by a girl on shore and vows never to roam abroad no more - ROUD#295/ 2930 - ROXBURGH Coll Black-letter Broadside 2:546 - JFSS 2 p60 Lucy Broadwood, nn, Surrey "Brisk young lively lad"- COPPER SFES 1971 p220 "Brisk and lively lad" - "Dungheap" Article #12 in MT (mustrad) "The Valiant Virgin" -- Bob COPPER rec London 1955: RPL 21545 - Bob & John COPPER: FTX-238/ LEADER LEA-4046 1971

BRISK LAD, THE - SHEEP-STEALER

BRISK SAILOR LAD, THE - GRAINGER Ms #341 'Daddy' Shepherd, Winchcombe, Gloucestersh 1908

BRISK YOUNG BACHELOR, THE - "Once I was a BYB" - ROUD#1572 - SHARP- MARSON FSS 4 pp60-61 Robert Parish, Exford, Somerset 1907 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #203 2 pp34-35 Robert Parish/ Shepherd Haden, Bampton, Oxfordsh 1909 --- McKENZIE BSSNS 1928 pp345-6 Christopher Brown, River John, NS (w/o) "The Old Bachelor" - see POOR MAN'S SORROWS

BRISK YOUNG BUTCHER, THE - BUTCHER AND THE CHAMBERMAID

BRISK YOUNG COUNTRY LADY, THE - "It's of a BYCL" - ROUD#2645 - GILLINGTON SOR 1911 - JFSS 19 1915 pp128-30 "Brake of Briars" (1st 5v/ rest are verses of BRAMBLE BRIAR - JFSS 5:19 1915 pp128-130 Lucy Broadwood: Mrs Joiner, Chiswell Green, Hertfordsh 1914/ D J Marshall: Miss Edith Sebbage, Trotton, Sussex 1911

BRISK YOUNG FARMER - WILLIAM HALL

BRISK YOUNG FARMER/ LADY/ SAILOR COURTED ME - DIED FOR LOVE

BRISK YOUNG LAD, THE - "There came a young lad to my daddy's door" - ROUD#6139- sung by David KENNEDY (1825-1887) - FORD VSB 2 pp164-6 - JOHNSON SMM 3 p228 #219 - CHAMBERS pp182-4 - SMITH SM 2 pp80-1 - GREIG-DUNCAN 4 pp445-6

BRISK YOUNG LAD - Jig - BUNG YOUR EYE

BRISK YOUNG LOVER, A - APRON OF FLOWERS - DIED FOR LOVE

BRISK YOUNG MAIDEN, THE - UNDAUNTED FEMALE

BRISK YOUNG PLOUGHBOY, THE - PLOUGHBOY'S PRAISE - PRETTY PLOUGHBOY

BRISK YOUNG SAILOR, THE - DIED FOR LOVE - HAYMAKER'S COURTSHIP - TRUELOVER'S DEPARTURE - YOUNG AND SINGLE SAILOR

BRISK YOUNG SAILOR BOLD, THE - "O tis of a BYSB and lately come on shore" - ragged sailor comes to the door and she marries him - ROUD#1675 - JFSS 3:11 1907 pp105-6 Hammond: Mr Hooper, Byer/ Mr Larcombe, Beaminster, Dorset 1907 - GRAINGER #320 John Collett, Stanton, Gloucestersh 1907 - HAMMOND FSOD 1908 "It's of a sailor bold" - School Series 7 - PURSLOW FD 1974 p10 Hammond: Mr Hooper - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p132 "Tailor & Sailor" -- see O CAN YOU WASH YOUR FATHER'S SHIRT? -- Annie JOHNSTON, rec by Seamus Ennis, Barra, Hebrides 1951: RPL LP 23995 "I can wash a sailors shirt" - Henry McGREGOR rec by PK, Perth 1955: FTX-515 "O can you wash a sailor's clothes?"

BRISK YOUNG WIDOW, A - "In Chester town there libed a BYW" - proper stout and tall - Collier triumphs - ROUD#2438 - SHARP- MARSON FSS 3 - School Ser - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 2 pp546-7 George Radford, Bridgwater, Somerset 1905 - CLINGING 2005 p10 Sharp version -- Jack LANGSTAFF: EMI CLP-1833 1965 - DRUIDS: ARGO ZFB-22 1970 - Dave BURLAND: LEADER LER-2029 1971 - THE YOUNG TRADITION: TRANSATLANTIC TRA- SAM-30 1973

BRISTE BREIDIN, AN - Triple Jig - MOYLAN 1 #77 (#D) from George Petrie (U-pipes)

BRISTE MOR - SEAN BRISTE MOR

BRISTOL - Adge CUTLER - Ruth BURDON - Fred WEDLOCK - MARSHFIELD MUMMERS - Stanley SLADE - BLACKBERRRY FOLD - BUNG YOUR EYE - DISCHARGED DRUMMER - LITTLE BOY BILLEE - MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER OF BRISTOL - TIDDY-I-O - TWO CHOICES - JFSS 30 "The Good Old Way"-- Recordings see AREA LISTING

BRISTOL CITY - JOLLY SAILOR

BRISTOL GARLAND, THE - MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER

BRISTOL HORNPIPE, THE (A) - COLE #8 p87 "Hand-organ Hornpipe" - HONEYMAN #2 p44 - KENNEDY FTB 1951 1 p12/ 1994 #44 p14 (A) alt:"The Blacksmith's H" - KERR MM 1 #18 p44 - KOHLER 1 p56 "Blacksmith's Hornpipe" - O'NEILL DMI #869 (not in MOI) (A) "The Clover Blossom" alt: "Harlequin Hornpipe" - SHARP Ms - BOWEN 117-8 p71 Two other Bristol Hornpipes

BRISTOL MAIL, THE - comp by Keith Marsden -- Johnny COLLINS & friends: TRADITIONAL SOUND TSR-014 1973

BRISTOL SONG, THE - comp by Barratt -- Adge CUTLER & THE WURZELS: EMI SX-6263 1968

BRISTOL TOWN - "In BT as I've heard say" - Sailor - Rich merchant - ROUD#1058 - BROADWOOD ETSC 1908 pp113-115 RVW: Henry Burstow, Horsham, Sussex 1907 (notes on song & singer) - JFSS 1:4 1902 pp148-9 Lucy Broadwood: Henry Burstow 1893 -- see MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER OF BRISTOL

BRITANNIA - GRAND OLD DAME --- SAILORMAN JACK , NY 1987: CASS-1230

BRITANNIA AND THE UNION - FEMALE WARRIOR

BRITCHES - BREECHES

BRITISH AMERICAN FIGHT, THE - HEENAN AND SAYERS

BRITISH AMERICAN POLKA. THE -- Jean CARIGNON (Quebec fid) with Aly BAIN "Down Home" (TV Series) in USA & Canada LISMOR LIF- 7011 1986 CASS-0814

BRITISH BUONAPARTE, THE - PURSLOW CL 1972 p11 Hammond Somerset 1906 - Tune called "Bow Wow Wow" Cf ROW DOW DOW

BRITISH COUNCIL, THE - comp by SC -- Sydney CARTER (voc) with Donald SWANN (voc & piano) rec by PK, London 6/6/61: RTR-0418

BRITISH GRENADIERS, THE
- 2/4 March - first printed 1780 - HAYWOOD #6 p34 (D) - KERR MM 3 #380 p42 (D) - Tunebook Ms (D) 3 pts #28 pp128-9 - MOYLAN 2 #224 p129 "Willie Reidy's #1" from John O Leary (melodeon) - WESTROP #45 p16 (C) Country Dance - tune used for WEE O HARA -- Music box (pipe organ) rec 22/12/49: RPL 12962 - John McDONALD (mel) of Glenfinnan, Inverness rec by PK, London 1953 7"RTR-0687 aft "Ho Ro my Nut Brown Maiden" for Lancers - Bert WAKEHAM (mel) rec by PK, Ashprington, Totnes, Devon 7/3/70: RTR 0934 & 0981 "The Squint-eyed Scotsman at the Battle of Waterloo" - DRUIDS with The Scots Guards with vocal: ARGO 147 1971 - CASS-0165: SONGS WITH A STORY Ian Bradley 13/10/89 - THE YETTIES RPL Radio 2 8/8/90 "War" CASS-60-1033

BRITISH MAN-O-WAR, THE - "It was down in yonder meadow I carelessly did stray" "Young Susan was a blooming maid so valiant stout and brave" - Sailor tears a handkerchief in half as love token - Susan dresses as sailor to follow her lover, William - ROUD#372/ (#1533) - BSs: "Susan's Adventures on a British man of War" incl SBG 2:#115 - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p479 "Young Susan" - LONG DIOW 1886 pp139-140 Wight (w/o) - KIDSON TT 1891 pp102-3 Yorksh (East Riding) "On board of a man-of-war" (version mixed with "William Taylor") - BARING GOULD Ms#110 (a) J Dingle, Coryton FWB 1894 (b) J Bennett Chagford & Fortey Bs (unpubl) - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #136 pp526-7 Wm Lawrence, Ely, Cambridgesh 1911/ John Dingle, Lew Trenchard, Devon 1904 1v/m/ Henry Larcombe, Haselbury Plucknett, Somerset 1905 1v/m - GRAINGER #145 James Mills, South Cerney, Gloucestersh/ #312 Mrs Wixey, Buckland, Gloucestersh 1909/ #357 Mr Hacklett, Winchcombe, Gloucestersh 1908 - JFSS 7:26 1922 pp9-10 Moeran: Robert Miller, Sutton, Norfolk 1921 - WILLIAMS #145 James Mills, South Cerney, Gloucestersh (w/o) - PURSLOW WS 1968 p58 Gardiner: George Blake, St Denys, Hampsh 1906 "In a BMOW" --- HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 pp108-110 Ships log 1847 & 1856 (w/o) (tune added by editor) - PEACOCK SNO 1965 1 pp181-2 Harry Curtis, Nfl 1952 - see PRESS GANG ("Man of war-O") -- NOTTS ALLIANCE: TRADITIONAL SOUND TSR-011 1972 (Gardiner coll) - Martin CARTER: TRADITIONAL SOUND TSR-012 1972 "Dreams of Br M o W" - Walter PARDON, Knapton, Norfolk: LEADER LED-2-063 1975

BRITISH MUSEUM WALTZ - comp by SC -- Sydney CARTER (voc) with Donald SWANN (voc & piano) rec by PK, London 6/6/61: RTR-0416-9 (4 reels)/ RTR-1094/ FTX-146

BRITISH SOLDIER'S GRAVE, THE - " - ROUD#1223 - BSs incl BG 2:#61/ 2:#229 - GREIG- DUNCAN 1 p297 2var/1m The battle it was over the stars were shining bright" Ch: "He whispered goodbye to his commander so dear"-- COPPER Family, Rottingdeam, Sussex: LEADER LEAB-4004 (with booklet)

BRITISH SUBMARINE, A - ON A BRITISH SUBMARINE

BRITISH TOPER, THE - English Country Dance -- Giles FARNABY'S DREAM Band: ARGO ZDA-158 1973

BRITONS, STRIKE HOME - "Come all you bold seamen" - ROUD#1187- BARRETT EFS 1891 - CHAPPELL PMOT 729 - WILLIAMS Ms Wt#481

BRIXHAM TOWN - "All ye that love to hear music" - ROUD#1861- BARING GOULD SOW (written words not a f/s?) Ms #9 (a) J Webb, Post Bridge HFS (publ) (b) frag from North Tawton with words mainly from Jonas Coaker, blind man, Post Bridge & Harry Smith/ also Rev A F Northcote from an old tramp at Buckingham 1877 beginning "In Wrexham Town...."

 
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