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HARLAW - BATTLE OF HARLAW

HARLEQUIN HORNPIPE - COLE #6 p115 (D) - KERR MM 4 #302 p32 (C) - WILSON p128 (G) - also alt title for BRISTOL HORNPIPE

HARLOCK'S REEL -- DA FORTY FIDDLERS with Marjorie SMITH (piano): LEADER LED-2052 1973 with "Robertson's Reel"

HARM LINK - YOUNG MAN WHO WOULDN'T HOE CORN

HARMLESS MOLLY - HARK HARK THE WARS (SBG)

HARMONICA or MOUTH HARP - - see also GLASS HARMONICA - ETHNOMUSICOLOGY 24:2:May 1980 pp211- 221 "Harmonica Magic" by Michael Licht - Recordings - see INSTRUMENTS Listing

HARMONICA - Title of a Scots Jig - KERR MM 1 #19 p29 (G)

HARMONIOUS BLACKSMITH, THE - Handel -- The HARMONIOUS BLACKSMITH'S Vocal Group: FOREST TRACKS FT-3001 1973 Song followed by instrumental

HARMONIUM - Britain - see also FLUTE ORGAN --- Recordings - see INSTRUMENTS Listing

HARMONY - Tunebook Ms 2/4 (G) #140 p403

HARMONY INSTRUMENTALS -- OCORA OCR-25 Cameroon panpipes

HARMONY SINGING - Britain - see also CHORUS SINGING - JEFDSS 1954 The Copper family two-part style by A.L.Lloyd

HARP -- Recordings - see INSTRUMENTS Listing

HARP in Song - FAREWELL MY GENTLE HARP - TWO SISTERS

HARP THAT ONCE THROUGH TARA'S HALLS, THE - "its soul of music shed" - words by Thomas Moore - ROUD#13392 - ROCHE 1 #28 p15 (D) 4/4 - SILVERMAN SOI 1991 p34 -- RAVENHILL Flute & Drum Band rec Belfast 19/4/53: RPL 18978 - rec 9/5/59: RPL LP 25646 - THE GALLOWGLASS CEILI BAND: PICKWICK Hallmark HM-532 1965 used as a waltz aft "Minstrel Boy"

HARP WITHOUT THE CROWN, THE - Shanty - ROUD'#7989 - COLCORD R&G 1924 - HUGILL SSS 1961 p140-1 "The Gals o' Dublin Town" - SPIN 4/5 p7 from Hugill - McCOLL/ SEEGER 1972 Ben Bright p15 -- James Dwyer, rec by James Carpenter, Glasgow 1928: 91/402

HARPSICHORD -- Syvia MOORE: PHILIPS 10388 1978/ FTX-137 - FOREST TRACKS FT- 6004 (cass) - Sean O Riada: GAEL-LINN CEF-016 - Andy IRVINE: GREENHAYS GR-705 - - Bob ABRAMSON with Jean RITCHIE: TRADITION TLP- 1031 1959 Carols of all seasons

HARRIERS, THE - Reel - GIBLIN #32 p21 (Em)

HARRIET LANE - comp by Martin Graebe 1978

HARRINGTON'S HALL - Jig - COLE p56 (D)

HARRIS - Hebrides - THA MI FO CHURAM AIR CULRHAIBH EIRINN

HARRISON BRADY - GYPSY LADDIE

HARROW - ALAN TYNE OF HARROW

HARROWIN' TIME - "Cauld winter's storm is noo awa' - the handlin' o' the ploo'" - Bothy Ballad - GREIG-DUNCAN 3 #421 (6var) - ORD BB 1930 - Tune cf DRUMDELGIE/ Cf MILLER O STRALLOCH -- John STRACHAN rec by Alan Lomax & Hamish Henderson, Fyvie, Aberdeenshire 16/7/51: ROUNDER 82161-1835-2 2002/ FTX-065/ accomp by Ian Middleton (accordion) rec Aberdeen 15/12/55: RPL LP 23220 (4v)/

HARRY BLOODGOOD'S FAMOUS JIG - Clog Hornpipe - KERR MM 2 #389 p43 (Bb)

HARRY BLUFF - "When a boy, H B, left his friends and his home" - broadsides

HARRY BROWN - Music Hall Song about a man lacking the courage to propose -- Lucky LUCKHURST of London rec by PK, Harberton, Devon 1978: 331 "'Arry, 'Arry, 'Arry" - Ruth BURDON (frag) rec Sandwich, Kent 27/2/82: CASS-90-0626

HARRY BURNETT'S COURTING - Dialect Recitation by A J Coles ("Jan Stewer") -- Mabel GOODWIN, rec by PK, Harberton, Totnes, Devon 1978 : FTX-412

HARRY CHUBB'S HORNPIPE -- Bob CANN (mel) rec by PK, South Zeal, Devon 26/5/53: RPL 19591 bef "Cokey H"

HARRY COTTER'S SCHOTTISCHE - Australian -- FLOWERS & FROLICS rec "Empress of Russia" Islington London: FREE REED FRR-016 1977 aft "Whistling Prince" & "Mudgee Schottische"

HARRY DUNN - "Come all you wild Canadian boys" - LAWS #C-14 NAB 1950/64 pp153-4 "H D or The Hanging Limb" - ROUD#639 - Lumberman crushed by falling tree follows a dream about trouble at home - when his body is sent home his parents die of shock - ends with warning about dangers of woods - CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 pp280-1 Charlie Hartlan 1929+ "Lumbering Boy" - PEACOCK SNO 3 pp763-5 2var Nfl "The Woods of Michigan"

HARRY GIDLEY'S WALTZ -- Bob CANN (mel) rec by Tony Engle, South Tawton Devon: TOPIC 12-TS-275 1975

HARRY LAUDER SHAVED HIS FATHER - "with a rusty razor - razor broke and cut his throat - and that was H L" - Children's Skipping song -- rec by Alan Lomax, Aberdeen 1952: FTX-181 #13 "Andy Lauder"

HARRY THE HAWKER - "is dead" - comp by Martin Graebe - ED&S Mag xxxv/3 1973 p101 -- Martin WYNDHAM-READ: ARGO ZFB-82 1972 - Martin GRAEBE rec by PK, Devon: FTX-049

HARRY THE TAILOR - "When H the T 'bout twenty years old - he began to grow very courageous and bold" - Comic Courting Song - ROUD#1465 - BELL BSPE 1857 p235 Yorksh (w/o) - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #312 2 pp346-7 Wm Stokes, Chew Stoke, Somerset 1909/ Wm Wooley, Bincombe, Somerset 1907 1v/m - VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FSEC 1907 pp50-2 tune from Cambridgesh set to words of "The Cobbler and the Tailor" (see COBBLER AND THE BUTCHER) - WILLIAMS #8 Harry Bennett, Cumnor, Oxfordsh (w/o) - FMJ 1968 p256 - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #131 p307 Harry & Bill Westaway 1950 - Tune used for Morris Dance SWAGGERING BONEY and Song: JOE MUGGINS (I DON'T CARE IF I DO) - Also known as "The Chapter of Donkeys" or "Gee- Whoa, Dobbin" -- Bill WESTAWAY rec by PK, Belstone, Devon Aug 1950: 7T-012-3/ FTX-241/ rec by PK 26/5/52: RPL 17793/ FTX-013 - Bernard WRIGLEY (bass conc/ fid): TOPIC 12- TS-211 1971 "Gee Whoa Dobbin"

HARRY WAS A BOLSHIE - about Harry Pollitt - friend of Lady Astor's - communist activist -- Ken PENNY rec by Sam Richards: FOLKWAYS FE-38553 1981/ CASS-1292

HARRY'S COURTSHIP - "Harry courted modest Mary" - "I have got pots and I have got dishes" - hat in hand - China crockery - cups and saucers - ROUD#2470 - BELL BSPE 1857 pp155-6 (w/o) Yorksh dales - Cf JOAN TO JOAN - JFSS 1:4 1968 pp256-8 Hammond: Mrs Webb, Kings Norton, Worcestersh 1906 1v/m/ from Bell: "Right Merry Book of Garlands" ?1815 (w/o) - FMJ 1:4 1968 pp256-8 Sharp Ms: Miss Durst: Mary Giles, Titherly, Hampsh 1909 "H's Wooing" - RICHARD OF TAUNTON DEAN song of similar type

HARRY'S LOCH - Jig - SHASKEEN 2 #37 p28 (Am/G) alt "Kilfenora Lass"

HARRY'S WIFE - comp by EB -- Eric BOGLE with band: on Radio 2 24/8/88: CASS-15-0732

HART'S JIG - BILL HART'S - HUISH THE CAT

HARTBURN LASS, THE - comp by GM 1957 -- Graeme MILES: 227

HARTIGAN'S FANCY - HARDIMAN'S FANCY (Jig)

HARTIGAN'S REEL - (G ends C) - MOYLAN 1 #21 from Patsy Touhey (U- pipes)

HARTLAKE BRIDGE - "Now seven & thirty strangers a-hopping they had been" - Drowning in Kent in 1858 - "parish of Hadlow near Tonbridge Town" - ROUD#1729 - FMJ 3:1 1975 pp74-5 Mike Yates: Jasper Smith (gypsy) - McCOLL-SEEGER SI 1977 p343-4 Nelson Ridley (gypsy) "The Hop-picker's Tragedy" ("4 & 20 strangers") -- Jasper SMITH (gypsy) rec by Mike Yates, Epsom, Surrey: TOPIC 12-T-253 1975/ TOPIC TSCD-658 Events & Issues

HARTLEPOOL MONKEY, THE - comp by Alan Wilkinson -- Vin GARBUTT: TOPIC 12-TS-378 1977

HARTLEPOOL'S MATCH FACTORY FIRE, THE - "That Match Factory's burning away" - comp by GM 1954 -- FTX-222-C90

HARTLEY CALAMITY, THE - "For Hartley men are noble" - 220 men & boys entombed New Hartley Colliery, NE of Newcastle on Thursday in January 1862 -- Tom GILFELLON (unaccomp): TOPIC TSCD-486 1997

HARVEST - Britain - HAY CUTTING & MAKING - SCYTHING -- BRISK AND BONNY LAD - COME ALL YOU JOLLY HARVEST MEN - GOD SPEED THE PLOUGH - HAIRST - HERE'S a HEALTH UNTO OUR MASTER - HERE'S GOOD HARVEST, MY BOYS - HAYMAKERS - JOLLY WOODCUTTER - MERRY HAYMAKERS - REAPHOOK AND SICKLE - WE GETS UP IN THE MORNING - WELCOME THE HARVEST HOME - WHEN WE ARISE ALL IN THE MORN -- Recordings - see SUBJECTS Listing

HARVEST FEAST SONG, THE - "As Harvest comes on" - "All of a row" - ROUD#2472 - BARING GOULD Ms #130 (a) Charles Arscott, South Zeal FWB 1894 (b) J Rickards, Lamerton 1889 (c) Edmund Fry, Lydford (tune similar) (d) Harry Westaway, Belstone 1887 "Harvest Song" Ms/ publ CANOW KERNOW - (?) GRAINGER #233 nn, Horncastle, Lincolnsh 1906 "The Harvest Cart Song" - HAMMOND Ms 4var Dorset - see JFSS 3 p66 Note on Harvest Songs - FMJ 1:4 1968 pp251-4 Hammond: George Roper, Charlton St Mary, Dorset 1905/ Rev H C Gundry, Cerne Abbas, Dorset 1907 -- Bill WESTAWAY rec by PK, Belstone, Devon Aug 1950: 7"RTR-0010 with talk

HARVEST FIELD, THE - Reel - O'NEILL MOI #1428/ DMI #665 (G)

HARVEST HEALTHS - HERE'S A HEALTH TO OUR MASTER

HARVEST HOME - "Come let us see how the liquor be" - ROUD#1294 - BRISK AND BONNY LAD/ LASS - ROGER'S COURTSHIP (Roger and Nell)

HARVEST HOME - "Your hay it is mowed and your corn it's reaped" Ch: "Come, my boys, come" - D'URFEY 1698-1720 5 p141 "A Song" - PLAYORD 3 c1727 "Boys & girls come out to play - the new way" - DIXON SP 1846 - BELL SP 1857 - CHAPPELL PMOT 1858 p579-83 with notes - Tune also known as "We've cheated the parson" - Cf JFSS 21 p15 "Master's Corn" coll Frederick Keel. Surrey- SUMNER BM 1888 p5 "God speed the plough" - GUNDRY CK 1966 p25 from Baring Gould Ms: John Rickards, Lamerton, Cornwall 1889 "Now the corn is all ripe and the harvest begins"

HARVEST HOME - Hornpipe & Strathspey (D) - ALLAN #85 p22 - BALMORAL p14 (F) Strathspey version - BOWEN p34 - COLE #3 p88 "Cincinatti H" (with dance directions) - HAYWOOD #1 p42 (D) - HONEYMAN #2 p46 - KENNEDY FTB 1951 1 p3/ 1994 #8 p5 - KERR MM 1 p42 & MM 4 p31 "Cork H" - KOHLER 1 p37 - LEVEY 2 #69 p31 "Cork H" - LOESBURG 1 p38 - MITCHELL #44 p47 from Willie Clancy (U- pipes) - MITCHELL & SMALL #56 pp102-3 from Patsy Touhey (U- pipes) - MOYLAN 2 #292 p169 "Cork H" - O'NEILL MOI #1603/ DMI #847 alt: "Cincinatti" - PHILLIPS FCTB p24 - ROCHE 2 #223 p14 "The Cork Hornpipe" - WESTROP #96 p33 (G) -- Richard O MEALY (U-pipes) rec Belfast 1943: RTE "Long Note" radio prog 11/7/88 CASS 60-0898 "Cork H" - Neil BOYLE (fid): REGAL ZONOPHONE 12-721 (78) A: with "Green Mountain" Hornpipe/ rec by PK, Dunloe, Co Donegal 23/8/53: RPL 20014/ 170 - Jim McHARDY (acc solo): BELTONA BL/ FTX-363 - NORTHUMBRIAN MINSTRELS rec Powburn 19/4/44: RPL 7227 (78) - John DORAN (U- pipes) rec by Kevin Danagher for The Irish Folklore Commission Dublin 1947 on RTE radio prog 28/3/88 & 4/4/88 CASS-90-0914 - Michael DOHERTY (fid) rec for The Irish Folklore Commission Donegal 1949: COMHAIRLE BHEALOIDEAS EIREANN CBE-002 d/cass 1990 bef "Gravel Walk" Reel - Tommy MAKEM (whi) rec by Jean Ritchie & George Pickow 1951 FOLKWAYS "Field Trip: Ireland" 1960/ OSSIAN OSS-15 1989 CASS-0797 "Cork Hornpipe" - Paddy BREEN (vert flute) of Co Clare rec by PK, London 1952: FTX-078 - Johnny DOHERTY (fid) rec by PK, Co Donegal 1953: RPL 19585/ FTX-273 bef "Cliff H"/ rec by David Hammond 1975: GAEL-LINN CEF-072-3 1978 with "Cliff H"/ RTR dub - Tom EDMUNDSON (button acc) rec by PK, Harbottle, Northumb 12/7/54: RPL 20626 aft "Lass on the Strand"/ FTX-363 - Billy CONROY (whistle) rec by PK, Ashington, Northumb 8/6/54: RPL 20623 talk bef/ FTX-122 - John MacDONALD (mel), rec by PK, Elgin, Moray 1955: FTX-061 - Willie CLANCY (U-pipes) of Co Clare rec by PK, London 1956: FTX-173/ rec 1958-73: CLADDAGH 4-CC-39 1980 CASS-0816 - GILCURDON Trio, Belfast 30/10/63: RPL LP 28256/ FTX-373 aft "Londonderry" & bef "Johnsons" - Diana BLACKETT-ORD (N-pipes): TOPIC 12-TS-227 1974 - Davie STEWART (acc): TOPIC 12-T-293 1978 - Angus GRANT (H- fid) with William LAURIE (P-acc) & John Mc INTYRE (bass): TOPIC 12-TS-347 1978 with "Sweeps" - Rose MURPHY on TOPIC 1976/ OSSIAN OSS-21 1989/ CASS-1279 - John CARRUTHERS (whi) with Willie FRASER (m/organ) & Willie JOHNSTONE (gtr) rec Kinross Folk Festival 1975: SPRINGTHYME SPRC 1003/ CASS-1313 1988 bef "Boys of Bluehill" - Mick FOSTER (acc) & Tony ALLEN (piano): RITZ London LC-0008 nd/ CASS-0952 aft "Boys of Bluehill"

HARVEST HOME - Custom -- Recordings - see SUBJECTS Listing

HARVEST IN A FLOWING BOWL - WHEN WE ARISE

HARVEST MOON - Reel - FELDMAN p103 (G) from Simon Doherty -- Mick FOSTER (acc/gui/voc) & Tony ALLEN (gtr/voc): RITZ London LC- 0012/ CASS-0955

HARVEST MORNING, THE - MAIDIN FHOGHMHAIR

HARVEST SUPPER SONG - GRAINGER #234 James A Penny: nn, Horncastle, Lincolnsh 1906 - HERE'S A HEALTH UNTO OUR MASTER

HARVEY DARVEY - OLD CORNWALL 1927 -- Cyril TAWNEY "Children's Songs from Devon & Cornwall" ARGO ZFB-4 1969

HAS SORROW THY YOUNG DAYS SHADED? - Air/Waltz - ROCHE 3 #44 p12 (Bb) 3/4

HASELBURY GIRL, THE - AYLESBURY GIRL

HASH O' BENAGOAK, THE - "Six months come Martinmas I was fee'd to Turra toon - Auld Willie fee'd me Pitdonald never spoke" - Bothy farm life Ballad - comp G S Morris (?) - ROUD#1527 - KERR Cornkisters pp30-1 - McCOLL-SEEGER TSES 1977 p315-6 Maggie McPhee (tinker) Scotland 1962 - Songs & Ballads sung at Blairgowrie Festival, August 1968 pp11-12 -- Douglas HOLMES #156 rec on Dictaphone cylinder by James M Carpenter 1929-35 - George MORRIS with piano accomp. rec 1930s/ FTX-360 - Bill ELVIN rec by Seamus Ennis, Turriff, Aberdeensh 16/7/52: RPL 18787 - Davie STEWART (v/acc) rec by PK, Dundee, Angus 1956: FTX-180/ rec by Alan Lomax, London 1957: ROUNDER 82161-1633-2 2002 - Willie McKENZIE rec Kinross Folk Festival 1975: SPRINGTHYME SPRC 1003/ CASS-1313 - (Eric SIMPSON: SLEEPYTOON SLPY CD- 006 'Bothy Songs & Ballads of N.E. Scotland 2')

HASH O' DRUMDELGIE, THE - DRUMDELGIE

HASTE TO THE WEDDING - Song - SPAETH 2 WSM 1927 p214 "Bacon and Greens" 1v to this tune

HASTE TO THE WEDDING - Jig - ALLAN #15 p5 - BAYARD HCT #22/ DTF #447 p420 20var & App #33 p585 - COLE #7 p53 - GIBLIN #93 p41 (D) - HAYWOOD #6 p8 (D) - KENNEDY FTB 1 #40 - KERR CMM 1 #4 p27 - Tunebook Ms (D) #15 p6 see also GARLAND OF LOVE, THE - O'NEILL MOI #987/ DMI #203 alt: "Let brainspinning swains" (Altern tune for the dance see RANTING RAKE) - PHILLIPS FCTB p25 from Candace Woltz - ROCHE 2 #291 p37 (Dance Description: 3 p7) - WESTROP #8 p4 - WILSON p82 "Rural Felicity" --- tune played as a Reel see NORTH CAROLINA -- John BARRATT (Mouth music) rec 30/8/43: RPL 6379 (78) - Neil BOYLE (fid): REGAL ZONOPHONE 12- 721 (78rpm) B: with "Over the hills" - Michael DOHERTY (fid) rec by Alan Lomax, Dunloe, Co Donegal Jan 1951 7"RTR-0566/ rec Co Donegal 24/4/51: RPL 16658 Story & fid tune bef "Ta mo Mhargadh Dheanta" (The Bargain is made) - William KIMBER (Anglo conc) rec studio 21/3/46: RPL 9825 (78)/ rec by PK, Headington, Oxford: FTX-382/ TOPIC 12-T-249 1974/ TSCD-665 1998 - SEAN MAGUIRE (fid) rec by PK, Belfast 1952: FTX-375 "The Three Tunes" - Maggie CHAMBERS (later Mrs Murphy) (mouth-music) rec by PK, Tempo, Co Fermanagh 18/7/52: 7"RTR-0550/ FTX-301 (mouth music CD) aft "Polka Mazurka" and bef "Keel Row" - Stephen BALDWIN (fid) rec by PK, Upton Bishop, Herefordsh 13/10/52: RPL 18680/ FTX-115/ LEADER LED 2068 1976 - JOHNNY DOHERTY (fid) rec by PK, Co Donegal 1953: RPL 19575/ FTX-075 with other wedding tunes - MOONRAKERS Band led by Ioan JENKINS rec 20/3/55: RPL 21772 aft "Oyster Girl" - Kate BUTTERS (acc & drum) rec by PK, Thaxted, Essex 11/4/55: RPL 22170/ FTX-116 - Jim SMALL (harmonica), Cheddar, Somerset: FTX-327 - COMPLEAT DANCING MASTER: ISLAND HELP-17 1973 - Andrew CRONSHAW (whistle): TRANSATLANTIC XTRA-1139 1974 & LEADER LER-2094 1976 - Roger NICHOLSON (dulc) & Jake WALTON (hurdy-gurdy): LEADER LER-2094 1976 with song "Gypsy's Wedding Day" - Jim SMALL (harmonica) rec Cheddar, Somerset 1980: 138 - YETTIES Radio 2 9/12/87: CASS-60-0554 --- Fiddle solo with stepdancing), Cape Breton Island, NS Canada: ELEKTRA EKL-23 1955 - Billy FAIER (banjo) with Frank HAMILTON (gtr): RIVERSIDE RLP-12-813 1957 (M) aft "Garry Owen" & "McLeod's"

HASTY WORDS - "We wandered in the shadow of the pines" -- Texas GLADDEN rec by Alan Lomax, Salem, Va 1946: ROUNDER 11661-1800-2 2001 "In the shadow of the pines"

HAT DANCE, THE - DANSE DE LA CHAPIEAU

HAT McGUINESS WORE, THE - Shanty -- James DWYER rec by James Carpenter, Glasgow 1928: FTX-142 (also coll from W Rennie, S Shields #85)

HAT MY FATHER WORE, THE - "I'm Paddy Myles, an Irishman, that comes from sweet Fermoy" (Co Cork) - can dance & sing and likes to wear the hat on St Patrick's Day - sailed from Queenstown harbour to New York where they welcomed him and asked him to play the "St Patrick's Day" tune for the "Reel of Four" - ROUD#4796 - BSs - GREIG FSNE #168 - GREIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1538 pp66-8 (4var) - CROININ 2000 #165 pp251-2 (5vv) - see THE SASH MY FATHER WORE - FMJ 8/1 20001 pp67-89 article by David Cooper -- Hector CAMPBELL Ythan Wells, Aberdeensh (with mouth music) #345 rec on Dictaphone cylinder by James M Carpenter 1929-35 (tune: Napoleon crossing the Alps) - John McLAVERTY rec by PK, Belfast 7/7/52: 7"RTR-0543 "Paddy Myles" -- O.J.ABBOTT rec by Edith Fowke, Hull, Quebec 1958

HATS (caps & other headgear) - COMING DOWN THE FLAT - STETSON HAT - WHERE DID YOU GET THAT HAT ?

HATTER FROM NENAGH, THE - Co Tipperary - Jig - ROCHE 3 #93 p28 (#D)

HATTIE BELLE - A love song in work-song tempo collected by John Lomax on a North Carolina prison farm in 1934 -- Alan LOMAX (voc/gtr), Peggy SEEGER (voc), Guy CARAWAN (voc/gtr), John COLE (harmonica) & Sam STOKES (bass): PYE Nixa NPL-18013 1958/ FTX-941

HATTON WOODS - BONNY WOODS O' HATTON

HAUD - HOLD

HAUGHS OF CROMDALE, THE - "For I threw my plaidie oot o'er my shoud'" - Bothy Ballad - ROUD#5147 - HOGG JR 1819-21 - GREIG FSNE 1909-14 #96 (16v w/o & notes) - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p314 4var - BUCHAN 101SS 1962 p90 from Hamish Henderson with a note about two incidents of Jacobite victory in 1645 & 1690 -- Willie KEMP (vocal with drums) rec 1930's: BELTONA/ FTX-360 - Frank STEELE of Whitehills rec by Hamish Henderson, Banff 1952: TANGENT TNGM- 109 1971 (1v parody) "I met a man wi a tartan sark" - John McDONALD (voc/mel) rec by PK, Pitgaveny, Elgin, Moraysh 23/7/55: "Folk Song Today" HMV DLP-1143 1956 10"LP/ FTX-061 #7 & FTX-516/ FTX-310 A-ROVING 1968 #4 - TOPIC 12-T-263 1975 "Singing Molecatcher of Moray" 14s 4t & "Diddling" (mouth music)/ TSCD-658 - Ewan MacCOLL: TOPIC 12-T-79 1962 - Isabel SUTHERLAND: EFDSS LP-1007 1974

HAUGHS OF CROMDALE, THE - March/ Highland Scottische/ Strathspey (Em) - BAYARD HCT #89 "Bonaparte Crossing the Alps" & DTF #220 p174 "Squirrel Hunters" 9var - HONEYMAN p14 - KERR MM 1 p66 (Em) - WILSON p37 - Cf BICYCLE -BREACH OF KILLIECRANKY - HILLS OF GLENORCHY -- George HARVEY WEBB (fid) rec by Seamus Ennis, London 9/1/54: RPL 21908 - Jimmy STEWART (fid), rec by PK, Aberdeen 1955: FTX-069 March & Strathspey - Ned Stewart (fid), rec by PK, Fetterangus, Aberdeensh: FTX-069 - Duncan BURKE & Henry MacGREGOR (mouth-music), rec by PK, Perth, 1955: FTX-301 - Angus LAWRIE (jews harp) rec Oban 25/5/59: RPL LP 24956 bef Strath: "Fair Dairymaid" - BOYS OF THE LOUGH: LOUGH CD-007 1999 titled "Glin Cottage Polka #2" aft "Glin Cottage #1"

HAUGHS OF NEWE, THE - "As I went up the haughs o Newe (Nyow) an through Strathdon (Aberdeensh) upon my pony - Your Gaelic tongue I cannot speak because my mother never learned me but to dance a reel I'll do it genteel with anyone - likes of her's nae be seen in Strathspey nor yet Strathearn (Perthsh) - she far excels our Cuttie's Jean" - in search of his perfect girl - ROUD#6781 - CHRISTIE TBA 2 pp150-1 - GREIG-DUNCAN 6 p468 (7v/m)

HAUGHTON HOUSE - ACHDON HOUSE

HAUL AWAY, BOYS - West Indian Sea Shanty - HUGILL SSS 1961 p357

HAUL AWAY FOR ROSIE-O - ROSIE-O

HAUL AWAY JOE - "Way haul away - we'll haul for better weather" - "Setting up" Sea Shanty - ROUD#809 - HARPERS Mag 1882 - DAVIS-TOZER 1887 SS&C pp60-1 - SMITH MOW 1888 - BULLEN-ARNOLD 1914 #39 p31 (1 v only) - WHALL 1910 p117 - SHARP EFSH 1914 #27 p32 from John Short "Tacks and sheets" - GRAINGER #160 Charles Rosher, Chelsea, London 1906/ RNS#88 Tom Roberts, Chelsea, London 1908 "All Away Joe" - JFSS 18 1914 p31-2 Sharp - JFSS 20 1916 p312-3 Piggott: Dartmouth, Devon - SHAY 1925 p92 (w/o) - HUGILL SSS 1961 p359-62 incl French version/ S&SS 1969 p198-200 -- (a) Wm Fender, Barry (b) Jimmy CRONIN, London & (c) Rees BALDWIN, Barry, S Wales rec by James M Carpenter c1928: FTX-141 - - Stanley SLADE (+ ch & acc), rec by PK, Bristol 1950: FTX-207 - Bob ROBERTS (+ mel) rec by PK, Ipswich, Suffolk 1958: FTX-208/ rec by Tony Engle, Ryde, Isle of Wight: TOPIC 12-TS-361 1978/ SAYDISC SDL-405 1994 - "Ballads & Blues: Sea Music" RPL radio prog prod Denis Mitchell 1956: CASS-0376 - The Liverpool SPINNERS rec by PK 1961: EMI CLP-1500 1962/ FTX-291 - CLANCY BROTHERS (Pat, Tom & Liam) & TOMMY MAKEM with Pete Seeger (banjo) & Bruce Langhorne (gtr) rec with audience, CBS Studio NY: CBS 63516 1963 solo by Tom - Stan KELLY (& p-acc): TOPIC 12-TPS-145 1966 - Colin WILKIE & Shirley HART: SAGA FID-2090 1967 "Way haul away" - Martin CARTER with Graham JONES & chorus rec by PK, Dartington Ciderhouse 1975 (?) 7"RTR-0365 --- THE ALMANAC SINGERS rec NY 1941-2: PRISM PLATCD 704 2001

HAUL AWAY, (MY) ROSIE - Shanty - ROUD#809A - see also ROSY-O -- Rees BALDWIN, Barry, S Wales rec by James M Carpenter c1928: FTX-141 - "Sailor" Dad HUNT rec by Alan Lomax 1937: LIB of CONGRESS L-2 "Haul away, my Rosie"

HAUL AWAY THE HAWSER -- Paul Wilson & Ben van Weede (fiddles): SAYDISC CP-115 1980 aft "Jacob or Enrico"

HAUL AWAY THE TRAWL - SMACKSMAN

HAUL HER AWAY - "Little Nancy Dawson/ Sally Racket/ Betty Baker" etc - HUGILL SSS 1961 p315-6 (2 versions) -- Colin WILKIE & Shirley HART: SAGA FID-2090 1967 "Little Sally Racket"

HAUL ON THE BOWLINE - Shanty - ROUD#652 - DAVIS-TOZER 1887 p35 - SMITH MOW 1888 p13 - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p3 "Haul away your bowlin' - SHARP EFSh 1914 #37 p42 John Short, Watchet - JFSS 20 1916 p314-5 Piggott Dartmouth - Gilchrist compares to various Irish Gaelic airs - TERRY I 1921 #29 p58 3 - COLCORD R&G 1924 - BRADFORD-FAGGE I- Cf MASEFIELD "A Sailor's Garland p325 - SHAY 1925 p132 (wds only) - HUGILL SSS 1961 p354 (2 versions) & S&SS 1969 p196-7 --- CREIGHTON MFS 1961 p144 Nova Scotia "It's let go your bowlin" -- William FENDER, rec by James M Carpenter, Barry, S Wales c1928: FTX-141 - Stanley SLADE with Tom PURVIS & ch rec Bristol 8/6/42: RPL 4613 (78 rpm)/ with PK & HAYMAKER'S (Unacc Chorus) rec Bristol 8/3/50: RPL 17610/ FTX-207/ COLUMBIA SL-206 1952 - A H RASMUSSEN (Norwegian) rec by PK, London 11/4/54: RPL 22349 talk bef/ FTX-205 - "Ballads & Blues: Sea Music" RPL radio prog prod Denis Mitchell 1956: CASS 0376 - THE YOUNG TRADITION TRANSATLANTIC TRA-SAM-13 1969 - Bristol FOLK TRADITION: RPL REC-111 1971 - Bernard WRIGLEY (+ ch unacc): TOPIC 12-TS-211 1971 - Martin WYNDHAM-READ (+ Ch): TOPIC 12-TS-234 1974 --- Henry LUNDY with David PRYOR (bass) rec by Alan Lomax, Nassau, Bahamas Aug 1935: ROUNDER CD-11661-1822-2 1999 "Bowline" - Richard MAITLAND rec by AL, Sailor's Snug Harbour, Staten Island, New York, 1939: Library of Congress AAFS-L26

HAUL TOGETHER - ALPHABET SONG

HAULING HOME - ROCHE 2 #220 p13 (D) -- Johnny DOHERTY (fid) rec by PK, Co Donegal 1953: RPL 19575 talk bef

HAULING INTO BLACKWALL DOCK - HOG-EYED MAN

HAUNTED FARMHOUSE AT CARMONY, THE - Folk Tale told by John Stewart (tinker): DOUGLAS Aberdeen UP 1987

HAUNTED TOWER - English Country Dance - WILSON p117 4/4 (G) (with dance descr)

HAVA NAGILA - (Come joyfully) - Hebrew -- Joy HYMAN & Jennifer RICE (voc/gtrs) rec London 1961: RPL LP 27099

HAVE A CIGARETTE, SIR? - Childrens Double Ball Game - RITCHIE GC p85 [See WILL YOU HAVE A GAME OF GOLF, SIR ? -- FTX-201 B12 rec by PK, Sidbury, Devon 1951 with much laughter and talk preceding - rec by Jean Ritchie, Sidbury C of E Junior School 1952 7"RTR-0062/ FOLKWAYS FW-8871 1959 - rec by Damian Webb, 3/37 - Doreen ELLIOTT rec by Peggy Seeger & Ewan McColl, Birtley, Co Durham: FOLKWAYS 3565 1962 "Will you have a game of golf, sir?" - rec by Damian Webb, 4/32 St John's Junior School for Girls, Workington, Cumberland 1960: RPL LP 26303/ FTX-194 #37 - rec by DW, 11/24 Keswick Junior Girl solo 1960 (nice & adenoidal)

HAVE A DRINK (WHIFF) ON ME - comp by Leadbelly -- Lonnie DONEGAN: PICKWICK Hallmark HMA-204 1956/1965

HAVE A DRINK WITH ME - Jig - O'NEILL MOI #720/ DMI #20 (G)

HAVE OVER THE WATER TO FLORIDA - Found in repertoire book of Richard Sheale, professional minstrel employed by the Earl of Derby at Tamworth and supposed to have been written by Thomas Stukely of Devon about the land potentials in America -- - Sam RICHARDS & Tish STUBBS: SAYDISC SDL-280 1977

HAVE YOU ANY BREAD OR WINE? - "for we are the Romans" ("Roman and English Soldiers") - Childrens Game in Two Lines - ROUD#8255 - GREIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1600 pp158-9 (3var) "King George's Men" "With Eerie and with Orrie" - GOMME 2 p343 "We are the Rovers" (18 var) - OPIE SG 1985 #65 pp280-5 "Romans and English" -- Children at Sidbury C of E Primary School Devon rec by PK 26/2/51: RPL 16075/ COLUMBIA SL-206 1952/ FTX-201 - Frank QUINN rec by PK, Belfast 1955: FTX-072 called "The Rover's Song" - rec by DW, Co Kerry, Ireland: IRE/16 & FTX-179 "Will you have a slice of cake?" ("Irish Soldiers") - rec Damian Webb 19/4 St Michael's Juniors Workington Cumb 1962 (3rd take with "Buckle our swords") FTX-195 - rec by DW, 20/4 Victoria Girls Workington Cumb 1962: FTX-195 #18 - Em ELLIOTT rec by Peggy Seeger & Ewan McColl, Birtley, Durham: FOLKWAYS FG-3565 1962 with talk - Group of children rec by Alan Lomax at San Juan's Government Girls School, Trinidad: ROUNDER CD-1716 1997 "Roman Soldiers"

HAVE YOU COME DOWN THE PILGRIM'S WAY? - Cumulative song comp by GM to tune of "The Muffin Man" -- Graeme MILES, Middlesbrough: FTX-231 #16

HAVE YOU COME UP FROM ROMNEY WAY? - Anti-pollution Song comp by GM during Army exercise near Romney Marsh in 1955 -- Graeme MILES (voc/ banjo): FTX-231 #4

HAVE YOU EVER EVER EVER? - "in your long-legged life - seen a LL sailor with a LL wife - short-l/ bald-headed/ chee-kie/ no-sey/ teen-age - Children's Clapping or Skipping Game - OPIE SG 1985 #139 pp456-7 music -- rec by Damian Webb, 14/6 St Mary's Junior Edinburgh 1961/ RPL LP 27257/ FTX-181 #30 clapping

HAVE YOU NOT HEARD OF OUR DEAR SAVIOUR'S LOVE? - SAVIOUR'S LOVE

HAVE YOU SEEN MY BROTHER? -- RUSSCO rec by PK, Dartington, Devon 5/11/75: FTX-094

HAVE YOU SEEN MY LOVE PASS BY? - ROUD#816 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 p605 Lizzie Welch, Hambridge, Somerset 1904 - version of BLACKSMITH COURTED ME ? (SR#816)

HAVE YOU SEEN MY LOVE WAITING FOR ME? - "She wears a straw bonnet with white ribbons on it" - ROUD#816 - MASON NR&CS - SHARP-KARPELES 2 p605

HAVE YOU SEEN PAPA? - "smoking a cigar, riding on a bicycle, ha- ha-ha" Ball bouncing -- rec by Jean Ritchie, Sidbury C of E Junior School, Devon 1952 7"RTR-0062

HAVE YOU SEEN OWT O MA BONNY LAD? - MY BONNY LAD

HAVE YOU SEEN RONALD OR ALAN? - FACA SIBH RAGHAILL NA AILEIN

HAVEN OF REST, THE - comp by H Gilmore/ G Moore 1889 -- Jean RITCHIE (voc/A- dulc): GREENHAYS GR-90714 nd CASS-0801

HAWAI - Polynesia - Recordings - see AREA Listing

HAWICK - Roxburghshire - COMMON RIDING SONG -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

HAWK, THE - Hornpipe or Reel comp by James Hill, Gateshead fiddler - DIXON 1987 p37 (E) - see also HAWK POLKA -- Alastair ANDERSON (conc): LEADER LER-2074 1972: 2 versions: Billy Pigg & Shetland - Billy PIGG (N-pipes): TOPIC 12-TS-227 1974

HAWK AND THE CROW, THE - BIRD'S COURTING SONG

HAWK (or HAWK'S) POLKA, THE - comp by James Hill about 1844 (D/G) - DIXON 1987 p38 -- Alistair ANDERSON (E-conc) with Tich RICHARDSON (gtr): TOPIC 12-TS-371 1978 with "Thrunton Woods"

HAWKE'S HORNPIPE - BREATHNACH CRE 2 #311 p158 (Am) - O'NEILL MOI #1754/ DMI #926

HAWKESBURY VOLUNTEERS, THE - "One morn as I was walking to take the pleasant air" - WILLIAMS #170 Hawkesbury-Upton is near Badminton, Gloucestershire

HAWKIE - CA' HAWKIE

HAWKINS COUNTY JAIL - "When I was sleepin I dreamt a pleasant dream" -- Hobart SMITH (voc/ banjo) rec by Alan Lomax, Bluefield, Va Aug 1959: ROUNDER 1705 1997/ ROUNDER 1799 2001

HAWKSTOW GRANGE - HORSTOW GRANGE

HAWTHORN, THE - LADY KILMARNOCK'S LAMENT - PHILLIDA FAIR - SCEILPIN DREINAN

HAWTHORN, THE - CAPTAIN McDONALD'S (Triple Jig)

HAWTHORN BERRIES - comp by AC -- Alasdair CLAYRE: ELEKTRA EVK-253 1966

HAWTHORN BUSH, THE - "Twas in the pleasant month of May" - blackbird and thrush - ROUD#1072 - RITSON Ancient Songs 1790 "A merry ballad of the hawthorn tree to be sung to the tune of Donkin Dargeson" - EVANS Old Ballads 1810 vol i p342 - PEELE's Work vol ii p256 (ed Dyce) - CHAPPELL PMOT 1858 p64-5 Chappell assumed Ritson was referring to DARGASON so he set the words to the Playford Country Dance Tune - HAMER GG 1967 p14-15 Harry Scott -- BLACKBIRD AND THE THRUSH - WHAT'S THE LIFE OF A MAN? -- Harry SCOTT, rec by PK, Eaton Bray, Bedfordsh 18/2/58: RPL 26071

HAXEY - Lincolnshire - near Doncaster - CUSTOM on Jan 6th - Carol singers & "Hood" Ball Game custom - see other BALL GAMES -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

HAYDEN'S FAVOURITE - Reel - SULLIVAN 2 #17 p8 (D) "The Hayden Fancy" from Tulla Ceili Band -- James MORRISON (fid) Tom ENNIS (U-pipes) John MULLEN (piano) rec New York 1921-1935: TOPIC 12- T-390 1980 with "Limestone Rock"

HAY CUTTING - PUTTING OUT TO SEA (Hebridean)

HAYING COCK, THE - "One morning o so early, on the feast of Valentine" - Like Ophelia Song in Hamlet (Act IV Scene 5) this concerns the popular belief that a man was supposed to marry the first girl he saw on St Valentine's Day - see also DAME DURDEN - MY VALENTINE - VALENTINE'S DAY -- Bob COPPER rec London 2/2/55: RPL 21545

HAYMAKERS, THE - Country Dance 6/8 Jig (G) 3 pts - ALLAN #34 p8 "Old Set Tune" - BALMORAL p27 - KERR MM 1 #8 p27 - WILSON p111

HAYMAKING - COMING HOME FROM THE WAKE - JOLLY HAYMAKERS - MERRY HAYMAKERS - NEW MOWN HAY - O NO NOT I - ONE MAN WENT TO MOW - OUT IN THE GREEN FIELDS - TUMBLING THROUGH THE HAY

HAYMAKING COURTSHIP, THE - "It being on a summers evening as carelessly I did stray" "A sailor (or soldier) walked out one day" - ROUD#855 - (Purslow A only) #2940 - BSs "The Tossing of the Hay" ("TOTH") or "Joy after sorrow" (M.Yates) - GREIG-DUNCAN Coll 1995 vol 5 #957 pp62-7 8var 7v/m "The Turning or Shaking OTH" - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #112 Mrs Palmer, Langport, Somerset 1904/ Mrs Elizabeth Lawless, Holford, Somerset 1906 1v/m "Raking of Hay" - JFSS 3 1907 p107 Hammond: F Stockley, Wareham, Dorset 1906 "A Brisk young sailor walked the field"/ p114 Hammond: Mr Bridle, Stratton, Dorset 1906 1v/m "As I walked out" - HENRY SOP #635/ HUNTINGTON 1990 pp455-6 Andrew Allen, Coleraine, Co Derry 1936 "The TOTH" - REEVES IOP 1958 #40 pp122-3 Sharp: Mr Palmer 1904 ("Soldier") - PURSLOW WS 1968 p8 Hammond: Wm Gulliver, Alresford, Hampsh 1906/ p51 Gardiner: Wm Hill, Catherington, Hampsh 1908 (Some BSs call the song "Joy after Sorrow") - PALMER EBECS 1979 #92 pp157-8 Sam Larner "Raking the Hay" - SHIELDS SRT 1981 p147-9 John Butcher, Drumavally, Co Derry 1966 (European Ethnic SRT-3)/ BS (w/o) "The TOTH" --- KARPELES FSFN 1971 pp237-8 Dan Cash, Nfl 1929 "The New Mown Hay" -- Sam LARNER rec by Philip Donnellan, Winterton, Norfolk, 1958: RPL LP 26076/ FTX-139 & FTX-514/ TOPIC 12-T-244 1974 "Throw away your rake" (6v) - Ned ADAMS rec by Joy Hyman, Hastings, Sussex 1962: RPL LP 29820 "Hayraking Song" - Eddie BUTCHER, rec by Hugh Shields, Aughill Crossroads, Co Derry: LEADER LED-2070 1976 "Tossing the Hay" - Phoebe SMITH: VETERAN VT136CD 1998 "Raking the Hay"

HAYMAKING SONG, THE - ROUD#9319 -- Togo CRAWFORD (Song comp by his father) rec by PK. Mossdale, Kirkcudbrightsh 20/7/54: RPL 21487 (talk bef)

HAZEL DELL - Scottische - ROCHE 3 #148 p48 (D/A & Trio in G)

HAZEL RUNG, THE - "I had the bonniest lass in a the place" - ROUD#6284 - GREIG FSNE #13 - Greig-Duncan 7 pp34-40 -- Bell DUNCAN, Insch, Aberdeenshire #259 & David EDWARDS, Cummingstown, Aberdeensh rec on Dictaphone cylinder by James M Carpenter 1929-35

HAZEL STICK, THE - Jig - BREATHNACH 2 1976 #13 p10

HAZELBURY GIRL, THE - HASELBURY GIRL

 
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