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HO AWAKE - RAVELLED HANK OF YARN (Reel)

HO BOWLIN, BOWLIN HAUL - "So long, my boys, you been to sea and cannot tie a bowlin" - Shanty -- A L LLOYD & ch: TOPIC 12-TS- 234 1974 remembered from a rec made in the Bahamas in 1930's

HO MO NIGHEAN DONN NAN GOBHAR - MY DARK HAIRED GOAT HERD MAIDEN

HO RO HUG O HUG O - Scots Gaelic Waulking Song -- Mary MORRISON & ch Ersary, Barra rec by The School of Scottish Studies: TANGENT TNGM-111 1972

HO RO MY NUT BROWN MAIDEN - Scots Song -- John McDONALD (tune on mel) of Glenfinnan, Inverness rec by PK, London 1953 7"RTR-0687 aft "Barren Rocks of Aden" & bef "British Grenadiers" for Lancers Quadrille - original sung in Gaelic in radio prog 1985

HOB-NAILED BOOTS WOT FATHER WORE, THE - (Weston/ Barnes) publ Francis, Day & Hunter -- John FOREMAN (voc with orchestral group): REALITY RY-1004 1966 (m)/ FTX-331

HOBBIES - "Attention pray give while of hobbies I sing" - parson - doctor - dominie (schoolmaster) - farmer - bachelor - maid - volunteer (soldier)- sailor ROUD#5632 - GREIG FSNE #50 (w/o) - GREIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1914 pp337-8 (9v w/o)

HOBBY HORSES - see also FOLKLORE 1948 Violet Alford: Languedoc & 1968 vol 79 incl Padstow, Minehead & Combe Martin -- Recordings see SUBJECTS Listing

HOBO'S SONG, THE - DOIN' ALL RIGHT, BOY (Russco)

HOCKETING - Each person playing or singing a part in turn, together making up the whole - HANDBELLS -- Recordings - see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

HOCKEY - GOING TO KENTUCKY

HODGE - DOLLY AND HODGE

HODGE AND HIS LEATHER BREECHES - "Although a simple clown" - ROUD#12739 - BSs incl BG Coll 4 #259 & 6 #142

HODGE IN LONDON - "John Hodge bid his dad and his mammy good bye" - BSs - UNIVERSAL SONGSTER 1 p250

HOEING - PRISONS (USA)

HOFF CILGERRAN - Welsh Song -- Benjamin Thomas JONES rec by Seamus Ennis, Cardigan 26/11/54: RPL 22830 talk bef

HOFFDER IOLO MORGANNWG - (Iolo's Delight) - Welsh - ALOWON F Y 'NOWLAD ed Nicholas Bennett 1896 -- MABSANT (Susan GEORGE & Stuart BROWN) rec by Bob Partridge, Cardiff 1983: FTX-054

HOG AN TARRY - "baloo bonny" - lullaby - ROUD#13516 - GREIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1555 p109 (1v)

HOG(S)-EYE MAN, THE - "The hog-eye man is the man for me" - Shanty - ROUD#331 - WHALL 1910 p118 - TOZER #44 - SHARP EFSh 1914 p6 - BULLEN-ARNOLD 1914 #20 p19 (1v only) -JFSS 9 p248-9 - JFSS 18 p42-3 - HUGILL SSS 1961 p269 --- SHARP FSSA 1917/32 #250 (vol 2 p360) Miss Lizzie Abner, Oneida School, Clay Co., Ky 1917 "The Hog-eyed Man" -- (a) James DWYER, Glasgow, (b) Andrew SALTERS, Greenock, (c) H J Hammond, Sunderland (d) Thomas Carfrae, Sunderland and (e) John McPherson, South Shields, rec by James Carpenter c1928: FTX-141 - Steve BENBOW: EMI CLP-1603 1963/ FTX-292 - Ian CAMPBELL (group + fid): TOPIC 12-T-110 1964 - STAVERTON BRIDGE rec by PK, Foxhole School, Dartington, Devon 3/7/70 7"RTR#0141/ FTX-144 - JENKINS EAR Guernsey F/Group FGC 269 1992 gift from Sean Laffey CASS-1280 - Danish shanty group: DANSK 2000

HOGAN'S FAVOURITE - Jig -- Seamus ENNIS (U-pipes): TRADITION TLP- 1013 1958 [?] (M)/ EMBER 2054 1964 - Bob RUNDLE (N-pipes) & Tony FRANKLIN (mandolin) rec PK, Devon 1978: FTX-124

HOGEN GOCH, YR - (The Red haired girl) - Welsh -- Ben PHILLIPS "Ben Bach" & Andrew THOMAS (frag with talk) rec by Seamus Ennis, Lochbwrffin, Mathry, Pembrokesh 3/9/53: RPL 20192/ FTX-052

HOGMANAY - GET UP GUDE WIFE - HAGMENA SONG - NEW YEAR

HOGMANAY JIG, THE - comp by Andrew Rankine -- Will ATKINSON (harmonica), Northumberland: TOPIC 12-TS-267 1975/ TOPIC TSCD- 669 1998 Northern Dances aft "A M Shinnie" & bef "Elizabeth Adair"

HOGRAH MOOR - BAYSDALE

HOGYN AMAETHWR - (The Farmer's Boy) - Welsh -- John ROWLANDS rec by PK & Alan Lomax, Treorchy Miner's Club, Rhondda, S Wales 1953: FTX-055

HOIST AWAY YOUR TOPSAILS - "My ship she's a new ship" Ch: " - while your ship she rolls heavily - ye sons of the sea" - "All ships have a mainsail - every girl has a -" Cf EVERY GOOD SHIP - McCOLL/ SEEGER Ben Bright p14

HOIST HER UP FROM DOWN BELOW - "Turkey buzzard fly so high"- FMJ 1998/7/4 p477 -- J S SCOTT, rec by James M Carpenter, London c1928: FTX-141

HOIST UP THE JOHN B SAIL - JOHN B SAIL

HOKEY DAY - GUILDEN MORDEN

HOKEY POKEY or HOKIOKE, THE - "You put your left () in - lh out - in out shake it all about - you do the H P and you turn around - that's what it's all about - O H P" (arms legs ears and whole self) - Children's Ring Game (also became popular with adults in fifties) - BROME: Jovial Crew 1641 "One tool in, the other tool out - and so they dance looby round about" - CHAMBERS 1842 pp65-6 - RITCHIE GC 1965 p168 "Hokey Pokey" - OPIE SG 1985 #110 pp391-8 "Okey Kokey" - affected by Jimmy Kennedy's adaptation of 1941 - tune also used for HEY JOCK MA CUDDY - QUEEN OF KARAOKE (comp by PK) - Cf LOOBY LOO -- rec by Damian Webb, 30/2 Turpin Green Methodist Juniors Leyland Lancs 1969; FTX-196 #6 - rec by DW, Tralee, Co Kerry 1960: IRE/12/ FTX-179 - Nursery Rhymes arr Nigel Pegrum & Vince Cross 1989 CASS-1173 with atmosphere

HOKUM BLUES -- DALLAS STRING BAND Paul OLIVER "Before the Blues"on Radio 2 25/11/87 & 3/12/87: CASS-0431

HOLBECK MOOR COCK FIGHT, THE - COCKFIGHT

(HOLD) HAUD AWA' HAME - Scotch Jig - KERR MM 4 #253 p27 (D)

HOLD ME BEARS -- Dominic BEHAN: DOBELL F-LEUT-4 1962

HOLD MY HAND, LORD JESUS - "There's a race that must be run and a victory to be won - every hour - give me power - to go through" - American Gospel Song - ROUD#7487 - WARNER 1986 #169 p386 -- Sue THOMAS, rec by Frank & Anne Warner 1941, Nag's Head, North Carolina: FTX-926 - Frank WARNER with Jeff & Gerret: MINSTREL JD-204 1976/ APPLESEED APR-CD-1035 2000

HOLD ON - "Some of these days about four o'clock - this old world's going to reel and rock - keep your hand to the plough" - SHARP FSSA 1917/32 #209 p292 Girls at Oneida Institute, Clay Co., Ky 1917 (DC 2004). Adapted and adopted by Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s "Hold on for the prize, hold on"

HOLD THE BONNY LASS - Reel - KENNEDY FTB 2 1997 #68 p18 - KERR MM 4 #53 p8 "Haud the lass till I come at her" - WILSON (Bm) p74 (same title as Kerr)

HOLD THE FORT - "We meet today in Freedom's cause and raise our voices high" -"Union men be strong" - ROUD#1774 - Like OLD MAN'S ADVICE this was printed in the National Agricultural Labourers & Rural Worker's Union Song Book - It is based on an American hymn by Philip Paul Bliss c1870 -- Jon RAVEN (unacc) with Nic JONES & Tony ROSE: LEADER LER-2083 1973 - Walter PARDON, rec by Michael Yates, Knapton, Norfolk: HOME MADE MUSIC LP-301 1984

(HOLD) HAAD DA THAG TA DA GIBBLE - Shetland -- THE SHETLAND FIDDLERS Willie Barclay & John HENDERSON: LEADER LED-2052 1973 with "Da Crib and da capstan"

HOLD UP AT EUGOWRA ROCK, THE - Australian Outlaw Ballad "It's about Frank Gardiner (alias Francis Christie known as Prince of Tobaymen) Ch" You can sing of Johnny Gilbert, Dan Morgan & Ben Hall, but the bold and reckless Gardiner he's the boy to beat em all" -- A L LOYD: TOPIC 12-TS-203 1971

HOLD UP THY HAND, DEAR JUDGE - MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS

HOLD YOUR HAND OUT, NAUGHTY BOY - Music Hall Song popularised by Florrie Ford -- SAYDISC SDL-232 1972 cass: Penny piano

HOLDEN'S HORNPIPE - Tunebook Ms (D) #1 p85 - KENNEDY FTB 1998 #80 p23 (A/A/A)

HOLE IN HER STOCKING - "In London once as I've heard say" - ROUD#3562 - BSs incl BG Coll. 4 #339 & 5 #203

HOLE IN MY BUCKET, THE - SPIN 8/4 p27

HOLE IN OUR BACKYARD, THE - comp by Roger Watson -- Roger WATSON with Helen & John ADAMS: TRADITIONAL SOUND TSR-017 1974

HOLE IN THE WALL, THE - Bawdy Song - SHE WAS A QUEER ONE

HOLE IN THE WALL - Clog Dance - KERR MM 2 #419 p47 (Am)

HOLE IN THE WALL, THE - Playford Dance -- Helen KENNEDY (conc) with Peter KENNEDY (gtr) rec by PK, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1961: FTX-041 - John KIRKPATRICK (3 row acc): LEADER LER-2033 1972 - Giles FARNABY'S DREAM Band: ARGO ZDA-158 1972 - TROTTO: FOREST TRACKS FT-6004 cass/ FREE REED FRR-005 1976

HOLE OF HORCUM, THE - comp by GM about local custom 1965 -- Graeme MILES: FTX-226

HOLES IN THE ROAD - comp by BW as comment on excessive roadworks -- Bernard WRIGLEY (Voc/ gtr): TOPIC 12-TS-241 1974

HOLEY HA'PENNY - Slip Jig -- Tom CLOUGH (N-pipes) rec 1929: TOPIC 12-T-283 1976 - Billy PIGG (N-pipes): LEADER LEA-4006 1971 & TOPIC 12-TS-227 1974 - Kathryn TICKELL (N-pipes) on Radio 2 15/5/91 CASS-1020 bef "Tyne Bridge Hornpipe" (with band) - Billy PIGG (N-pipes) SMITHSONIAN-FOLKWAYS SFW-40473 1999 aft "Archie's Fancy"

HOLIDAYS - WEEKEND SONG - WORKS OUTING -- Oscar BRAND: CAEDMON TC-1505 Singing Holidays - Fred ROOKE (comp) Norfolk: FTX-044

HOLLAND - AWAY UP IN HOLLAND (K) - CORK LEG - I AM A LITTLE DUTCH GIRL (K) - OLD DUTCH CHURN (Triple jig) -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

HOLLAND GREEN - "There's nae a tree in a' the wid" "I wonder what does ail my love" - ROUD#5658 - sung by David KENNEDY (1825-1887) - GREIG-DUNCAN 2 pp459-463

HOLLAND GROWS SO GREEN - MASKIN' RUNG-O

HOLLAND HANDKERCHIEF, THE - SUFFOLK MIRACLE

HOLLANDS LEAGUER, THE - "Yes it is certain the truth is spoken - new order" - Marching Song -- SONGWAINERS (with drum & tambourine): ARGO ZFB-31 1971

HOLLANTIDE - HALLOWEEN - HOP-TU-NAA - MAN

HOLLER (i.e.Field Holler) - see PRISON - USA

HOLLOMAN'S IVY - ACRE OF LAND

HOLLOWAY - London - SHOOTING GOSCHEN'S COCK-UPS

HOLLY AND IVY, THE - HOLLY TREE CAROL

HOLLY AND THE IVY, THE - comp by FR -- Fred ROOKE rec 1974: FTX-046 (Talk bef about folklore legends)

HOLLY BUSH, THE - Reel - FELDMAN p238 (A) from Peter Turbit, Donegal

HOLLY TREE, THE - GELYNEN

HOLLY TREE CAROL, THE - "The holly and the ivy" - ROUD#514 - Birmingham Broadside: Wadsworth c1710 - SANDYS CC 1833 p121 - Good Christmas Box 1847 #1 pp57-58 - SYLVESTER Christmas Carols 1861 p141-4 (first publ) - HUSK Songs of the Nativity 1868 p128-132 - Baring-Gould Vl2 #118 - SHARP-KARPELES 1974 II #353 p46-4 (4var) - SHARP EFC 1911 - OXFORD Carols 1928 #38 coll Sharp Glos - DUNSTAN 1929 p89 broadside with French tune p123 "The St Day Carol" - JFSS 33 1929 p113 Thomas & Alice Rundle, Camborne (and p111 has Cherry Tree Carol, with Holy Tree chorus - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #93 St Day Carol transl into Cornish by Tyrvab (W Daniel Watson): "'Ma Grun War 'n Gelynen" - PELMEAR Carols of Cornwall 1982 p5-- Peter JONES rec by Maud Karpeles & Pat Shaw, Bromsash, Nr Ross, Herefordsh 18/8/52: RPL 18619/ FTX-504 "The Holly & the Ivy" - John THOMAS rec by PK, Camborne, Cornwall 1956 - SKINNER'S BOTTOM GLEESINGERS rec by PK, Redruth 22/11/56: RPL LP 25653 "St Day Carol"/ FTX-010 & FTX-218 sung in Cornish - Richard GENDALL (voc/gtr): FTX-009 sung in Cornish - WATERSONS: TOPIC 12-T-136 1965 Dunstan version - CLANCY BROTHERS (Tom, Pat, Liam & Bob): SHENACHIE 52017 1987 "The Holly Tree" - Maddy PRIOR & CARNIVAL Band: SAYDISC SDL-366 1988 2 versions: "The Holly bears a berry" (St Day) & "The Holly & the Ivy" (Peter Jones) - Haddo House Choir, Aberdeen/ SKINNERS BOTTOM GLEE SINGERS in RPL Prog 1957 "Sing Christmas" ROUNDER-CD-11661-1850-2 2000 - PUZZLEJUG "Let us be merry" PJ3 1996 (coll from the Hill family at Bromsberrow Heath)--- Jean RITCHIE (voc with recorder) & Robert ABRAMSON (harpsichord) rec David Hancock: TRADITION TLP-1031 1959 (Cornish) "The Holly bears a berry" - Jean RITCHIE family & friends GREENHAYS GR-90717 1987 CASS-60- 0792

HOLLY TWIG, THE - WEEK'S WORK WELL DONE

HOLLYFORD JIG, THE - Co Tipperary - Jig - O'NEILL (not in MOI) DMI #362 (D) 3pts

HOLLYWOOD BEBOPPER'S BALL, THE - "Waltzing around with Matilda" Vaudeville Song -- Mike WATERSONS (unacc) rec Farnham Folk Day on Radio 2 4/1/83 CASS-15-0788

HOLM JIG - comp by RA -- Ronald AIM (fid) & William CLYNE (gtr) rec by PK, Kirkwall, Orkney 16/7/55: RPL 22725

HOLMBECK HUNTING SONG, THE - "One morning last winter to H there came" - KIDSON EPS 1929

HOLME VALLEY - Denby Dale, Yorksh -- HOLME VALLEY BEAGLES: LEADER LEE-4056 1975 - VWM Lib cass "Will's Barn" on Radio 2 1/4/87: CASS-90-0567

HOLME'S FANCY -- Anthony & Carole ROBB (N-pipes), Colin ROSS (fid),Alistair ANDERSON (Engl conc): TOPIC 12-TS-278 1978 bef "Stagshaw Bank Fair" & "Lasses, pass the brandy"

HOLMFIRTH ANTHEM, THE - THROUGH THE GROVES

HOLST, Gustav -- Douglas KENNEDY talks about his interest in folk music and that of his daughter, Imogen: FTX-481-493

HOLY FRIAR, THE - "I am a friar of orders grey" - Many BSs

HOLY GRAIL, THE -- Matthew SPRING (Cornwall) FTX-128 - Bob STEWART: TRIPLE M/ CASS-0360 "Quest-Heritage Tour" narrated by Howard Goorney

HOLY GROUND, THE - SAILOR'S FAREWELL

HOLY LAND - Reel -- THE BOTHY BAND rec Kilburn National 24/7/78 / Strange Fruit SFRSCD-063 1996 aft "Enchanted Lady"

HOLY MOSES, I AM DYING - "send for the doctor before I die" -- Dominic BEHAN of Dublin: TOPIC 12-T-41

HOLY WATER - Words: Herrick/ Tune: Anon -- STAVERTON BRIDGE rec by PK, Foxhole School, Dartington, Devon 3/7/70 7"RTR-0140/ FTX-144

HOLY WELL, THE - "As it fell out" - ROUD#1697 - "The Christmas Box" p43 - SANDYS 1833 (w/o) - SYLVESTER 1861 p32 - HUSK 1868 p91 & p196 (w/o) - SHARP-KARPELES 1974 2 #360 p479-84 5var - JFSS 14 1910 p26-8 & JFSS 18 p1-6 Sharp - LEATHER FLH 1912 p186 coll RVW (2 tunes) - OXFORD Carols 1928 #56 (2 Heref versions coll RVW) - Cf THE BITTER WITHY -- Charlotte Smith (gypsy), rec by PK, Tarrington, nr Ledbury, Herefordsh 14/10/52: RPL 18690/ FTX-504 - Ewan MacCOLL: RIVERSIDE RLP-12-629 1956 (coll by CJS & RVW) - Wiggy SMITH (gypsy): TOPIC TSCD-661 Travellers "High-low well"/ PUZZLEJUG "Let us be merry" CD-PJ3 1996 (coll by Gwilym Davies & Paul Burgess from Wiggy Smith) --- Jean RITCHIE (voc with bass recorder) & Robert ABRAMSON (harpsichord) rec David Hancock: TRADITION TLP- 1031 1959

HOME - see also HOMESICKNESS - I'M GOIN HOME - IT'S NICE TO HAVE A HOME OF YOUR OWN - MY OWN DEAR HOME - NO PLACE LIKE HOME

HOME BREWED - "There's nothing like my own chimney nook" Ch: "Fetch me a mug of Home Brewed" -- Wrigley's arr of local poem by Ben Brierley -- Bernard WRIGLEY (with bass conc): LOOFY LOO-006 1984 cass

HOME CAME OUR GOOD MAN - BACK OF THE CHANGE HOUSE

HOME DEAR HOME - "Some says this is a bonny place when heather it's in bloom" or "There was a fair damsel in London did dwell" or "Who wouldn't be a sailor?" Ch "The Oak and the Ash ("OATA")and the bonny elm (or rowan tree - they're all a- growing green in my own counterie" - or "Home, boys, home" - LAWS #K-43 ABBB 1957 p162 "Home dearie, Home" (or "Bell-bottom Trousers") ("BBT") - ROUD#532 - CHAPPELL PMOT 1858 456-8, 782, 794 Tune used is "Goddesses" from Playford or "Quodlings Delight" in Fitzwilliqam Virginal Book - BRUCE-STOKOE 1882 - SMITH MOW 1886 - BROADWOOD ECS 1893 - STOKOE-REAY 1899 - DUNCAN Minstrelsy of Scotland 1909 - GREIG-DUNCAN Coll 1995 vol 5 1057 pp545-553 14var 5v11m incl "The North Country Maid" titled "My Ain Country" - SHARP-KARPELES 1974 #178 (2 versions) - DUNCAN Ms W478/ M123 "My Ain Countrie" (3v) - GREIG FSNE 1914 #135 (3 unusual var) - COLCORD R&G 1924 - REEVES IOP 1958 #81 p181 Sharp - REEVES EC 1960 #112 Wm Chubb, Beaminster, Dorset 1906 (w/o) "H dearest H" - HUGILL SSS 1961 p498 - SPIN 6/4 p8-9 from Hugill - PURSLOW MB 1965 p42 Hammond: Wm Chubb "H Dearest H" - SEDLEY 1967 Hammond tune - RUGBY SONGS 1967 p41 "Once there was a servant girl whose name was Mary Jane" (Rosemary Lane) - CRAY Bawdy Ballads 1969 p32 "BBT" - STUBBS LOM 1970 p54 Jack Arnoll, Three Bridges, Sussex 1960 "The OATA" - HOWSON SSIS 1992 p38 Ted Chaplin, Mellis, Suffolk (w/o) "The OATA" --- HENRY FSSH 1938 pp158-160 Mrs Samuel Harmon, Tenn "H daughter H"/ C L Franklin, NC (w/o) 1930 "Home in the Old Country" -- Cf ROSEMARY LANE - UNDERNEATH HER APRON -- (a) William RENNIE, South Shields & (b) James Forman & Ch, Leith, rec by James M Carpenter c1928: FTX-142 - Charlie WILLS rec by PK, Symondsbury, Bridport, Dorset 19/10/52: RPL 18692 & again in 1963 on a visit with Cyril Tawney/ FTX-097 & FTX-515/ FTX-310 - A-ROVING 1968 #4/ LEADER LEA-4041 1972 "The Oak and the Ash" - Edgar BUTTON rec by PK, Thebburton, Leiston, Suffolk 16/7/56: RPL LP 23100/ FTX-040 "OATA" - Bob ROBERTS rec by PK 1958: FTX-208 "Mary the servant girl" (Rosemary Lane)/ rec by Tony Engle 1947: TOPIC 12-TS-361 "BBT" - (DUBLINERS: TRANSATLANTIC 1962) ? - CLANCY Brothers & Tommy MAKEM: CBS-63249 1968 - YETTIES: ARGO ZFB-38 1972/ YETTIES RPL Radio 2 18/11/87: CASS 60-0556 - Jumbo BRIGHTWELL rec by Keith Summers, Leiston, Suffolk: TOPIC 12-TS-375/ TSCD-652 1998 "The O&ATA" - Arthur LANE, rec by Fred Hamer, Hungerford, Shropsh 21/1/68: EFDSS VWML-003 1989 cass "BBT" - BARNBRACK Irish Party Sing-Song: CASS-60-0926 nd "Home, boys, home"

HOME ON THE RANGE - "O give me a home where the buffalo roam" - ROUD#3599 - similar tune used for Australian Bush Song: THEN GIVE ME A HUT IN MY OWN NATIVE LAND

HOME RULER, THE - Hornpipe - SHASKEEN 2 #57 p43 alt: "The Hangman's Noose" or "McCollum's" - SULLIVAN 2 #45 p19 from Sean O Riada - TWEED p38 (D) "Frank McCollum's" alt: "Pat Galvin's"

HOME SWEET HOME - "Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam" - ROUD#9597 - Many BSs incl BG Coll 1.1 #201, 1.2 #76, 2 #185 7 #229 - UNIVERSAL SONGSTER 1 p114 - BAYARD DTF #367 p359 fiddle version - KENNEDY FTB 2 1954 p33/ 1994 #144 p37 "No place like home" in Waltz- time (G) - KERR MM 1 #35 p46 Duet with "German Schottische" & KERR MM 2 #436 p50 4pts (G) 3/8 "Home Waltz" - HE WENT IN LIKE A LION - HEAVENLY SWEET HOME - I WANDERED BY THE BROOKSIDE - MY OWN DEAR HOME - PAUL PRY (Jig) -- Sid GUTTERIDGE (Variations on whistle), rec by PK, West Lavington, Wiltsh 1954: FTX-406 - Leo ROWSOME & Sean SEERY (U- pipes) rec by PK, "Fladh Ceol" Clones, Co Monaghan 18/5/64 (Similar Air): on large Studio reel with John Henry (fid) etc./ FTX-172 - YETTIES Roger TRIM on (musical saw) on Radio 2 rec 2/12/87 : CASS-60-0554 - children's choir rec by AL, La Plaine, Dominica 25/6/62: ROUNDER 1724 1994

HOMELAND - Song by DMcL -- Dougie McLEAN (v/gtr): CASS-30-0702 with talk

HOMES OF DONEGAL - see HILLS OF DONEGAL -- BARNBRACK Irish Party Sing-Song: CASS-60-0926 & 0927 nd

HOMESICKNESS - I WANNA GO HOME (K) - TOMKINS WAS A TRAVELLER

HOMEWARD BOUND - NOW WE STEER OUR COURSE FOR HOME

HOMEWARD BOUND - "Our anchors are weighed and our sails unfurled" - Ch:"Hurrah, my boys, we're H B" - ROUD#927 - BARING GOULD Ms - WHALL SS&S 1910 pp5-7 ("At the Blackwall Docks we bid adieu") London - GRAINGER #213 Charles Rosher, Chelsea, London 1907 - WILLIAMS #88 George Grubb, Ewen, Gloucestersh (w/o) "When we are HB" - SHAY 1925 p135 (w/o) - HUGILL SSS 1961 p541 & p40 - PALMER RVW 1983 pp103-4 Mrs Betty Howard, Kings Lynn, Norfolk 1905 - PALMER OBSS 1986 #86 p187 Stone/ Gilchrist ms --- McKENZIE BSSNS 1928 p267 Daniel Heighton (w/o) - CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 pp75-76 Ben Henneberry - GREENLEAF NFL 1933 p336 -- James WRIGHT, rec by James Carpenter, Leith 11928 - Stanley SLADE, rec by PK, Bristol 1950: FTX-207 - Bob ROBERTS rec by Alan Lomax, Ipswich, Suffolk 12/7/56 - Tim "Paddy" WALSH rec by Cyril Tawney, Devonport 4/5/60: RPL LP 26311/ FTX-206 - Jack CHEESEMAN, rec by PK, London 1960 - THE SHANTEYMEN: ALLEGRO ALL-879 1968 Instrum medley aft "Life on the ocean wave" & "Sally Brown" - Cyril TAWNEY: ARGO ZFB-9 1970 "Outward Bound" from BG Ms - THE YETTIES: ARGO ZFB- 86 1973

HOMOSEXUALITY - CLARENCE

HONDURAS - Central America - Recordings - see AREA Listing--

HONEST COUNTRYMAN, THE - "For Oh the HC speaks truly from the heart" - WILLIAMS #574 (w/o)

HONEST LABOURER, THE - NOBLEMAN AND THE THRESHER

HONEST MAN, THE - I'LL LAY YE DOON, LOVE

HONEST PLOUGHMAN, THE - "Come all jolly husbandmen" - relate the life of a ploughman - ends day in the Union House" - ROUD#619 - BARRETT EFS 1891 - RICHARDS-STUBBS EFS 1979 p182 from Sharp Ms - Cf HUSBANDMAN & SERVANTMAN

HONEST THIEVES - Reel - MITTEL #45 p17 (D) 3pts

HONEYMOON - FUNNY LITTLE PLACE TO HAVE ONE

HONEYMOON REEL, THE - & Country Dance - GIBLIN #34 p22 (G) - HAYWOOD #11 p36 (A) - KENNEDY FTB 1 1951 17/ 1994 #68 p19 (G) - KERR MM 2 #303 p33 (Am) - Tunebook Ms (D) #160 p323 - MITCHELL & SMALL #13 pp52-3 3pts from Patsy Touhey (U-pipes) - O NEILL DMI #791 (#A) (not in MOI) "The Honeymoon Reel" alt: "Girl from the country", Ha'penny Reel" "Rodney's" - WILSON p111 (D) - see RODNEY SO BOLD --GLENSIDE CEILI BAND: TRANSATLANTIC TRA-159 1967 with "Limestone Rock" & "Tom Ward's Downfall"

HONEYSUCKLE, THE - Hornpipe - O'NEILL MOI #1653/ DMI #874 (#D)

HONEYSUCKLE AND THE BEE, THE - Music Hall Song popularised by Ellaline Terris -- SAYDISC SDL-232 1972 (S) cass: Musical Box (2var)

HONEYSUCKLE RAG -- Taylor KIMBLE (fid) with THE KIMBLES (fid, banjo, gtr, auto-harp & bass), Carroll Co, Virginia USA MOUNTAIN MUSIC 4174 1974

HONG KONG - Recordings - see AREA Listing

HONK HONK HERE COMES A TAXI-CAB - BUMP BUMP HERE COMES A TAXI-CAB

HONITON LACE - comp by MG to an adapted trad tune -- Martin GRAEBE rec by PK, Dartington, Devon 1975: FTX-049

HONOUR, HONOUR -- The Belleville Acapella Choir rec by Alan Lomax, Va. USA Apr 1960: ROUNDER CD-1711 1998/ RPL LP 26146

HONOUR THE LAMB - The Belleville Acapella Choir rec by Alan Lomax, Va. USA Apr 1960: ROUNDER CD-1711 1998

HONOURABLE MISS BULLER'S, THE - Reel - KENNEDY FTB 2 1997 #69 p18 (D) - KERR 3 #4 p3 "The Honourable Miss Rollo" - Tunebook Ms (D) #191 p332

HONOURABLE Miss DRUMMOND - Miss DRUMMOND

HONOURABLE Mrs MOLL'S REEL, THE - Mrs MOLL'S

HOOCH ON, MY BONNY LASS - "and fair got ye the bairn?" 1v sung to tune of "The Smith's a gallant fireman" -- Frank STEELE of Whitehills rec by Hamish Henderson, Banff 1952: TANGENT TNGM-109

HOOCHIE COOCHIE - TURKEY IN THE STRAW

HOOK AND THE STRAW, THE - Reel -- Simon DOHERTY (fid) (brother of John & Mickey) rec by PK, Glenties, Co Donegal 11/8/53: RPL 19594/ FTX-273

HOOKER JOHN - Sea Shanty - HUGILL SSS 1961 p291

HOOKEY PIN - comp by FR - Fred ROOKE rec 1974: FTX-046

HOOLEY - HANNIGAN'S HOOLEY

HOOLEY AND FAIRLY - "Down in yon meadow a couple did tarry - the gude wife drunk nothing but wine and Canary" Ch: "H & F, H & F - O gin my wifie wid drink, H & F" - Scots Drinking Song - ROUD#5654 - Earliest copy: "The Drunken Wife o' Gallowa'" 1751 - GREIG- DUNCAN III 1987 #584 (3var) - MacCOLL-SEEGER SI 1977 p324-6 from Marie Robertson

HOOLIGAN JIG, THE - HULLICHAN

HOOP DE DOODEN DO - Song tune - WESTROP #43 p15 (C) 2/4 Country Dance

HOOPS - Playground & Street Game with skimmer - OPIE CGWT 1997 pp9-16 - Recordings - see SUBJECTS Listing

HOORAY LES FILLES - French sea shanty -- John Wright with JENKIN'S EAR, Guernsey F/Group rec 1994: CASS-1301

HOOTENANNY - see SPIN 3/1 Pete Seeger/ 3/2 Note by A L Lloyd

HOP ALONG LET'S GET HER - Hauling & lifting shanty -- Henry MORRISON & John DAVIS with Group A Georgia Sea Island Singers rec by Alan Lomax, St Simon's Island, Ga. USA Oct 1959: ROUNDER CD-1713 1998

HOP BITTERS, THE - Hornpipe - KOHLER 1 p8 (Bb & F)

HOP HOP HOP - "Down to the Baker's Shop - buy me a loaf of bread - so my mother said" - Children's Hopping song - ROUD#12979 - GREIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1612 p171 after one verse of "Green green the grass is green" - RITCHIE GC 1965 p111 - OPIE SG 1985 #90 pp347-9 "The Butcher's Shop" -- rec by Alan Lomax Norton Park School Edinburgh 1952: FTX-181/ rec by James Ritchie 16/12/53: RPL 19925 "Down to the baker's shop" - Oldham TINKERS: TOPIC 12-T-188 1968 "Hop hop hop" - children rec by Diane Hamilton, Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary 1961: RTR-0381 "Around to the butcher's shop" - CLANCY Grandchildren rec Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary: PICKWICK Hallmark CHM-630 1968 "Butcher's Shop" aft "Shelley Kee Bookey"

HOP JIGS - TRIPLE JIGS

HOP, OLD RABBIT, HOP - "Yonder comes a little man a-riding by - says old man, your horse'll die" Cf POOR OLD MAN - DEAD HORSE SHANTY -- Horton BARKER (blind singer) Va, USA: FOLKWAYS FA-2362 1962

HOP OLD SQUIRREL - HUNT THE SQUIRREL

HOP PICKING - Phoebe SMITH (Talk) - BUSHEL OF HOPS - HARTLAKE BRIDGE (Drowning) - HOPPING DOWN IN KENT - HOPS PEAS AND BARLEY-O (K) - IRISH HOP-PICKERS (Triple Jig) - IRISH HOP-POLE PULLER

HOP-TU-NAA - Hollantide (Nov 11th) Custom in Isle of Man - MOORE 1896 - MacLAGEN Games of Argyllshire FLS 1900 - JFSS 28 1924 p174 3 tunes from Moore and Clague Coll - JFSS 30 1926 p312 Mona Douglas - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #79 Douglas from children Lezayre 1925 - Recordings - see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

HOP TUB, THE -- Frank CHAMBERLAYNE rec by Peter Duddridge 1964

HOP UP, MY LADIES - (possibly related to "Sail away, Ladies" ) -- Jean RITCHIE (voc/dulc) with Roger SPRUNG (fid): RIVERSIDE RLP-12-260

HOPE BOWDLER - Shropshire - NEW YEAR CAROL

HOPE, THOU NURSE - Tunebook Ms 3/4 (D) #115 p215 (I'd be a butterfly)

HOPETON HOUSE - Song Air - Tunebook Ms 4/4 (G) #74 p198

HOPETOUN HOUSE - Highland/ Reel - situated in West Lothian - BREATHNACH CRE 1 #177 p70 "The Ranting Widow" & 2 #292 p148 "Untitled" - COTTER #40 p66 - FLAHERTY p120 - KENNEDY FTB 2 1997 #70 p19 (Em) alt: "A short way to Heaven" - Tunebook ms #20 p273 (Em) "Hopeton House" - O'NEILL MOI #1217 & DMI #494 "The Youngest Daughter" & Cf MOI #1221 & DMI #498 "KItty Losty's Reel" & MOI #1243 & DMI #516 "The Mountain Lark" - SHASKEEN CRD #27 p20 "The Tap Room" or "District Nurse"

HOPKIN'S FANCY - Jig - MITTEL #16 p7 (A) written as duet

HOPPING DOWN IN KENT - "Now some says hopping's lousy" - ROUD#1715 - FMJ 1975 p66-8 coll Mike Yates from Mary Ann Haynes & further version - RICHARD-STUBBS EFS 1979 coll Ken Stubbs from Loney Saunders/Fuller, Lingfield, Surrey 1967 -- Phoebe SMITH rec by PK, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1962: FTX-100 (1 v & ch only) - Louise FULLER (nee Saunders): TOPIC 12-TS-285 1976 - Mary Ann HAYNES rec by Mike Yates: TOPIC 12-TS-395 1985/ TSCD-655

HOPPING THE BOG -- The Jim CAMPBELL BAND "Songs for dancing" Scottish Dance Party: MILLER MER 356 1972

HOPPITY HOPPITY - Triple Jig - DROPS OF BRANDY

HOPPITY SKIPPETY - "Into the pytle and out of the pan" - ROUD#9498 - Song comp by PH about a lamb getting out of the lambing yards into the pitle alongside -- Phil HAMMOND (unacc & with mel), rec by PK, Morston, Holt, Norfolk 3/11/52: RPL 18702 with talk & tune on melodeon

HOPS, PEAS AND BARLEY-O - OATS, PEAS, BEANS & BARLEY GROW

HOPSA LISELLA -- Joy HYMAN & Jennifer RICE (voc/gtrs) rec London 1961: RPL LP 27099

HOP SCOTCH POLKA -- The Jim CAMPBELL BAND "Songs for dancing" Scottish Dance Party: MILLER MER 356 1972

HOPSCOTCH - Kids Pattern Game with puck - RITCHIE GC Ch6 p96ff gives good illustr & descr - Talk about squares and "whirleys" and arguments about how it should be played - Recordings - see SUBJECTS Listing

HORI HORO -- Shirley COLLINS with John HASTED (banjo), Ralph RINZLER (gtr), Guy Carawan (gtr) rec by PK 1958 (ARGO): SEE FOR MILES SEE-212 1987

HORI HORO MO NIGHNEAG - Scots Gaelic -- Isabella Margaret Mc IVER rec Lewis 5/7/58: RPL LP 24972

HORKSTOW GRANGE - "In Horkstow Grange there lived an old miser" - ROUD#1760 -- George GOULDTHORPE, rec by Percy Grainger, Lincs 1908: FTX-135/ LEADER LEA-4050 1972 - Shirley COLLINS (voc + fid/ch): TOPIC 12- TS-238 1974

HORN & TRUMPET - -- Recordings - see INSTRUMENTS Listing

HORN, BOYS, HORN - "So selfish runs the hare and so cunning runs the fox" - Toast - ROUD#2455 - SIMPSON 1966 p616 "Room for Cuckolds" Hare-hunting Song - SHARP-KARPELES 1974 #265 p217 2var: Oxfordsh & Hampsh 1v - JFSS 8 1927 Sharp: Joseph Alcock, Subford Gower, Oxfordsh 1922 1v/m "So selfish runs the hare" - see also SHEEPSHEARING TOASTS -- Martin CARTHY with ALBION Band: ISLAND HELP- 25 1976

HORN DANCE - ABBOTS BROMLEY (Staffordshire) Custom

HORN FAIR - "As I was a-riding all on to H F" - ROUD#2482 - JFSS 8 1906 p204 coll RVW Kingsfold, Sussex (3rd verse given in FMJ 1976 p151) - JEFDSS 1955 p253 Enernoe - JEFDSS 1957 p105 coll Collinson with article by S Godman - ARTHUR 1970 p16 Charlton "Horn Fair" - FMJ 1976 p150-1 Janet Blunt (no source) - PALMER 1983 coll RVW #92 p142 - see HORNCASTLE FAIR

HORN HORNPIPE - KERR MM 3 #361 p40 (Bb)

HORN OF CHASE, THE - "To join the chase at break of day" - BSs incl BG Coll 3 #123 - Tunebook Ms 3/4 (D) #101 p209

HORN OF THE HUNTER, THE - or "John Peel's Echo" - Ch: "The horn of the hunter's now silent" - ROUD#1859 - Peter Morris said it was composed by Jackson Gillbanks - ED&S Mag 31-2 Summer 1969 p58 coll Geoffrey Wood from 6 versions - BONNIE ANNIE used for JOHN PEEL & ARTHUR McBRIDE whereas this has its own tune -- Billy IRVING rec by PK, Cockermouth, Cumb 28/8/59: RPL LP 26582 - Peter MORRIS rec by PK 28-31/8/59: RPL 26583/ FTX-120/ FTX-307 A-ROVING #1 - Billy BOWMAN (accordion) & Jack BOWMAN (banjo) rec by PK, Cockermouth, Cumb 28/8/59: RPL LP 26583/ FTX-120 - Tim HART & Maddy PRIOR: B&C CREST-26 1968 - Fred JORDAN: TOPIC 12- TS-233 1974 learnt at a Folk Club - Tim HART (v/gtr) & Maddy PRIOR (v/gtr) B & C CREST 26-1976/ CASS-45-0852 - Jack EMSON (prec by hunting horn & tallk bef & aft) rec Cumb on Radio 2 12/10/82: CASS-60-0548

HORNCASTLE FAIR - "As I was going to H F" - KIDSON EPS 1929 - Cf HORN FAIR

HORNED HEN, THE - Hornpipe -- AFTERHOURS CASS-60-0920 1989

HORNLESS COW, THE - Reel - O'NEILL MOI #1455/ DMI #686 (D)

HORNPIPE BY MOORHEAD - Tunebook Ms (D) #52 p110

HORNPIPES - (untitled) - COLE pp116-122 - KERR MM 4 #291 p31 (G) "Clog Hornpipe" & MM 4 #299 p31 (G) "Negro Break Down" - MITTEL #67 p25 (D)

HORN & TRUMPET -- Recordings - see INSTRUMENTS Listing

HORO LADI BHIG - (O Little lady) - Milking Song rec S Uist - KENNEDY-FRASER 1 p47 "Eriskay Lullaby"

HORO MO BHOBAG AN DRAIM - Scots Gaelic -- Annie JOHNSTON rec by Seamus Ennis, Barra, Hebrides, June 1955 : RPL LP 23995

HORSE AND JOCKEY - Hornpipe - O'NEILL (not in MOI) DMI #941 (Am)

HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLES - FOUR HORSE CHARABANC - DOWN THE ROAD AND AWAY WENT POLLY - Lucky LUCKHURST: FTX-332 Talk about London

HORSE NAMED BILL, THE - "O I had a horse and his name was Bill" - ROUD#6674 - SANDBURG AS pp340-1 - LOMAX FSNA p135 - see also APRIL FOOL'S DAY -- Shirley COLLINS with Seamus ENNIS (whistle) & Perry FRIEDMAN (banjo) rec by PK, London: EMI CLP-1327 1960/ FTX-093

HORSE RACING - see RACING under SUBJECTS

HORSE TRAMWAY, THE - in Belfast - ROUD#6988 - Tune Cf KNICKERBOCKER LINE -- Robert CINNAMOND, rec by PK & Sean O Boyle, Belfast July 1955: RPL LP 24836 talk bef/ FTX-157

HORSE'S COMPLAINT, THE - "As to your fortune you need not complain" - "you never think of your grey horse I'm sure" - SHARP FSSA #160 Mrs Margaret Jack Dodd, Beechgrove, Va 1918 (4v only)

HORSES - see under SUBJECTS

HORSEGUARD'S BLUE - March -- Bob SMITH'S IDEAL Band rec 1930: TOPIC 12-T-319 1977 incl Swanee Whistle

HORSEMAN FROM MUNSTER, THE - Song in Irish Gaelic -- Peggy SCANLON (Mrs Noone) rec Alan Lomax Coolea Co Cork 1951: 7"RTR- 0590 learned from Dermot O Riordan

HORSEMAN'S WORD, THE - NICKY TAMS (mentioned in song) - TOCHER 43 (1991) pp51-58 Jock Ainslie, of Kippen, Stirlingshire interviewed by Hamish Henderson -- Jimmy MacBEATH (talk): FTX-059 Ploughman's Agreement, Horsebreaking & "The Word"

HORSMONDEN FAIR - nr Tonbridge, Kent -- Tom POTTER (75), rec by PK, Hawkhurst, Kent 4/9/63 RTR-0985/ FTX-428 talk about hop-picking at the Sept Horsmonden Fair but he never went to it, gypsies there

HORSESHOES - GOOD LUCK CHARMS - OMENS

HORSLEY LASSES - Northumbrian Jig from Charlton Memorial Tune Book -- George & John HEPPLE (fid & acc) Haltwhistle, Northumb 1/7/54: TOPIC 12-TS-239 1974

HOS LOS COTH, AN - OLD GREY DUCK

HOSANNA - Carol -- Strolling Wassailers, High Ham, Somerset 20/12/50: RPL 15758 - SPINNERS "The Spinners are in town": FONTANA 6309-014 1970

HOSPITALS - HERE COMES THE NURSE (K) - I HAD THE GERMAN MEASLES - INSIDE A WHITEWASHED HOSPITAL - UNFORTUNATE RAKE

HOSTEL WARDEN, THE - "won't open the door" - comp by GM 1965 about a not too popular warden (see also Dave Goulder Song ?) -- Graeme MILES: FTX-227

HOSTESSES DAUGHTER, THE - LANDLORD'S DAUGHTER

HOT ASHPELT, THE - "Tis lately gone six months ago since I left sweet Bandon Town"- Ch: "You may talk about your tinkers" - ROUD#2134 - CHAPBOOK Vol 3 #5 p19 Scots tinker version from Robin Hutchison - McCOLL SS 1953 p148 1 verse only from his father, William Miller, of Stirling "Hot Asphalte" - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #225 pp506-507 John McLaverty 1952 - Tune: NAPOLEON CROSSING THE ALPS (also used for JOHNNY GET UP FROM THE FIRE) - ROYAL HUNT -- John Mc LAVERTY, rec by PK, Belfast 8/7/52: RPL 18130/ FTX-021 "The Hot Ash Pelt" - Ben BAXTER rec by Seamus Ennis, Southrepps, Norfolk, Oct 1956: RPL 23383/ FTX-234 (chorus only) - Noel MURPHY: FONTANA STL-5496 1969 - RIPLEY WAYFARERS Derbysh: TRADITIONAL SOUND TSR-006 1971 - Ewan MacCOLL: ARGO SPA-A-216 1972 Adapted version used for "Song of the Road" Radio progr - Mrs CROTTY's CEILI Band rec by PK, Totnes, Devon 1980: FTX-250

HOT CANARY -- RONSTEDZ SWING JAZZ rec by PK, Totnes, Devon 1979: FTX-251

HOT CODLINGS - "A little old woman a living she got" - BSs - ASHTON: MSB pp145-6

HOT CROSS BUNS- ROUD#13029 - GREIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1686 p218 - see also GOOD FRIDAY - Recordings - see SUBJECTS Listing

HOT POTATO, THE - BARGAIN WITH ME

HOT PUNCH - Highland Jig - SEATTLE 1990 p33 (G) as played by Joe HUTTON (N-pipes) VWML -- Bob CANN (mel) rec by Tony Engle, South Tawton Devon: TOPIC 12-TS-275 1975 with "Uncle's Jig"/ TSCD-600

HOT STUFF - comp by Sergeant Ned Botwood of 47th Regiment, who was killed in the Battle of Quebec - see also HOW STANDS THE GLASS -- Gerry FOX & the DRUIDS: ARGO ZDA-147 1971 & on SPA-132 1971

HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN TONIGHT - "Come along, get ready - wear your brand new gown" - American Minstrel Song - ROUD##4324 -- Peter PRATT (tune on fid) rec by PK, Toab, Orkney 1955: 5"RTR-1076

HOTCHIE-POTCHIE - KATIE BIRDIE

HOTELIER, L' -- Alan MILLS (Canadian) accomp by Steve BENBOW (gtr) rec by PK, London 15/6/59: FTX-905

HOTELS - GIRL IN THE BIG HOTEL - IN DUBLIN'S BIG TOWN

HOUGH GREEN - Hornpipe - KERR MM 3 #351 p38 (A)

HOUGH'S FAVOURITE - Reel -- James SWIFT (fid) rec New Jersey, NY USA nd "The Wheels of the World" LP MORNING STAR 45001 bef "What ails you?"

HOUND DOG - "Every time I come to town" - LOMAX FSNA pp 278-9 & 311 -- ODETTA rec by Jack Hawkins, San Francisco, USA 1956: TRADITION TLP-1010 1957

HOUNDS AND HARES - HARE HUNTING

HOUNDS ARE ALL OUT, THE - "and the morning shines clear" CH: "My brave boys" - can't get out of bed - ROUD#1869 - FMJ 2:5 1974 pp348-9 #252 Grainger: Joseph Leaning, Brigg, Lincolnsh 1906 "Wharncliffe Highwood" - HUNTING SONGS 1948 #11 p11 (as prev) -- HOLME VALLEY BEAGLES rec by David Bland, Dunford Bridge, Yorksh 1972: LEADER LEE-4056 1975

HOUNDS IN THE MORN - FORKED DEER

HOUNDS OF FILEMORE, THE - "You lads and lasses gay"- SILVERMAN SOI 1991 p54

HOUNSLOW HEATH - TURPIN HERO

HOUSE AND HOME - COME UP AND SEE MY GARRET - I'M A SKYSCRAPER WAIN - HOUSE TO LET - I WANNA GO HOME - MICKEY MOUSE BUILT A HOUSE - MOTHER IN THE KITCHEN - MY FATHER'S HOUSE - MY LITTLE HOUSE - OVER THE GARDEN WALL - STAIR IN OUR HOUSE - SOMEBODYT UNDER THE BED - TING-A-LING the FIRE ALARM - WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

HOUSE CARPENTER, THE - "my own true love" - In the broadside versions, just before marriage, the boy, James Harris ("JH"), is pressed to sea and 3 years later Jane Reynolds (of Plymouth) learns he is dead, so she marries a Ship's Carpenter ("SC") or House Carpenter ("HC") and bearing him 3 children, but after 7 years she is visited by the likeness of James Harris, known as "The Daemon Lover" ("DL") - CHILD #243 "James Harris or The Demon Lover" - ROUD#14 - BSs "The Carpenter's Wife" ("CW")- DEAN-SMITH (notes p80) - PEPYS Ballads 4/ 101 "There dwelt a fair maid in the West" (Jane Reynolds of Plymouth) - BUCHAN 1828 1 214 - ROXBURGHE 1871 - MOTHERWELL 1877 - CHAPPELL NEA 1838 3 p200 - BARING GOULD SOW Rev Ed (Sharp) 1905 #76 "Well met, well met" notes & refs/ Ms #144/ BG-HITCHCOCK 1974 pp20-21 J Paddon, Holcombe Burnell, Devon 1889 "C's Wife" - JFSS 3:11 1907 p84 1907 Hammond: Mrs Russell, Upwey, Dorset 1907 - GREIG-DUNCAN 2 p490 - HENRY SOP #326 12v - REEVES EC 1960 p69 BG J Padden "CW" - SEDLEY 1967 p209 Motherwell - FMJ 1989 p592 David Atkinson: Marriage and Retributon in this ballad --- SHARP FSSA #35 (vol 1 pp244258) 22var: Mrs Mary Sands, Allanstand, NC 1916/ Mrs Sarah Buckner, Black Mountain, NC 1916/ Mrs Bishop, Clay Co., Ky 1909/ Wm Riley Shelton, Alleghany, NC 1916/ Mrs Sylvaney Ramsey, Flag Pond, Tenn 1916/ Frankland B.Shelton, Allanstand, NC 1916/ Mrs Tempa Shelton, Spillcorn, NC 116/ Mrs Jane Gentry, Hot Springs, NC 1916/ Mrs Hester House, Hot Springs, NC 1916/ Mrs Anelize Chandler, Alleghany, NC 1916/ Mrs Addy Crane, Flag Pond, Tenn 1916/ Mrs Addy Crane, Flag Pond, Tenn., 1916/ Miss May Ray, Lincoln Univ., Harrogate, Claiborne Co., Tenn 1917/ Mrs Virginia Bennett, Burnsville, NC 1918/ Mrs Ef Chrisom, Cane Branch, Burnsville, NC 1918/ Mrs Francis Carter, Proctor, Ky 1917/ Mrs Laura Virginia Donald, Dewey, Va 1918/ Mrs Doc Pratt, Hindman, Knott Co., Ky 1917/ Mrs Willie Roberts, Nellysford, Va., 1918/ Studentgs at Berea College, Madison Co., Ky 1918/ Mr H.D.Kinnard, Hindman School, Knott Co., Ky 1917/ Mrs Julie Boone, Micaville, NC 1918 - HUDSON FSM 1936 Mrs Flora Stafford, Swetnam, Mi (w/o)/ Mrs Flowers, Mi (w/o) "HC" - HENRY FSSH 1938 pp113-118 Cleophas L Franklin, NC 1929 "HC" - HENRY FSSH 1938 pp113-118 Ronie Johnson, NC (w/o)/ Cleophas L Franklin, NC 1929/ Hiram Proctor, Tenn 1928/ Tenn (w/o) "HC" - RANDOLPH OFS 1946 1 p166-176 16var Mo & Ark "HC" - HUBBARD BSFU 1961 pp28-31 Mrs Rosina Staley Reber, 1947 "The Ship's C"/ Patricia Clawson, Utah 2var (w/o) "HC" - PARLER ABB 1963 pp26-27 Fred Smith, Ark (w/o) "HC" - CREIGHTON FSSNB 1971 pp14-16 Wm Ireland, Elgin, NB 1954- 60 "HC" - WARNER TAFS 1984 Lena Bourne Fish 1941 -- PEACOCK NFL 1965 p253 "Cabbage and Goose" - WARNER TAFS 1984 #45 p137 Lena Bourne Fish, East Jaffray, NH 1941 "SC" - JAFL 80 #317 1967 James Harris in Britain since Child - BANKS OF GREEN WILLOW - CRUEL SHIP'S CARPENTER - GOSPORT TRAGEDY - UNQUIET GRAVE -- Elizabeth ROBB #335-6 & Alex ROBB #341-2 rec on Dictaphone by James M.Carpenter, N.E.Scotland 1929-35 "DL" -- A L "Bert" LLOYD rec by AL & PK, London 22/4/51: FTX-056/ RIVERSIDE RLP-12-627 1956 "DL" (coll by Hammond) - Ewan McCOLL & Peggy SEEGER: "The Long Harvest" Argo ZDA-67 1967 Hammond, Sharp (Va & Tenn) & Texas Gladden - Cyril TAWNEY: POLYDOR Special 236-577 1969 Baring Gould "CW" - PENTANGLE: TRANSATLANTIC TRA-205 1969 - Mr FOX: TRANSATLANTIC TRA-236 1971 ("HC") - Ewan McCOLL: ARGO ZFB-12 1972 "James Herries" - STEELEYE SPAN; CHRYSALIS CHR-1071 1975 with original music added - SWEENEY'S MEN: TRANSATLANTIC TRA-SAM-37 1976 (from Clarence Ashley) - Paul BELLAMY (v/gtr) with Grimsby BROADSIDE Group rec at Club on Radio 2 9/11/82 CASS-15-0760 - Peter BELLAMY with Anthea, Louis Killen, Bill Shute & Lisa Null, Dave Swarbrick, Watersons, Royston & Heather Wood TOPIC 1979/ FLEDGLING FLE-1002 1992 "Both Sides Now & Then" --- Texas GLADDEN rec by AL: LIB of CONGRESS/ "The Pioneer Strain" broadcast introduced by Alan LOMAX, 1960 rec off air by PK: FTX-902 - Clarence ASHLEY (voc/ 5-str banjo) 1930 (COLUMBIA 15654-D) FOLKWAYS FP-253/ 7"RTR-0306/ FTX-911 "HC" - Rebecca King JONES rec by Frank & Anne Warner 1940: FTX-926/ APPLESEED APR-CD-1035 2000 "HC" (2v) - Pearl BORUSKY rec Wisconsin 1940: AAFS L-57 - Texas GLADDEN rec by Alan Lomax 1941 Va: AAFS L-1 - Lena Bourne FISH rec by Frank & Anne Warner, East Jaffray, NH 1941: FTX-922 - Mrs Oscar Allen Lynchburg Va USA rec by Maud Karpeles, Sept 1950: RPL 17142/ FTX-908 - Roby HICKS rec by Frank & Anne Warner: FTX-923 - Frank PROFFITT rec by Frank & Anne Warner, Beech Mt., Watauga Co., NC 1959: FTX-933 - Jean JENKINS (unacc) rec by PK, London 1957: FTX-915 - Joan BAEZ: VANGUARD SVXL 100 1963/ nd CASS-0813-C60 - La Rena CLARK rec Ont Canada: TOPIC 12-T-140 1965 - Buffy St MARIE rec 1966 RPL Radio 2 8/3/89 CASS-0727-C15 - Doug WALLIN, rec by Mike Yates, Sodom Laurel, Madisob Co, NC 23/5/83 VWML-007 D/CASS-1026 1992 "Crazy about Song"- Texas GLADDEN rec by Moses Asch, NYC 1946 originally on Disc Records: ROUNDER 11661-1800-2 2001

HOUSE I LIVE IN, THE - comp by Allan Robinson for movie starring Lauritz Melchior -- Paul ROBESON with Ch & Orch: PHILIPS GL 5765 1958

HOUSE IN THE GLEN, THE - Jig - MOYLAN 2 #253 p145 (A) 12/8 Slide from John O Leary (melodeon) - O'NEILL MOI #144/ DMI #144 (##A) - Cf LITTLE HOUSE UNDER THE HILL -- Michael HERNON (fid) rec by PK, Belleek, Co Fermanagh 19/7/52: RPL 18545/ FTX-370 bef "Maid at Glenmore" ("The Sylph")

HOUSE OF GRAY, THE - Scotch Jig - KERR MM 4 #255 p28 (Am)

HOUSE OF ILL FAME, THE - "Returning one night from a-walking the street" Ch: "Come home to your brothers and sisters my lass - come home to your father and me - Don't go in that place - twill bring you to disgrace - and drive your poor parents to the grave" - ROUD#5268 - Cf (USA) THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN -- Louisa HOWARD, rec by PK, Suffolk 1956: FTX-099 "House of Ill Flame"(sic)

HOUSE OF SKENE, THE - March - HENDERSON p14 comp by James Davie (Bk 2/ 2nd Series) -- Jim GARSON Trio (fid/ gtr & acc): rec by PK, Dounby, Orkney 12/7/55: RPL 22720 bef "2 Strathspeys"/ FTX-064

HOUSE OF THE LORD, THE - The Belleville Acapella Choir rec by Alan Lomax, Va. USA Apr 1960: ROUNDER CD-1711 1998

HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN, THE - "There is a house in New Orleans" - ROUD#6393 - LOMAX - Cf THE HOUSE OF ILL FAME -- THE ALMANAC SINGERS rec NY 1941-2: PRISM PLATCD 704 2001 - Hally WOOD (V/gtr): ELEKTRA EKL-10 1953 10"LP - Jean JENKINS (voc/ 5-str banjo) rec by PK, London 1957: FTX-915 - Steve BENBOW (voc/gtr) with Vic PITT (bass) rec by PK, London Jan 1959 RTR-0494/ FTX-091 - Roy GUEST & Steve BENBOW FOLK FOUR: SOCIETY SOC=919 1963 - Ronnie GILBERT: VANGUARD SRL-7624 1965 - SNAKEFARM: FROOT-CD-013 1999 "RS"

HOUSE ON THE HILL. THE - LITTLE HOUSE UNDER THE HILL

HOUSE ROUND THE CORNER, THE - HARE IN THE CORN

HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT, THE - "In the merry month of May" - Recitation & also a song in the Royal Navy see Ms from C Leathlkey Nightingale 13/4/52 "House that Jill built" -- Bert Edgecombe, rec by PK at "Village Barn Dance", Kingston, Devon Feb 1951: 72RTR-0008 (hum)/ rec 1952: RPL 19967/ FTX-086 - Joe THOMAS, rec by PK, Constantine, Cornwall 22/11/56: RPL LP 23654/ FTX-218 "Old and New Style" - Charlie WILLS rec by Bill Leader & Robin Teague: TOPIC TSCD-668 1998

HOUSE TO LET -- "apply within - when I go out Mrs - comes in" - Children's Skipping rhyme - RITCHIE GC p132 "Follow-my-leader" type skipping -- rec by Damian Webb, 3/13 St Michaels Juniors Workington 1960: FTX-197 #53 - Ewan McCOLL: TOPIC 12-T-41

HOUSE-VISITING - NIGHT VISITING

HOUSEHOLD REMEDIES - IT'S A WONDER I'M ALIVE TO TELL THE TALE

HOUSEKEEPER, THE - GIRL OF THE BIG HOUSE (Jig)

HOUSEMAID, THE - Jig - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #58 p15 (D) - Tunebook Ms #31 p12

HOUSES IN BETWEEN, THE - IF IT WASN'T FOR THE HOUSES IN BETWEEN

HOUSEWIVE'S CHOICE -- ERIC with Nigel CHIPPENDALE (concertinas): CASS-0484

HOUSEWIFE'S LAMENT, THE - copied from the diary of Mrs Sarah Price of Ottawa, Illinois mid 19th Century -- Peggy SEEGER (voc + 2 gtrs): ARGO ZFB-64 1968

HOUSEWORK - adult - DO, DO PITY MY CASE - IT'S A WONDER I'M ALIVE TO TELL THE TALE - LADY WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY? (McColl/ Seeger) - LINEN SONG - WILLIE WENT TO WESTERDALE - Children - MULBERRY BUSH - DOWN IN THE MEADOW - ONE TWO HOW DO YOU DO?

HOW - "Say how after everything I say" - Kids Word Trickery with actions - OPIE practised since days of Regency -- FTX-198 A/15 (c) girl asks & boy replies

HOW ARE YOU KITTY? - Jig - LEVEY 2 #95 p42-3 (Bb) 3pts "How are you now Kitty?" - O'NEILL MOI #891/ DMI #139 (A) 3pts

HOW CAME THAT BLOOD? - EDWARD

HOW CAN I BE MERRY AND FREE? - "and in my mind contented be" - (Part of Mummers Play ?) - Cf KISSIN'S NAE SIN - RICHARDS-STUBBS EFS 1979 p118 coll by Sharp, Langport, Som

HOW CAN I KEEP MY MAIDENHEAD? - ROUD#13128 - BURNS Merry Muses p166

HOW CAN I LIVE ON THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN? - BONNY BLUE-EYED LASSIE

HOW CAN YE GANG, LASSIE ? - HUNTINGTOWER

HOW CAN YOU LEAD A SINGLE LIFE? - TARRY TROUSERS

HOW COLD THE WINDS DO BLOW - UNQUIET GRAVE

HOW COLD THE WINDS DO BLOW - or JACK THE SHEPHERD - comp by GM --Graeme MILES (v/ banjo): FTX-230

HOW COULD I LIVE? - Gospel -- sung by THE PEERLESS FOUR with gtr rec by Alan Lomax, Norfolk, Va. USA 1960: ROUNDER 1708 1997

HOW COULD THEY KNOW? - (comp by R) -- RUSSCO rec by PK, Dartington, Devon 5/11/75: FTX-094

HOW DO YOU DO? - ONE, TWO, HOW DO YOU DO? - ONE MISTY MOIST MORNING

HOW DO YOU DO? - Party piece forgetting words instead of observing her friends in the audience - some lonely and others "with wives of other chaps" -- Mabel SKELTON, Arbroath, Angus, 14/7/64: RPL 28571

HOW FAR IS'T TO BETHLEHEM? - words by Frances Chesterton Music "Stowey" trad coll Sharp publ OXFORD book of Carols OUP 1928

HOW FIVE AND TWENTY SHILLINGS WERE EXPENDED IN ONE WEEK - "It's of a tradesman and his wife -" Ch: "She reckoned up and showed him -" - PALMER TOTT 1974 p183 text: Bs by Pratt of Birmingham & Birt of London/ tune: "A nutting we will go"

HOW GALLANTLY HOW MERRILY - "we ride along the sea" - ROUD#2457 - FMJ 2:5 1974 pp347-8 #267 Grainger: George Wray, Brigg, Lincolnsh 1906 "The Shark"

HOW GEORGE WRAYFORD WAS BESTED - Dialect Recit by A J Coles ("Jan Stewer") -- Mabel GOODWIN rec by PK, Harberton, Devon 1978: FTX-412

HOW GRAND AND HOW BRIGHT - "was that wonderful night" - ROUD#3185 - ED&S 35:4 1973 p142 Lucy Broadwood: Bill Perks (w) & Alfred White (m), Eckington, Worcestersh 1907

HOW GREEN YOU ARE - "how silly, stupid etc - you are" - to the tune of "Aul Lang Syne"
-- Anita WILKINS (14) & other children, rec by Alan Lomax, Brick Kiln village, Nevis, 1962: ROUNDER CD-1716 1997

HOW HAPPY IS THE MAN - HAIL THE NEW DAY

HOW HAPPY IS THE MAN - "that is free from all care" - ROUD#1230 - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 p43 #37 James Midwinter, Aldsworth, Gloucestersh 4v (w/o)

HOW HAPPY THE SOLDIER WHO LIVES ON HIS PAY - Jig - WESTROP #84 p29 (G)

HOW WE HAPPY WE LIVED THEN - GRAINGER ONS#38/ RNS #24 John Collinson, Lirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland 1905

HOW I COULD RIDE? - "if I had but a horse/ bridle/ saddle/ spurs" - ROUD#1231 - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 p47 'Wassail' Harvey, Cricklade, Wiltsh 4v (w/o)

HOW I LONG TO GET MARRIED - O DEAR

HOW I LOVE THE LADIES - "their rosy cheeks to buss" Ch: "For 'tis my delight of a shiny night to kiss the charming fair" (uses the tune of "The Poacher") - Thomas Ford of Chesterfield 1830s (Palmer Reprint 2001) p10

HOW IMPERFECT IS EXPRESSION - Song Air - UNIVERSAL SONGSTER 3 p264 - AIRD 3 p202 - Tunebook Ms 4/4 (D) (duet arr) #162 p236

HOW LONG? -- Memphis SLIM UNITED ARTISTS UAL-3050 1959

HOW LONG BLUES - comp by Leroy Carr of Tennessee - see also NEW CARELESS LOVE & RED CROSS STORE -- AFS 6502-A3/ Brownie McGHEE (voc & gtr) with Sonny TERRY (harmonica) & Leadbelly (voc & gtr) rec by Alan Lomax, Washington DC May 1942: ROUNDER CD-11661-1823-2 1999

HOW MANY KISSES? - "did he give you ?/ did you get last night?" - Children's Skipping with counting -- rec by Damian Webb, St Michaels Junior School for Girls, Workington, Cumb July 1960/ RPL LP 26301/ FTX-197 - Barmulloch Primary School: TOPIC 12-TS-226 "Streets of Glasgow" 1973

HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLON? - "Three score and ten - Will I be there by candlelight - Yes, and back again - Open the gates and let us through - Not without a beck and bell (bow & curtsey)" - Children's Line Game - ROUD#8148 - GOMME 1894 I p231 has 19 versions - RITCHIE GC 1965 p150 with descr & comp of versions - OPIE ODNR pp63-04 - OPIE SG 1985 pp44-6 -- rec by Alan Lomax, Norton Park School, Edinburgh, 1952: FTX-181/ rec by James Ritchie 16/12/53: RPL 19926 - Nursery Rhymes arr Nigel Pegrum & Vince Cross 1989 CASS-1173 comp tune --- Jean RITCHIE (voc with A-dulc): GREENHAYS GR-90725 1995 "Barley Bright"

HOW MUCH HAS SHE GOT? - Jig - O'NEILL MOI #1102/ DMI #293 (am)

HOW OLD ARE YOU? - AS I ROVED OUT -- FTX-198 B/10 (d) Children's repartee "As old as my tongue and a little bit older than my teeth"

HOW PADDY STOLE THE ROPE - "It was of two Irish labouring men from Ireland they did come" - ROUD#2037 - BSs by Sanderson (Edinburgh) & Such (London) - BG 2 #105 - FARMER: Merry Songs & Ballads 1897 3 p52 from Bristol Drollery 1674 p5 - WEHMANN #47 - McBRIDE FDH pp126-7 Jinny Grant, Meenyanly, Co Donegal - HOWSON SSIS 1992 pp65-6 Tony Harvey, Tannington, Suffolk (w/o) -- Harry KNIGHT rec by PK, Laughton, Sussex 1952: RPL 18716 (9v) - Bob SCARCE rec by PK, Blaxhall, Suffolk 1953: RPL 19881/ FTX-036 - Fred ARCHER & Ralph THOMAS rec by Peter Duddridge Ashton-under-hill, Glos 1963: 6"RTR-0872 "Going down the aisle"- Tim HART (fid/ banjo) & Maddy PRIOR: B & C CREST-26 1968/ CASS 0852 (Harry Knight version) - Jimmy GRANT (unacc) Inishowen, Donegal ITSC 001 CASS 0887

HOW PAT IS REPRESENTED - LET THEM COME TO IRELAND

HOW PLEASANT A SAILOR'S LIFE PASSES - WHY SHOULD WE QUARREL FOR RICHES?

HOW PLEASANT AND DELIGHTFUL - PLEASANT AND DELIGHTFUL

HOW SHE GOT UP IN THE MORNING - Jig - KERR MM 3 #222 p25 (A)

HOW SHOULD I YOUR TRUELOVE KNOW? - SEDLEY 1967 ? -- Roy BAILEY: LEADER LER-3021 1971

HOW SLOW THE RIVER MEDWAY DOES FLOW - OUT THERE

HOW STANDS THE GLASS AROUND? - ROUD#9397 - BRITISH MINSTREL 1824 p278 - BSs - popularly believed to have been composed by General Wolfe before the Battle of Quebec - Cf HOT STUFF - CHAPPELL PMOT 1858 2 p669 -- DRUIDS: ARGO ZDA-147 1971

HOW SWEET ARE THE FLOWERS? - I'LL WEAVE HIM A GARLAND

HOW SWEET IS THE HORN? - E-CHOING HORN - WHEN BUCKS A-HUNTING GO

HOW TEDIOUS AND TASTELESS THE HOURS - "when Jesus no longer I see" (Hymn) - - Almeda RIDDLE of Arkansas: ROUNDER 0017 rec 1972

HOW THE MONEY GOES - Reel - ROCHE 1 #172 p67 (G) - POP GOES THE WEASEL

HOW THE MONEY ROLLS IN - O HOW THE MONEY ROLLS IN

HOW THE WARS BEGAN - BENJAMIN BOWMANEER

HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED - TIME I'VE BEEN AWAY

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ME? - "up in an apple tree - A lump of jelly stuck on my belly" - Children's Rhyme for Double Two skipping - TOCHER #45 1992 pp175-6 rec from Liz & Maggie Cruikshank by Peter Cooke & Margaret Bennett, Edinburgh 1986 -- Dominic BEHAN of Dublin: TOPIC 12-T-41

HOW YA GONNA KEEP EM DOWN ON THE FARM? - (Donaldson) -- BOLDON BANJOES: LEADER LER-2088 1973

HOWARD'S REEL - COLE #5 p44 (A) - LOWE 8 (1853) p4 (Also Strathspey) (A)

HOWARD'S HORNPIPE - Tunebook Ms (G) #7 p88 - KENNEDY FTB 1998 #81 p24 (D)

HOWDEN FAIR - "It' I have been to Howden Fair" - nr Goole, Yorks - Horse Fair - ROUD#1086 - O'SHAUNESSEY YB 1 pp45-46 & pp80-81 N & Q 7S 5 1888 p345 Edward Peacock:, Lincolnsh c1855 (w/o) (composite: tune by editor) (notes on song) - WHITE HARE OF HOWDEN

HOWDY BILL - "Well howdy Bill git down a minute" - ROUD#3121 - RICHARDSON AMS 1927 pp59-60 Appalachians

HOWES OF GLENORCHY, THE - HILLS OF - WILLIE AND ME

HOWIE'S TUNE - (i e Howie Mitchell in USA) -- Roger NICHOLSON (dulc) with Robert JOHNSON (dulc): LEADER LER-3034 1972

HOWGILL LADS - "Twas in the pleasant month of May" Ch: "So we'll drink success to H L" - ROUD#9374 - uses the tune of "The Nutting Girl" -- Moore SEDGWICK, rec by PK, Sedbergh, Yorks, 23/11/54: RPL 22449-50 talk bef/ 410

HOWLET AND THE WEASEL - Jig from Charlton Memorial Tune Book -- Jack ARMSTRONG (N-pipes): SAYDISC SDL-252 1972 aft "Linshield Brif" & bef "Brown Rigg" - George HEPPLE (fid & acc): TOPIC 12-TS-239 1974

HOY'S DARK LOFTY ISLE - "At eve while glowed the setting sun" - Local sailor on board ship as it passes Hoy wakes momentarily at the sound of his truelove's name "Mary" and then "glassy stillness are his eyes" - He will not meet her in the "home on high"- ROUD#8101 -- Peter PRATT rec by PK, Toab, Orkney 14/7/55 RPL 22651 First 3v only/ talk bef - Davie LAUGHTON, rec by PK, Upper Sanday, Orkney 1955: FTX-189/ FTX-389

 
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