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FTX-023 - ALL JOLLY FELLOWS

SONGS OF COUNTRY LIFE

These include the texts and tunes of songs #241-264 in the book: FOLKSONGS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND edited by Peter Kennedy (Cassell/ Schirmer 1975 paperback by Oak 1985 and distributed by Music Sales). These are the original recordings of the songs in the book. It won the Library Association McColvin Award for the most outstanding reference book of 1975 and contains the full texts, translations, music notations and background information on the songs.

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ALL JOLLY FELLOWS Charlie Wilson - BARNYARDS OF DELGATY Davie Stewart - BOLD REYNARD Edwin Thomas - BRISK & BONNY LASS Mark Fuller & Luther Hills - CONTENTED COUNTRYMAN Jim Baldry - ECHOING HORN Bob Copper - FARMER'S BOY Togo & Burns Crawford - GALLANT POACHER Becket Whitehead - GAMEKEEPERS LIE SLEEPING Bob Copper - GROUND FOR THE FLOOR Steve Goodall - INNOCENT HARE Coppers - JOE BOWMAN Jim Dalton - JOLLY THRESHER Nicholas Hughes - KEEPERS AND POACHERS George Maynard - MERRY HAYMAKERS Coppers - MONTHS OF THE YEAR Bill Westaway - MUCKIN O' GEORDIE'S BYRE Jimmy McBeath - NORTHAMPTONSHIRE POACHER Jim Baldry - OLD FAT BUCK Harry Cox - ROVING PLOUGHBOY John McDonald - TURNIP-HOER Fred Jordan - VAN DIEMAN'S LAND McBeath - WE'LL ALL GO A-HUNTING TO-DAY Miles Wilson - WHAT'S THE LIFE OF A MAN Jim Small

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