FTX-032 - THE SPOTTED COW

ENGLISH LOVE SONGS

HARRY COX -1-

HARRY COX (1885-1971) was an outstanding folk-singer from the Norfolk Broads area of East Anglia. This first album features his own family repertoire - the songs he most enjoyed performing, BETSY, THE SERVANT MAID, being his own special favourite. Peter Kennedy made these recordings most of them in the garden shed of his home at Catfield 1953-56. Peter contributed a personal appreciation and included five of his songs in The Folk Music Journal 1958 pp.142-155 and other songs appear in earlier Journals of The English Folk Dance & Song Society (1922, 1931 & 1932).

1. AS I ROVED OUT (or SEVENTEEN COME SUNDAY) - 2'37"

2. THE SPOTTED COW - 1'44"

3. NEXT MONDAY MORNING - 3'01"

4. THE GREASY COOK - 1'53"

5. COLIN AND PHOEBE - 3'59"

6. THE MAN FROM DOVER (or THE BIRMINGHAM BOYS) - 4'22"

7. BETSY, THE SERVANT MAID - 4'33"

8. THE LONG PEGGIN' AWL - 2'00"

9. THE LONDON MERCHANT (or THE OLD MISER) - 4'56"

10. THE BONNY LABOURING BOY - 3'22"

11. THE FEMALE DRUMMER - 4'09"

12. THE SQUIRE AND THE GYPSY - 2'30"

13. THE OLD WOMAN OF YORKSHIRE (or MARROWBONES) - 1'50"

14. THE GAME-COCK (or THE GROGGY OLD TAILOR) - 3'19"

15. UP TO THE RIGS OF LONDON TOWN - 3'35"

16. THE GERMAN MUSICIANER - 3'29"

17. THE MAID OF AUSTRALIA - 3'00"

18. RAP-TAP-TAP (or THE FARMER'S SERVANT MAN) - 2'28"

Recorded 1953-6, edited by Peter Kennedy and first published by Folktrax 1975.

Harry was born 27th March 1885, at Barton Turf, near Yarmouth, and died 6th May 1971 shortly after his 86th birthday. Other FOLKTRAX Albums by HARRY COX: FTX-033 English Sea Songs & FTX-034 Documentary Album. Further details, with talk about his life and its hardships, can be heard on 034. Harry can also be heard on the following 013/ 015/ 017/ 019/ 021/ 023/ 027/ 029/ 031/ 123/ 502/ 503/ 512/ 513/ 515/ 516/ 517/ 518.