Two folksingers from the Midlands - Sam BENNETT (1865-1951),
rec by PK in 1950, fool, dancer, singer, fiddler and farmer from Ilmington,
near Stratford-on-Avon, provided Mr Cecil Sharp with both folksongs and
Morris dances - and - Cecilia COSTELLO (1883-1976), who was first recorded
by Peter Kennedy in Birmingham August 1951, sang songs from her father
who came from Co Roscommon in the Ireland.
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