FTX-195 - KING WILLIAM

ENGLISH SINGING GAMES - 1

44 Playground Games from the North of England being the first of two selections of recordings of singing games as distinct from Counting-Out & Ball Bouncing (on FTX-194) and Skipping rhymes (on FTX-197). Most were recorded in Cumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire by Father Damian Webb in the 1960's.

1. KING WILLIAM WAS KING DAVID'S SON - 1.40

2. POOR MARY SAT A-WEEPING - 1.54

3. IN AND OUT THE DUSTY BLUEBELLS - 1.38

4. THE FARMER'S IN HIS DEN - 1.00

5. COCK ROBIN IS DEAD - 1.20

6. ROSY APPLE, LEMON AND A PEAR (1) - 0.52

7. THERE CAME THREE GIPSIES RIDING (1) - 1.41

8. THE GRAND OLD DUKE OF YORK - 0.18

9. SALLY, GO ROUND THE MOON - 0.19

10. RISE, SALLY WALKER - 1.13

11. THERE WAS A FARMER HAD A DOG - 0.51

12. THERE'S A BIG SHIP SAILING THROUGH THE ILLY ALLY-O - 1.00

13. HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH - 1.23

14. THERE WERE THREE JOLLY SAILOR BOYS - 1.06

15. QUEEN MARY HAS LOST HER GOLD RING - 1.37

16. SISTER JANE AND BROTHER JIM - 1.00

17. LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN - 3.52

18. HAVE YOU ANY BREAD & WINE ? (Roman & Engl Soldiers) - 3.10

19. GREEN PEAS AND BARLEY-O - 0.51

20. I AM A LITTLE DUTCH GIRL - 2.02

21. MARY MALOGA SHE LIFTED HER LEG - 0.53

22. WALTY, WALTY WALLFLOWER - 2.33

23. THERE CAME TWO DUKES A-RIDING (2) - 2.04

24. THREE GIPSIES CAME A-RIDING (3) - 2.11

25. THERE CAME TO GIPSIES RIDING (4) - 1.32

26. SEE THE SOLDIERS MARCHING ALONG (1) - 0.32

27. KEEP THE SUNNY SIDE UP - As 26 (2) - 0.56

28. DOWN IN THE MEADOW WHERE NOBODY KNOWS - 1.32

29. ROSY APPLE, LEMON AND A PEAR (2) - 0.57

30. DID YOU EVER SEE TWO LASSIES? - 0.36

31. HEY, LITTLE LASSIE, WILL YOU HAVE ME? - 0.58

32. DO YOU KNOW THE MUFFIN MAN? - 1.04

33. MOTHER, WILL YOU BUY ME A MILKING PAIL? (1) - 3.15

34. As previous (2) - 1.50

35. HERE COMES Mrs MACARONI - 1.16

36. ROSY APPLE, LEMON AND A PEAR (3) - 0.34

37. THERE CAME A DUKE A-RIDING (4) - 1.04

38. IN AND OUT THE CHINESE WINDOWS - 0.33

39. GLORY, GLORY HALLELUJAH - 0.31

40. KEEP THE SUNNY SIDE UP (3) - 0.42

41. A-HUNTING WE WILL GO - 0.22

42. MY GIRL'S A QUAKER - 0.32

43. I'm GOING TO KENTUCKY - 0.46

44. LULU, SKIP TO MY LOU - 1.25

#1-9: St Michael's Junior Girls, Workington, Cumbria, 1960; #10: St Johns, Keswick; #11: St John's Juniors, Workington, 1961; #12-13: Catholic Juniors, Pickering, Yorks; #14-15: Dearham School, Maryport; #16: Northside kids in street, 1962; #17: Threlkeld Mixed Juniors, Keswick; #18: Victoria Girls, Keswick; #19-20: Mossbay Juniors, Workington; #21: Westfield Juniors, Workington 1962; #22: St Michael's Girls, Workington, 1963; #23: Bamber Bridge Juniors, Workington, 1964; #24-5: Dearham Juniors, Workington; #26: Mossbay Juniors, Workington; #27: Catholic Juniors, Egremont; #28-9: St Mary's Juniors, Leyland; #30-32: St Mary's C of E Windermere; #33-34: St Joseph's Juniors, Cockermouth; #34: Fairfield Juniors, Cockermouth; #37-39: St Mary's Juniors, Leyland, 1967; #40-44: St Anne's Juniors, Leyland.

Recorded by Damian Webb 1960-67. Edited by Peter Kennedy and first published on Folktrax cassettes 1980.