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FTX 424 GOOD MORNING VALENTINE - School-children singing in Cambridgeshire

In 1956 the children at Wisbech Grammar School, were encouraged to join a group led by Sheila Chesters, singing choral arrangements of English Folksongs. Includes A Rosebud in June, All Jolly Fellows, Bold Fisherman, Bold Grenadier, Brigg Fair, Died of Love, Green Bushes and The Trees are getting high. Also in the area Peter Kennedy visited the village school at Guilden Mordern to record playground games and the local Valentine's Day Song, "Good morning, Valentine"


BRIGG FAIR - DIED OF LOVE - THE TREES ARE GETTING TALL - GREEN BUSHES - A ROSEBUD IN JUNE - THE BOLD FISHERMAN - THE BOLD GRENADIER (The Soldier & Lady/ Nightingales Sing) . ALL JOLLY FELLOWS - Talk by Mr Gentle about THE VALENTINE DAY SONG, rec Guilden Mordern school - Talk by the two Gentle sisters, by the schoolmistress incl log book & song by the children - DOWN IN THE MEADOW - EVENING CHRIONICLE - PIGGY ON THE RAILWAY - TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR - UP IN THE LOFT A LONG WAY OFF - THE SHIP GOES THROUGH THE ILLY ALLY O - I SENT A LETTER TO MY LOVE - IN AND OUT THE WINDOWS

 

 

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