FTX-514 - THE BROKEN TOKEN

Sailors and their Sweethearts

21 British Broadsides, by traditional singers from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, mostly about sailors and their partings. Representing the sailors are the Coppers, Harry Upton, Phil Tanner, Jimmy McBeath, Sam Larner, Nic Hughes, "Jumbo" Brightwell, Michael Gallagher, Paddy MacCluskey, Andrew Curtis, George Maynard, "Turp" Brown & John Reilly. For the sweethearts are: Elizabeth Cronin, Jeannie Robertson, Mary Connors, Lal Smith, Annie Jane Kelly, Jean Matthew and Emily Bishop

1. THE ALEHOUSE (or "Died For Love") - Elizabeth Cronin, Macroom, Co Cork 1951 - 1'28"

2. THE BANKS OF CLAUDY - Bob & Ron Copper, Rottingdean, Sussex 1955 - 2'52"

3. THE BROKEN TOKEN (The Young and Single Sailor) - Jeannie Robertson. Aberdeen 1953 - 3'04"

4. CANADA-I-O - Harry Upton, Balcombe, Sussex 1963 - 3'23"

5. COME ALL YOU LOYAL LOVERS - Mary Connors (gipsy from Wexford) Belfast 1952 - 3'00"

6. THE DARK-EYED SAILOR - Phil Tanner, Llangennith, Gower, S Wales 1949 - 3'47"

7. DOWN BY THE MAGDALEN GREEN - Jimmy McBeath, Aberdeen 1953 - 3'10"

8. THE GIRL RAKING THE HAY (The Haymaking Courtship) - Sam Larner, Winterton-on- Sea, Norfolk 1958 - 2'29"

9. THE GREEN BEDS - Nicholas Hughes, Forkhill, Co Armagh 1952 - 3'23"

10. I AM A MAID THAT'S DEEP IN LOVE - Lal Smith (tinker from Waterford) Belfast 1952 - 2'49"

11. THE INDIAN LASS - 'Jumbo' Brightwell, Thebberton, Suffolk 1939 - 3'35"

12. THE LAUREL WEAR (Cupid's Garden) - Annie Jane Kelly, Keady, Co Armagh 1952 - 2'31"

13. LOVELY NANCY - Michael Gallagher, Belleek, Co Fermanagh 1952 - 2'38"

14. THE PLAINS OF AMERICA (The American Stranger) - Jean Matthew, Longside, Aberdeensh 1952 - 2'24"

15. PONTCHARTRAIN - Paddy McCluskey, Cloughmills, Co Antrim 1953 - 2'12"

 16. THE SAILOR AND THE SHEPHERDESS - Andrew Curtis, Corfe Castle, Dorset 1954 - 2'34"

17. THE SAILOR IN THE NORTH COUNTRIE - George Maynard, Copthorne, Sussex 1956 - 3'18"

18. THE SAUCY SAILOR - Emily Bishop, Bromsberrow Heath, Herefordsh 1952 - 1'40"

19. THE STREAMS OF LOVELY NANCY - Vic "Turp" Brown, Cheriton, Hampsh 1957 - 1'39"

20. THE TWO LOYAL LOVERS - John Reilly (tinker), Boyle, Co Roscommon 1967 - 3'02"

21. WILLIAM AND MARY - Paddy McCluskey Cloughmills, Co Antrim 1953 - 2'06"

Recorded & edited by Peter Kennedy and first published on Folktrax cassettes 1978.

#1. LAWS #P-25 - KIDSON TT 1891 pp44-46 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #156 p597-605 - JFSS 1:5 1904 p252-253 - JFSS 2:8 1906 p168-169 - JFSS 3:12 1908 pp188-9 - BROADWOOD ETSC 1908 pp92-5 & pp123-4 - JFSS 5:19 1915 p181-190 - LEATHER FLH 1912 pp205-6 - JFSS 7:27 1923 p69-74 - HENRY SOP #89 & #683 - JEFDSS 1946 p16 - JEFDSS 1953 p103 - PURSLOW MB 1958 p23 - McCOLL-SEEGER SI 1960 p195-8 - FMJ 1969 p350 - FMJ 2:4 1973 pp278-9 - COPPER SSB 1973 pp218-9 - HAMER GGr 1973 p46 - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 p349 - FMJ 1975 p70 - FMJ 3:2 1976 p105 - FMJ 6:3 1992 pp349- 350 - HOWSON SSIS 1992 p80 -- Joseph TAYLOR rec by Percy Grainger, Brigg, Lincolnsh 1906: FTX-135 - Cecilia COSTELLO rec by PK, Birmingham 1951: FTX-098 - Winnie RYAN (tinker) rec by PK, Belfast 1952: FTX-166 - Jeannie ROBERTSON rec by PK, London 1953: FTX-067 - Charlotte HIGGINS rec by PK, Perthsh 1954: FTX-183-4 - Hugh QUINN rec by PK, Belfast 1955: FTX-072 - Louisa HOWARD, rec by PK, Suffolk 1956: FTX-099 - Kitty HARVEY rec by PK, Essex 1958: FT-040 - Carolyne HUGHES rec by PK, Dorset 1968: FTX-043 --- Mrs Carrie GROVER rec by Maud Karpeles, Berwyn, Pa 1955: FTX-908.

#2. LAWS #N-40 - CHRISTIE TBA 2 1881 p70 - LONG DIOW 1886 pp137-8 - KIDSON TT 1891 pp88-90 (notes on song) - GREIG FSNE #48 - FORD VSB 1 1899 pp211-213 - PETRIE 1902 #423 m/o - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 1 pp563-4 - JFSS 3:4 (13) 1909 pp287-9 - HENRY SOP #5 & #693/ HUNTINGTON 1990 p313 Co Derry 1923/37 - ORD BSB 1930 p130 w/o - O'LOCHLAINN ISB 1939 pp116-7 Belfast - JEFDSS 1978 Coppers - STUBBS LOM 1970 pp24-5 George Maynard - MORTON FSU 1970 pp3-4 Co Armagh - MORTON CDGD 1973 pp134-5 Co Fermanagh 1970 - COPPER SESB 1971 p248-9 - PALMER RVW 1983 #105 p161-2 - FMJ 6:3 (1992) pp348-9 -- Robert CINNAMOND rec by Sean O Boyle, Belfast 1955: FTX-158 - George MAYNARD rec by PK, Sussex 1956: FTX-080.

#3. LAWS #N-42 The theme appears in Homer's "Odyssey" - CHRISTIE TBA 1 1876 p264 & 2 1881 p200 - GREIG FSNE 909-14 #23 11v - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #144 pp552-5 - JFSS 2:4 (15) 1910 p127-9 - JFSS 25 1922 p272 - ORD BB 1930 pp326-7 - HENRY SOP #471 & #818 - O LOCHLAINN ISB 1939 pp4-5 Belfast 1912 - MUNCH Tristan De Cunha 1970 - STUBBS LOM 1970 pp88-89 George Maynard - O BOYLE 1976 p34 - McCOLL- SEEGER TSES 1977 pp128-133 - FMJ 5:3 1987 pp353-355 - McBRIDE FDH 1988 pp106-107 Co Antrim - SHIELDS SRT 1981 Co Derry -- Bob ROBERTS (voc/mel) rec by PK, Suffolk 1958: FTX-208 - Hugh QUINN rec by PK, Belfast 1965: FTX-072.

#4. LAWS #C-17 - KIDSON EPS 1929 - HENRY SOP #162/ HUNTINGTON 1990 pp333-4 Co Derry - STUBBS LOM 1970 pp20-1 Harry Upton --- BARRY Me 1929 p20 from Eckstorm (Note says: Words attributed to Ephraim Braley, Charleston, Maine, 1854) - LOMAX FSNA 1960 pp114-115 North American versions are mostly Lumbering which Lomax suggests were in turn based on the English BS and Scots CALEDON-I-A) - KARPELES NFL 1971 pp169-170 -- Robert CINNAMOND, rec by Sean O Boyle, Belfast 1955: FTX-159 --- John GALUSHA rec by the Warners, NY 1946: FTX-921 "Michigan-i-o" (Lumbering).

#5. HENRY SOP #584/ MOULDEN p148/ HUNTINGTON p331 Co Antrim 1935 --- THOMAS DD 1931 p76.

#6 - LAWS #N-35 - LONG DIOW 1886 pp136-7 w/o - ASHTON RSS 1891 #71 w/o - BARING GOULD GCS 1895 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #143 pp550-551 - JOYCE OIFMS 1909 pp153-4 Co Down - JFSS 2:4 (15) 1910 pp129-135 - KIDSON GEF 1926 pp120-1 - HENRY SOP #232/ HUNTINGTON p318 Co Antrim - ORD BSB 1930 p323-4 w/o - O'LOCHLAINN ISB 1939 #5 pp10-1 Co Tyrone - McCOLL-SEEGER TSES 1977 pp126-8 - PALMER EBECS 1979 #108 pp180-1 - HOWSON SSIS 1992 pp123-4 -- Emily BISHOP rec by PK, Herefordsh 1952: FTX-129 - Fred JORDAN rec PK Shropsh 1952: FTX-130 - Mrs MARKWELL rec by PK, Suffolk 1956: FTX-099.

#7. MORTON FSU 1970 pp26-7 Davy Menish "Down by the Mellon Green"

#8. SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #112 - JFSS 3 1907 p107 - HENRY SOP #635/ HUNTINGTON 1990 pp455-6 Co Derry - REEVES IOP 1958 #40 pp122-3 - PURSLOW WS 1968 p8 - PALMER EBECS 1979 #92 pp157-8 Sam Larner - SHIELDS SRT 1981 p147-9 John Butcher, Co Derry 1966 (European Ethnic SRT-3) --- KARPELES FSFN 1971 pp237-8.

#9. LAWS #K-36 - ASHTON RSS 1891 #47 "A Comical Dialogue between an honest sailor and a deluded landlady" - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p100 "Johnny & the landlady" - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #300 pp316-319 - JFSS 1:2 1900 p48 - JFSS 13 1909 p281 - JFSS 5:18 1914 p68 - HENRY SOP #779/ MOULDEN 1979 #83 p128/ HUNTINGTON 1990 Co Antrim - PURSLOW WS 1968 p48 - DAWNEY PG 1977 p40 - PALMER RVW 1983 pp22-23 --- Lena Bourne FISH rec by the Warners, East Jaffray, NH, USA 1941: FTX-922.

#10. LAWS #N-12 "The Maid in Sorrow" dresses as a man to follow Johnny to sea - JEFDSS 1953 pp99-100 Cecilia Costello --- CREIGHTON MFS 1962 p78 - WARNER TAFS 1984 pp141-2 Lena Bourne Fish, East Jaffray, NH 1940 "Cabin Boy" -- Cecilia COSTELLO rec by PK, Birmingham 1951: FTX-098.

#11. LAWS #H-8 "The Little Mohea" - SR#275 - BARING GOULD SOW 1889-92 - KIDSON TT 1891 p109-11 - JFSS 2:9 1906 p262 - HENRY SOP #835/ MOULDEN pp86-7 & pp162-3/ HUNTINGTON pp372-3 - PURSLOW MB 1965 p44 - PALMER SOM 1972 p23 - PALMER EBBB 1980 #89 pp183-4 -- Billy PENNOCK (tune on fid) rec by PK, N Yorksh 1953: FTX-211 - Thomas MORAN rec by Seamus Ennis, Co Leitrim 1954: FTX-076

#12. LAWS #M-12 - SR #297 - CHAPPELL CNA 1838 #98/ PMOT 1858 #727 - LONG DIOW 1886 pp128-9 w/o - ASHTON RSS 1891 #68 (w/o) - STOKOE-REAY 1899 pp186-7 - BARING GOULD GCS 1895 p50 - FORD VS 1899 2 p100 - JFSS 2 1906 pp195-6 - KIDSON GEF 1926 p98-99 - HENRY SOP #729/ HUNTINGTON 1990 pp446-7 Co Derry - COPPER SESB 1971 p252-3 - PURSLOW FD 1974 p20-1 (with note about version in HUGHES 1858 "The Scouring of the White Horse") -- Bob COPPER (with conc): FTX-239 -Cliff YELDHAM, Thaxted, Essex rec 1962: FTX-040 "Kimred's Garden".

#13. LAWS #N-33 - SHARP KARPELES 1974 #146 pp559-560 Sussex 1908 "Faithful N".

#14. CHAPPELL PMOT 1858 2 p739 - JOYCE AIM 1873 p73 - BRUCE-STOKOE NM 1882 - STOKOE-REAY SBNE 1899 pp170-171 - SBG-HITCHCOCK FSWC 1974 pp34-5 Cornwall 1891 "Emigrant's Song" - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #390 pp576-8 - JFSS 3:4 (13) 1909 p309 - JFSS 5:18 1914 p67 - HENRY #520 p259 1933 - ORD BB 1930 pp127-8 8v w/o - O'LOCHLAINN ISB 1939 pp94-5 Dublin "The Sporting Youth" - SEEGER-McCOLL SI 1960 p18 - STUBBS LOM 1970 Tom Willett (gypsy) - PALMER SOM 1972 p37 Sharp - O'SHAUGHNESSEY YB1 1975 pp1-2 & p61 Grainger Lincolnsh 1906 (notes on song) - SHIELDS SRT 1981 pp142-4 Co Derry 1969 "The Strands of Magilligan" --- HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 pp195-7 ship's log 1847 w/o "When first into this country".

#15. LAWS #H-9 - HENRY SOP #619/ HUNTINGTON 1990 pp373-4 Paddy McCloskey, Corkey, Co Antrim 1935 (from Frank McAllister c1905 who got it from a woodsman in America) --- CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 pp299-300 Mrs Thomas Osborne "On the Banks of the P" ("it was a dark and stormy night") - FLANDERS-BROWN-BARRY 1931 (refs) - GARDNER-CHICKERING Mich 1939 p133 - LARKIN SC 1951 p31 cowboy "On the Lake of the Poncho Plains" - RANDOLPH-SHOEMAKER 1946-50 4 p413 Mo - STOUT Iowa 1936 p90 - JAFL 35 1922 p387.

#16. LAWS #O8 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #98 pp388-9 Capt Lewis, Minehead, Somerset 1906 - HENRY SOP #104/ HUNTINGTON 1990 p457 Co Antrim.

#17. SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #383 2 pp554-5 - JFSS 2:8 1906 pp194-5 RVW: Mrs Verrall, Monks Gate, Sussex 1904 - JEFDSS 9:4 1963 pp193-194 George Maynard.

#18. LAWS #K-38 - BARRETT EFS 1891 p55 - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p105 - BARING GOULD SOW 1895 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #299 p311 - JFSS 4:17 1913 pp342-5 - HUGILL 1961 p461 - FMJ 5:5 1986 pp623-624 Bob Copper 1v/m "Jack Tar".

#19. BROADWOOD ECS 1893 pp136-7 Sussex "Faithful Emma" - BARING GOULD SOW 1895 #93 (incl Rev Ed) "The Streams of Nantsian" - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #375 pp533-6 - JFSS 1:3 1901 pp122-3 - JFSS 4:17 1913 pp310-319 - JFSS 7:27 1923 pp59-60 - HENRY SOP #520/ HUNTINGTON 1990 p259 "The Strands of Magilligan" - COPPER SSB 1973 pp294-5 'Turp' Brown, Hampshire - SHIELDS SRT 1981 pp142-4 Co Derry -- European Ethnic SRT-2.

#21. LAWS #N-28 - BARRETT EFS 1891 pp58-9 Bedfordsh strawplaiters & Cheshire - CLEMENTS p106 - HENRY SOP 1926 Co Antrim - O Boyle suggested tune was matrix for Percy French's "Ballyjamesduff".