FTX-517 - BLOODY WATERLOO

Napoleon - Songs, Marches & a Mummers Play

A Christmas Mummers Play from Dorset, with its song accompanied by melodeon, sets the period scene for 14 Napoleonic Ballads and 5 Marches played on fiddle. There is a composite version of the ever popular BONNY BUNCH OF ROSES-O performed by English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish singers, including some of the most outstanding traditional folksingers: Robert Cinnamond, Harry Cox, Sam Larner, Bert Lloyd, Jimmy McBeath, Jeannie Robertson, Willie Scott and Phil Tanner.

1. CHRISTMAS PLAY & SONG - Dorchester Mummers 1936 (3 vs) - 6'21"

2. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO - Jean Matthews, Longside, Aberdeensh 1952 (first 12 verses) - 4'03"

3. THE BANKS OF CLYDE - Willie Scott, Duns, Berwicksh 1968 - 3'48"

4. THE BONNY BUNCH OF ROSES-O - (composite) (a) Phil Tanner, Llangennith, Gower 1949 (first verse) - (b) Louise Holmes, Dinedor, Hereford 1952 - (c) Noah Gillette, St. Leonards-on-sea, Sussex 1954 - (d) Harry Cox, Sutton, Norfolk 1955 - (e) Phil Tanner (last verse) - 3'36"

5. MARCHES (a) BUONAPARTE'S RETREAT - Johnny Pickering (fid), Markethill, Co Armagh 1952 - (b) NAPOLEON CROSSING THE ALPS - Paddy McCluskey (fid), Cloughmills, Co Antrim 1952 - 2'21"

6. THE FORFAR SODGER - Jimmy McBeath, Banff 1953 - 2'30"

7. THE GRAND CONVERSATION OF NAPOLEON - Bert Lloyd, London 1951 - 2'07"

8. NAPOLEON'S GRAND MARCH - Johnny Doherty (fid), Glenties, Co Donegal 1953 - 1'37"

9. THE GREEN LINNET - Robert Cinnamond, Belfast 1955 - 2'30"

10. THE MANTLE SO GREEN - Jim O Neill, Markethill, Armagh 1952 - (talk before) - 4'49"

11. SWEET ERIN-GO-BRAGH (or "The Irish Recruit") - Paddy Walsh, Devonport 1960 - 1'36"

12. MY SON TIM - Paddy Walsh, Devonport - 1'33"

13. NAPOLEON BUON-IE-PARTE - Robert Cinnamond Belfast - 3'39"

14. MARCHES (a) NAPOLEON CROSSING THE ALPS (b) ANOTHER MARCH - Johnny Doherty (fid) - 2'28"

15. NAPOLEON'S DREAM - Sam Larner, Winterton, Norfolk 1958 (talk after) - 3'06"

16. THE RIGS OF THE TIME - "Charger" J. W. Salmons, Sutton, Norfolk 1947 - 3'09"

17. THE TURPITON SOLDIER - "Muddley Barracks" "Jumbo" Brightwell, Leiston, Suffolk 1956 - 2'30"

18. TWA RECRUITIN' SAIRGENTS - Jeannie Robertson, Aberdeen 1958 - 3'12"

Recorded & edited by Peter Kennedy and first published on Folktrax cassettes 1979.

#2. LAWS #J-3 - ASHTON MSB 1889 pp303-4 - KIDSON TT 1891 2var - JFSS 2 p49 - PALMER SOM 1972 p90 Sharp: Mr Gibbs (m), Evesham, Worcs 1909 & Bs (w) --- McKENZIE BSSNS pp192-4 Bs (w/o) "Wellington and Waterloo" - IVES FSNB 1989 pp117-119 James Brown, NB 1963.

#3. TOCHER 25 1977 pp46-7: transcription.

#4. LAWS #J-5 - LONG DIOW 1886 pp166-7 w/o - BARING GOULD SOW - SHARP-KARPELES 1974 #303 pp325-6 - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p383 7var - JFSS 2:4 1906 pp276-278 - JFSS 3:1 (10) 1907 pp56-7 - O'LOCHLAINN MISB 1965 - ORD BB 1930 pp301-2 w/o - O'LOCHLAINN ISB 1939 pp32-33 - SEEGER-McCOLL SI 1960 p91 - PURSLOW MB 1965 p7 - COPPER SSB 1973 pp202-3 Noah Gillett - MacCOLL-SEEGER TSES 1977 pp270-2 --- McKENZIE BSSNS 1928 pp188-191 & p399 - CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 pp140-142 - GREENLEAF NFL 1933 p170 - HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 pp207-9 ships log 1847 (w/o) - PEACOCK SNO 1965 pp988-989 - WARNER TAFS 1984 pp50-51 John Galusha, Minerva, NY 1941.

#5 (a) O NEILL #980 - ROCHE 2 #231 p17/ #280 p33/ 3 #186 p68 (b) BAYARD HCT 1944 #86 & 89 - DTF 1982 #237 p195 8var - BRODY p51+ "N crossing the Rhine" - KENNEDY FTB 2 p7 - KERR MM 1 #26 p49 "March" - O'NEILL 1824/- "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine" - Songs using tune incl: HOT ASH-PELT - LET Mr MAGUIRE SIT DOWN - MARROWBONES -- John DOHERTY (fid) rec by PK, Co Donegal 1953: FTX-074 & FTX-517.

#6. FORD VSB 1899 1 pp188-191 - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p161 16var - GREIG FSNE art #74 says comp by David Shaw - CHAPBOOK mag vol 3 #3 p21 from Rob Watt.

#7. BARRETT EFS 1891 p68 - JFSS 8 p188

#8. BAYARD DTF 1982 #156 p91-4 "Bruce's, Caledonian" - COLE "Lochnagar" (Strathspey) - KERR MM 2 p40 "Buonaparte's March" - SMITH Scotish Minstrel 1824 4 "Pride of the Broomlands" -- Stephen BALDWIN (fid) rec by PK, Upton Bishop, Herefordsh 1952: FTX-115 - Billy PENNOCK (fid) rec by PK, Goathland, N Yorksh 1953: FTX-211 - Billy CONROY (whistle) rec by PK, Ashington Northumb 1954 FTX-121-2 - Nansi RICHARDS (harp) rec by PK, Penybontfawr, Oswestry, Shropsh 1954: FTX-053 & FTX-351.

#9. JOYCE OIFM 1909 p175 Co Limerick w/o - JFSS 28 1924 Manx m/o --- BARRY Maine 1929 2 p66 - HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 ships log 1847 w/o - JAFL vol 67 p129 - PEACOCK SNO 1965 p458-460.

#10. LAWS #N-38 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #149 pp565-8 - JOYCE OIFM 1909 p151 J Co Down 1v/m - HENRY SOP #76 - ORD BB 1930 p155 w/o - O'LOCHLAINN ISB 1939 #7 pp14-15 Dublin - LEACH Labr 1965 p312 - PEACOCK SNO 1965 2 pp555-7 2var - CREIGHTON FSSNB 1971 #29 pp67-8 - LIVYERE June 1983 pp11-12 Goldstein from Carrie Brennan, Dunville, Newfoundland "Famed Waterloo" -- Margaret BARRY (with banjo) rec by PK 1952: FTX-070.

#11. LAWS #Q-20 - FORD VSB 1899 1 pp47-9 - GREIG FSNE 19-09 #127 & #131 - GREIG- DUNCAN 2 p189 14var - JOYCE OIFM 1909 p86 - ORD BB 1930 p387 w/o - BUCHAN-HALL SF 1973 p141 - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 p702 John Strachan 1951 - McCOLL-SEEGER TSES 1977 pp327-9 John Macdonald --- MACKENZIE BSNS 1928 p330-1 - CREIGHTON FSSNB 1971 #63 p140 -- John STRACHAN (with ch) rec by Alan Lomax, Fyvie, Aberdeensh 1951: FTX-029 & FTX-066.

#12. LAWS #J-8 - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p183 3var - O'LOCHLAINN ISB 1939 pp2-3 Clonmel, Co Cork "The Kerry Recruit" - ARTHUR 1970 p19 "The Oxford Recruit" - FMJ 2:5 1974 pp337-9 - FMJ 3:2 1976 p168 - SHIELDS SRT 1981 pp159-160 --- SHARP FSSA 2 p228 - LOMAX OSC 1941 p200 & FSNA 1960 p45 Warners: "Felix the Soldier" - CREIGHTON MFS 1961 p162-3.

#13. JFSS 8 1906 p186 (Kidson suggests that all the Napoleon songs emanated from Ireland --- THOMPSON PS 1958 pp76-8 Stevens-Douglass Ms NY 1841-56 w/o - HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 pp209-211 ships log 1834 w/o "Bonaparte".

#15. PALMER 1983 #63 pp100-1 RVW Kings Lynn, Norfolk "A Dream of N" --- HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 p215 ship's log 1847 w/o - WARNER TAFS 1984 pp331-3 'Tink' Tillett, Wanchese, NC 1940 "One Night Sad and Lonely".

#16. KENNEDY AS 1829 "Adulterations" to tune of "Denis Bulgruddery" - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 p104 "Here's first to these farmers" - PALMER Painful Plough 1972 - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 p523 Salmons, Stalham, Norfolk 1947 --- American & Canadian counterparts go under title: "Hard Times" - LOMAX Cowboy 1910/38 p176/ ABFS 1934 p138/ FSNA 1960 p438 from 1934 - BELDEN Mo 1940 p433 - BROWN 1952-62 p419 - PEACOCK SNO 1965 p57 2var.

#17. WILLIAMS #249 Frank Cook, Burford, Oxfordsh (w/o) "When first I came to Sherborne Town" ("they called me Bonny Rogers") 3v w/o - PALMER RS 1977 p93 Jumbo Brightwell.

#18. D'URFEY PPM 1719 5 pp319-321 "The Recruiting Officer or The Merry Volunteers" w/o - GREIG FSNE 1909-14 #176 2var - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p178 4var - BUCHAN 101SS 1962 Jeannie Robertson -- John STRACHAN of Fyvie Aberdeensh rec by Alan Lomax, Edinburgh 1951: FTX-066 "List, bonny laddie" - Lucy STEWART rec by PK, Fetterangus, Aberdeensh 1955: FTX-365.