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AFRO-AMERICAN - see also BLUES, WORK SONGS - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS L3, 4, 8, 9, 10 (religious), 44- 6 (tales), 49, 53, 53 (John Lomax) 67 (Miss) - NEW FREEDOM Mike Seeger's cass 1974

AIRS - BANKS OF THE BANNA - BLACK IS THE COLOUR - BLIND MARY - BOLD TRAINER O - BRIAN THE BRAVE - BRIGHT LADY - BY THE RIVER OF GEMS - CAPE CLEAR - CAROLAN - CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING (Shetland from Stickle) - COLD NIGHTS O' WINTER - COULIN - DAY DAWN (Shetland New Year) - DEAR IRISH BOY - DONAL OG - DYING YEAR (Mickle) - EAMONN AN CNUIC - FAIRY BOY - GIRL'S CROON - HARVEST MORNING - HENRY McDERMOTT ROE - I WON'T BE A NUN - KILLARNEY - LARK IN THE CLEAR AIR - LITTLE SHEEP - LORD OF MAYO - MOTHER'S LAMENT - NANNY, WILT THOU GANG ALONG WI ME? - NED OF THE HILL - O DONNELL'S LAMENT - PADDY'S RAMBLES - PRETTY MOLLY BRANNIGAN - QUEEN OF THE O'DONNELLS - RESTING CHAIR - ROCKS OF BAWN - TRIP O'ER THE MOUNTAIN - TROWIE BURN (Shetland) - VALENCIA HARBOUR - WEE WEAVER - WHITE CONNOR'S DAUGHTER, NORA - WOUNDED HUSSAR -

AIRS - Composed - LEAVING LERWICK HARBOUR AIRS - Untitled - Tunebook Ms 6/8 (G) #202 p254/ 6/8 (D) #203 p254 - Gaelic - A RAIBH TU AG AN gCARRAIG? (Were you at the Rock?) - BEAN AN FHIR RUA - BINNSIN LUACHRA (Little Bench of Rushes) - BUACHAILL CAOL DUBH - CAILINN NA GRUAIGE DOINNE - CASADH AN tSUGAIN - COMBRA DON - DHRUIMFHONN DONN DILIS - MHAIGHDEAN MHARA - NA CONNERYS - PAISTIN FIONN - PLEARACH NA RUARCACH - SLIAN NA MON - TABHAIR DOM DO LAMH - TAIMSE IM CHODLADH - TIGHEAN MHUIRO AIRY BACHELOR, THE - LIGHT HORSE AIRY GIRL, THE - CAILIN AERACH AIRY TAILOR - TAILOR'S COURTSHIP AIRS - England: Harry LEE (gipsy fid) rec by Mike Yates, Kent 1962: TOPIC 12 T 240 1974 - Ireland: - Neil BOYLE (fid) rec by Alan Lomax 1951: 7"RTR-0593 & RPL 19586-8 - rec by PK 1952: FTX-170/ RPL 20013-7 - Gerard KANE (mandolin) & Patrick (fid) Co Derry RPL 20029 - Frank CASSIDY (fid) Co Donegal: RPL 23094-6 - Denis MURPHY & Julia CLIFFORD (fids): CLADDSAGH CC 5 1972 - McPEAKES (U-pipes): 071 - Johnny DOHERTY (fid) Donegal: RPL 19533-6/ 19578-80 - DOHERTYS (fid) Co Donegal: FTX-073-5 - Seamus ENNIS (U-pipes): FTX-079 & FTX-374 - Paddy TAYLOR (flute) Co Limerick: FTX-171 - Felix DORAN (U-pipes): FTX-172 - Willie CLANCY (U-pipes)/ rec 1958-73: FTX-173/ CLADDAGH 4-CC-35 1980 CASS#0815 & 4-CC-39 1983 CASS#0816 - Sean MAGUIRE (fid) Francis McPEAKE (U-pipes) Belfast: RPL 18382 - Solus LILLIS (conc) Cooraclare Co Clare: TOPIC 12 TFRS 506 1977 "Air from Thomas Moore"

AMERICAN INDIAN - see also under AREA: CANADA - SOUTH AMERICA - USA - AMERICAN WOODS - APACHE FEARS - BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE - CAYOTE - ESKIMO WEATHER CHANT - IRA HAYES - IROQUOIS LULLABY - RUNNING BEAR - SOLDIER BLUE - TOKEN -- Recordings

ANTIPHONY - Leader & response or overlapping between two groups -- -- Papua: COLUMBIA SL-208 - Borneo Rice Song (Land Dyaks): SL-210 - Niger Nomads: OCORA OCR-29 A2-4 women/ B5 Bororo men - Bahrein pearl fishers song by men: OCR-42 - Ivory Coast: OCR-48A2 funeral song by men - Solomon Islands: OCR-74 B9 & 10 funeral song by women

BAGPIPE STYLE - on fiddle -- Michael DOHERTY (fid) rec Irish Folklore Commission Donegal 1949: COMHAIRLE BHEALOIDEAS EIREANN CBE-002 double-cass 1990 "Nora Creina" Jig & "Mrs McLeod's" Reel - Johnny DOHERTY rec by PK, Co Donegal 1953: RPL 19532/ FTX-075 with talk & examples

BALLADS - Britain & - REED-SMITH: South Carolina Ballads p10 quote about Aristotle - JEFDSS 1956 p40 WM Sketch for History - England: - Douglas KENNEDY: FTX-041 - Carolyne HUGHES: FTX-043 - Bert LLoyd: FTX-056 - Suffolk Pubsingers: FTX-099 - Fred JORDAN: FTX-130 - Sam LARNER: FTX-139 - Jimmy McBEATH: FTX-058 - Isabel SUTHERLAND: FTX-062 -- FINDLATERS (Orkney): FTX-063 - John STRACHAN: FTX-065 - Jeannie ROBERTSON: FTX-067 & FTX-186 - Shirley COLLINS: EMI SHVL-771 - Dave BURLAND/ Nic JONES & June TABOR: FOLKSOUND 1974- Tony ROSE: LEADER LER-2014 1970 - Dave & Toni ARTHUR: LEADER 2017 1970 - Nic JONES: LEADER 2027 1971 - Cyril TAWNEY from Devon & Cornwall: POLYDOR 236577 1969 - Shirley & Dolly COLLINS: POLYDOR 583025 - Anne BRIGGS: TOPIC 12-T-207 1971 - Frankie ARMSTRONG: TOPIC 12-TS-216 1972 - Ireland: - Thomas MORAN: FTX-076 - Cecilia COSTELLO: FTX-098 - Frank HARTE: TOPIC 12-T-218 1973 - Packie Manus BYRNE: TOPIC 12-TS-257 1975 - Scotland: - Lucy STEWART: FTX-365/ rec by Kenneth Goldstein: FOLKWAYS FG-3519 - Ballad of Britain : FTX-501-3 -- Jeannie ROBERTSON rec 1963: RPL LP 27809 & 29543 rec 1964/ TOPIC 12-T-96 1959 - Barbara DICKSON acc Archie FISHER & Nic JONES: CELTIC MUSIC CM-029 coll by Hugh Shields. Co Donegal & Co Derry: LEADER 4055 1972 - Ewan McCOLL & Bert LLOYD Engl & Scot Popular Ballads: RIVERSIDE 621-628 - Double Album Scots Muckle Ballads: TANGENT TNGM-119 1975 - Lizzie HIGGINS: TOPIC 12-TS-260 1975 - Mike WATERSON: TOPIC 12- TS-332 1977 - Archie FISHER: TRANSATLANTIC XTRA-1070 1968 - USA:- Frank WARNER: FTX-901 - Alan Lomax radio progs: FTX-902 - PK's Appalachian Trail: FTX-903 - Maud Karpeles Collection: FTX-907-8 - Jean JENKINS: FTX-915 - Guy CARAWAN: FTX-919 - Jean RITCHIE Concert: 920 - Frank & Anne Warner Collection: FTX-921/ 922/ 923/ 926/ 929/ 930/ - Frank PROFFITT: FTX-931/ 932/ 933 - Alan LOMAX: 941/ - Guy CARAWAN & Peggy SEEGER: FTX-942 - Ewan McCOLL & Peggy SEEGER ARGO ZDA-66-72 "The Long Harvest" - Frank PROFFITT: TOPIC 12-T-162 1966 - LIB OF CONGRESS L-1, 7, 12. 14. 20. 21, 28. 29, 54 (variants of Barbara Allen), 57-8 - coll by Helen Hartness, Vermont: MIDDLEBURY 1953 - Ed McCURDY: RIVERSIDE 601- Frank PROFFITT - FOLK LEGACY FSA-1 1962 - Europe: - Italy: ALBATROS VPA 8088 Italia #2 incl "Moran d'Inghilterra" & "Cantastoria" sung without rhymed verses - (c) Il Cavalera Crudele (Piemonte) incl "Cecilia" - D de S AS- 5 "Donna Lombarda" (Lord Rendal) 16 versions mainly women singers - BELGIAN R/TV DL-111-427 Wallon (French) & Flemish (Dutch) - Spain dance-ballads with solo & ch: SL-215- - Roumanian: ELECTRECORD EPD 1017/ DAT-90-633 #17-28 - Hungary: QUALITON (c) - SWEDISH RADIO RELP-5003-6 Mediaeval Ballads/ CASS-45-0594- Elsewhere - - Tristan de Cunha: FTX-609 - Japan #6 COLUMBIA SL-214 "Gumma" and others/ Korea #30 Ballad opera - Rajasthan with "sarangi" fiddles: OCORA OCR-81 - Nigeria: OCR-82 B3 Male with zither ensemble

BALLET -- Royston Muldoon talking about the Scottish Ballet using Dick Gaughan's song rec Edinburgh Folk Festival on Radio 2: 14/4/84: CASS-15-0764 with Gaelic Waulking Song sung by Mary McMaster & Group

BALLROOM -- BOX & BANJO BAND: "Bouncing in the Ballroom" LISMORE LICS-5155 CASS-60-1172 Quickstep, Tango, Foxtrot, Samba, Saunter, Waltz & Cha-Cha

BARN DANCE, THE -- Michael COLEMAN (fid with piano) rec USA 1921-36: VIVA VOCE 004 cass 1991 titled "Mrs Kenny's" includes "Woodland Flowers" - John Mc KENNA (flute) with Michael GAFFNEY (tenor banjo & piano) (b Leitrim) rec USA COLUMBIA 1928 CASS-0893 "The Ballroom Favourite" - Percy BROWN (mel) Norfolk: TOPIC 12-TS-229 1973 - Fred PIDGEON (fid) rec by PK, Stockland, Devon 1951: FTX-087 - Michael GORMAN (fid) of Co Sligo rec by PK, London 1952: FTX-077 - John, Vincent (fid) & Benignus (acc) McCUSKER rec by PK, Co Armagh, 1952: FTX-372 - Ellen O DWYER (conc) Dublin: TOPIC 12- TFRS 506 1977 - Billy BENNINGTON (h-dulc) rec by Jim COUZA, Barford, Norfolk 20/7/82 CASS-0871

BAWDY -- Songs of Seduction: FTX-017 - Uneasy Wedlock: FTX-019 - Harry COX: FTX-034 - Charlie WILLS: FTX-097 - Suffolk singers: FTX-099 - Mike SHAIL & EEZUM SQUEEZUM "No holes bard" : FTX-127 - Frank PURSLOW & John PEARSE: DOBELL F-LEUT-1/ FTX-219 - Tom BROWN (of Caister Norfolk): FTX-133 - The Amorous & Wanton Muse: ARGO ZFB-66 & 67 1968- "Sinful Rugby Songs": PICKWICK CHM-693 1970 - "Barrack Room Ballads": PICKWICK SHM-747 1971 - Arthur ARGO "Lyrica Erotica #2: PRESTIGE 13048/ CASS-45-0964 -Lizzie HIGGINS: TOPIC 12-TS-260 1975 "Auld Roguey Gray" - Rugby, Pub, Party, Men's Songs & Festive Fun (5 albums publ in Devon 1994 as gift of publisher) VRP 11/21/31/41/99/ CASS-1327-31 - USA -- Ed McCURDY: "Songs of Dalliance": ELEKTRA/ CASS-0457/ 0613 - Oscar BRAND "X": ROULETTE SR-42060/ [DERO 1985]/ CASS-0235 "The Best of the Worst"

BIRD SOUNDS -- England: Actuality rec by R.Tassell Dartington, Devon 1976: CASS-0399 - Scotland: Imitations by Annie JOHNSTON, Barra: FTX-301

BLUEGRASS -USA: - Earl TAYLOR & his Stoney Mountain Boys rec by Alan Lomax: UNITED ARTIST SUAS-3049 1959/ FTX-789 #05 - Alan Lomax radio prog "The Pioneer Strain": FTX-902 - FF-3303/ 3305- MOUNTAIN RAMBLERS RPL LP 26145 & 26150 E J MAINER'S BAND rec by Alan Lomax 1959 - Jean Jacques MILTEAU: CHANT DU MONDE LDX-74524 "L'Armonica" - THE BLUEGRASS BOYS: (BRUNSWICK LAT 8511)/ CASS 0237 -Lester FLATT & Earl SCRUGGS: CBS CS-8751 - STANLEY BROTHERS & others: (MELODISC MLP-12-115)/ CASS 0239 "Banjo in the Hills" - NEW FREEDOM (Mike Seeger cass) Bill MONROE - NORTHERN LIGHT THE BLUEGRASS PARTNERS - Bill MUNROE with Roy ACUFF & SMOKY MT BOYS, Lester FLATT & Earl SCRUGGS: (PHILLIPS BBL 7410 & 7552)/ CASS-0239 - Bill MONROE & B Boys: SMITHSONIAN - Brian GOLBY & Band: "San Antonio Rose" on Vic Smith prog on "History of the Fiddle" June 1973: CASS-0437 - Bill MUNROE & BLUEGRASS BOYS featuring Blake WILLIAMS (banjo) with Aly BAIN "Down Home" (TV Series) in USA & Canada LISMOR LIF-7011 1986/ CASS-0814

BLUES - Britain -- Adrian TUCKER: FTX-037 - Geof COTTAM: FTX-093-- RUSSCO: FTX-094 -- FIREPOINT: SPARK SRLM-2003 1969 - Fred WEDLOCK: VILLAGE THING VTS-20 "Talking Folkclub Blues" - DEIGHTON Family: Concert Hall Radio 2 16/3/89: CASS-0715-C90 - USA -- Frank WARNER: FTX-901 - Alan LOMAX: FTX-904 - Penitentiary: FTX-916 - Alan LOMAX: FTX-941 - CARTER Family: 7"RTR-0313-4 - LIB OF CONGRESS L-3, 4, 49-53, 59 (Blues & Hollers), 60, 92A - Hobart SMITH (gtr) rec by Alan Lomax, Va 1942 NEW WORLD NW- 226]/ CASS-0476-7 - Josh WHITE: ARGO SPA-44 - ARHOOLIE - Dr Ross BEAR RECORDS - "The Story of the Blues" Documentary History (1920s-1965) compiled by Paul Oliver: CBS 66218/66232 1970 Double LP / (Sony LEGACY 086334 2003) - JEAN-JACQUES MILTEAU (L'ARMONICA): CHANT DU MONDE LDX-74524 - Josh WHITE: DECCA CRLM-1047 - Dr ROSS: POLYDOR 2460-169 1972 - American Blues Legend: POLYDOR 2460-186 1973 - Muddy WATERS Blues Band: SAYDISC MATCHBOX/ ROOTS/ VILLAGE THING - SMITHSONIAN / Skip JAMES (gtr) - STORYVILLE Brown McGHEE & Sonny TERRY rec Copenhagen - TRANSATLANTIC TRA-SAM-25 - LEADBELLY: TRANSATLANTIC XTRA-1017/ 1126/ 1035 RURAL BLUES/ CASS 0247-8 - DERROLL ADAMS: VILLAGE THING VTS-017 - Paul OLIVER "Before the Blues" Radio 2 25/11/87 & 3/12/87: CASS-0431 - "Documenting the Blues" Pts 1-8 on cass 1384-5 - Jesse FULLER & Robert JOHNSON: Radio 2 Xmas Prog 30/12/87 CASS-0423-4 - "Blues in the Mississippi Night" features Memphis SLIM, Big Bill BROONZY & Sonny Boy WILLIAMSON rec by Alan Lomax RYKODISC RCD-90155 1990 D/ CD-1170 - Kevin BROWN's Selection for Dartington College Arts Thesis: 4"RTR-0770-8 (wit+h separate listings)/ CASS-1264-70 - Univ of N.Carolina selection of Vintage 78s 2001 - Pete Seeger in Texas Penitentiary: FF-3301

BOTHY BALLADS - Scotland: RPL 18126-8/ 18131/ 18777 Jimmy McBEATH - 20083-5 John MEARNS 1954 - Jimmy McBEATH: FTX-058-059-060 - John MACDONALD: FTX-061 - John STRACHAN: FTX-066 - Davie STEWART: FTX-180 - Jimmie McBEATH BBs only: FTX-260 - Rory & Alex McEwan (voc/gtr): FTX-293 - The Cornkisters: FTX-360 - Selection of BBs: FTX-460 - SPRINGTHYME SPR-1014 "Bothy Greats" - TANGENT TNGM-109 1971 School of Scottish Studies - TOPIC 12-T-180 Various - 12-T-263 1975 John McDONALD - Four Aberdeensh singers (2 or 3 songs each): Jock DUNCAN, Tam REID, Joe AITRKEN, Gordon EASTON & Eric SIMPSON: SLEEPYTOON SLPYMC001 1999 (Cass)

BOTTLING (collecting money when street busking) - see also BUSKING - Geordeanna McCULLOCH & ch of kids: TOPIC 12-TS-226 1973

BROADSIDES -- Lewis BURT, Heswall-on-Tyne, Durham 1953: FTX-FTX-409 Miners Talk - Thomas PAINE, rec Alan Lomax, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Durham 20/4/50: FTX-451 talk about woman selling penny songsheets

BROOM (-STICK) DANCE - England: - Stephen BALDWIN (fid) rec by PK, Upton Bishiop, Herefordsh 1952: RPL 18682 - Herbert PRINCE: Tune of "Brush" whistled rec by PK, Warminster, Wiltsh 1954: RPL 21474/ FTX-406 - Hilary CARRE (mel) rec by PK, Sark, CI 1957 - Unknown player, Shoreham, Sussex (fid) 1957: FTX-416 - Tom POTTER (mel), rec PK, Hawkhurst, Kent 4/9/63 RTR-09111/ 0985/ FTX-428 (tune of "Wind blowed the pump up" (Keel Row) with talk about dance - "Scan" TESTER (A-conc) rec by PK, Horsted Keynes, Sussex 1963 : RTR-0914/ FTX-085 tune: "Oyster Girl" with talk about dance/ with Reg HALL (mel) & Daisy SHERLOCK (piano) rec by Reg Hall & PeterGrant, Horsted Keynes, Sussex 10/10/64: TOPIC 12-T-455-6 1990 (D/LP) - Elsewhere -- Belgium: Fid, dulc & d/bass "Besom": OCORA 558-594 1981 A16

BUSKING - see also BOTTLING - "Scan" TESTER rec by PK incl talking about playing concertina on Brighton Beach: FTX-453 - OCORA OCR-75 Ethiopia "Jigsaw" with drum rattle & vocal - Rajasthan snake-charmers with lute & cymbals OCR-81 - Nigeria Praise song with zither & cymbal OCR-82

CAJUN -- USA - Louisiana Waltz on fiddle & guitar: FTX-782 #54 - Ogdel CARRIER, rec Alan Lomax, Angola, Louisiana 1934 & Joe Segura (v/fid), Delchambre, La AAFS L5 A14 AAFS L5 A13 & 14/ 7"RTR-0309 - The Hoffrauir family, New Iberia [1934] with Wayne PERRY (fid & accordion): Lib of Congress L5 "Acadian waltz & Blues" - Elita, Mary & Ella HOFFPAUIR rec by John & Alan Lomax, New Iberia, Louisiana, USA June 1934: ROUNDER CD 1500 1997 "Sept ans sur mer" - Songs & Dances of Louisiana Acadians: ARHOOLIE 5019/ CASS-45-0808- 5019 Dewy BALFA & others - The SUNDOWN PLAYBOYS: APPLE 44 1972 (45 EP)/ CASS-20-0809 2 items - Cf COLUMBIA SL-211 (French Canada) - FOLKWAYS FE-4438 14 songs rec by I Bonstein - Joseph FALCON (mel) with Cleoma BREAUX (gtr) rec New Orleans 1928 "Fe Fe Ponchaux" [NEW WORLD NW-226]/ CASS- 0476-7 - RCA VICTOR LEP 1020 Arcadie et Quebec (Univ Laval 1950) - SMITHSONIAN Cajun Bands incl the BALFA brothers "The Bosco Stomp" - SONET T-718 ROCKING DOPSIE & Band "Doing the Zydeco" - BONETONES (Minneapolis) Cajun Group RPL Radio 2 10/8/88: CASS 90-0549 - Aly BAIN meets Cajuns Radio 2 18/1/89 CASS-15-0811 Savoy Duser Band/ D L Mainer & Louisiana Aces [LISMORE LISL 7017] - Ira BERNSTEIN (triangle) with Jemmy (v/fid) & Evo (acc) BLUESTEIN rec NY 1989 CASS-0817 "Midland Two Step" - Several performers incl Al BERARD, Steve RILEY, Zydeco etc: ELLIPSIS "Planet Squeezebox" 3xCD nn 1995 "J'ai passant devant tu port" - Cleveland BENOIT & Darby rec by John A & Alan Lomax, Louisiana 1934: ROUNDER 1700 1997 "Malheureuse Negre" - CAJUN & CREOLE MUSIC 1934-7 rec by John & Alan Lomax: ROUNDER 1999 (2 CDs) 11661-1842-2 & 11661-1842-2 (titles listed above) - Britain -- THE BUTTER MOUNTAIN BOYS: CASS-0268 on Radio FOLK ON TWO 19/4/89 incl Derriere la porte, J'ai passai devant la porte (waltz) & their own arr of trad tunes: Big Sheep & Cow

CALLING - leader giving dance instructions with or over the music- PK with HAYMAKERS Band for "Speed the Plough" Country Dance FTX-408 - Peter KENNEDY: (calling for Square Dance): DECCA 78rpm - Newel NOLAN (banjo with piano, shouting & "calling" intro by Nicholas Carolan on RTE radio prog 1985 CASS-0865

CALLING-ON SONGS -- WATERSONS: TOPIC 12-T-167 1966 Kirkby Malzeard Sword Dancers, nr York - STEELEYE SPAN (arr Hutchings): B & C CREST-22 1970 - Pete & Chris COE & co: LEADER LER-2098 1976 "King's Song" from North Hunton, N Yorks Sword Play

CALLS - Europe: - Basque Country:Irrinzina war-cry: COLUMBIA SL-207 & 217 - Venezuela: Jungle Hunting cries & cattle-herding: COLUMBIA SL- 212 - Roumania: ELECTRECORD (& cass) - Poland: MUCA 1976 D/LP (& cass) - SWEDISH RADIO RELP 5017 1941- 63 - USA & Canada: - FOLKWAYS FM-4006 Canada Mouse & bear - Africa: Togo: OCR-76 - Elsewhere: - Tibet: OCORA OCR-49 1969

CALUSARI - Roumanian "Morisca" -- ELECTRECORD EPD 1015 #19 & #34/ DAT-90-632 - 16mm Film of ritual village dancers made by Amice Calverley in 1938: FF-4404

CALYPSOS - Caribbean: - - Neville MARCANO, "Growling Tiger", & Lord Airey in Calypso "duel" with group & flute, fiddle & guitar, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad 1936: ROUNDER 1700 1997/ (with group) rec by Alan Lomax, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad 17/8/62: ROUNDER 1717 1998 & ROUNDER 1725 2000/ extract: FTX-789/ "The Tiger" 1936 rec intro by John Peel on "Protest in 50s & 60s": Radio 2 7/3/87: CASS 90-0565 - West Indies rec RTR-0445 "The Lion" sings "Heroes of Old" (Decca) - Lord KITCHENER with Rupert Nurse & his Trinidad Troubadours: ROOT & BRANCH #2 CD 2000 "Sweet Jamaica" - Colin Irwin "Acoustic Roots" Radio 2 7/4/87: CASS-90-0542 incl Mighty Sparrow 1959, Lord Kitchener 1951 also Lord Kitchener on "Subway train" CASS-0354 - RPL LP 23930 Trinidad incl "Don't record it from me" - MIGHTY SPARROW "Apatheid" John Peel on Protest in 50s & 60s Radio 2 2/4/87: CASS-90-0566 - Rawlingson HECTOR with gtr & words repeaterd by ch rec by AL, Rampanalgas, Trinidad 18/5/62: ROUNDER 1725 2000 "Call Ellen for me" - Britain: - Wally WHYTON: FONTANA STL-5476 1968 "Underground Train"

CANTAIREACHD - Scots Gaelic bagpipers mouth music language - Hamish HENDERSON rec by Alan Lomax 1951: 7"RTR-0680/ DAT "Bloody Fields of Flanders" (March) & "Reel of Tulloch" with explan - Mary MORRISON rec by Alan Lomax, Barra 1951: EMBER FA-2055 1968/ TANGENT TNGM-110 1971

CANTE-FABLE - Ireland: - Colm KEANE rec by Alan Lomax, Carna, Co Galway 1951 7"RTR-0566/ DAT with "Spinning song" in Gaelic and mouth- music - Seamus Ennis introduces Sean McDONAGH of Carna, Co Gaslway singing in Gaelic in AS I ROVED OUT "Collector's Corner" prog 1954: FTX-257 - Scotland: - "Appley & Orangey" told by Cathie HIGGINS (daughtrer of Belle Stewart) rec Blairgowroie Perthsh by Ewan McColl & Peggy Seeger 1962 EFDSS VWML-005 CASS-1244

CAROLS - see also WASSAIL (under SUBJECTS Listing) - England: - (in Cornish): FTX-009 Cornwall incl Padstow, Truro Wassail & "While shepherds" (5 variants): FTX-010 - Richard GENDALL (with gtr) rec Cornwall: FTX-125 - Emily BISHOP rec by PK, Bromsberrow Heath Herefordsh: RPL 18683-5/ FTX-129 talk about carol singing: RPL 18695 - Jim SMALL, Cheddar, Somerset 1980: FTX-138 (talk & 5 local carols) - Rowland KELLETT (Leeds): FTX-209 - Yorkshire Dales: FTX-265 - Gloucestershire: FTX-417 - Carol Selection: FTX-504 - "Sing Christmas" 1957 radio prog: FTX-950 - People's Carol (Yorks) LEADER LEE-4065 - Ralph THOMAS (talk about carol- singing) rec by Peter Duddridge, Ashton-under-hill, Gloucestersh 1963: 6"RTR-0872 - Dartington: SAYDISC SDL-246 - Handbells, musical boxes, street piano, Church bells incl Dartington handbell choir: CSDL CASS-327 - Maddy PRIOR & Carnival Band SAYDISC SDL-366/ CASS-0171 - Christmas with the Clancys: SHANACHIE 52017 - WATERSONS "Frost & Fire": TOPIC 12-T-136 1965 - VALLEY FOLK: TOPIC 12-T-192 1968 - "King Pharim" & "Good Old Way" TOPIC 12-TS-265 1975 - Engl & American WATERSONS: TOPIC 12-TS-346 1978 - CASS-1046 incl KIPPERS, Maddy PRIOR & in "The Fountain Inn" Sheffield Radio 2 28/2/90 - PUZZLEJUG "Let us be merry" PJ3 1996 coll Gloucestershire - - Isle of Man -- Claire CLENNELL (Isle of Man): SOUND NEWS SM-32 & SM-73 - Europe: - France: DISKAN DK-015 Miougrano de Frejus: "Noelles de Provence" - Hungary: QUALITON vol IV A2 Christmas

CEILI(DHE) - Ireland: Co Fermanagh : Cuchulainn Ceilidhe Band rec by PK, 1952: FTX-370 - Atmosphere with "wheezie" melodeon & mouth music, Step dancing with whistling & Dancing with melodeon rec Carna Co Galway 20/8/47: RPL 12054 - England: "Brahms & Liszt" Band rec Bristol 1982: CASS 0336-7

CHORAL SINGING -- see also CHORUS - GOSPEL - England: - Redmaids School Bristol 31/3/55 "The Prickly Bush": RPL 21750 - 16 songs arr by R Vaughan Williams sung by London Madrigal group: EMI HQS-1215 - Sheffield Folk Chorale (Graham & Eileen Pratt): GRAIL CD-005 2003 - "Songs of the Civil War" with the George MITCHELL Choir & Lansdowne Orchestra "The Blue and the Grey": WORLD RECORD CLUB T-629 - Wales: Llangwm Party Denbighsh with harp rec by PK 10/11/54: RPL 22427 - Isle of Man: rec Douglas 26/2/58: RPL LP 24129

CHORUS SINGING - Lincolnshire Plough Play 1953: RPL 19028/ FTX-105 - Channel Islands - Sark, 1938: RPL 1834-6 - Cotton mill 1939 (?): RPL 2266 - Westmorland & Yorkshire 1941: RPL 2519-23 - Ireland: Co Galway,1947: RPL 12500 - Belfast tinkers 1952: RPL 18584

CHURCH SERVICE - USA: - rec by Alan Lomax, St James Church, Huntsville, Alabama USA 1959: RPL LP 26145 Baptism with Minister's Sermon - FF-3303

CHURNING - Scotland: - Annie Johnson & Mrs Sandy McNeill, Barra, Hebrides rec by Alan Lomax 1951: COLUMBIA SL-209 1952/ ROUNDER CD-1743 1998

CLASSICAL -- Jim COUZA (ham dulc): 60-909S Bach's "Minuet in G" - EASTMAN Wind Ensemble: MERCURY SR-90388 Folksong Suites - FOREST TRACKS FT-3001 1973 "Harmonious Blacksmith" (Handel) - Lea NICHOLSON (conc): LEADER LER-3010 1971 Trio Sonata in C (J S Bach) - Alistair ANDERSON (Engl conc): LEADER LER-2074 1972 "Sonato No 6 in E & Polonaise from Suite (Bach) - Operatic singers incl Plunket-Greene: RUBINI CC-1 - "Sound in Brass" (handbells): SAYDISC SDL-274 cass - Classic type Radio Concert of Folk Music at Snape Mill, Aldeburgh, Suffolk 1977: CASS 60-0621

CLAWHAMMER -- John PEARSE talk & "Geordie" on "Calling the tune #8 11/3/63

CLOG DANCING - Johnson ELLWOOD, Durham, on Radio FOLK ON TWO 26/7/89: CASS 0275 - Elizabeth SEARLE dancing to her sister's recorder: FOREST TRACKS FT-3008 1975 - Michael HEBBERT (conc) with nuts: FREE REED FRR-009 1977 "American Boot Dance" - Talk about Clog Dance Revival by Edny WILSON at National Garden Festival, Gateshead on Radio 2 27/7/90 CASS #1034

COB COALING -- Unnamed Woman rec Bordon, Hants 1/7/60: RPL LP 26349 - Dora TURNER rec by Sam Richards & Tish Stubbs: "English Anthology" on FOLKWAYS FE-3853 1981/ CASS-1292 (copied 1994) - Harry BOARDMAN (+ conc & ch): TOPIC 12-T-188 1968/ from Sound Archive coll A L Lloyd on Radio 2 11/82 CASS-0473 - 12-TS-237 Back Street Songs from Lancashire

COMMUNITY DANCES -- McBAIN'S, RANCHERS, ORAND & BLUE & GREENSLEEVES Country Dance Bands EFDSS C-2 1972 CASS-1206

COMPOSITION - Instrumental: -- Harmonica Blues: FTX-039 - Orkney players: FTX-064 - Shetland Instrumentalists: FTX-068 - Neil BOYLE (fid) Co Donegal : FTX-170 - Paddy Taylor (flute) Co Tipperary: FTX-171 - Margaret BARRY (jig) & Michael GORMAN (reel): FTX-174 - Hector McAndrew (fid) Aberdeenshire: FTX-272 - Shetland incl Tom Anderson talking about composing "The Road to Houll": FTX-368 - Orkney Selection: FTX-389 - Alistair ANDERSON (E-conc): TOPIC 12-TS-427 "Steel Skies"- Billy ATKINSON (fid) Northumb: TOPIC 12-TS- 267 - John KIRKPATRICK (acc): LEADER 2032/ TOPIC 12-TS-247 & 355 - Tom HUGHES & Wattie ROBSON (fids): SPRINGTHYME SPR 1005 1981 "Tam's Old Love Song" & "Banks of Kale Water"

COMPOSITIONS - Song -- Adrian TUCKER (Blues): FTX-037 - Fred ROOKE: FTX-044/ 045/ 046 - Graham & Eileen PRATT: FTX-048 - Martin GRAEBE: FTX-049 - John Mc DONALD: FTX-061 - Song Contest (Kingsbridge, Devon): FTX-088 - ZIGGURAT: FTX-090 - Venture into Space: FTX-093 - THE INN FOLK: FTX-095 - David DODDS: FTX-126 - Martin SPRING: FTX-128 - Sylvia MOORE: FTX-137 - Sydney CARTER & Donald SWANN: FTX-146 - Belle STEWART: FTX-183 - Rowland KELLETT (Leeds): FTX-209 - Graeme MILES: FTX-221 - 231 - KESTY: FTX-240 - SPINNERS: FTX-291 - Rory & Alex McEWAN: FTX-293 - Percy Lavarello of Tristan de Cunha: FTX-609 - "Sing Christmas" 1957 radio prog: FTX-950 - ARGO ZFB-19 1971/ ZFB-28 1972 Marie LITTLE - ELEKTRA EUK 253 1966 "A cold wind blows" (Tawney, Clayre, McGinn, Handle) - EMI DLP-1204 1960 "Rocket Along" "New Songs on Old Lines" rec by PK- LEADER LER-2083 "Songs of a Changing World" (Raven, Jones, Rose) - TRADITIONAL SOUND TSR-012 1972 "May" & "O by the way" Martin CARTER - TRADITION TSR-016 TEESSIDE FETTLERS - Iain MacNEACAIL (John Nicholson "The Skipper") rec by Thomas A.McKean & others, Skye, 1991-1994: included in McKean's book "HEBRIDEAN SONGMAKER"

COUNTRY DANCE -- Scan TESTER Sussex: FTX-085 - Fred PIDGEON Devon: FTX-087 - Northumb: FTX-121 - Bob RUNDLE: FTX-124 - BERESFORDS & PENNOCK etc Yorks: FTX-211 - Kenworthy SCHOFIELD (Pipe & tabor) FTX-325 - Dorset Trio rec 1941: RPL 2974 - Boscastle & Tintagel Bands rec 1943: RPL 7029 - Stephen BALDWIN (fid) Hereford 1952: RPL 18680-2/ FTX-115 - Norfolk: RPL 18705-7/ FTX-328 - George TREMAIN (mel) N Yorks 2/4/53: RPL 19236-8/ FTX-329 - Will THORN (mel) Devon: RPL 19967/ FTX-086 - Sam FAWCETT (conc) Durham: RPL 20534-5/ FTX-118 - Jake HUTTON (fid) Northumb: RPL 20612/ FTX-121 - Ned PEARSON (fid) Northumb: RPL 20620-2/ FTX-121 - John McCUTCHEON (fid) Kirkcudbrightsah 16/7/54: RPL 21485 - James FUSSEY (fid) Lincs 27/3/53: RPL 21491/ FTX-423 - Kate BUTTERS (acc) Thaxted Essex 11/4/55: RPL 22170 - Kit WHITE (mel) Swaledale Yorks 24/11/54: RPL 22326/ FTX-211 - Geordie TAYLOR (fid) Northumb 30/11/54: RPL 22445/ FTX121 - Bob CANN (mel) Devon 15/11/54: RPL 23506/ FF-1101 - KENTISH TRAVELLERS: RPL LP 26960 1961 - Giles FARNABY'S DREAM BAND: ARGO ZDA-158 - Roger NICHOLSON (dulc): 204 - Bob STEWART (psaltery): 207 - GREEN WILLOW BAND: SWEET FOLK ALL SFA-115 "Cotswold Music" - William KIMBER (conc): EFDSS LP-1001/ FTX-384 - GREENSLEEVES BAND: EFDSS BR! - FLOWERS & FROLICS: FREE REED FRR-016 - John KIRKPATRICK: LEADER 2033 - MUCKRAM WAKES: LEADER 2093 "Ashover Coll" - Roger NICHOLSON: LEADER 2094 Playford - BLOWZABELLA: PLANT LIFE PL-038 1982 - CHEVIOT RANTERS: TOPIC 12-T-214 1972 (M) "Sound of the Cheviots"/ 12-TS-222 1973 "English Country Dance Music"/ 12-TS-245 "Cheviot Barn Dance" - FAIRLANDS Family Band (cass) - USA - F & W F-74-FW5 Canterbury Country Orchestra

COUPLE DANCES -- Roger NICHOLSON (dulc): ARGO ZDA 204- Herbert SMITH (fid) Norfolk RPL 18706-7/ FTX-328 - Michael GORMAN (fid) Sligo: RPL 18710/ FTX-077 - George TREMAIN (mel) Yorks RPL 19238/ FTX-329 - Sam FAWCETT (conc) Durham: RPL 19239 & 20534/ FTX-118 - Will THORN (mel) Devon RPL 19967/ FTX-086 - Adam GRAY (fid) Northumb RPL-20613 - Billy BALLANTINE (Picc): RPL 20616-8/ FTX-119 - Ned PEARSON (fid) RPL 20621-3/ FTX-121 - Billy CONROY (whistle): RPL 20624/ FTX 122 - Billy & Jack BOWMAN (acc/ banjo) Cumberland: RPL LP 26583/ FTX-117 - TOPIC 12-TS-267 (fid) Northumb - 12-T-319-20 Bob SMITH'S IDEAL BAND - 12-TS-348 John WRIGHT (harmonica/ fid)

COURANTE -- Song about local "match-making" with a "fol-de-dol" chorus: James CAREY rec by PK, Clough Mills Co Antrim N.Ireland 5/8/53: RPL 20030

CREOLE -- Call and response song in French Creole, rec by Alan Lomax, Vieux Fort, St Lucia 20/7/62: ROUNDER 1700 1997 "Luce-O, Luce Mauvais"

 
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