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CAN CALA ME - PADSTOW MAY SONG

CAN CAN POLKA, THE -- WINTLE Street Piano rec by PK 1955: FTX-300

CAN DUFF DEELISH - Song Air - Tunebook 3/4 (Em) #113 p214

CAN I SLEEP IN YOUR BARN TONIGHT, MISTER? - "for it's cold laying down on the ground" tells story of stranger coming to his house and stays the night but he runs off with his wife and son leaving a letter -- Jack TARLING rec by NL, Haverhill, Suffolk 30.4.95 (gift) NEIL LANHAM NL-01/ CASS-1357

CAN MERTHYR - (Song of Merthyr)- "Ye lads all through the country..." - Macaronic (combined English & Welsh) - Siwsann GEORGE (voc) with Nigel Eaton (hurdy gurdy): SAYDISC CD-SDL-406 1993 Caneuon Traddodiadol Cymru (Traditional Songs of Wales)

CAN OF GROG, THE - "When up the shroud the sailor goes" - Bold Jack - ROUD#2023 - HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 pp73-74 ships log 1776 (w/o)

CAN THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN? - "I was standing by my window on one cold and cloudy day" - ROUD#4226 - RANDOLPH OFS 4 p74 -- CARTER Family 1935: Banner 334654/ Melotone 13432/ Oriole 8484/ Pathe 13155/ Romeo5484/ Conqueror 8529/ Vocalion/Okeh 03027/ Melotone 92043/ Columbia 20268/ Columbia 37669)

CAN WE CLEAN YOUR WINDOWS? - ROUD#10539 - BROPHY & PARTRIDGE Songs & Slang of the British Soldier 1931 edn p85/ The Long Trail 1965 edn p59

CAN WASSEL - Cornish - WASSAIL SONG

CAN Y BARDD WRTH FARW - BARDD WRTH FARW (Welsh)

CAN Y BUGAIL - (Song of the Goatherd) - "Naw gafr gorniog gynne oedd gen i..." - Goat-counting song from Neath area publ ny Maria Jane Williamws "Ancient National Airs of Gwent & Morganwg" 1844 - Tune from a blind harpist at Pontneddfechan in the Neath valley; words from an Iolo Morgannwg. Ms. This is one of 7 versions of CYFRI'R GEIFR (Counting the Goats) often sung by children -- MABSANT (Susan GEORGE & Stuart BROWN) rec by Bob Partridge, Cardiff 1983: FTX-054 - Susan GEORGE (voc) with Robin Huw Bowen (triple harp) & Ceri Matthews (whistle): SAYDISC CD-SDL-406 1993 Caneuon Traddodiadol Cymru (Traditional Songs of Wales)

CAN Y CARDI - (The Cardiganshire man's song) - "Rwy'n lwmpyn mawr o Gardi..- "I am a sturdy miner - boss on the coal-face earning more than my father - I cazn cut the coal exactly" etc" Welsh from the singing of Ivor Owen, first publ. in Y DARIAN (1928) from Gwilym Griffiths, Trealaw, Rhondda. Tells of a "Cardi", happy with his new life as a miner in the Rhondda and with the "small yellow beer" -- MABSANT (Susan GEORGE & Stuart BROWN) rec by Bob Partridge, Cardiff 1983: FTX-054 - Susan GEORGE (voc) with Roger Plater (acc): SAYDISC CD-SDL-406 1993 Caneuon Traddodiadol Cymru (Traditional Songs of Wales)

CAN Y CATHREINWR - (The Ox Driver's Song) - CANEUON LLAFAR GWLAD ed.Roy Saer (1974) from the singing of John Thomas of Wenfô who learned it while helping to plough, near St. Nicholas, 1878 -- MABSANT (Susan GEORGE & Stuart BROWN) rec Bob Partridge, Cardiff 1983: FTX-054

CAN Y TYLYTH TEG - (Song of the Fairies) - Welsh -- John THOMAS & his daughter, Elizabeth, rec by PK, Llangwm, Corwen, Denbighsh 9/11/54: FTX-051 and 8/12/66

CAN Y 'WECH AWR - (Song of the Six Hours) - Welsh by Bardd Abel Crwst (Gwynedd). Not the original title but shortened from its 19-word original - Words from BALEDI MORGANNWG ed. Ben B.Thomas; tune is that of the British ballad, "Palatine Man" -- MABSANT (Susan GEORGE & Stuart BROWN) rec by Bob Partridge, Cardiff 1983: FTX-054

CAN YE SEW CUSHIONS? - O CAN YOU SEW CUSHIONS?

CAN YOU DANCE THE FLORA? - JOHN THE BONE

CAN YOU POOKER ROMANES? - ("Can you speak Romany?") - GILLINGTON SOR 1911 "Can you rokka romanes?" - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 p748 -- Wally FULLER (gypsy) of Kent rec by PK, Laughton, Sussex 11/11/52: RPL 18720/ FTX-441 - Carolyne HUGHES (gypsy) rec by PK, nr Blandford, Dorset 19/4/68: 7"RTR-1020/ CASS-45-1245/ FTX-143 (with Romany conversation and explanaton after) - Peter INGRAM: TOPIC TSCD-661 Travellers "Can you rokker Romany?"

CAN YOU WASH A SAILOR'S SHIRT? - BRISK YOUNG SAILOR BOLD

CAN YR ADERYN DU - DERYN DU (The Blackbird)

CAN YR YCHEN - (Driving the Oxen) - Welsh -- Ben PHILLIPS "Ben Bach" rec by Seamus Ennis, Lochbwrffin, Mathry, Pembrokesh 3/9/53: RPL 20192/ FTX-052

CANAAN - "Together let us sweetly live I am bound for the land of" - ROUD#2839 THOMPSON PS pp 5-6 Stevens-Douglass MS NY 1841-56 (w/o)

CANADA - see also CAPE BRETON - Alan MILLS, Perry FRIEDMAN, Raoul ROY - see also GAELIC- AUNT MARY'S - BALLAD OF NEW SCOTLAND - BIG SHIP (GLISE DE SHERBROOK) - BOLD WOLFE - CANADIAN JIG - BUFFALO JUMP - BY THE HUSH, ME BOYS - CANADIEN ERRANT - COD LIVER OIL - EMMA JANE - FLUNKY JIM - GREEN FIELDS - JAM AT JERRY'S ROCKS - JAMIE JUDGE - JOLLY RAFTSMEN-O - JONES BOYS - LAKE OF THE CAOGAMA - LIFE IN A PRAIRIE SHACK - JIM DANDY - LONESOME SCENES AT WINTER - LOSS OF THE ELLEN MUNN - NOBLE LADS OF CANADA - OLD GRANDMA - PEGGY GORDON - PETER EMBELAY - POOR LITTLE GIRLS OF ONTARIO - SASKATCHEWAN - SHE'S LIKE THE SWALLOW - SHINING BIRCH TREE - SIR JOHN FRANKLIN - SQUID-JIGGING GROUND - THREE CROWS - TIME TO BE MADE A WIFE - TRANS CANADA HIGHWAY - WEE COCKSPARRA (Dunbar) - WOLFE - WON'T YOU COME TO ME IN CANADA? - French -- A LA CLAIRE FONTAINE - AUNT MARY'S CANADIAN JIG - DANSE DE CHEZ NOUS (jig) - FILLE DE L'AVOCAT - FRANCOIS MARCHE - HOTELIER - ISABEAU SE PROMENER - MON PERE IL M'A MARIE - PETIT CORDONNIER - RAFTSMEN -- Recordings see under AREA Listing

CANADA-I-O - "There was a gallant lady all in her tender year" "She longed to see that seapport town called Canada-i-o" - she gives a sailor a piece of gold and he takes her down the hold and gives her sailor's clothes "your collar shall be blue" but a fight follows among the saiilors as to who will show her round the town - the captain takes her in charge and when he gets to Canada he marries her - warning to other girls: aim for the top man - LAWS #C-17 NAB 1950/64 p155 (Guide to Logging version only) - ROUD#309 - BSs incl SBG 5:#76/ 9:#50 titled "The Lady's trip to KENNADY"- WILLIAMS #437 David Sawyer, Ogbourne, Wiltsh (w/o) - KIDSON EPS 1929 - HENRY SOP #162/ HUNTINGTON 1990 pp333-4 Hugh Murray & Mary Ann Wilson, Coleraine, Co Derry 1926 "C Hi Ho" - STUBBS LOM 1970 pp20-1 Harry Upton 1963 --- JACKSON, Early Songs of Uncle Sam pp.188-189 - GRAY SBML 1924 #17 - RICKABY 1926 #41 - ECKSTORM Me 1927 p22 11d - BARRY Me 1929 p20 11d from Eckstorm (Note says: Words attributed to Ephraim Braley, Charleston, Maine, 1854) - BECK Mich 1941 #16 - LOMAX FSNA 1960 #57 p103 & pp114-5 from Barry Maine - THOMPSON PS 1958 pp58-60 Stevens-Douglass Ms NY 1841-56 (w/o) - LOMAX FSNA 1960 pp114-115 from Barry MWS: Mrs Annie Marston, Maine (North American Versions are mostly Lumbering which Lomax suggests were in turn based on the English BS and Scots CALEDON-I-A) - LEACH Labr 1965 #90 p774 from Eckstorm (Me) - KARPELES NFL 1971 pp169-170 Clarence Coffin, Nfl 1930 "The Wearing of the Blue" -- Sammy Mc NEILY rec by Seamus Ennis, Kirkcudbrightsh 1953: RPL 22875/ FTX-262 - Togo CRAWFORD rec by PK, Mossdale, Kirkcudbrightsh 1954: RTR- 0658/ RPL 21487 "A Sailor & his own true love" - Robert CINNAMOND, rec by PK & Sean O Boyle, Belfast 1955: RPL LP 24842/ FTX-159- Harry UPTON rec by PK, Balcombe, Sussex 1963 RTR #0912/ FTX-428/ rec Mike Yates: TOPIC 12-T-258 1975 - Sam RICHARDS & Tish STUBBS: SAYDISC SDL-280 1977 (Harry Upton version via Ken Stubbs) "Canadee-i-o" - Nic JONES (voc/ gtr): TOPIC 12-TS-411 1980 --- John GALUSHA rec by Frank & Anne Warner, Minerva, NY, USA 1946: FTX-921 "Michigan-i-o" (Lumbering) - Ed McCURDY (with gtr) rec Jac Holzman, NY USA: RIVERSIDE 12-601 1955 from Eckstorm (Maine)

CANADIAN BOAT SONG - "Faintly as tolls the evening chime" - On many broadsides - Instrum: Tunebook Ms 6/8 (G) (duet arr) #114 p215

CANADIEN ERRANT, UN -- Perry FRIEDMAN (voc/ banjo) rec by PK, London 21/6/58: RPL LP 24566 - Alan MILLS accomp Steve BENBOW (gtr) rec by PK, London 15/6/59: RPL LP 24896 - Bonnie DOBSON rec RPL Radio FOLK ON TWO 26/7/89/ CASS-0270

CANAL CRUISE, THE -- Bob SMITH'S IDEAL BAND 1930: TOPIC 12-T-319 1977 incl: Life on the Ocean Wave - Drunken Sailor reprod of cruise on Forth & Clyde on the steamer "Fairy Queen"

CANALS - see ED&S mag 42/1 1980 p10 "Barge Dancer" contrib by David Arthur - CAPITAL SHIP - CRUISE OF THE CALABAR - CRUISE OF THE SUN GLORY - DEEP CANAL DROWNING - DOWN BY THE CANAL - DUDLEY CANAL TUNNEL - FERRYMAN'S DAUGHTER - IRISH ROVER - IRISHMEN NOW GOING TO AMERICA - LOWER THE FUNNEL - MANCHESTER CANAL - MARY ANNE McHUGH - MARY JANE - NEW NAVIGATION - ON BOARD OF THE BUGABOO - POTTERY CANAL - PUSH, BOYS, PUSH - ROSEMARY - SHROPSHIRE UNION - YOUNG BRITISH WATERMAN - Canada & USA - RED IRON ORE - TRIP ON THE ERIE

CANALS -- Recordings see SUBJECTS Listing

CANAMINE HIGHLAND, THE - FELDMAN p107 (Am) from Simon Doherty

CANARIES -- BEGGAR'S BANQUET BEG-102 (45 EP)

CANAVIN'S LULLABY -- Colm KEANE rec by Alan Lomax, Carna Galway 1951 7"RTR-0566/ DAT

CANBERRA BOMBER SONG, THE - World War 2 Song to tune of "Eton Boating Song" -- Rowland KELLETT Leeds rec by PK, London 1963: FTX-209

CANDLE - BLOW THE CANDLE OUT - FROLICSOME FARMER- HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLON? - I SENT A LETTER (Dumfries "blowing") - JIMMY MYER (Dublin "Snuff snuff snuff") - THERE'S SOMEBODY UNDER THE BED - MY FATHER DIED

CANDLELIGHT FISHERMAN, THE - "O me Dad was a fisherman bold - and he lived till he grew old - but he opens the pane and pops out the flame - just to see how the wind do blow" - composed by Major Philip Hamond (Copyrighted by FOLKTRAX 1957) - ROUD#1852 - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #219 p499 8v/m Phil Hamond 1952 - PALMER OBSS 1986 #144 p254 Bob Roberts (via Hamond/ Folktrax acknowledged) -- Phil HAMOND (voc/ mel) rec PK, Morston, Norfolk 1952: RPL 18703 with talk & tune played sep on mel/ CAEDMON TC-1144/ TOPIC 12-T-159/ FTX-021 - Bob ROBERTS (voc/ mel) rec bv PK, Pinmill, Suffolk 1958: FTX-208 & 515/: TOPIC 12-TS-361 1978 rec by Tony Engle, Ryde, IOW / TSCD-600 "Hidden English" - assigned to SAYDISC 1993 (but not used on SDL-405) - Original RIVERSIDERS Skiffle Group rec by PK, London 1958 RPL LP 24159 - Peter KENNEDY (voc/gtr): FTX-309 A-ROVING 1968 #3 - YETTIES "All at sea" ARGO ZFB-86 1973/ YETTIES RPL Radio 2 18/11/87: CASS-60-0556 with "Trumpet Hornpipe" - Robin HALL & Jimmie MACGREGOR (with added chorus & children): DECCA Eclipse ECS-2161 1974

CANDLEMAS -- BELGIAN R/T DL-111-427 Etikhove 1963 Round Game -- Recordings see SUBJECTS Listing

CANDLEMAS EVE - "Down with the rosemary and bays mistletoe - as former things grow old" Easter & Whitsuntide Carol - OXFORD BC #126 p254 Roberyt Herrick 1591-1674

CANDY GIRL - American Song/ Dance -- Vera HALL rec by John A & Ruby T Lomax, Livingston, Alabama, USA 1939: Library of Congress: Archive of American Folk Culture 2684 B2 - Austin HELMAN rec by Herbert Halbert, Maryville, Tenn 1939: Library of Congress recording 2916 B1 - Hettie GODFREY rec by John A & Ruby T Lomax, Livingston, Alabama, USA 1940: Library of Congress recording 1407 A1 - Negro schoolchildren rec by John A & Ruby T Lomax, York, Alabama Library of Congress recording 4029 B3 - Andy EDWARDS (fid) rec by Maud Karpeles, Coffey Ridge, Ermin, Tenn USA Sept 1950: RPL 17147/ FTX-907

CANDYMAN, THE - TRAVELLING CANDYMAN

CANDYMAN'S TRUMPET, THE - "Now lads I've left the colliery" - ROUD#8246 - POLWARTH 1969 p25 from Mrs Jack Elliott "The Candyman"

CANE BREAK, THE - NANCY DILL

CANNED PEAS - Quadrille Jig -- Bob RUNDLE (mel) & Tony FRANKLIN (banjo) Camborne, Cornwall rec by PK, Dartington, Devon 1978: FTX-124

CANNIBALISM - incl HEADHUNTERS - AWB Simpson: "C & the Common Law" (Chicago 1984) - BANKS OF NEWFOUNDLAND - FRANKLIN - MAN AT THE NORE - SHIP IN DISTRESS - THREE MEN OF BRISTOL CITY - Recordings see SUBJECTS Listing

CANNIE - see also CANNY

CANNIE LADDIE - STILL I LOVE HIM

CANNILY, CANNILY - comp by Ewan MacColl -- Tim HART & Maddy PRIOR: B & C CAS-1035 1971/ CREST-17 1974/ CASS-45-0851 - MAGPIE (Washington Folk Group) SMITHSONIAN/ FOLKWAYS FTS-31061 1978 CASS-0819

CANNONBALL, THE - "You can wash my jumper.starch my overalls" - ROUD#4759a -- Carter Family (Trio) Memphis, Tenn 24/5/30 BLUEBIRD B-6020-B/ 7"RTR-0313-4

CANNONBALL BLUES, THE -"O listen to the train, coming down the line" - ROUD 4759b - see also WABASH CANNONBALL -- (Carter Family)

CAN'T FEEL AT HOME -- Carter Family (Trio) Charlotteville, NC: BLUEBIRD B-6257-A 26/5/30/ FTX-911-C90

CAN'T GET HER OFF MY MIND -- Adrian TUCKER (with harmonica, kazoo, gtr & drum set) rec by PK, Soundpost Studios, Dartington, Devon 1974: FTX-037

CAN'T YE HILO? - "Young girls love to dance with Jack" - Shanty - HUGILL 1961 p265 - ROBINSON: The Bellman 1917

CAN'T YOU DANCE THE POLKA? - "As I walked down the Broadway" Shanty - ROUD#436 - Polka craze began in 1840s - BULLEN-ARNOLD 1914 #21 p20 (1 v) - GRAINGER #214 Charles Rosher, Chelsea, London 1907 - HUGILL 1961 p374 "New York Girls" includes song "Jack-all-alone" (Wigan/ Peter Street) - DOERFLINGER 1951 -- J S Scott rec Carpenter London 1928 (with chorus repeating the word "polka): 141 - Stanley SLADE with male ch & Phil GREEN (p-acc) rec Bristol 1943: RPL 6018/ with Peter KENNEDY & HAYMAKER'S (unacc ch) & Sandy MOIR (acc) rec 1950: RPL 17610/ FTX-207 - Bob ROBERTS: COLLECTOR JEB-6 1959 (45 EP)/ with Peter KENNEDY (banjo): FTX-208/ assigned to SAYDISC 1993 - YETTIES: ARGO ZFB-86 1973 with polkas between verses - TROTTO: FOREST TRACKS FT-6003 1973/ FREE REED FRR-005 1976 - STEELEYE SPAN: CHRYSALIS CHR-1071 1975/ RPL Radio 2 CASS 90-0622 - Sam RICHARDS & Tish STUBBS: SAYDISC SDL-280 1977 - OYSTER BAND: COOK CD-020 1989 "New York Girls"

CANNY CUMBERLAND - "Twas a neet last week wid our week efter supper" - ROUD#2523 - KIDSON EPS 1829 - JFSS 3:10 1907 p41 Sydney Nicholson: J W Brown, Carlisle, Cumberland 1905 m/o - GREGSON CSB 1980 pp20-22 "C Aul' C"

CANNY LAD, THE - Miner's comp -- Ian CAMPBELL: ARGO SPA-132 1971

CANNY LADDIE - STILL I LOVE HIM

CANNY NEWCASTLE - "bout Lunnon aw'd heard sec wonderful spokes" - about a Geordie in London - ROUD#3060 - UNIVERSAL SONGSTER 3 p411-12 - STOKOE-REAY SBNE 1899 pp43-5 (words by Thomas Thompson d1816) -- HIGH LEVEL RANTERS: TOPIC 12-TS-219 1972 used as a jig tune

CANNY SHEPHERD LAD(DIE OF THE HILLS), THE - "Now there's songs about your sodgers and your sailors" Border Composition with words by John Mowat to tune of "Darling Nelly Gray" -- Jimmy WHITE rec by PK, Yetlington, Northumberland 1954: RPL 20607 talk on 20606/ CAEDMON TC-1144/ TOPIC 12-T-159/ actuality while shearing sheep with hand-shears rec by PK, Rothbury, Northumb 23/6/54: RPL 20771/ FTX-425

CANNY SUGACH - WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (Reel)

CANNY'S JIG -- RAYMOND ROLAND Quartet (Ceili Band): EMBER EMB-3361 1965 with "Whelan's"

CANOES - DARLING NELLY GRAY - GUMTREE CANOE - PADDY YOUR OWN CANOE -- Recordings see SUBJECTS Listing

CANSO STRAIT - "In CS our vessel lay" - sailors save their ship in a gale when drunken captain refuses to shorten sail - LAWS #dD-52 NAB 1950/64 p265 - ROUD#1815 - CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 pp230-1 Charles Hartlan & Frank Faulkner - CREIGHTON MFS 1961 p194 Otis Hubley NS 1950 "In CS"

CANST THOU LOVE - "yet coldly fly me" - WILLIAMS #541 (w/o)

CANT SPEECH - see also TRAVELLERS - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 - MacCOLL-SEEGER 1986 p38-55 Stewarts -- Recordings see SUBJECTS Listing

CANTAIREACHD - "Cantering" or Vocal imitation of Pipe-music - see also MOUTH MUSIC - COLLINSON -- Recordings see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

CANTASTORIA or CANTE-FABLE - (Song with spoken parts or Story with songs) JFSS: 9 p296-7 Orange (Lamkin) & Mr Fox (One Moonlight Night) - 19 p228-38 Golden Ball - - JFSS 20 p237 "The Bob-tailed Mare" - 28 pp107-10 "Bollane Bane" Manx - 19 p228-38 (associated with MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS) - 22 p83 "The Green Lady" - 28 p111-6 "The Lazy Wife" or "Tom Tit Tom"(Sally Waters) Manx & Engl - 9 p297-9 "Mr Fox" (assoc with ONE MOONLIGHT NIGHT) - 9 p295 & 22 p86-9 "The Story of Orange"(Tale-type 720) MY MOTHER DID KILL ME BARGAIN WITH ME - BROOMFIELD WAGER - COUNTRY GORBY - CYPRUS - DAFT PIPER - DDAW HI DDIM - FIRE ON THE QUAY - GO FROM MY WINDOW (Stubbs) - HUSBANDMAN & SERVANTMAN - JOHNNY BELL - LITTLE DICKIE MILBURN - LOWRIE - MY GOOD OLD MAN - NOTHING AT ALL - POST OFFICE - RAFFERTY AND CAFFERTY - TAM GIBB'S SOW - WAXEY CANDLES -- Recordings see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

CANTEEN TEA - "The day I started work" - lunchbox under my arm - poured it down the loo -- Alan LAVERCOMBE (with guitar) rec by Sam Richards: FOLKWAYS FE-38553 1981/ CASS-1292

CANTOMETRICS - LOMAX Canto 1976 - LOMAX FSSC 1968 - JAFL v80 #317 1967 p213 "The Good and the Beautiful in Folksong" - YIFMC v4 1972 - Review of LOMAX 1968 with "shooting-down" comments on project by Hewitt Pantaleoni -- CASS-0215-31

CANTY CARLIE - "There was a Cantie Carlie - the lasses loved him dearly - he said he would break parlie if he lay alane" - ROUD#6055 - GREIG FSNE art #174 - GREIG-DUNCAN 3 1987 #618 6var

CANTY COUPLE, THE - Jig - KERR MM 3 #283 p31 (C)

CANTY OLD MAN - Jig (G) - KERR MM 1 #31 p33 3pts

CANTY OLD WIFE, THE - THREE GALLANT SONS

CANUTE - comp by Harvey Kershaw of Rochdale, Lancs -- OLDHAM TINKERS (+ banjo whistle & guitar): TOPIC 12-T-204 1970

CAOINE UI DHONAILL - Air (DM) -- Denis MURPHY & Julia CLIFFORD (fiddles), Kerry: CLADDAGH CC-5 1973

CAOINE NA dTRI MUIRE - ("Lament of the Three Maries") - Irish Gaelic -- Joe HEANEY rec Connemara Co Galway 29/10/59: RPL LP 25570 - TOPIC 12-T-91 1963 - O BOYLE Family: CEOLTA GAEL OSS-2 1971 on d/cass 0938-C60

CAOINE(ADH) - KEENING - LAMENTS

CAOLAS EADAR MI IS IAIN - ('Twixt Ian and me a stetch of water) - Scots Gaelic - CRAIG 1949 p9 - CARMICHAEL 1954 V p44 - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #6 -- Flora McNEIL, of Barra rec by PK 1967: FTX-001 (3v only)

CAPABLE WIFE, THE - FATHER GRUMBLE

CAPE BRETON MURDER - "It was in Cow Bay on the 8th of December" - ROUD#2717 - CREIGHTON MFS 1961 p191 Dennis Williams, NS 1951

CAPE CLEAR (Island) - Slow Air - the most southerly tip of Ireland - from Wm Forde Ms (1845) republished in JOYCE OIFM&S 1909 - MOVING CLOUD Danish-Irish folk group: GP 0102 before two reels: "Castlekelly" & "Man of Aran" (O'Briain)

CAPE COD GIRLS - "they have no combs" - ROUD#325 - LOMAX FSNA pp51-2 - SHAY ASS&C 1948 p84 - PANKAKE "Prairie Home Companion Folk Song Book" 1988 pp244-5 -- Paul CLAYTON, of Boston Mass USA, rec by PK, London 7/5/57: RPL LP 23448

CAPE HORN - AROUND CAPE HORN - CAMPANERO - ROUNDING OF CAPE HORN

CAPER FEY - RAKISH PADDY

CAPITAINE, LE -- Male Chorus, rec Sark, Channel Islands 1938: RPL 1834

CAPITAL SHIP, THE - "for an ocean trip was the walloping window blind" - parody of TEN THOUSAND MILES AWAY - SCOTTISH SSB 1891 - GUNDRY NAVAL SB 1945 #52 p100 from SSSB - Cf PADDY WEST

CAPPABWEE MURDER, THE - JOHN SULLIVAN

CAPPAMORE POLKA - CRANITCH #40 p141 (Bm)

CAPPOCH DESOLATE - Scots air -- George HARVEY WEBB (fid) rec by Seamuis Ennis, London 9/1/54: RPL 21908

CAPPOQUIN - Co Waterford - BOYS OF CAPPOQUIN (Reel)

CAPPY, THE PITMAN'S DOG - "In a toon near Newcassel" - Words by William Mitford/ tune "Chapter of Kings" - ROUD#3145 - STOKOE-REAY SBNE 1899 pp84-5

CAPSTAN BAR, THE - "Walk her around for we're rolling homeward" - ROUD#10445 - BRADFORD-FAGGE OSC 1904 pp8-9

CAPTAIN - SINK EM LOW (Work Song)

CAPTAIN, THE - "Solemn he paced the schooner's deck" - ROUD#2053 - HUNTINGTON 1964 pp176-177 ships log 1833 (w/o)

CAPTAIN AVERY - BOLD CAPTAIN AVERY

CAPTAIN BARN(S)WELL - "Abroad as I was walking twas on a summers day" - "fight Young Barnswell on the mountains" dialogue between truelovers, Samuel & Sarah - ROUD#955 - ASHTON CB 1887 p168 17v of 8-line dialogue (w/o) - GREIG-DUNCAN 2 #218 p120 (2½v nm) - SHARP-KAPELES CSC 1974 #73 1 pp318-319 Mrs Lawrence, Somerton, Somerset 1906 "Young B" 7v/m - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 p158 #16 Wm Jeffries, Longcot, Berksh 8v (w/o) "Captain Barniwell" - REEVES IP 1958 ppp230-232 Sharp: Mrs Lawrence "Young B" - Bell DUNCAN rec by James M.Carpenter 1928-9: 280 "Young Barnwell"

CAPTAIN BLAIR - ARTHUR 1970 p20 "Short Jacket" from GREENLEAF

CAPTAIN BLUETT'S MARCH - ROCHE 2 #319 p53 (D)

CAPTAIN BOURN'S FANCY - Jig - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #16 p6 (Em) - Tunebook Ms (Em) #168 p67

CAPTAIN BOVER - "Where have you been, my canny hinney? - I've been to the norrard cruising back and forrard" - Press Gang Song - ROUD#3147 - BRUCE-STOKOE 1882 - STOKOE-REAY SBNE 1899 p90 1v/m - WHITTAKER NCB 1921 - BECKETT SAF 1914 - SHAY DSC 1925 p30 (nm) -- Johnny HANDLE: RPL LP 31567 on cass

CAPTAIN BROOKS AND HIS GALLANT CREW - "On the 29th of May my boys off Boston Lights" - WILLIAMS #138 Edward Roberts, Siddington, Gloucestersh (w/o)

CAPTAIN BURKE - "I sailed on a ship called the Caroline" - during voyage with cargo of slaves a man is sent aloft to reef sail - he and 3 others are struck by lightning and hurled to the deck - they reach port lame and blind - doctors unable to restore sight - LAWS #K-5 ABB 1957 p143 - ROUD#834 - CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 pp109-110 Richard Hartlan, NS 1929 - Cf BLIND SAILOR (similar story)

CAPTAIN BYNG - Reel - comp by N. Gow (G) - BALMORAL p18 Reel for Quadrilles - O'NEILL (not in MOI) DMI #736 (G) - TWEED p36 Polka

CAPTAIN CALLIGAN - JOHNNY GALLAGHER

CAPTAIN CALLS ALL HANDS, THE - OUR CAPTAIN CALLS

CAPTAIN CAMPBELL OF CARPHEN - Strathspey - ATHOLE - KERR -- Mike Mc DOUGALL (fid) with Mary Jessie Mc DONALD (piano) rec by John Shaw, Cape Breton Island, NS: TOPIC 12-TS-353 1978 with other strathspeys & reels

CAPTAIN CAR - EDOM O' GORDON

CAPTAIN COLSTON - "You landsmen all - on you I call" - Pirates going from Liverpool to New York - ROUD#1695 - BS Hodges London "The Pirate Ship or Captain Coulston's Voyage to America" incl SBG 6:#171/ 7:#137/ 9:#132 - HENRY SOP #562/ HUNTINGTON 1990 pp113-114 Alexander Horner, Mosside, Co Antrim 1934 "C Coulston" - RANSON SOWC 1948 p78 10v popular on Wexford coast - STEELEYE SPAN Songbook (from Tunney) -- FOWKE TSSO 1965 pp22-23 O J Abbot, Ont 1957 "C Colstein" -- Brigid TUNNEY rec by PK, Belleek, Co Fermanagh 1952: : 7"RTR-0553/ RPL 18528 (frags with talk)/ FTX-163 - Paddy TUNNEY: TOPIC 12-TS-289 1976/ TOPIC TSCD-662 Sailors "Capt Coulson" - Peter DONNELLY rec by PK, Castlecaulfield, Co Tyrone 1952: RPL 18531/ FTX-513 - STEELEYE SPAN: B & C CREST-9 1971/6 --- O J ABBOT, rec by Edith Fowke, Ont: FOLKWAYS FM-4051

CAPTAIN CONROD - "Come all you young fellows that follow the sea" - his money gone the drunken sailor ships on board the brig Mary and suffers under its stingy captain - LAWS #D-51 NAB 1950/64 p265 - ROUD#1816 - CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 pp232-4 Ben Henneberry, NS 1929+ (notes)

CAPTAIN COOK - "O me name is Cook I'm a sailor in Yorkshire I was born - sheep shorn - apprentic grocer and a tailor" Ch: "I would sail the ocean deep" see also COOK, James & COOK, Wm -- Warren FAHEY & group: LARRIKIN LRC-028 cass

CAPTAIN CUFF'S FAVOURITE WALTZ - Tunebook Ms (G) #42 p453

CAPTAIN DEATH - "The muse and the hero together are fired" - Sea action between "The Grand Alexander" & "The Terrible" commanded by Capt Death Dec 23rd 1757 - ROUD#1103 - KIDSON TT 1891 pp104-106 (notes on song) - KIDSON FSNC 1921

CAPTAIN DENNY'S FANCY - Reel - Tunebook Ms (G) #30 p277

CAPTAIN DUNNE'S MARCH - ROCHE 3 #208 p80 (D)

CAPTAIN EMMERSON - CAPTAIN WEDDERBURN

CAPTAIN FENWICK - SIR JOHN FENWICK'S

CAPTAIN FLEMING - Country Dance - Ms 3pts (G) - Platts 1 p27 (Bb)

CAPTAIN FRANCIS O NEILL - O NEILL - CHIEF O NEILL

CAPTAIN FRASER - MOLLOY'S REEL

CAPTAIN GALLIGAN - JOHNNY GALLAGHER

CAPTAIN GINGER -- David DALBY, from Suffolk on Folk on Two 1987: C ASS 0378

CAPTAIN GLEN - "To a New York Trader ("NYT") I did belong - built for sea both stout and strong" "It was our good ship the Lady Lee" - "We were in good health when the ship left the bay" - cruel captain & storm at sea - confesses to murder of wife & 3 children at Waterford - throw him overboard - LAWS #K-22A ABBB 1957 p-151-2 ("Captain Glen" & "The New York Trader") ("CG" & "NYT") - ROUD#478 - BSs incl SBG 9:#91 - CHRISTIE 1 1876 p240 "William Glen" - ASHTON MB 1888 pp268-270 (w/o) - ASHTON RSS 1891 #82 (w/o) - JFSS 7 1923 pp2-4 Moeran: Ted Goffin, Catfield, Norfolk 1921 "NYT- WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 p265-6 #445 David Sawyer, Ogbourne, Wiltsh 10v (w/o)/ #586 (w/o) - KIDSON GEF 1926 pp110-111 - JEFDSS 1938 - REEVES IP 1958 p191 "The Sea Captain" - PENGUIN BEFS 1959 pp72-3 Moeran: Ted Goffin "NYT" - PALMER OBSS 1986 #56 p129 or "Capt Glen's Unhappy Voyage to New Barbary") Broadside/ Kidson - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p115 "The Noble Duke of Gordon"/ 2 #191 p25 (3var) --- McKENZIE BSSNS 1928 pp238-242 Alexander Harrison, NS (w/o) "CG"/ Peter Hines (w/o) "The NYT" - CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 #55 pp111-112 Ben Henneberry, Devil's Island, NS - PEACOCK SNO 1965 2 pp396-7 Nfl 1952 Mrs John Mahoney, Nfl 1952 "NYT" -- Cf WILLIAM GOWER (Brown Robin's Confession: Child 51) -- Ed McCURDY (unacc) rec Jac Holzman, NY USA: RIVERSIDE 12-601 1955 from Christie - Dave & Toni ARTHUR: TRANSATLANTIC TRA-154 1967 - HEDGEHOG PIE: RUBBER RUB-009 1975 - John FAULKNER & CRITICS GROUP: ARGO ZDA-137 1970 "N Y Trader"

CAPTAIN GRANT - "My name is CG I am bound to say" - Highwayman - Edinburgh jail - escape - ROUD#1286 - Bs by John FORD of Chesterfield 1830s (Roy Palmer Reprint 2001) - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 2 #246 p169-70 Charles Benfield, Bould, Gloucestersh 1909 - JFSS 1:3 1901 pp109-110 Merrick: Henry Hills, Lodsworth, Sussex 1900 - JFSS 5 1915 pp158-9 Gilchrist: Wm Wickham, Blackham, Sussex 1907 - MERRICK FSFS 1912 Henry Hills - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 p216 #323 David Morgan, Braydon Wood, Wiltsh (w/o) - McCOLL-SEEGER TSES 1977 p282-4 Nelson Ridley ("Where I was bound apprentice was down in Northamptonsh") - RICHARDS-STUBBS EFS p204 (from Sharp) -- Tony CAPSTICK with HEDGEHOG PIE: RUBBER RUB-004 1971

CAPTAIN HAWKER'S FAVOURITE - Air - Tunebook Ms 2/4 (G) 5 pts #129 p402

CAPTAIN HICKMAN'S HORNPIPE - Tunebook Ms (D) #29 p98 - KENNEDY FTB 1998 #28 p10 (D)

CAPTAIN HOLMES - Jig - COLE p7- (Em)

CAPTAIN HUGH MASSEY'S HORNPIPE - Tunebook Ms (D) 3pts #23 p95 - KENNEDY FTB 1998 #29 p10 (D)

CAPTAIN JAMES - "Come all you noble bold commanders" - apprentice Richard Paddy - cruelty at sea - ROUD#835 - PALMER OBSS #52 p119 W:Thomas & M:Creighton --- CREIGHTON FSNB 1971 p1885 - HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 pp54-59 ships logs 1840, 1847, 1768 (w/o) - CREIGHTON FSSNB 1971 p185 Wm Ireland, Elgin, NB 1954-60 - FMJ 1999 vol 7 #5 pp579-594 Article by Elizabeth James on Robert Eastick of King's Lynn - Cf CAPTAIN'S APPRENTICE

CAPTAIN "JINJAH" - Music Hall - Leigh - rec by George Bastow see JOLLY JARGE -- John FOREMAN & group: REALITY RY-1004 1966

CAPTAIN JINKS - "I'm Capt Jinks of the Horse Marines" - ROUD#4858 - CAMBIARE 1934 p139

CAPTAIN JINKS - Quadrille Jig tune - ROCHE 2 #249 p23 (D) - GENERAL JINKS

CAPTAIN JOHN - GREEN BEDS

CAPTAIN KEELER - Reel (Gm) - BALMORAL p15 - GIBLIN #53 p28 "Captain Keller" - HAYWOOD #2 p49 - HONEYMAN p28 - KENNEDY FTB 2 publ Mallinson 1997 #17 p6 (Gm) - KERR MM 1 #10 p13 - KOHLER 1 p47 - WESTROP #106 p36

CAPTAIN KELLY'S - Reel (D) - ALLAN #72 p18 - BREATHNACH 3 1985 #157 p73 "The Monsignor's Blessing" - COLE #7 p6 (G) - CRANITCH #63 p150 "The Monsignor's Blessing" - KERR MM 2 #286 p31 (G) & MM 4 #171 p20 (D) - O'NEILL MOI #1330/ DMI #588 (G) - SHASKEEN 2 #17 p14 (D) "The Monsignor's Blessing" (Dave Taylor says cf "Humours of Newcastle" in O'Neill's)

CAPTAIN KIDD - "O my name is CK as I sailed" - Robert Kidd the pirate - LAWS #K-35 ABBB 1957 pp158-9 - ROUD#1900 - D'URFEY 1698-1720 6 p251 - FIRTH 1907 - LUTTRELL 5 p53 - MASEFIELD: Garland p17 - SHAY 1925 p73 (nm) - JEFDSS 3 p169 - HUGILL 1961 p449 PALMER OBSS 1986 #33 p75 (Words from FIRTH p134 Music from D'Urfey "Coming Down") - PENGUIN Bk of Ballads pp266-9 --- Family Herald & Weekly Star (Montreal) Old Favourites section 24 Jan 1899 - POUND American Ballads & Songs p160 - COLCORD 1924 p69 - ECKSTORM & SMYTH Minstrelsy of Maine 1927 pp246-9 - GROVER Heritage of Songs pp34-5 - HUDSON FSM 1936 p238 Flegg Stevens, Mi (w/o) "K's Lament" - JACKSON Spiritual Folk-Songs of Early America 1937 pp159-160 - GARDNER & CHICKERING Ballads & Songs of Southern Michigan 1939 pp318-9 - THOMPSON BBB 1939 pp23-5 - MORRIS Folksongs of Florida 1950 pp51-2 - BROWN North Carolina Folklore 2 1952 p350 - LINSCOTT Folk Songs of Old New England pp131-4 - LOMAX AB&FS pp501-4/ FSNA 1960 pp15-16 - MACKENZIE BSSNS 1928 p278-282 Alexander Harrison (w/o) "C Robert K" - PEACOCK SNO 1965 pp837-9 Freeman Bennett, Nfl 1958 -- Bob ROBERTS rec by PK, Pinmill, Suffolk 25/10/53 & 1958: FTX-208 & FTX-513 - Bristol FOLK TRADITION: RPL REC-111 1971 --- Lena Bourne FISH rec by Frank & Anne Warner, East Jaffray, New Hampshire 1941: FTX-922 (2v)

CAPTAIN McDIARMID - Reel -- Angus GRANT (H-fid) with William LAURIE (p-acc): TOPIC 12-TS-347 1978 with March & strathspey

CAPTAIN McDONALD'S FAVOURITE - Triple Jig - BREATHNACH CRE 3 #57 p29 (Em) "An Sceach" - Tunebook Ms #158 p63 (G ending E) - O'NEILL MOI #1156/ DMI #435 (G ending G) "The Hawthorn"

CAPTAIN McINTOSH - Reel - KENNEDY FTB 2 1997 #18 p6 (D) - WILSON p113 4/4 (C)

CAPTAIN McKENZIE'S REEL - WILSON (with dance descr) p69

CAPTAIN MOLONEY - MOLONEY'S JIG

CAPTAIN MURRAY'S FANCY - COCK YOUR PISTOL, CHARLIE

CAPTAIN NIPPER - "Twas the 15th of September - how well I do remember" Comic voyage - BECKETT 1914 p12 - GUNDRY Naval Song Book 1945 #9 p18 "Captain Brewser" slightly modernised version -- Mountford SCOTT with Tom PURVIS (male ch) & Phil GREEN (p-acc) rec Bristol 1943: RPL 6019 (78 rpm)/ FTX-515 - W J Allen, Northants 1964 (?) - Roy PALMER (& ch): TOPIC IMP-S-104 1972

CAPTAIN O KANE - WOUNDED HUSSAR

CAPTAIN O NEILL - ROWAN TREE (Reel)

CAPTAIN ON THE SEA, THE - "In London so fair, a lady I met there" - Her son, a sailor, falls in love with her servant maid - she dresses as a sailor boy and the captain proposes to her, but her real truelove reveals himself - now live happily ashore - ROUD#5202 - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p475 - HENRY SOP #203/ HUNTINGTON 1990 pp330-1 John Thompson, Portstewart, Co Derry 1927 - TOCHER 36-7 1982 p392-3 m/w Alan Bruford from Ethel Findlater -- Ethel & John FINDLATER rec by PK, Dounby, Orkney 12/7/55: RPL 22646 talk bef/ FTX-063 & FTX-513 "Captain on the Sea"/ 7"RTR#0690 (from Ernest Marwick 1967) - Maggie MURPHY rec Co Derry by John Howson: VETERAN VT134CD 1996 "There was a wealthy woman" (ROUD#2989) - Mary Ann CAROLAN rec by Roly Brown in singers home, Hill o Rath, nr Drogheda, Co Louth: TOPIC 12-TS-362/ TSCD 652 1998 "In London so fair" (ROUD#2989) - Alison McMORLAND & Peta Webb: TOPIC 12-TS-403 1980 (from Mary Ann Carolan)

CAPTAIN PAUL - "Twas in the month of September" - Brig Mariner - Kennebunk - West Indies - Storm - Shipwreck - Capt Rooch - only Capt Paul is saved - ROUD#4685 - FLANDERS-OLNEY BMNE pp241-2 "Cap'n Paul"

CAPTAIN PUGWASH - (TV Prog & Placename in Nova Scotia) - TRUMPET HORNPIPE

CAPTAIN RAMSGATE - GOOD LUCK SHIP

CAPTAIN ROBERT KIDD - CAPTAIN KIDD

CAPTAIN ROCK - BUSH REEL

CAPTAIN ROSS'S REEL - WILSON (with dance descr) p69

CAPTAIN RUTHEVEN'S FANCY - Reel - KENNEDY FTB 2 1997 #19 p7 - Tunebook Ms (G) #168 p325

CAPTAIN STROGEN'S HORNPIPE - Tunebook Ms (D) #15 p91 - KENNEDY FTB 1998 #30 p10 (D)

CAPTAIN SWING'S JIG - comp by Steve Power about Luddite machine-breaker -- Pete NALDER: FOLKSOUND FS-101 1975 Instrumental aft "Richard Malvine"

CAPTAIN TAPSCOTT - TAPSCOTT

CAPTAIN TAYLOR - STORMALONG

CAPTAIN THOMPSON - "My mind being much inclined to cross the raging main" - tender parents - icebergs encountered off Newfoundland -ROUD#2373 - JOYCE OIFM&S 1909 pp188-189 Co Limerick - O'LOCHLAINN MISB 1965 p241 5v (w/o)

CAPTAIN THORNTON'S DELIGHT - Jig - GROWLING OLD WOMAN

CAPTAIN THUNDERBOLT - SHANNON SIDE

CAPTAIN WARD AND THE RAINBOW - "Come all you gallant seamen bold with courage beat your drum" "Strike up, you lusty gallants" - Ward is a pirate and this is a sea battle - CHILD #287 "Capt Ward and the Rainbow" Kent 1604 - ROUD#224 - BSs - BELL EB pp167-170 Bs - ASHTON RSS 1891 #3 - BARRETT EFS 1891 pp62-3 - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p88 (3var) - BARING GOULD Ms #177 from Saml Fone FWB 1892 unpubl - JFSS 2 1906 pp163-4 RVW Mr Carter, Kings Lynn, Norfolk 1905 - JOYCE OIFMS 1909 pp69-70 Limerick 3v/m "Strike up ye lusty gallants" - VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FSEC 1907 pp30-33 pp30-33 - SHEPARD BB 1962 p145 Bs by Pitts of London - SHEPARD JP 1969 p108 - PURSLOW WS 1968 p24 Gardiner: Isaac Hobbes, Micheldever, Hampsh 1906 - FMJ 2:5 1974 pp344-6 Grainger: George Wray (Ms#113) - O SHAUGHNESSEY YB1 1975 pp18- 20, pp68-70 Grainger: George Wray, Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnsh 1906 - DAWNEY PG 1977 pp38-9 Butterworth: 'Skinny' Crow, Filby, Norfolk 1913 "Saucy Ward" - PALMER RVW 1983 #54 pp86-88 RVW: James Carter, Norfolk - PALMER OBSS 1986 #10 p18 "The Famous Sea Fight between Captain Ward & the Rainbow" from Euwing Coll (Glasgow) words only --- THOMPSON PS 1958 pp25-9 Stevens- Douglass Ms 1841-56 NY 1841-56 (w/o) - SIMPSON BBB 1966 p720 -- Peter CHRISTIE #169, James MASON #176, Bell DUNCAN #279/ 287/ 291 rec on Dictaphone by James M.Carpenter 1929-35 - Cyril POACHER rec by Mike Yates, Blaxhall, Suffolk 1974: MT-CD-303 - Ewan McCOLL: RIVERSIDE RLP-12-628 1956 - London Madrigal Singers: EMI HQS-1215 1970 - Ewan Mc COLL (& Ch) CRITICS GROUP: ARGO ZDA-138 1971 "Capt Ward & The Rainbow" - CLUTHA: ARGO ZFB-18 1971 Greig - Dave BURLAND: LEADER LER-2082 1972 (from Greig) - Peter BELLAMY: LEADER LER-2089 1975

CAPTAIN WEBB - Poem by John Betjeman to music by Jim Parker (on Charisma LP: "Betjeman's Banana Blush") - Shropshire Swimmer, Matthew Webb swam Engl Channel in 1875 but was eventually drowned crossing the rapids of Niagra Falls - This is the story of his ghost returning home -- John KIRKPATRICK (baritone concertina) & Sue HARRIS (oboe): TOPIC 12-TS-295 1976

CAPTAIN WEDDERBURN'S COURTSHIP - "One of Scotland's daughters was riding out one day" - CHILD #46 - ROUD#36 - BSs "Stock and Wall" - BRONSON (26var tunes) - GREIG-DUNCAN 4 1990 #842 p286 11var - GREIG-KEITH 1925 pp33- 36 J Mowat, New Pitsligo, Aberdeensh/ R Alexander, Udny 1v/m/ J W Spence 1906 m/o - HENRY SOP 1923 #681/ HUNTINGTON 1990 p490 John Millen, Fish Laughan, Co Derry 1936 "The Keeper of the Game" - ORD BB 1930 p416 "Laird o Roslin's Daughter" 18v/m - JEFDSS 1955 p243 (Moran version) - SEDLEY 1967 p37 collated - TOCHER 1 1971 p23 "A Riddling Song" (2 v Caithness) AMERICAN VERSIONS see DEVIL'S QUESTIONS (Child #1) -- William MATHIESON #009, John SUTHERLAND #032, Mary Stewart ROBERTSON #150, James MASON #188, David EDWARDS #192, Alex CLARK #277-8 Bell DUNCAN #296-7, George DUNCAN #297, Mrs William DUNCAN #296-7, Mrs Andrew THOMPSON #293, Elizabeth ROBB #338, Ellen RETTIE #316/ 340 rec on Dictaphone by James M.Carpenter N.E.Scotland 1929-35 - Colm KEANE, rec by Alan Lomax, Co Galway - Willie MATHIESON rec by Alan Lomax, Turriff, Aberdeensh, 17/7/51: 7"RTR 0682/ DAT "Laird O Roslin's Daughter" ("Capt Witherspoon") - John CONNELL rec by Seamus Ennis, Cork: RPL 19024 (frag) "At either stock or wall" - Henry MacGREGOR rec by PK, Perth 1955 - Thomas MORAN rec by Seamus Ennis, Mohill, Co Leitrim 1955: RPL 22026/ FTX-501 - Seamus ENNIS rec by PK, London 1958: CAEDMON TC-1145/ TOPIC 12-T-160/ FTX-079 - Willie CLANCY, Co Clare: TOPIC 12-T-175 1967/ TSCD-651 1998 "Song of the Riddles" - Ewan McCOLL: RIVERSIDE RLP-2-628 1956 - Tim HART & Maddy PRIOR v/gtrs): B & C CREST-26 1968 CASS 45-0852 - Alec FOSTER rec Hugh Shields, Derry, 1968: LEADER LEA-055 1972 "Stock & Wall" - Frank HARTE (with conc): TOPIC 12-T-218 1973 "He rolled her to the wall" - Sam RICHARDS, Tish STUBBS & Paul WILSON known as STAVERTON BRIDGE (Group): SAYDISC SDL-266 1975 - Maggie MURPHY rec by John Howson: VETERAN VT 134CD "Stock or Wall" ("Captain Emmerson") --- IAN & SYLVIA: VANGUARD VRS-9154 1964 (from Creighton S&BNS) "Captain Woodstock's Courtship"

CAPTAIN WHITE - Quadrille Jig (D) - KERR 1 #9 p28 - KENNEDY FTB p41/ 1994 #160 p41 - Tunebook Ms Q-146 "A Grand Quadrille" -- Jim SMALL (harmonica) Cheddar Somerset 1980: 327

CAPTAIN WITH HIS WHISKERS, THE - "As they marched through the town - took a shy glance at me" Words by Thomas Haynes Bayley (c1820) Music by Sidney Nelson - Used as Morris Dance tune in the Cotswolds - ROUD#2735 - HENRY SOP #660/ HUNTINGTON 1990 p273 John Henry Macauley, Ballycastle, Co Antrim 1936 3dv/ch/m - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 #87 p214 (2v nm) - SOLOMON, Sweet Bunch of Daisies (1991) pp.120-121 --- Family Herald & Weekly Star (Montreal) Old Favourites section 16 May 1923 - SHOEMAKER Penn 1931 p58 p122 - New Comic Songster - RANDOLPH Ozark 1945-50 2 p281 - WARNER TAFS 1984 #69 pp171-173 Lena Bourne Fish - see also THE LITTLE BLACK MOUSTACHE -- Bascom Lamar LUNSFORD rec NY 1935: Library of Congress AAFS recording 1837 A3 / A4 - Hubert BRADY rec by Sydney Robertson Cowell, Columbia, Calif 1939: Library of Congress AAFS recording 3356 A1 - Lena Bourne FISH rec by Frank & Anne Warner, East Jaffray, NH 1941: FTX-922

CAPTAIN WITH HIS WHISKERS, THE - Instrumental - BAYARD DTF 1982 #421 p398 "Good Lager Beer" fiddle-tune from Pennsylvania - WESTROP #51 p18 (A) 2/4 Country Dance

CAPTAIN'S APPRENTICE, THE - "One day a poor boy to me was bound apprentice" - Cruelty at sea - ROUD#835 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 p300 Joseph Laver, Bridgwater, Somerset 1906 - JFSS 8 1906 pp161-2 RVW: James Carter, Kings Lynn, Norfolk 1905 (minor tune) - JFSS 4:17 1913 pp335-6 RVW & Butterworth: Mr Goble, Filby, Norfolk 1910 (minor tune) - JFSS 7:27 1923 p4-5 Moeran: James Sutton, Winterton, Norfolk 1915/ Harry Cox, Potter Heigham, Norfolk 1921 & pp 66-67 Hammond: Mrs Sartin/ George House, Beaminster, Devon (w/o) - JEFDSS 1958 p147 Cox version transcr by Michael Bell - VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FSEC 1907 pp26-29 - PURSLOW MB 1965 p14 Hammond: Mrs Sartin, Corscombe, Dorset 1906 - ED&S 34:3 1972 p95 RVW: James Carter PALMER TOTT 1974 p154 Hammond (Journal) - PALMER RVW 1983 #53 pp84-86 James Carter - FMJ 1999 vol 7 #5 pp579-594 Article by Elizabeth James on Robert Eastick of King's Lynn - see CAPTAIN JAMES -- A.L. "Bert" LLOYD, rec by AL & PK, London 22/4/51: FTX-056/ RPL 16420/ Radio 2 29/3/83: CASS 15-0787/ "Ballads & Blues - Sea Music" Radio prog prod Denis Mitchell 1956: CASS 0376 - Harry COX rec by PK, Sutton, Norfolk, 1953: RPL 21480/ FTX-033 & FTX-512/ TOPIC TSCD 662 1998 rec by Mervyn Plunkett, Bourne, Cambs 10th October 1959 "Come all you men throughout this nation"

CAPTAIN'S BALL, THE - "There were 4 girls from Portsmouth town" - "The first one was the gunner's wife" - WALES FS Today 5 1971 p7 from Cyril Tawney - PALMER OBSS 1986 #147 p288 "The Sailor's Wives" from Clare Clayton - full text (in file) given by Admiral Parry to Phil Hamond of Morston,, Norfolk 3/11/52 (see letter from his son, Ned)

CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER, THE - ROSIE APPLE LEMON OR PEAR (K)

 
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