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IS FADA O BHAILE A D'AITHNEOINN - (It's far from home I'd know your walk) - Irish Gaelic - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #37 Meenan -- Kitty GALLAGHER rec by Brian George, Gweedore, Co Donegal 24/8/47: RPL 12053/ IFMC Biarritz-Pamplona Festival: WESTMINSTER WL-5334 1954 - James "Jack" MEENAN, rec by Noel Hamilton, Baile Thior (Torre Island) 1967: FTX-003

IS IOMAIDH COISCEIM FADA - (There's many a long footstep between me and my love) - Irish Gaelic - probably a dandling song - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #38 -- Sheila GALLAGHER rec by PK, Middledore, Gweedore, Co Donegal 1953: RPL 20144: FTX-003 & FTX-271

IS IT THE PRIEST YOU WANT? - Jig (G) - COLE #6 p76 (G) - KERR MM 2 #230 p26 - MOYLAN 2 #46 p28 from John O Leary (melodeon) - O'NEILL MOI #873/ DMI #376

IS LOVE PLEASING? -- Noel MURPHY: VILLAGE THING VTS-25 1974

IS MITHICH DHINN EIRIDH - JACOBITE TRAMPING SONG

IS MY LOVE STILL SLEEPING? - comp by GM 1964 -- Graeme MILES: FTX-222

IS THE BIG MAN WITHIN? - Triple Jig - O'NEILL (not in MOI) DMI #965 (D) alt: "The Merry Tailor" "The Far Mor" - WILLIAMSON BFT p73

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT LOVE MY JESUS? - Early type of Spiritual Hymn -- Viola JAMES & Congregation of Independent (Baptist) Church rec by Alan Lomax, Tyro, Miss USA 1959: RPL LP 26148/ ATLANTIC SD-1346

IS THERE OWT SECURE? - comp by JH 1960 - about the insecuirity of workers womenfolk written for TV documentary on Sunderland shipyard -- Johnny HANDLE: TOPIC 12-TS-270 1975

IS TRUA GAN PEATA AN MHAOIR AGAM - Reel - BREATHNACH FMDI 1971 p146 (G) from Michael Tubridy (whistle) of Co Clare

ISAAC WHITE - TALE OF ISAAC WHITE

ISAAC'S MAGGOT - Mr ISAAC'S MAGGOT (Playford Country Dance)

ISABEAU SE PROMENER -- Alan MILLS (Canadian) accomp Steve BENBOW (gtr) rec by PK, London 15/6/59: FTX-905

ISABELLA - "farewell - green leaves are falling - last night when we parted I left her broken-hearted - choose your lover - open the gates - go to church - kneel down - say prayers - stand up - put the ring on - give a kiss - farewell" - Children's Ring Game with actions - ROUD#2605 - GOMME 1894 1 pp247-56 has 11 versions & 2 p431 has 3 Scots versions - GRAINGER #222 schoolchildren, Scawby, Lincolnsh 1906 "Isabella Farewell" - OPIE SG 1985 #35 pp171-3 - POLWARTH FSTN 1970 p44 Pete Elliott, Birtley, Durham

ISABELLA - Waltz - Tunebook Ms (G) 3pts #115 p495

ISH STARK IS THE MARK - "E I O" - Kids Clapping game -- rec by Damian Webb, Tralee, Co Kerry 1960: IRE/10/ FTX-179

ISLAM - see also MIDDLE EAST -- FOLKWAYS FR-8943 Liturgy rec by John Levy, London - TANGENT TGS-131-5 Human Voice/ Lutes/ Strings/ Flutes & trumpets/ Reeds & Bagpipes

ISLAND HERD-MAID, THE - ("'S a choill ud thall") or GROWS THE YARROW - KENNEDY FRASER 2 p42 - TOLMIE Coll from Eigg -- in Aberdeen Radio Progr 23/12/85: CASS 0977

ISLAND OF St HELENA, THE - NAPOLEON ON THE ISLE OF St HELENA

ISLAND SPINNING SONG, AN - "One came before her and said beseeching - I have fortune and I have lands - And if you will share" - HUGHES ICS 1 1909 pp50-4 adapted by Padraig Colum from an old ballad from Innismurry 4v

ISLAND SPINNING SONG - ORAN SNIOMHA

ISLAND WOMAN - comp by Cliff Hall about Jamaica -- SPINNERS: FONTANA STL-5495 1969

ISLANDS - ISLE -- ALDERNEY - ARAN - BLASKETS - CHANNEL - FAROES - GUERNSEY - HEBRIDES - JERSEY - MAN - ORKNEY - St HELENA - SARK - SCILLY - SHETLANDS - TORY - TRISTAN DE CUNHA - WIGHT

ISLAY - AM BATA RANNACH (Boat Song)

ISLE OF ARRAN -- Rhona McLEOD: BELTONA (Decca) LBA 58 1968

ISLE OF BEAUTY - "Shades of evening close not o'er us" - ROUD#2553 - BSs: "IOB Fare-thee-well": - BG 1:1:#221/ 2:#122/ 4:#269/ - WILLIAMS #62 Charles Messenger, Cerney Wick, Gloucestersh (w/o)

ISLE OF CAPRI, THE -- WINTLE Street Piano rec by PK 1955: FTX-300

ISLE OF CLOY, THE - "It's of a lady in the Isle of Cloy - she fell in love with her servant boy" - Cruel Parents send boy on board "The Tiger" - he is struck by a cannon ball - the lady hangs herself leaving unsealed note in her bosom - JFSS 9 p23-4 "Early early all in the Spring" (mistakenly thought to be a version of SWEET WILLIAM - MOERAN Suffolk 1932 - Cf THE BUTCHER BOY (Jersey City)

ISLE OF FRANCE, THE - "The sun was fair and the clouds advanced" - Convict - ring and chain on leg - ROUD#1575 - BSs incl: BG 2:#219 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 2 pp143-5 Sharp: Captain Lewis, Minehead, Somerset 1906/ Mr Rapsey, Bridgwater, Som 1906 1v/m/ - JFSS 1:3 1901 p123 Merrick: Henry Hills, Lodsworth, Sussex 1900 - JFSS 2:9 1906 pp258-9 Kidson: Mr Dickinson, Leeds, Yorksh - MERRICK FSFS 1912 pp ? Henry Hills - SHARP VC 1912 p232-3 - KIDSON EPS 1929 - WILLIAMS #28 Arthur Hawking, Ablington, Gloucestersh (w/o) - MacCOLL-SEEGER SI 1977 p290-2 from John MacDonald "The Convict Song" - FMJ 5:2 1986 p157 Kidson Ms (m/o) -- Cf BOTANY BAY - VAN DIEMAN'S LAND --- EDWARDS Australia p5-6

ISLE OF INNISFREE, THE -- Eileen DONAGHY:FONTANA FJL-506 1965 - Mick FOSTER (acc/gui/voc) & Tony ALLEN (gui/voc): RITZ London LC-0012/ CASS-0955

ISLE OF MAN -- see also under MUMMERS - (Book about Internment by Connery Chappell: titled "Island of Barbwire") JFSS 28-30 Manx Songs - JEFDSS 1937 p110 Manx Folk Dances - JEFDSS 1958 p156 Article by Mona Douglas - see BINGO "The miller's dog lies on the mill floor" - REYNARDSON 1890 #16 p32 Harvest Supper song coll Broadwood (3v) - KIDSON - LEATHER Heref 1912 p237 Health toast to pot of ale "bitten by brewer's dog" - JFSS 5 1904 p242 - JFSS 19 1915 p219-20 Notes by Broadwood, Gilchrist & Kidson - JFSS 21 1918 p39 note by Lucy Broadwood - SHARP-KARPELES CSC1974 #262 Version used in schools as singing game - ARRANE BEN DROGH - ARRANE NY SHEEAGHY TROAILTAGH - ARRANE OIE VIE - ARRANE SAVEENAH - ARRANE Y BLIEH - ARRANE Y LHONDOO - BERREY DHONE - CREG WILLY SYLE - ELLEN VANNIN - EUNYSSAGH VONA - FISHERMEN'S EVENING HYMN - FLITTER DANCE - FOLDER GASTEY - GEAY JEH'N AER - GRAIH FOALSEY - GRAIH MY CHREE - HUNT THE WREN - JUAN Y JAGGAD KEEAR - LHIANNON SHEE - LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS (Hymn) - MANNIN VEEN - MONA'S DELIGHT - MRAANE KILKENNY- MY CAILLIN VEG DHONE - MYLECHARANE - NY KIRREE FO NIAGHTY - PETER O TAVEY - SHE LLONG HUNNICK NEE - USHAG VEG RUY - WEDDING SONG -English - BIG SHIP WAS LEAVING BOMBAY (K) - BINGO - CONSTANT LOVERS - DESOLATE WIDOW - HUNTING THE WREN - ONCE I LOVED A BONNY BOY - ONE PENNY PORTION - RAM SONG (Ramsey) - SAILOR COURTED A FARMER'S DAUGHTER - WILLIE O' WINSBURY - Recordings - see AREA Listing

ISLE OF MAN SHORE, THE - DESOLATE WIDOW

ISLE OF MY LOVE - EILEAN MO GHAOIL

ISLE OF St HELENA - NAPOLEON ON St HELENA

ISLE OF SKYE - Reel - HONEYMAN p27 (Bb) - KENNEDY FTB 2 1997 #73 p19 (G) - Tunebook Ms (G) #96 p302 - WILSON p105 (D)

ISLE OF WIGHT, THE -- see LONG DIOW 1886 "The Dialect of the Isle of Wight" (London: Reeves and Turner) - ADIEU MY LOVELY NANCY - OILY RIG - POOR LITTLE MARY ANN -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

ISLE OF WIGHT FOR ME, THE - comp by Laurie Saye -- Bob HOOPER (voc/ gtr) rec by PK, Dartington Ciderhouse, Devon 25/10/74: CASS-60-0553

ISLINGTON - London - THE BAILIFF'S DAUGHTER - THE FAIR MAID OF -

ISRAEL - see also JEWISH -- Recordings - see AREA Listing -

ISSY BISSY BING BONG - AS I WAS WALKING ALONG A CHINESE ROAD (K)

T'AINT BUT ME ONE -- Bernice Reagan (Freedom Singer): SMITHSONIAN Music from the Festival of American Folklife [nd]

IT AIN'T ME, BABY - "Go away from my window" comp Bob Dylan -- Hedy WEST (with gtr): FONTANA STL-5432 1967/ CASS-0482

IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR - Carol -- Maddy PRIOR & Carnival Band: SAYDISC SDL-366 1988

IT FELL ABOUT THE LAMMAS TIDE - BATTLE OF OTTERBOURNE - CHEVY CHACE

IT FELL ABOUT THE MARTINMAS TIME - EDOM O GORDON - IRISH DRAGOONS

IT GOES AS FOLLIES - Reel - BREATHNACH 3 1985 #134 p60 (G)

IT HAPPENED ON A DAY - BONNY HOOSE O' AIRLIE - FALSE BONNY LADDIE

IT'S A GRAND OLD COUNTRY - Irish Political Song comp by Paddy Kearney (Dominic's uncle) -- Dominic BEHAN (acc): TOPIC 12-T- 44 1958

IT'S A LIE - "We had a seargent major…" Ch: "O the bravetry on the field" - uses "John Brown's Body" variant - sung by American soldiers in Britain in 2nd World War but seems more like 1st because it includes a verse about a new invention called a tank - RAM SONG -- Bill SMITH of Bridgnorth, Shropsh rec by his son, Andrew July 1982: CASS#1359

IT'S A PITY YOU SHOULD LEAVE ME - GREASY COOK

IT'S A ROSEBUD IN JUNE - ROSE IN JUNE

IT'S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY - comp 1912 by Jack Judge (1878-1938)

IT'S A WONDER I'M ALIVE TO TELL THE TALE - "Most folks believe in doctors" -- Charlie WILLS rec by PK, Bridport, Dorset: FTX-097/ LEADER LEA-4041 1972 "Household Remedies"

IT'S BETTER TO BE SINGLE - O WHAT A LIFE

IT'S BRAW SAILIN ON THE SEA - GARDENER LAD

IT'S DARK IN HERE - comp by RD -- Robin & Barry DRANSFIELD & Brian: TRANSATLANTIC TRA-322 1976

IT'S DOWN IN OLD IRELAND - RAMBLING BLADE

IT'S DOWN IN THE VALLEY - LOST LADY FOUND - ONLY DAUGHTER

IT'S DOWN THE LONG STAIRS - ADAM BUCKHAM-O

IT'S FAR FROM HOME - IS FADA O' BHAILE

IT'S HARD TO LOVE - LONESOME ROAD

'TIS I MYSELF HAVE DONE - POLLY ON THE SHORE

IT'S FARE THEE WELL COLD WINTER - FAREWELL HE

IT'S FORTY LONG MILES - IT RAINS IT HAILS

IT'S JUST ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO - "as near as I could tell" - ROUD#2950 - SHIELDS SRT 1981 p99 John Butcher, Drumavally, Co Derry 1966 - MOULDEN TAS 1994 p42

IT'S LET GO YOUR BOWLINE - "Ten days in and ten days out" - Black Ledge Rock - Sally in the p - ROUD#2710 - CREIGHTON MFS 1961 p144 1940 -- see HAUL ON THE BOWLIN

'TIS LONG SINCE I LEFT LEWIS - MO SHORAIDH NULL DO BHARRAIDH
Rackenford 1972 (see letter file)

IT'S ME O LORD -- Mary O HARA: WARWICK RECORDS WW 5072 1979

IT'S MY DELIGHT OF A SHINY NIGHT - POACHER

IT'S NICE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING - "but better to stay in bed" -- CASS 0330 Tommy CHAPPLE rec by Michael Feist at "The Stag"

IT'S NICE TO HAVE A HOME OF YOUR OWN -- Ruth BURDON (frag) rec Sandwich, Kent 27/2/82: CASS-90-0626

IT'S NOBBUT ME - Cumberland Dialect Poem by John Richardson1817 - 1886 , St Johns-in-the-Vale in CUMMERLAN' TALK publ by John Russell Smith, London 1871 -- Margaret DALTON (21) rec by PK, Thirlmere, Cumb: FTX-410

TIS NOT LAMENTING O'ER MAC SIRIDH - CHAN E CAOIDH SHIRIDH

IT'S NOWT TO DO WITH ME - "I will sing to you a verse or two" - ROUD#5315 -- Martin GORMAN: TOPIC TSCD-664 1998

IT'S OF A FARMER - BRAMBLE BRIAR - SUFFOLK MIRACLE

IT'S OF AN OLD COUPLE - POOR OLD COUPLE

IT'S OF AN OLD FARMER - YORKSHIRE BITE

IT'S OF AN OLD LORD - LONDON MERCHANT

IT'S OF AN OLD MISER - GRAINGER #284 George Wray, Brigg, Lincolnsh 1906

IT'S OF A PLEASANT MONTH OF MAY - FIRST OF MAY

IT'S OF A PRETTY FAIR MAID - BOX UPON HER HEAD

IT'S OF A PRETTY PLOUGHBOY - PRETTY PLOUGHBOY

IT IS OF A RICH LADY - SAILOR AND THE LADY

IT'S OF A SAILOR BOLD - BRISK YOUNG SAILOR BOLD

IT'S OF A SQUIRE - GOLDEN GLOVE

TIS OF A YOUNG DAMSEL - LOST LADY FOUND

IT'S OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN - SEDUCER OUTWITTED

IT'S OF A YOUNG SOLDIER - "a letter did write" - ROUD#1719 - JFSS 1:3 1901 p106 Merrick: Henry Hills, Lodsworth, Sussex 1900

'TIS ON A MONDAY MORNING - WILLIAM AND NANCY

IT'S ONLY A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE -- Tommy CHAPPLE rec by Michael Feist at "The Stag", Rackenford 1972 (see letter file) CASS-0330

'TIS PRETTY TO BE IN BALLINDERRY - BALLINDERRY

IT'S RAINING IT'S POURING - "the old man's snoring - went to bed and bumped his head -and never got up in the morning" - Children's Ball Game Rhyme - OPIE LLSC p218 Cf "Rain rain go away" -- rec by Damian Webb, 11/18 Keswick Juniors girl solo 1960/ FTX-194 #45

IT'S SEVEN LONG YEARS - "and something better since Willie the sailor crossed the sea" - 7 long years with never a letter - Nancy lamented bitterly - dreams a storm lands him on the beach and she wakes in despair - ROUD#2757 - CREIGHTON FSSNB 1971 #59 pp131-2 Angelo Dornan 1954-60 2v/m -- Angelo Dornan, Elgin, NB rec Helen Creighton, NMM (7"-33 LP) 1971

IT'S TEN WEARY YEARS - MINER'S DREAM OF HOME

IT'S THE POOR WHAT GETS THE BLAME - "She was just a parson's daughter" - Ch: "It's the same the whole world over - aint it all a blooming shame" - "It's the poor what gets the blame"-- Jack TARLING rec by NL, Haverhill, Suffolk 30.4.95: NEIL LANHAM NL-01 (gift)/ CASS-1357 "It's the rich what gets the pleasure"

IT'S TIME FOR US TO LEAVE HER - LEAVE HER, JOHNNY, LEAVE HER

IT'S TIME TO GO HOME - TE TRAA GOLL THIE

IT'S TIME TO REMEMBER THE POOR - TIME TO REMEMBER THE POOR

(IT)'S WONDERFUL - comp by George Gershwin - see also THEY ALL LAUGHED -- ZIGGURAT Folk Group rec by PK: FTX-090

IT JUST SUITS ME - Gospel Song - similar to THIS TRAIN IS BOUND FOR GLORY -- Bessie JONES with Hobart SMITH (guitar) & Georgia Sea Island Singers (voc & clapping) rec by Alan Lomax, St Simon's Island, Ga Apr 1960: ROUNDER CD-1701 1997 & CD-1712 1998

IT MAKES A LONG-TIME MAN FEEL BAD - Negro Prison Song -- rec by Alan Lomax, Parchman State Pen, Miss., USA 1947: FTX-916

IT RAINED A MIST - JEW'S DAUGHTER

IT RAINS, IT HAILS - "and snows and blows - and I'm wet through to all my clothes" - ROUD #608 - HERD 1779 "Let me in this ae nicht" Robbie Burns purified text for incl in JOHNSON's Musical Museum - HECHT p149 Tune SMM 311 - GREIG FSNE 1906-14 #139 "Rap at the door" - GREIG-DUNCAN 5 1995 #983 p166 6v w/o - CHAPPELL PMOT 1858 2 p504 - WILSON (with dance descr) p43 "O let me in this ae night" - KIDSON TT 1891 pp58-9 Mr Holgate, Leeds/ A Wardill, Goathland 1v/m/ Neswell Pennock, Goathland, Yorksh 1v/m (notes on song) "Forty Miles" - ADDY: "Folk Tales & Superstitions" 1895 pp145-6 Yorksh (w/o) "The Lovers" - BARING GOULD Ms #113 unpubl (a) J Parsons (b) R Hard (c) South Brent by W Crossing 1857 (d) J Woodrich "Cottage on the hill" or "Fourteen Long Miles" - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #107 pp419-422 John Vincent, Priddy, Somerset 1905/ Wm Nott, Meshaw, Devon 1905 1v/m/ Wm Hedges, Chipping Camden, Gloucestersh 1909 "Forty Long Miles" - SHARP Ms Cf 1 p309 - SHARP School Ser 1922 7 p14 - JFSS 1:1 1899 p18 Kate Lee: Mrs Mainwaring Bodell (of Shropsh), Clerkenwell, London "The Cottage by the wood"/ Mrs Bowker, Sunderland Point, Lancash 1909 / Gilchrist: Mr Ford 1v/m & Mr Coomber, Highfields, Sussex 1907 1v/m "I prithee love let me in" - JFSS 6:21 1918 pp19-20 Frederick Keel: George Stacey, Abinger Hammer, Surrey 1913 "The Cottage near a wood"/ Gilchrist: Mrs Bowker, Sunderland Point, Lancs 1909 & Mr Ford, Highfields, Sussex 1907 "I prithee love let me in" - GRAINGER #261 Wm Clark, Barrow-on-Humber, Lincolnsh 1906 "The Charming Bride" - WILLIAMS #452 David Sawyer, Ogbourne, Wilts (w/o) "It's forty long miles" - KIDSON-MOFFAT NC 1927 - PURSLOW CL 1972 p36 Hammond: Mrs Gulliford, Combe Florey, Somerset 1905 "Forty Long Miles" - HAMER GGr 1973 p22 Harry Scott, Eaton Bray, Bedfordsh "There stands a cottage" - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #90 Joe Thomas with Cornish transl by Talek & Ylewyth - FOXWORTHY (Blunt Coll) 1976 "Forty Long Miles" - McCOLL-SEEGER 1977 p160-2 from Maggie McPhee - PALMER EBEC 1979 #90 pp154-5 Grainger: Wm Clark" Charming Bride" - RICHARDS-STUBBS EFS 1979 p114 "Forty Miles" coll McColl - PATTEN SS 1987 pp48-9 Hilda Greenslade, Combe Florey, Somerset 1983 "Forty Five Miles" --- LEACH Labr 1965 p134 "Love let me in" - Cf COLD BLOW AND A RAINY NIGHT -- Bell DUNCAN #259, Alex CAMPBELL #260 & Alex ROBB #324 rec on Dictaphone cylinder by James M Carpenter 1929-35 - James "Blin" Bowie rec by Hamish Henderson, Elgin, Moraysh 1952: TANGENT TNGM-109 1971 "As I cam ower the Muir o' Ord" - Billy PENNOCK rec by PK, Goathland, N Yorks 1953 - Jock HIGGINS rec by PK, Blairgowrie, Perthsh 1954 (1v) "Twenty-five Miles" - Joe THOMAS rec by PK, Constantine, Cornwall 1956: RPL LP 23654/ FTX-010 & FTX-218 - Reg GULLIFORD (his mother sang to Ceci Sharp) rec by PK, Coombe Florey, Somerset 26/1/57: 5"RTR-0957/ FTX-405 - Ewan McCOLL "Amorous Muse": ARGO ZFB-66 1968 "Aye she likit" - Harry SCOTT rec by Fred Hamer, Eaton Bray, Bedfordsh 1959: EFDSS VWML-003 cass 1989 "There stands a cottage" - Dave HILLERY (+whistle & banjo): TOPIC 12-TS-215 1971 Kidson - Cyril TAWNEY (unacc): LEADER LER-2095 1976 - Frank HINCHLIFFE rec by Ian Russell, Sheffield, Yorksh: TOPIC 12- TS-308 1977 "It rains it hails" --- Richard GENDALL (voc/gtr) 1975: FTX-009 (sung in Cornish)

IT TAKES A WORRIED MAN - WORRIED MAN BLUES

'TWAS A COLD WINTER'S NIGHT - WHEN BARNEY FLEW OVER THE HILLS

IT WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS - LOVER AND HIS LASS

IT WAS A MOUSE - FROG'S WEDDING

IT WAS AT THE TOWN OF CAYLEN - "this gelding we sold" - wine merchant - Thomas Grant - ROUD#2775 - CREIGHTON FSSNB 1971 p206 Angelo Dornan 1954-60

'TWAS AT MY FATHER'S HOUSE - AU LOGIS DE MON PERE

'TWAS BY THE TOWN OF WEDDINGMORE - CHAIN OF GOLD

IT WAS CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS - comp by GM -- Graeme MILES: FTX-226

IT WAS DOWN BY THE MELLON GREEN - MAGDALEN GREEN

'TWAS DOWN IN CUPID'S CARDEN - CUPID'S GARDEN

'TWAS DOWN IN THE VALLEY - CUCKOO

'TWAS DOWN IN THE MEADOWS - I WISH THAT THE WARS WERE ALL OVER

'TWAS EARLY EARLY - EARLY EARLY ALL IN THE SPRING

'TWAS EARLY ONE MORNING - ALL JOLLY FELLOWS - DIDO AND SPENDIGO

IT WAS EARLY ONE MORNING - JAILHOUSE BLUES

'TWAS IN THE END OF KING JAMES'S STREET - Young Squire Brown - Miss King - ROUD#2389 - JOYCE OIFMS 1909 pp26-27 Co Limerick 1v/m

'TWAS IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY - FORSAKEN MOTHER AND CHILD

'TWAS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST - cutting corn - young man - horse and saddle - ROUD#2448 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 2 pp592-3 John Stook, Wiveliscombe, Somerset

IT WAS IN THE QUEEN'S COUNTY - "I was tenderly reared" - ROUD#2951 - SHIELDS SRT 1981 pp102-3 Eddie Butcher, Aughil, Co Derry 1966

'TWAS IN THE TOON O KELSO - MARROWBONES

'TWAS IN THE TOWN OF PARSBORO - "one dark and stormy night" - Dunkerson challenges McLellan to a fight and is badly beaten" - LAWS #dH44 NAB 1950/64 p274 - ROUD#1843

'TWAS IN THE YEAR OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE - St Elants - Isle of Wight - Lion - Mulberry - Sea battle - ROUD#1171 - STUBBS LOM 1970 pp72-73 Jim 'Brick' Harber, Three Bridges, Sussex 1959

IT WAS LATE IN THE NIGHT - GYPSY LADDIE

'TWAS MARY CONCEIVED - Christmas Carol (his own comp) "all in the year of one"-- Dominic BEHAN (unacc) in Radio Prog 1957 "Sing Christmas" ROUNDER-CD-11661-1850-2 2000

IT WAS NATURE'S GAY DAY - ROUD#2647 - BSs

'TWAS NEAR FLEET STREET - WILLIAMS #12 Mrs Bond, Faringdon, Berksh (w/o)

IT WAS NIGHT AND THE MOON ILLUMINATED THE SKY - TRIP OVER THE MOUNTAIN

IT WAS-NA MY FORTUNE TO GET HER - FALSE BRIDE

'TWAS OF A BRISK YOUNG SHEPHERDESS - SAILOR AND THE SHEPHERDESS

'TWAS OF A BROOM DASHER - GREEN BROOM

'TWAS OF A DAMSEL BOTH FAIR AND HANDSOME - DAUGHTER IN THE DUNGEON

'TWAS OF A COMELY YOUNG LADY FAIR - DARK-EYED SAILOR

'TWAS OF THREE JOLLY WELSHMAN - THREE HUNTSMEN

IT WAS ON A COLD AND WINTER'S DAY - FORSAKEN MOTHER AND CHILD

'TWAS ON A DUSKY EVE - DEVIL AND LITTLE MIKE

'TWAS ON AN EASTER MONDAY - WILLIAMS #57 Wm Bradshaw, Bibury, Gloucestersh (w/o)

IT WAS ON A MONDAY MORNING - LINEN SONG

'TWAS ON A SUNDAY MORNING - UPON A SUNDAY MORNING

'TWAS ON ONE APRIL MORNING - "just as the sun was rising - I heard the small birds sing - they were singing Lovely Nancy" - Young men are false - ROUD#1546 - BARING GOULD - JFSS 4 1910 pp94-6 Priscilla Wyatt-Edgell from R Bryant, Cowley, Devon 1908 - SHARP SG 2003 p38 2v from Ellen Carter, Cheddar Cliffs, Somerset 1906 & 1908 & 4v from R Bryant - see also LOVELY NANCY -- Cyril TAWNEY: ARGO ZFB-87 1973

IT WAS ON ONE MONDAY MORNING - "just by the break of day" - GRAINGER Ms #97/71 Wm Hilton, Keelby, Lincolnsh 1906 - WILLIAMS #266 Filkins, Oxfordsh (w/o)

IT WAS ONE MORNING - EARLY EARLY IN THE SPRING

IT WAS ONE SUMMER MORNING - WHITE COCKADE

IT WAS SOON ONE MORNING - LEADBELLY: TRANSATLANTIC XTRA-1126 1972

'TWAS SUMMER IN THE ROCKIES - "and the snow was falling fast" - Children's Tangletalk -- FTX-198 B/20 (d) Cardiff

'TWAS THE TWENTY FIRST OF LIVERPOOL - Nonsense Song - ROUD#13523 - GREIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1704 p238 (6v w/o) "Twas in the month of August in the middle of July" - EFDSS "Sounds Like Folk" #3 p16 coll by John Brune 1961 -- Jimmy THOMPSON of Stirling rec by John Brune, Blairgowrie Perthsh 1961 "The 21st of Liverpool"

'TWAS THERE BESIDE A FOUNTAIN - AU BORD D'UNE FONTAINE

'TWAS THROUGH THE GROVES - "the other day" - Lament for lovers absence - ROUD#1046 - JFSS 3:4 (13) 1909 pp285-6 Guyer/ RVW: E Shergold, Southampton, Hampsh 1906/ 1909 - REEVES EC p165 Gardiner: Daniel Wigg, Preston Condover, Hampsh 1907 (w/o) - PALMER RVW 1983 #117 pp178-9 E Shergold "Through the groves" (with note about composer) - see also THROUGH THE GROVES - THROUGH THE WOODS

'TWAS WITHIN A MILE OF EDINBURGH TOWN - WITHIN A MILE

'TWAS YOU SIR - "kissed the pretty girl" - ROUD#1333 - Late 18thCentury Catch or Glee - Universal Songster 1 p170 - WILLIAMS FSUT p301-2 #183 David Ball Aston Oxfordsh (w/o)

IT WILL NEVER DO - DDAW HI DDIM (Welsh)

ITALIAN DANCE - Reel - MITTEL #28 p13 (D) 3pts

ITALIAN MONFRINA, THE - Jig (G) - BREATHNACH CRE 3 #40 p20 "Quadrille" (written 12/8) - COLE #4 p61 "Pander Dance" - KERR MM 1 #10 p27 - Tunebook Ms J25 "Pantheon Dance" - WILSON p83

ITALIAN SCHOTTISCHE, THE - SEVEN STEP POLKA

ITALIAN WALTZ, THE -- Percy LAVARELLO (mel) of Tristan de Cunha rec by PK, Gosport, 1962: FTX-609 - Oscar WOODS (mel): TOPIC 12-TS-229 1973/ TSCD-659

ITALY - see also SARDINIA - SICILY - CHICKA TONY WENT TO LONDON (K) - CHICKA TONY WENT TO LONDON (K) - HERE COMES Mrs MACARONI (K) - LOOK AT THAT SILLY OLD WOMAN (Italian K) - NEAPOLITAN THRESHER'S JIG - POOR MAN'S FAMILY - STAND IN THE MIDDLE (K) - THERE CAME A GIRL FROM ITALY (K) -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

ITINERANTS - BUSKERS

IVOR - "Now my name is Mike, or Mick if you like" - ROUD#2570 - SEEGER-McCOLL SI 1960 p79 Alfred Watts, Newcastle, Northumberland 1948

IVORY COAST -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

IVY - I'LL CLING TO YOU LIKE IVY

IVY GREEN, THE - "O a dainty plant is the I G" - ROUD#2662 - Many BSs incl BG 3:#1/ 9:#1/ 9:#242 - SHEPARD HSL 1973 p180 Bs Walker Durham (w/o) - WILLIAMS #376 Mrs Peer, Eastcourt, Wiltsh (w/o)

IVY HOUSE - Jig - KERR MM 4 #258 p28 (G)

IVY HOUSE - Reel - MITTEL #34 p14 (D)

IVY LEAF, THE - Reel (G) - BREATHNACH CRE 1 #97 p42 - FUREY p42 "Corakerry Lass" -- Paddy BREEN (vert flute) of Clare, rec by PK, London 1952: FTX-078 - Michael GORMAN (fid) of Co Sligo with Margaret BARRY (banjo), rec by PK, London, 1956: FTX-174/ TOPIC 12-T-288 1976 "Carracastle Lasses"/ SAYDISC (CD) SDL-420 1997 - Felix DORAN (U-pipes) rec by PK, Clones, Co Monaghan 1964: FTX-172/ TOPIC 12-T-288 1976/ OSSIAN OSS 63 on CASS-1278

 
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