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PEACE - CRANES OVER HIROSHIMA - SEEKER AFTER PEACE (Russco) - WAR & PEACE

PEACE EGG - PACE EGG

PEACE IN THE LAND - YONDER SHE COMES

PEACE O'ER THE WORLD -- Carol Singers at "The Cheshire Cheese", Castleton, Derbyshire 1957 in Radio Prog 1957 "Sing Christmas" ROUNDER-CD-11661-1850-2 2000

PEACEFUL MIDNIGHT HOUR, THE - WOLF

PEACEMAKERS, THE - Hornpipe (G) - KENNEDY FTB 1 1951 p1/ 1994 #4 p4 alt: "Ryth Wyth" - O'NEILL MOI #1666/ DMI #880 -- Nancy RICHARDS JONES (triple harp) rec by PK: FTX-053 & FTX-351

PEACH BLOSSOM, THE - Barn Dance - KENNEDY 1998 FTB #4 #137 p38 (D) -- James MORRISON (fid) & others rec New York 1921-1935: TOPIC 12- T-390 1980 aft "Curlew Hills"

PEACOCK FOLLOWED THE HEN, THE - Northumbrian bagpipe Triple Jig - BOWEN (?) p18 (G) - Cf PLAYFORD "Mad Moll" - Cf COCK AND HEN -- HIGH LEVEL RANTERS: TOPIC 12-T-186 1968 - Anthony & Carole ROBB (N-pipes), Colin ROSS (fid),Alistair ANDERSON (Engl conc): TOPIC 12-TS-278 1978 aft "All the night I lay with Jockey" Amanda LOWE (h-dulc): GRINNIGOGS International GRIN-CD-941 1994 "Peacock and the hen"

PEACOCK RAG -- Arthur SMITH (fid) & HIS DIXIELANDERS (gtr & bass) rec 1941 (NEW WORLD NW-226)/ CASS-0476-7

PEACOCK'S FANCY, THE - Hornpipe - BREATHNACH 3 1985 #218 & #219 p100 (Dm) both versions from Franky Gavin (fid) - KENNEDY FTB 1998 #138 p38 (A) -- Joe HOLMES (fid) Ballymoney, Co Antrim, N Ire: FREE REED FRR-007 1976 (learnt from neighbour 50 years before)

PEACOCK'S FEATHER, THE - Jig - MOYLAN 2 #125 pp72-3 (D) from John O Leary (melodeon)

PEADAR CARTHY - OLD PEADAR CARTHY

PEADAR'S REEL -- KILFENORA CEILI BAND (West Clare): TRANSATLANTIC TRA-283 1974

PEANUT VENDOR, THE - supposed to have been composed by Cuban musician, Moises Simons, copyrighted in the USA 1928 - Dominican children at La Plaine have children's version play using this tune: "Early in the morning when the cock begins to crow - everybody take a cock before they go - pay two pounds ten before you go" -- rec by Alan Lomax, La Plaine, Dominica 1962: ROUNDER CD-1716 1997 "Early in the morning"

PEANUTS - FOUND A PEANUT - GHOST OF THE PEANUT STAND

PEAR TREE, THE - "Me and two other boys went out for a spree" A case of disturbed seduction - ROUD#1713 - FMJ 1975 p77-8 - RICHARDS-STUBBS EFS 1979 p80 Hinchliffe - FMJ 5:3 1987 pp339- 340 Ian Russell: Grace Walton, Sheffield, Yorksh 1970 - PALMER EBBB 1980 p37 Hinchliffe -- Frank HINCHLIFFE rec by Mike Yates, Crosspool, Sheffield, Yorks 1976: TOPIC 12-TS-308 1977/ EFDSS CD-02 1998/ ROOT & BRANCH #1 EFDSS 1999 - Mike SHAIL (+ gtr double-tracked) rec by PK, Totnes, Devon, 1979: FTX-127

PEAR TREE, THE - Hornpipe (F) possibly comp by James Hill - DIXON 987 p37 - HONEYMAN #1 p50 - KOHLER 1 p52 arr by Laybourn - KENNEDY FTB 1998 #139 p39 (F)

PEARL JUG, THE - Folk Tale told by Belle Stewart (tinker) - DOUGLAS Aberdeen UP 1987

PEARL OF THE IRISH NATION, THE - "Though many there be that daily I see" - Patrick o Kelly - ROUD#2391 - JOYCE OIFMS pp25-6 2v/m - ROCHE 3 #29 p8 (Gm) 4/4

PEARL POLKA, THE - from Hardy Ms -- THE YETTIES Radio 2 1/11/89: CASS-90-0569 with "The Original Polka"

PEARL WEDDING, THE - Reel comp by W.T. -- Willie Taylor (fid) rec by Burt Feintuch 30/7/86: SMITHSONIAN-FOLKWAYS SFW-40473 1999 bef "Nancy Taylor's" (WT)

PEARLS OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS - Song in Irish Gaelic -- Kathleen DEVANEY rec Maycullen Co Galway 18/8/47: RPL 12611

PEARLY DEW - American Mountain Instr -- Mrs Lena HUGHES (gtr) Missouri rec Arkansas c1969 [NEW WORLD NW-226]/ CASS-0476-7

PEARS - APPLES

PEAS - BRUISE THE PEASE - BUTTERED PEASE

PEAS, BEANS, OATS AND BARLEY - "There stands a man that ploughs up rthe land - do you or I or anyone know how" "Stand to your partner and then you wlll know" - ROUD#310 - BURNE Shropshire Folklore - BROADWOOD ECS 1893 "Oats, peas, beans" Sussex - JFSS 1:3 1901 p67 Merrick: Henry Hills, Lodsworth, Sussex - see also OATS AND BEANS -- Shirley COLLINS & others: TOPIC 12-TS-380 1978 (from Broadwood)

PEAS ON THE HEARTH - HUISH THE CAT

PEASANT, THE - "Would you know how does the peasant - sow his barley and wheat - reap - thresh - sift - plays when his labour is done" - Kids Ring game circling then stopping to make actions - OPIE SG 1985 #70 pp298-301 Cf WHEN I WAS A LAY (or YOUNG GIRL)

PEASE STRAE - CLEAN PEASE STRAE

PEASE UPON A TRENCHER - Country Dance - HAYWOOD #16 p38 2/4 (F)

PEASANT'S REVOLT, THE - comp by Defoney 16C to French tune -- THE YETTIES: ARGO ZFB-16 1970

PEASCODS - PESCOD TIME - GATHERING PEASCODS

PEAT - TURF

PEAT BOG SOLDIERS, THE - ("Die Moorsoldaten") comp by prisoner & performed at Burgemoor Concentration Camp in 1933 (Goguel/ Langhoff) -- SWAN ARCADE: LEADER LER-2032 19730 learned from Rennie Pickles (3 of 6 original verses) - THE YETTIES: ARGO ZDA-100 1974

PEAT FIRE FLAME, THE - "Far away and 'er the moor" Ch: "By the light of the PFF" Tramping Song (in English only) as companion to "The Road to the Isles" - KENNEDY-FRASER 1921 SOTH vol 3 pp182-5 words composed by Kenneth McLeod and set to air played on the bagpipe chanter by Malcolm Johnson -- Anne & Laura BRAND in radio prog from Aberdeen 1985: CASS 0977 - Jean REDPATH: ELEKTRA BY-6004 1966 - Marion TUDGE (mezzo-soprano) accomp by Inez Rempel (piano) 2003: cass 1398-C60/ FTX-264

PECKHAM RYE - SHE COST ME SEVEN AND SIXPENCE

PEDLAR BOLD - ROBIN HOOD AND THE PEDLAR

PEDLAR'S PACK, THE - D'URFEY 6 p248 "The Jolly Pedlar's Pretty Thing" - FORD 1899 p126 words only "The Pedlar"

PEDLARS -- Recordings - see SUBJECTS Listing

PEEK-A-BOO WALTZ - American -- Jim COUZA (Ham dulc) rec by PK, Bristol 1981: FTX-909

PEEL, John - JOHN PEEL SONGS

PEEL THE CARROT - Dance tune comp by JC -- Jim COUZA (H-dulc) with Peter KENNEDY (mel), Michael PUNZAK (fid) & Duncan BROWN (bass): SAYDISC SDL-335 1983 aft "Perfect Cure" & "Starry Night"

PEELERS AND THE GOAT, THE - "A bunch of peelers went out one day" - by Darby Ryan - ROUD#1458 - KIDSON GEF 1926 pp76-77 text rewritten from original song ridiculing the Irish police - JFSS 2:9 1906 p259-60 Kidson: A Mooney, Liverpool 1906 1v/m & Ms Book (c1840) (m/o) - O'LOCHLAINN ISB 1939 pp146-7 & p216 Co Cavan

PEELER AND THE GOAT, THE - Jig (Am) - BAYARD DTF #443 p412 & app 40 p589 - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #152 p37 (Am) alt: "The Bansha Peeler" - Tunebook Ms #108 p41 (Am) - MOYLAN 2 #306 p176 12/8 Slide from John O Leary (melodeon) - O NEILL MOI #296 (not in DMI) - ROCHE 2 #241 p21 -- THE TEES-SIDE FETTLERS: TRADITIONAL SOUND TSR-016 1974 aft "Thady you gander" "Paddy Carey" & "Whistling Thief"

PEELER CREEK - tune learnt in Tony's native Norfolk -- Tony HALL (melodeon) with Nic JONES (fid/gtr) & Tommy Moynihan (mand/bouz/whistle): FREE REED FRR-012 1976

PEELERS - POLICE

PEELER'S AWAY WITH MY DAUGHTER, THE - Jig - KERR MM 4 #208 p23 (Am)

PEELER'S JACKET - FLANNEL JACKET

PEEP OF DAY - Single Reel comp Neil Gow - COLE #5 p34 "comp by N.Gow" - KENNEDY FTB 2 1997 #154 p36 (G) - Tunebook Ms #137 p316 (G)

PEERIE HOOSE AHINT THE BURN, DA - Shetland Reel - WILLIAMSON BFT 1976 p46 - see also PETE'S PEERIE BOAT -- SHETLAND (40) FIDDLER'S: TD-5363 [nd] (45-EP): FTX-310 A-ROVING 1968 #4 bef "Merry Boys of Greenland" & "Mc Donald's"

PEEVERS - HOPSCOTCH

PEG AN' AWL - LONG PEGGIN' AWL - SHOEMAKER (USA)

PEG AND HER LOW-BACKED CAR - LOW BACKED CAR

PEG IN THE SETTLE - DROWSIE MAGGIE (Reel)

PEG OF DERBY - PRETTY PEGGY O

PEG HUGLESTONE'S HORNPIPE - WALSH 3 c1730 - see also WHITEFRYER'S HORNPIPE -- John KIRKPATRICK (acc) & Sue HARRIS (oboe): TOPIC 12-TS-355 1977

PEG RYAN'S - PEGGY RYAN'S

PEG WARREN'S SLIDE - MOYLAN 2 #6 p5 (G) 12/8 from John O Leary (melodeon)

PEGGY - YOUNG PEGGY

PEGGY AND PETER - PEIGIN IS PEADAR

PEGGY AND THE SOLDIER - "O tis of an old soldier he's just come from sea" - Peggy leaves husband & baby and goes to sea with soldier with whom she soon quarrels - he beats her and tells her to return - when she gets home she looks through the window and saes her husband singing to the baby - she begs him to take her back but it's not on - LAWS P-13 ABBB 1957 p254-5 - ROUD#907 - JFSS 34 1930 pp196-7 Hammond: George Downden, Lackington, Dorset 7v & Scots tune from Skene Ms found by Anne Gilchrist "Peggy is Over Ye Sie wi' ye soldier" - CLUB FOLK I 1967 p5 -- - LOMAX OSC 1941 p164 8v m (ind) "The Lame Soldier"- JAFL 49 p233 (scot) "Poor Peggie" - SIMPSON BBB 1966 p572 -- Henry McGREGOR rec by PK, Perth 1955 - Paul DOWNES (+gtr/bass) LONG MAN LM-4001 [nd] - SPREDTHICK rec by PK, Devon 1975 - HEDGEHOG PIE: RUBBER RUB-009 1975

PEGGY AND THE SQUIRE - "As Kitty/ Peggy was a-walking one morning in May"- Ch"Fol the diddle" - She sleeps with him and then steals his money - ROUD#1662 - SHARP-MARSON FSS 1 pp10-11 & p60 Mrs Overd - Sel Ed 1 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #223 p106-110 Mrs Overd, Langport, Somerset 1904. Capt Lewis, Minehead, Somerset 1906/ Mrs Gulliford, Combe Florey, Somerset 1908 1v/m/ Alfred Emery, Othery, Somerset 1908 1v/m/ Lucy White, Hambridge, Somerset 1906 (m/o)/ Charles Neville, East Cokewr, Somerset 1908 1v/m "Sweet Kitty" - JFSS 6 p48 Sharp Langport Som 1904 - JEFDSS 1959 p201 Sharp Minehead 1906 "Sweet Molly" - PURSLOW CL 1972 p67 Hammond Gulliford Somerset 1905 2-line stanzas

PEGGY BAWN - "As I walked o'er the highland hills" - Irishman in Scotland calls at a farm and asks for the daughter - returns to Ireland to be true - ROUD#661 - JEFDSS 3 1936 pp49-51 Dr Clague Coll from Kidson Ms: Richard Hugill (?) Manx Gaelic "P Bond" - PURSLOW FD 1974 p67 Hammond: Mrs Webb, Bath, Somerset 1906 "P Band" - PALMER SOM 1972 pp47-8 Mrs Webb -- Walter PARDON rec by Mike Yates, Knapton, Norfolk 1978: TOPIC 12-TS-392 1982/ TSCD-651 1998 "Peggy Benn"

PEGGY GORDON - "O PG you are my darling" - contains similar verses to those found in many love songs such as "Seeds of Love", "The False Young Man" and "The Water is Wide" - ROUD#2280 - G REIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1899 p331 (1v/m) "Maggie Gordon" --- CREIGHTON & SENIOR TSNS 1950 pp193-5 from John Francis Sullivan, Erinville, NS & Dennis Smith, Chezzetcook, NS - CREIGHTON MFS 1961 pp74-5 NS - Cf tune BANKS OF THE SWEET PRIMEROSES -- Grace CLERGY, rec by Helen Creighton, East Petpeswick, NS 1951: (FOLKWAYS FE 4307) - DUBLINERS: MAJOR MINOR MMLP-14 1968/ EMI MFP MFP 5223 - CORRIES (double-tracked): EMI SCX- 6511 1972 - (Ted ASHLAW rec by Robert D Bethke, Hermon, NY 1972) - Robin & Barry DRANSFIELD (with gtrs): FREE REED FRR-018 1977 - Alan MILLS (Canadian) accomp by Steve BENBOW (gtr) rec by PK, London 15/6/59: FTX-905 (from Creighton) - BARNBRACK Irish Party Sing- Song: CASS-60-0927 nd

PEGGY, I MUST LOVE THEE - Air - Tuinebook Ms #141 p226 (G) 4/4 - OSWALD vol 4 p24 - Oswald 4 p24 & many other Scots collections

PEGGY IN THE MORNING - "O mither confess o the lassies ye saw - Yestreen at the wedding sae trig an sae braw" - Happy Courtship - GREIG-DUNCAN 5 1995 #1002 pp240 (9var 12v/5m)

PEGGY IRVINE - EARL OF ABOYNE

PEGGY IS A BRIGHT YOUNG THING - Highland/ Reel - KENNEDY FTB 2 1997 #155 p37 (D) - Tunebook Ms #175 p327 (D)

PEGGY LETTIRMORE - Irish Polka - BOWEN p25 4pts (i e repeated an octave lower)

PEGGY LEVIN - Irish Gaeiic: "P ni Sleibinn" - DARLEY/ McCALL FC 1914 #53 p23 air only

PEGGY MENZIES - Athole Coll -- Alex Francis Mc KAY (fid) with Fr John Angus RANKIN (piano) rec by John Shaw, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada: TOPIC 12-TS-354 1978 with other strathpeys & reels

PEGGY MITCHELL - PEIGI MISTEAL

PEGGY OF GLASGOW - GLASGOW PEGGY

PEGGY O NEILL - Waltz -- Tom POTTER (mel), rec by PK, Hawkhurst, Kent 4/9/63 RTR-0985 - THE CHEVIOT RANTERS: TOPIC 12-TS-245 1974

PEGGY ON THE BANKS OF SPEY - "she's aye sae blyth an cheery-o" - GREIG-DUNCAN 6 1995 #1131 p132 4v w/o

PEGGY ON THE SETTLE - KITTY CLOVER (Reel)

PEGGY RAMSEY - "Bonny PR that any man can see" - SIMPSON BBB 1966 p465 "London is a fine town"

PEGGY RYAN'S FANCY - Polka - SULLIVAN 1 p16 (G) - TWEED p35 (G) "Peg Ryan's"

PEGGY RYE - BREWER LADDIE

PEGGY WALKER - MY PARENTS REARED ME TENDERLY

PEGGY WOOD - Military Two Step -- BULWER Band Norfolk rec 1962: TOPIC 12-T-296 1976

PEGGY'S FOOT - MAGGIE'S FOOT

PEGGY'S LOVE - Song/ Dance tune - WILSON (with dance descr) p54

PEGGY'S WEDDING - Jig - CHAPPELL - KENNEDY FTB 2 1954 p35/ 1994 #154 p39 (D) - O'NEILL MOI #985/DMI #201 "Biddy's Wedding" (C)

PEIGIN IS PEADAR - (Peggy & Peter) - Gaelic Story-telling ballad: Poor man is sent away to work by his wife who is expecting and his adventures with robbers etc - Extract on record is where husband returns home and conversation about the son he almost killed -- Joe HEANEY: TOPIC 12-T-91 1963

PEIGI MISTEAL - Peggy Mitchell -- Tom McNAUGHTON Galway: TOPIC 12-T-177 1968

PEISTLE GLEN -- Pat KEALE rec by Sean O Boyle, NI Aug 1955: RPL LP 24842

PELEA ERA WHY MOAZ, MOES FETTOW TEAG? - WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO, MY PRETTY MAID?

PELICAN, THE - "As I was a-walking down by a wilderness - there I was assaulted by many wild beasts" - JFSS 3:4 (13) 1909 pp264-5 Guyer: John Norman, Southampton, Hampsh 1906 (notes on significance of song)

PELTON LONNIN - FELTON LONNIN

PEMBROKESHIRE - JOY, HEALTH LOVE AND PEACE (Wren Boy's Carol) -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

PENDEEN - Cornwall -- Chorus of Miners in Pub, rec by PK, Pendeen 1956: 217 "Old Grey Duck"/ RTR-0130-2

PENILLION - Welsh (improvised) harmony singing to instrumental tune -- Recordings - see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

PENIS - PRETTY PRICKING THING

PENINSULAR WAR - WILL OF THE WAGGON TRAIN

PENINTENT NUN, THE - "Dame Jane, a sprightly nun and gay" - ROUD#12536

PENITENTIARIES - GAOLS - PRISONS - WORK SONG

PENNSYLVANIA - PHILADELPHIA COWBOY (Guthrie) -- GARRET SINGERS: ARGO ZFB-7 1970

PENNY - GROTTOES - GUY FAWKES

PENNY CANDLE, THE - Reel - SHASKEEN 2 #16 p14 (D) comp by Paddy O Brien, button accordion from Newtown, Co Tipperary (1922-1991), recognised as the inventor of the C/C# "semitone" style of playing Irish music

PENNY HEDGE, THE - Custom on beach at Whitby N Yorks -- FTX-226 Graeme MILES (comp), Middlesbrough "The P H Men" - LEADER L-2102 1976 Vin GARBUTT "Hermit Song" (Whitby)

PENNY ON THE WATER - SEVEN STEP SCHOTTISCHE - UP IN THE NORTH

PENNY TOWARDS THE POT - Fishermen's begging song -- Sam Larner in video copy of 16mm film with Charles Parker

PENNY WAGER, THE - "I've travelled this World from the North Count-er-ie - A-seeking, a-seeking for good company" - Calling into an alehouse in another part of the country, two young locals take him to be "a hearty good fellow", perhaps"a rich nobleman's son", and wager high stakes at dice - good fortune he wins and. instead of having to sell his horse, he is not even asked to pay for his lodging - instead he receives a parting kiss from the landlady - ROUD #393/2541 - Broadside: Pitts (London) "Adventures of a penny" - SBGs Ms Coll vol 3 #133 & Vol 4 #357 - BARING GOULD SOW 1889 #26 "The Hearty Good Fellow" from Robert Hard, South Brent - SHARP- KARPELES CSC 1974 #275 2 pp239-246 John Knott, Dulverton 1906/ J H Baker, Crowcombe, Somerset 1908/ Henry Barrett, Randwick, Gloucestersh 1908 "The Hearty Good Fellow" - SHARP Cf 2 p7 - JOYCE OIFM 1909 pp32-3 Limerick "I bridled my nag" - HILL WFC 1904 pp3-4 Britford, Wiltsh "Long time I've travelled in the North Countrie" - WILLIAMS Ms#148 James Mills, South Cerney, Gloucestersh "No money and plenty" - KIDSON GEF 1926 pp10-11 Yorks "As I was a-travelling in the North Countrie" - PURSLOW MB 1965 p68 Gardiner: William Tod, Portsmouth, Hampsh 1907 - FMJ 1973 pp290-1 Palmer: George Dunn, Quarry Bank, Staffordsh "Little Grey Oss" - KENNEDY FSBI #280 p612 George 'Shep' Hawkins, Ebrington, Glos (says "Warwickshire") 1957 - McCOLL/SEEGER TSES 1977 p333-4 Nelson Ridley (gypsy) Essex - RICHARDS/STUBBS EFS 1979 p87 McColl-Seeger --- EDWARDS (Australia) p252-3 -- Bob ARNOLD rec by PK, Burford, Oxfordsh 16/10/52: RPL 18687 "The Little Black Horse" - Ben BAXTER rec by Seamus Ennis, Southrepps Norfolk Oct 1956: RPL 23382/ FTX-234 "The Little Grey Horse" (with talk) - "Shep" George Hawkins rec by PK, Ebringtonm, Gloucestersh (says "Warwicksh" on label) 14/2/57: 5"-RTR- 0966/ RPL LP 26368/ FTX-025 - Bobby (gtr) & Peggy CLANCY rec by Seamus Ennis, Carrick-on-Suir Tipperary 1960: RPL LP 29886 "In my pocket but one penny" - Peter BELLAMY (+ fid): TOPIC 12-T-200 1970 (from Bob Arnold) - GARRET SINGERS: ARGO ZFB-7 1970 - Ewan McCOLL: ARGO ZFB-12 1972 - Levi SMITH (gypsy) rec by Mike Yates: TOPIC 12-TS-304 1977/ TSCD-661 (frag) "One Penny" - George Dunn: TOPIC TSCD-663 1998 "My Little Grey Horse"

PENNY WHISTLE - WHISTLE

PENNY WHISTLE JIG, THE - comp by Henry Mancini -- James GALWAY (whistle) Concert in Manchester Radio 2 19/6/91 CASS-60-0881

PENNY'S FARM - coll Alan Lomax -- THE BENTLY BOYS (voc/ban/gtr) 1929/ COLUMBIA 15565D/ FOLKWAYS FP-253/ FA-2953/ 7"RTR-0307/ FTX-912 "Down on PF" - Pete SEEGER (v/ban): TOPIC TOP-33 1958

PENNYWORTH O' PREENS - MADAM, WILL YOU WALK?

PENSIONER, THE - OLD PENSIONER (Reel)

PENSIONER'S COMPLAINT, THE - "You neighbours all listen a story I'll tell - married a wife her name it was Nell - always a- scolding and bawling" He gets £18 a year which she spends on whisky and beer while he has all the jobs in the house to do and look after the child, goes without clothing and bedding, and has to put up with her appearance and laziness - he has been through all the wars and wishes he had been killed instead of wounded at Waterloo or the Banks of the Nile - he hopes that "something or other may whip her away before daylight in the morning" - ROUD#1663 - Bs by FORD of Chesterfield 1830s (Palmer Reprint 2001) - SPIN mag 3/7 1964 p23 coll by Pat Shaw from John Stickle, Unst, Shetland (2v) - PURSLOW CL 1972 p68 Hammond Dorset 1907 "The Pensioner's Complaint" 12v (suggests tune could be "The Limerick Rake" see McCOLL's "Champion at keepin 'em rollin")

PENSIONER'S COMPLAINT, THE - Triple Jig - FUREY p14 (G) "Pensioner's Follies" gives words of song: "Just sit like a frog in the garden - don't jump till you look all around - if you get a wife such as I got - your courage she'll surely pull down - One night I went to my local - and what do you think I did see? - My wife with a big glass of whisky - and she on a pensioner's knee"

PENTLAND CROSSING, THE - Reel -- Orkney STRATHSPEY & REEL Society (fids with acc & gtrs) rec by PK, Kirkwall, Orkney 16/7/55: RPL 22724 bef "Graemshall Bay" - FTX-255 "As I roved out" radio prog 1956

PENTRE MATHRY LAN - (When Johnny comes marching home) - Welsh -- Ben PHILLIPS "Ben Bach" rec by Seamus Ennis, Lochbwrffin, Mathry, Pembrokesh 17/10/52: RPL 19070/ FTX-052

PEOPLE'S COMIC ALPHABET, THE - ALPHABET SONG

PEPPER - see also MUSTARD - SALT

PEPPER AND SALT - Story -- Jasper SMITH (gypsy) coll by Mike Yates: TOPIC 12-TS-395 1982

PEPPER'S BLACK - Playford's Dancing Master -- PYEWACKET rec RPL Concert Hall 22/2/83: CASS-15-0747

PERAMBULATOR - I AM A LITTLE DUTCH GIRL (K)

PERCY BROWNE'S POLKA - Norfolk melodeon player -- OLD SWAN BAND FREE REED FRR-011 1976 aft "George Privett's"

PERCY OUT OF BAMBOROUGH CAME - CHEVY CHACE

PEREGRINATIONS - Instrumental in Em comp by BJ -- Bert JANSCH (with guitar): TRANSATLANTIC TRA-235 1971

PERFECT CURE, THE - Song, Jig & Waltz-tune - BAYARD DTF 1982 #566 p503 (2var): "Nancy Fat" (makes cf with "Because he was a bonny lad" & "Young Jane and her Gallant Hussar") - KARPELES Tune used for "The Norfolk Long Dance" - KENNEDY FTB 2 1954 p46/ #182 p46 (D) - ROCHE 2 #301 p46 (G) used for Quadrille Set - SHULDHAM-SHAW "The Rope Waltz" coll Shetland - WESTROP #14 p6 (G) Country Dance - WILLIAMSON BFT 1976 p18 - also letter in file from Annie Gilchrist 23/9/51 about "Pepper's Ghost" -- H R MALLET (mel) "Norfolk Long Dance": RPL (?) (78) - OAK: TOPIC 12- TS-212 1971 (from Mallet) - THE CHEVIOT RANTERS: TOPIC 12-TS-222 1973 for "Long Dance" - Michael HEBBERT (duet conc) FREE REED FRR-009 1977 "The Rope Waltz" - Bob RUNDLE (mel) rec by PK, Devon 1978: FTX-124 "The Perfect Cure" - Jim SMALL (harmonica) Cheddar Somerset 1980: FTX-138 - Sue HARRIS (ham dulc) & John KIRKPATRICK (acc): TOPIC 12-TS-408 1980 "The Rope Waltz" - Jim COUZA (H-dulc) with Peter KENNEDY (mel), Michael PUNZAK (fid) & Duncan BROWN (bass): SAYDISC SDL-335 1983 with "Starry Night" & "Peel the Carrot" (Couza)/ Radio 2: 7/4/80: CASS-0416 - CHIEFTAINS: Radio 2 1/4/87: CASS-90-0567 & other polkas

PERFORMANCE - CUSTOMS - MORRIS - MUMMERS - THEATRE

PERIOD DANCES - ALL FLOWERS IN BLOOM - BARLEY BREAK - BEGINNING OF THE WORLD - CUCKOLDS ALL A WRY- CUPID'S GARDEN - ESTAMPIE - FRENCH DANCES - GATHERING PEASCODS - GLORY OF THE NORTH - HARE'S MAGGOT - HOLE IN THE WALL - HUNSDON HOUSE - INDIAN QUEEN - KETTLE DRUM - KING'S MORRIS - LONG ODDS - LORD ZOUCHE - MR COSGILL'S DELIGHT - MR LANE'S FANCY - MILLFIELD - MY LADY HUNSDON'S PUFFE - NONESUCH - ONCE I HAD A MAIDEN FAIR - QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GALLIARD - ROAST BEEF - ROSSIGNOL - ROTTA - SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORN - SHREWSBURY LASSES - SPANISH DANCES - STANTIPES - TROTTO - WHIMBLETON HOUSE --- Recordings - see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

PERISTALSIS - comp by AC -- Andrew CRONSHAW (instrum): TRANSATLANTIC XTRA-1139 1974

PERJURED MAID, THE - "Twas of a mighty noble knight - he had a daughter, a beauty bright" - falling in love with a sea captain, they break a gold token but she proves false and, when he returns, dies on the wedding day, appearing as a ghost and taking her away to the clay with him (In the English version, after the wedding, she disappears from her bedroom leaving a note and her two men to grieve for her) - LAWS #P-32 ABBB 1957 p264 "A Gentleman of Exeter" - ROUD#997 - PALMER RVW 1983 #100 p152 David Penfold, landlord, Plough Inn, Rusper, Sussex 1908 (text augmented from BS) "The Hurricane Wind" --- FLANDERS-BARRY 1939 p5 17v m (Vt) Notes - HENRY 1938 pp147-9 Tenn (w/o) 16v & version from Scottish chapbook (Harvard Lib) 36v

PERJURED SHIP CARPENTER - GOSPORT TRAGEDY

PERPETUAL MOTION - based on Paganini -- Martin O CONNOR (mel) with auto harp Radio 2 Jan 1993 CASS-0488

PERRIE WERRIE - Reel from Athole Coll -- OSSIAN IONA IR-001 1978 - Alex Francis Mc KAY (fid) with Fr John Angus RANKIN (piano) rec by John Shaw, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada: TOPIC 12-TS-354 1978 with other strathpeys & reels

PERRY MERRY DIXTON - RIDDLE SONG

PERRY'S VICTORY - "Ye tars of Columbia give ear to my story" - ROUD#2826 - THOMPSON PS 1958 pp122-4 Stevens-Douglass MS NY 1841- 56 (w/o)

PERSIA - IRAN

PERSIAN'S CREW, THE - "Sad and dismal is the story that I will tell to you" - lamenting fate of men lost when ship on the Great Lakes never returned to Chicago - LAWS #D-4 NAB 1950/64 p163 - ROUD#2230 - FOWKE TSSO 1965 pp138-9 CHJ Snider, Ont 1958 "The Schooner PC"

PERSIAN'S HUNT - PERTHSHIRE HUNT (Reel)

PERTH ASSEMBLY, THE - Reel comp by S.Duncan - BALMORAL #3 p20 (F)

PERTHSHIRE - ATHOLL - BONNY PARKS O KILTIE - BLONNY GLENSHEE - BONNY LOCH ARD - BREWER LADDIE - CRIEFF FAIR - DRUMMOND - JUSH OF PERTH - LASS OF GLENSHEE - PARKER'S WELCOME TO P (March) - STOLEN PIPER (Story) -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

PERTH(SHIRE) HUNT, THE - Reel (D) - COLE #6 p6 "The Boyne Hunt" & p7 (E) "Molly Maguire's Reel" - GIBLIN 1933 #16 p16 "The Boyne Hunt" - KENNEDY FTB 2 1954 p13/ 1994 #51 p15 "The Persian Hunt" - KERR MM 1 #3 p8 (A) "The Perth Hunt" - Tunebook Ms #140 p317 "The Perthshire Hunt" & Tunebook Ms #154 p321 (D) "The Persian's Hunt" - MITCHELL #142 p104 6pts "The Boyne Hunt" from Willie Clancy (U-pipes) MITCHELL & SMALL #8 pp46-7 from Patsy Tuohey (U-pipes) "The Boyne Hunt" - O'NEILL MOI #1241/ DMI #514 3pts "The Boyne Hunt" alt: "Tom the Blacksmith" -- Michael COLEMAN (fid with piano) rec USA 1921-36: VIVA VOCE 004 d/cass 1991 aft "Kerry Reel" - Seamus ENNIS (U-pipes) rec by PK, London 1958: FTX-079/ SAYDISC (CD) SDL-416 1996 "The Boyne Hunt" - Hector Mc ANDREW (fid) rec Aberdeen 13/7/67: RPL LP 30952/ FTX-272 aft Strath: "Miss Haldane" - Johnny DOHERTY (fid) rec by David Hammond: GAEL-LINN CEF-072-3 1978 aft Strathspey: "Mammy's Plaidie"

PERTHSHIRE VOLUNTEERS, THE - Strathspey or Highland (A) - BALMORAL p8 Strathspey - KERR MM 3 #198 p23 Highland Schottische

PERU -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

PESCOD TIME - "In PT when hounds to horn" - meets shepherd -- Martin WYNDHAM-READ with Geof & Penny HARRIS & Andrew BROWN (fid): LEADER LER-2092 1975

PET OF THE HOUSE - COLOSSEUM HORNPIPE

PET OF THE PIPERS, THE - Jig (A) - ALLAN #18 p5 - GIBLIN #77 p36 - KENNEDY FTB 2 1954 p34/ 1994 #148 p38 - KERR MM 1 #5 p36 - O'NEILL MOI #811/ DMI #82 "Doherty's Fancy" -- THE CHEVIOT RANTERS: TOPIC 12-TS-245 1974

PETE BRADLEY'S POLKA - MOYLAN 2 #114 p66 (G) from John O Leary (melodeon)

PETE'S PEERIE BOAT - Shetland polka by Tom Anderson 1967 ? - see PEERIE HOOSE -- Michael HEBBERT (conc + fid & tambourine): FREE REED FRR-009 1977 - Willie HUNTER & Aly BAIN (fids) with Violet Tulloch (Piano) "Down Home" (TV Series) in USA & Canada LISMOR LIF-7011 1986 CASS-0814

PETER AMBERLEY - "My name is PA" - The song was written in the first person by John Calhoun (1848-1939) about a friend of his, a young man who left Prince Edward Island and went to work in New Brunswick along the Miramichi River and was struck by a falling log and died in 1881 - it is sung to the tune of "The Irish Girl" - LAWS #C-27 NAB 1950/64 p160 - ROUD#668 - GRAY SBML 1924 pp63-9 (3 var) - ECKSTORM MM 1927 p99 MACKENZIE BSSNS 1928 pp295-6 NS (w/o) "P Ambelay" - BARRY BBM 1929 p68 - CREIGHTON FSNB 1932 pp301-3 NS "Peter Rambelay" - FLANDERS-BARRY NGMS 1939 p115 - BECK SML 1941 p32 NS - DOERFLINGER S&S 1951 p225 (note)- BECK FLM 1957 p255 - CREIGHTON FSNB 1971 pp231-233 NB - IVES FSNB 1989 p99-103 NB 1974 "P Emberley" -- (Lib of Congress rec LC-3749 (NH)) - Alan MILLS (Canadian) unaccomp rec by PK, London 15/6/59: RPL LP 24897/ FTX-905 - - Marie HARE rec by Sandy Paton, Strathadon, NB, Canada 1961: FOLK LEGACY FSC-9 1962

PETER AND I WENT DOWN THE LANE - TWO SISTERS

PETER AND LIZZIE - "Twas on a May morning atween sun and sky - Peter saw Lizzie a-milking her kye" - the miller has only ten, but Lizzie thirty men at the wedding - GREIG-DUNCAN 5 1995 #1031 p375 (2var 6v w/o)

PETER BAILIE'S PIG - Highland - HONEYMAN p14 "Peter Bailie's Strathspey" -- Jack ARMSTRONG (N-pipes) rec by PK, Newcastle 8/6/54: RPL 20604/ 122/ SAYDISC (CD) SDL-416 1996

PETER BAILIE'S JIG - Jig/ March - KERR MM 1 #27 p33 (Em) "Peter Baillie's Jig"

PETER BAILIE'S STRATHSPEY - KOHLER 1 p93 (D) 4pts

PETER BAILIE'S WIFE - Jig/ March - KERR MM 1 #21 p49 (A) -- Will STARR (acc + piano): FTX-363

PETER BYRNE'S FANCY - Jig ? -- Finbar FUREY: TRANSATLANTIC XTRA- 1077 1969

PETER CROWLEY - Irish Rebel Song -- FREEDOM FIGHTERS PICKWICK ALL-859 1967

PETER EMBERLEY - PETER AMBERLEY

PETER FRANCISCO -- Jimmy (voc/ gtr): RCA Victor LSP- 1994 1959

PETER GRAY - "Once on a time there lived a man" - ROUD 13236 - LOMAX OSC pp.252-253 - GREIG-DUNCAN 8 23002 #1897 p330 (1vch/m) -- Frank A Melton rec by John & Alan.Lomax, Norman, Oklahama 1939: LoC AAFS record No.2505

PETER HEANEY - He meets a coleen and asks her to help him drive his ass - how can he get married ? - then taken prisoner and put in cell (mentions villages near Boyle) -- John REILLY (tinker) rec by Tom Munnelly, nr Boyle, Co Roscommon, 1967: FTX-175

PETER KENNEDY'S FANCY - Reel - O'NEILL MOI #1275/ DMI #543 (G)

PETER McKINNON OF SKEABOSH - Slip-Jig from Skye -- JOCK TAMSON'S BAIRNS: TOPIC 12-TS-424 1982 with "Donald Willie and his dog" (Skye)

PETER O TAVEY - Manx Wedding Dance -- Joe WOODS talk & tune on harmonica rec by PK, London 24/4/67: FTX-007 - Dave SWARBRICK (fid) (SONET SNTF-763) CASS-0167

PETER PIPER - "picked a peck of peppercorn" - courtship - Mary Jane - tongue-twister - ROUDSR1565 - Essex Review 60 Apr 1951 p90 C V Chiswell (c): Great Easton, Essex c1906 1v/ch/

PETER STREET - Reel - BREATHNACH 2 1976 #169 p88 (G) from Seamus Ennis Dublin - COLE p50 (A) - Tunebook Ms #93 p301 (D) "Peter Street Dance" - O'NEILL (not in MOI) DMI #803 (A) alt: "Blickling Races" "Miller's Frolics" "Timour the Tartar" - TIMOUR THE TARTAR -- Michael DOHERTY (fid) rec by Alan Lomax, Dunloe, Co Donegal Jan 1951 7"RTR-0566/ DAT/ RPL 21349 - Johnny DOHERTY (fid) rec by PK, Co Donegal 1953: FTX-073 - May KEOGH (fid) with Tommy DEMPSEY (acc): GAEL-LINN CEF-017 1967 with "Bonny Kate" - Bob RUNDLE (whistle) rec by PK, Devon 1978: FTX-124

PETER STREET - JACK ALL ALONE (Wigtown, Glasgow) - MAGGIE MAY (Liverpool)

PETER THE MILLER - "When P the M went into the fair" - young Paul - love - ROUD#2416 PATTEN SS 1987 pp64-5 George Withers, Isle Abbots, Somerset 1983 (w/o) -- George Withers rec Bob & Jacqueline Patten Cassette

PETER THE PAINTER - "Twas at the town of Bury - back to Bury Gaol" -- Roy LAST rec by Mike Yates, Mendlesham Green, Suffolk: HOME MADE MUSIC LP-3002 1984

PETER THE PIPER - Hornpipe - MAGUIRE 1 #89 p24 (D)

PETER WHEELER - "It was in the early the early spring" - murders Annie Kempton - ROUD2770 - CREIGHTON FSSNB 1971 pp192-3 Wm Ireland, Elgin, NB

PETER'S PRIVATE ARMY - comp by MG -- Martin GRAEBE rec by PK, Devon 1975: FTX-049

PETERBOROUGH MAY SONG - GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

PETERHEAD - "A busy town was P. and work for high and low" - GREIG- DUNCAN 3 1987 #515 (7v w/o)

PETERHEAD POLKA, THE -- Ned STEWART (fid) & Elizabeth (piano) rec by PK, Fetterangus, Aberdeen 1955: FTX-069 - Hector Mc ANDREW (fid) rec Aberdeen 13/7/67: RPL LP 30953/ FTX-274

PETERLOO - 1819 massacre in Manchester - MEETING AT PETERLOO - WITH HENRY HUNT WE'LL GO

PETERLOO MEETING, THE - A New Song on - "Rise, Britons, rise" 16th Aug 1819 Manchester - PALMER TOTT 1974 p296 text: Bs Manchester Cent Lib)/ tune used: "Death of Parker" (JFSS 8/188)

PETERSON'S HORNPIPE -- Tom ROBERTSON (fid) rec by Tom Anderson Shetland RTR-1081/ CASS-60-0435

PETIT CORDONNIER, LE -- Alan MILLS (Canadian) accomp Steve BENBOW (gtr) rec by PK, London 15/6/59: FTX-905

PETIT COUTURIER, LE - (The Little Dressmaker) - BNP MSS 1855 IV p11 (words) 5 p206 (music) coll Roussaeket (Loudeac) - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #113 Le Feuvre - YOUNG 1956 p51 Canada -- Jack Le FEUVRE rec by PK, Sark, Channel Islands 1957: RPL LP 23842/ FTX-012

PETIT JESU - Carol in French -- Constance BIHET rec by PK, Alderney 12/5/57 (transl bef): RPL LP 23845/ RTR-0728-50/ Radio prog tape

PETIT NAVIRE, LE - (The Little Corvette) - "C'etait un pe-petit navire, qui ja-jamais navigue" - DAVENSON 1946 p127 "La courte Paille" (short straw) 15v - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #114 Gallienne - see LITTLE BOY BILLEE -- John GALLiENNE rec by PK, Torteval, Guernsey 11/5/57: RPL LP 23839/ FTX-012/ RTR-0728-50/ Radio prog tape

PETRISEN - (The Partridge) - Welsh -- John THOMAS rec by PK, Llangwm, Corwen, Denbighsh 9/11/54 : RPL 22339/ FTX-051

PETROL - RED PETROL

PETRONELLA - Country Dance or Polka tune (D) - BALMORAL p25 (F) - BRODY p216 (D) no source given - KENNEDY FTB 1 1951 p31/ 1994 #114 p29 - KERR MM 1 #1 p22 "Patronella" - KOHLER 1 p41 (F) -- CORRIES (d-tracked): EMI SCX-6511 1972

PETRONELLE -- MERRYMAKERS Antigua Steel Band rec by PK, London 27/5/61: RPL LP 26584/ FTX-917

PETTICOAT JIG, THE - March/ Jig - PETRIE AMOI 1855 2 p18

PETTICOAT(S) LOOSE - Jig - published by Niel Gow but not necessarily his own comp - CRANITCH #14 p130 (Dm) 3pts - KERR MM 2 #280 p30 (Gm) - MITCHELL 1976 #76 p65 3pts from Willie Clancy (U-pipes) - MOYLAN 2 #79 p45 (Am) from John O Leary (melodeon) alt: "Con Carthy's" - O'NEILL MOI #826/ DMI #90 (Am) - WILLIAMSON p61

PETTICOAT STRINGS - "Sing, sing, what shall I sing?" - see also BETTY BLACK -- Bill WESTAWAY (frag) rec by PK, Belstone, Devon, Aug 1950: 7T-012-3

PEWTER MUG - TINWARE LASS

 
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