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ROTHBURY HILLS - comp by JA -- Jack ARMSTRONG (N-pipes) rec Powburn, Northumb 19/4/44: RPL 7226 (78rpm)/ Jack ARMSTRONG (N-pipes) with Alice ELLIS (harp) rec Newcastle 10/7/50: RPL 14982/ rec by PK, Newcastle 15/6/54: RPL 20605/ FOLKTRAX FTX-122/ SAYDISC SDL-252 1972 with Alice ELLIS (harp) & solo bef "Whittingham Lane" & "Border Fray" - SMITHSONIAN-FOLKWAYS SFW-40473 1999 (as on SAYDISC)

ROTHBURY RACES - Reel - SEATTLE 1990 p17 from W A Cocks Coll Newcastle Black Gate Mus

ROTHER GLEN - "When I was young, in youth and bloom" - ROUD#1097 - KIDSON TT 1891 p23 Dumfriessh 1v/m - NC 1927

ROTHERHAM STATUTES, THE - "Sam Firth to RS went" - Bs by John FORD of Chesterfield 1830s (Roy Palmer Reprint 2001)

ROTHERSBRIDGE ASSEMBLY - Jig - MITTELL #9 p6 (D)

ROTHSAY - DAY WE WENT TO ROTHSAY-O

ROTHESAY BAY - ANON 1972 Song of Scotland p2 piano accomp

ROTTA, LA - Period Dance of Italian origin - Rotta is a type of stringed instrument -- ALBION Band: ISLAND FOLK-1001 (boxed) 1975/ HELP-25 1976 aft "The New St George"

ROTTEN POTATOES, THE - "You landlords of Ireland I'd have you beware" - MOULDEN TAS 1994 p10 (dated 1845) words from balladsheet in White Coll Trinity Coll, Dublin

ROTTINGDEAN - SUSSEX - COPPER FAMILY - MUMMERS (Play in file)

ROUDLUM #1 - Triple Jig - Tunebook Ms #129 p50 (D) Cf BREATHNACH CRE 2 #106 Untitled - LEVEY 1 #57 p23 "Rowdledum" (also jig of this same name included) - O NEILL MOI #1126/ DMI #418 (D & G) "Roudledum"

ROUDLUM #2 - Tunebook Ms #186 p76 (Em) 3pts - Cf LEVEY 2 #60 p26 (Em) "Johnny O Shea"

ROUGH DIAMOND - RED STOCKING (Jig)

ROUGH MUSIC - "Charivari" - banging of pans etc - called "Kiddley Band" (Cornwall), "Skimmity Riding" (Dorset) & "Sherricking" (Glasgow) etc - EWART EVANS PUP 1966 pp115-9 Chapter entitled "The Rough Band" (Suffolk) - FOLK SONG RESEARCH V/2 & 3 Nov 1986 - Feb 1987 contains song AT TURNER'S HILL (Sussex) -- Recordings - see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

ROUGH ROAD, THE - Reel - SAILOR'S FAREWELL

ROUND ABOUT THE MAYPOLE - ("maypole" repeated) - "one two three" - "if you want a pretty girl - just take me"- ROUD#12974 - GREIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1594 p149 from girls in Durris, Kincardinesh - WILSON p 99 (with dance descr)

ROUND ABOUT THE PUNCHBOWL - "1 2 3 - if you want a bonny lassie, just take me" - Kids Ring game with falling - Cf RING A RING A ROSES - OPIE SG 1985 #51 p230

ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN - "like a Teddy Bear" -- Nursery Rhymes arr Nigel Pegrum & Vince Cross 1989 CASS-1173

ROUND AND ROUND THE VILLAGE - IN AND OUT THE

ROUND APPLES - "by night and by day - there stands (-) with a knife in her hand - you dare not touch her, or else she'll be hanged - her cheeks were like roses, but now they're like snow - poor () she's dying we know - we'll wasah her with milk - dress her in silk - write down her name - with gold pen and ink" - Kids Ring Game - KERR'S Guild of Play - OPIE SG 1985 #55 pp243-4

ROUND, BOYS, ROUND - HEAVING THE JACK

ROUND CAPE HORN - ROUNDING OF CAPE HORN

ROUND CUILLIN'S PEAK - Mc CRIMMON'S LAMENT

ROUND DANCES - COUPLE DANCES

ROUND RYE BAY FOR MORE - "We'll go round Rye Bay for more, my tars" "and when our money's all spent and gone" -- Johnny Doughty rec by Mike Yates & Camilla Saunders at singers home, Brighton, Sussex 1976: TOPIC 12-TS-324/ TSCD-652 1998

ROUND THE BAY OF MEXICO - "Mexico is the place I belong" (Ch:) "Hey Suzy Anna" - HUGILL 1961 p87 - related to SANTY ANNA -- Ewan McCOLL: "Ballads & Blues - Sea Music" Radio prog prod by Denis Mitchell 1956: CASS-0376 - Colin WILKIE: SAGA FID-2090 1967 - Roy HARRIS & co: TOPIC 12-TS-234 1974 --- Henry LUNDY with "Pappie" David PRYOR (bass) rec by Alan Lomax, Grantstown, Nassau, Bahamas Aug 1935: ROUNDER CD-11661-1822-2 1999

ROUND THE CORNER, SALLY - "Round the corner, we must go" - Shanty - ROUD#4697 - SHARP EFC 1914 #42 p47 John Short Watchet Somerset (also TERRY 1921) - HUGILL 1961 p389 mentions Christy Minstrel Song "Aunt Sally" --- ALLEN, WALL & GARRISON: Slave Songs of the USA 1867 p68 -- Stanley SLADE rec by PK, Bristol 1950: RPL 17603/ FTX-207 - A L LLOYD (& ch): TOPIC 12-TS-234 1974

ROUND THE WORLD - AROUND THE WORLD FOR SPORT

ROUND TOWN GIRLS - BUFFALO GIRLS

ROUNDED UP IN GLORY - Fox/Lomax -- Tex RITTER: EMI DUO-112 1973

ROUNDING OF CAPE HORN, THE - "The gallant frigate Amphitrite she lay in Plymouth Sound" - "farewell to Valparaiso" - LAWS #K-4 ABBB 1957 p142 "The Loss of the Amphitrite" - ROUD #301 - SHARP- KARPELES CSC 1974 pp290-1 William Mead, Bridgwater, Somerset 1906 "Cape Horn" - JFSS 5:19 1915 pp165-7 Gilchrist: W Bolton, Southport, Lancash 1907 "Rounding the Horn" - COLCORD 1924 p94 - CLEMENTS Manavilins 1928 p82 - HENRY SOP #539 "The Girls of Valparaiso" 5v - PENGUIN BEFS 1959 p90 Gilchrist: W Bolton - HUGILL 1961 p563 - HUGILL 1969 p151 "Valparaiso round the Horn" & p214 - PURSLOW FD 1974 p80 Gardiner: Frederick White, Southampton, Hampsh 1906 - RICHARDS/STUBBS EFS 1979 p36 coll Jim Carroll & Pat Mackenzie from John Goffin Winterton Norfolk 1976 - PALMER OBSS 1983 #127 pp198-200 bs text (w/o)/ p255 Gilchrist --- COX FSOF 1925 pp303-4 Miss Fannie Egan, WVa 1917 (w/o) "The Anford-Wright" (article from Gentleman's Mag 1833 describing ship called "The Albion" with female convicts bound for Botany Bay which was lost off Boulogne) - ANDERSON FTOE 1964 pp151-3 Bs (w/o) -- THE JOHNSTONS: TRANSATLANTIC TRA-169 1968 - Alex CAMPBELL (voc/ gtr): TRANSATLANTIC TRA-SAM-6 1969/ cass (box) TBX 513/2 - THE YETTIES: ACORN CF-203 1969 - Cyril TAWNEY: ARGO ZFB-9 1970/ used in Radio 2 prog 21/7/93 by Georgina Boyes CASS - David DODDS (with drum & ch) rec by PK, Dartington Ciderhouse, Devon 1974 - Tony HALL (melodeon) with Nic JONES (fid/gtr) & Tommy Moynihan (mand/bouz/whistle): FREE REED FRR-012 1976 - Peter BELLAMY with concertina, fiddle: FLEDGLING FLE-1002 1979 "The Gallant Frigate Amphitrite" - Jo FREYA SAYDISAC SDL-402 (CD & cass) 1993

ROUNDS - HEIGH HO NOBODY AT HOME - POOR TOM

ROUSE IT - Triple Jig - LEVEY 2 #73 p33 (F)

ROUSTABOUT - Appalachian Instrumental -- Kyle CREED (5-str banjo & gtr) rec Va: LEADER LED-2053 1973

ROUT IT HAS COME FOR THE BLUES, THE - "As I rode over Salisbury Plain there I met a scamping young blade" - "As I was a- walking down King Street one day" - ROUD#588 & #1487 - BSs "Success to the Blues" - HOLROYD Coll of Yorksh Ballads 1892 - BARING GOULD Ms #45 "The Rout is out" from J Woodrich & #190 from William Nicholls HFS Whitchurch 1891/BGCS 1895 from Wm Nicholls - SHARP Cf 2 p43 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 2 #241 pp155-6 Mrs Monnery, Shipley, Sussex 1908 "Salisbury Plain" - JFSS 1:3 1901 p126 Merrick: Henry Hills, Lodsworth, Sussex 1900 2v/m "The Blues" - JFSS 1:4 1902 p150 Broadwood: Henry Burstow, Horsham, Sussex "SP" - JFSS 2:8 1906 pp196-8 RVW Mr & Mrs Verrall, Monks Gate, Sussex 1904/ T Chennel, Kingsfold, Sussex 1904 (m/o) "SP" - JFSS 4:17 1913 pp323-4 Butterworth: H Ackhurst, Lower Beeding, Sussex 1907 1v/m/ Mr Ruff, Petworth, Sussex 1907 (m/o)/ RVW Mr Flint, Rusper, Sussex 1908 (m/o)/ Sharp: Mrs Monnery (m/o) "SP" - REEVES IP 1958 pp184-190 Sharp: Tom Gardiner, Armscote, Warwicksh 1909 "Rout of the Blues"/ Mrs Monnery, Shipley 1908 & Louis Hooper (w/o) "SP" - PENGUIN BEFS 1959 p95 RVW: Mr & Mrs Verrall "SP" - PALMER SOM 1972 p32 Sharp: Tom Gardiner, Blackwell, Worcestersh 1909 "R of the B" - PURSLOW FD 1974 p81 Gardiner: Job Read, Southampton, Hampsh 1906 ("As I was a-walking on Scarborough Sands") - PALMER EBECS 1979 pp92-3 RVW Mr & Mrs Verrall "SP" - FMJ 1982 p229 Hammond Ms incl milking pail - see FOOTBALL MATCH -- Shirley & Dolly COLLINS: EMI SHVC-771 1970 - Dave HILLERY (voc/ conc/ banjo): TOPIC 12-TS-215 1971 - Martin CARTHY (unacc) in Roy Palmer's prog about RVW on Radio 2: 29/3/83 CASS-15-0787 (coll RVW)

ROUT IS OUT, THE - "A midsummer morning, fresh and bright" - BARING GOULD SOW (not in Rev Ed)

ROVER, THE - "I am a rover it is well known" - ROUD#1112

ROVER REFORMED, THE - Playford dance - WILLIAMSON BFT 1976 p34 with "Fine Companion"

ROVER'S RETURN, THE - Jig - ALLAN #27 p7 (G)

ROVER'S SONG, THE - HAVE YOU ANY BREAD OR WINE? (K)

ROVERS - AS I ROVED OUT - I'M A ROVER - COLLIER LADDIE - IN THE DAYS WE WENT A-GYPSYING - IRISH ROVER - ROSIN THE BEAU - WILD ROVER

ROVING BACHELOR, THE - "Come all you roving bachelors that mean to take a wife" and wonders: "If I should marry a ?" - ROUD 2849 - Bs by John FORD of Chesterfield 1830s (Palmer Reprint 2001) - PURSLOW WS 1968 p100 Gardiner Som 1905 & Hants 1907 (last 3v added from broadside)

ROVING BACHELOR, THE - Reel - COLE #5 p10 (G)

ROVING BAKER OF MILNGAVIE, THE -- Joe GORDON FOLK FOUR: EMI CLP- 1379 1960 - CLUTHA (instrumental): TOPIC 12-TS-226 1973

ROVING BLADE, THE - RAMBLING BLADE

ROVING COWBOY, THE - "Come all you young roving cowboys" -- Texas GLADDEN rec by Alan Lomax, Salem, Va 1946: ROUNDER 1661-1800-2 2001 (2v only)

ROVING EYE, THE - OVERGATE

ROVING GAMBLER, THE - "I am a RG I've gambled all around" "O that man, that GM" - LAWS #h-4 NAB 1950/64 pp231-2 (or "The Gambling Man") - ROUD#498 - FUSON BKH 1930 p131 Ky (w/o) - GARDNER- CHICKERING BSSM 1939 p200 Miss Mabel Tuggle, Detroit, Mich 1931 - BETHKE AV 1981 pp134-5 Ted Ashlaw NY "The Roving Cunningham" -- Burl IVES COLUMBIA RTR-0323-4 - STANLEY BROTHERS in concert CASS-0477 - Sandy PATON (with gtr) rec London COLLECTOR JEA.1- 1958 (45-EP) - Ted ASHLAW rec by Robert D Bethke, Hermon, (NY 1972: PHILO 1022)

ROVING GRAVEDIGGER, THE - "business is booming" (battlefields) -- Hedy WEST: FONTANA STL-5432 1967 (S)/ CASS-0482 "I'm a RG"

ROVING HECKLER LAD, THE - "I am a RHL" - KIDSON TT 1891 1v with note on flax-combing craft and apron worn by hecklers - KIDSON NC (probably rewritten)

ROVING HIGHLANDER, THE - "I am a RH, a native of Druma'/ Braemar/ Lochnagar" - Poachers outnumbered by keepers with Aberdeen place-names - GREIG-DUNCAN 2 p251 (3var) -- Markie McALISTER rec by Seamus Ennis, Banffsh 6/7/52: RPL 18778 (3v) - Ewan McCOLL ARGO ZFB-12 1972

ROVING JOURNEYMAN, THE - "I am a roving journeyman" - ROUD#360 - Bs by John FORD of Chesterfield 1830s (Palmer Reprint 2001) - GREIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1539 pp69-71 (3var) "Sweet Caledonia" - BARING GOULD SOW 1895 #8 5v/m (4 lines missing in 5th v) (a) James Parsons SBG 1888 (b) W Aggett FWB Chagford 1890 - BG-HITCHCOCK 1974 p92 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #93 1 p372 3½v/m Lew Trenchard Devon - WILLIAMS Ms 5v "The Roving Navigator" - REEVES IP 1958 Sharp - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #353 Tom Willett 5v/m - RICHARDS-STUBBS EFS 1979 p111 Sharp --- CAZDEN 1958 2 p98 "The Roving Pedlar" - CREIGHTON NB 1971 #15 p43 2v/m - Cf LAWS H-4 NAB 1964 p231-2 "The Roving Gambler" - see also LITTLE BEGGARMAN, THE -- Mary DORAN (tinker) rec by PK, Belfast 1952: RPL 18552 "The Rambling Irishman" - Tom WILLETT (gypsy) rec by PK, Paddock Wood, Kent 1961: FOLKTRAX 031 - WILLETT: TOPIC 12-T-84 1962/ TSCD-670 1998 Working folk "The Roaming J" - Cyril TAWNEY (with ch & gtr): EMI 7-EG-8738 1962 (45-EP) (from Baring Gould) - George BELTON, rec Tony Wales, Madehurst, Sussex: EFDSS LP-1008 1967 "I am a roving navvy man" - CORRIES: FONTANA STL-5465 1968 (Match lit & blown out at end of song)/ A-ROVING Radio Prog 1968 #8 - John KIRKPATRICK (voc/conc): LEADER LER-2033 1972 --- Jeff WARNER (v/conc) with Jeff DAVIS (fid/ mand) FF-90431 CASS-0815 "The Roving Peddler" (coll Cazden 1940)

ROVING KIND, THE - "As I walked out one evening - for a night's career - I spied a lofty clipper ship and up to her I steered" Ch: "She had a dark & rolling eye and her hair hung down in ring-a-lets - a nice girl - a decent grirl, but one of the RK" - ROUD#4841 - WEEKEND BOOK "The Fire Ship" - HUGILL 1961 p171 "The Fire Ship" - SPIN 6/4 p10 Hugill - CRAY Bawdy Ballads 1969 p22 - FOLK SONG TODAY 5 1971 "The Sailor's Wives" Pompey (Portsmouth) Navy version has Ch: "Rattling the rigging down Ratcliffe Highway" - PALMER OBSS #101 p210 coll Richards Pop Higston, Dittisham Devon - SILVERMAN DSB 1982 pp64-65 - BLACK AND ROLLING EYE (or LEFT HOLDING THE BABY IN RAILWAY CARRIAGE) -- Ben BAXTER rec by Seamus Ennis, Southrepps, Norfolk Feb 1955: RPL 22022/ FTX-234 "Her hair hung down in ringalets" - Cyril TAWNEY (unacc): TOPIC 12-T-110 1964 (Portsmouth version) - SPINNERS "The Spinners are in town": FONTANA 6309-014 1970 "The Fireship" --- Owen McBRIDE rec by Edith Fowke, Toronto, Canada 1994: FO 98 "One morning as Jack walked the beach up and down..."- THE WILCOX THREE "The Greatest Folksongs ever sung" RCA CAMDEN CDN-158

ROVING PEDLAR, THE - ROVING JOURNEYMAN

ROVING PLOUGHBOY, THE - "Come saddle tae me my aul grey mare" - Ch: "Ploughboy-O - I'll follow my RP-O" - comp by John McDonald (assigned to FOLKTRAX) - Cf GREIG-KEITH LL 1925 p128 "The Gypsy Laddie" & ORD BB 1930 p42 "The Collier Laddie" & p411 - SCOTTISH STUDIES 1961 5/2 pp202-22 Hamish Henderson: "How a Bothy Song came into being" - BUCHAN 101SS 1962 p82 McDonald - CHAPBOOK 5/3 p17 with note about copyright - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #260 McDonald -- John McDONALD rec by PK, Pitgaveny, Elgin, Moray 1953: CAEDMON TC-1144/ TOPIC 12-T-159/ TANGENT TNGM-119/D 1975/ FTX-023 (with mel/conc)/ FTX-061 - KERRIES: MAJOR MINOR MMLP-9 1967 - Kathleen McPEAKE (+mand & ch): FONTANA STL-5433 1967/ FTX-310 A-ROVING 1968 #4 - Archie FISHER (+fid/mel): TOPIC 12-TS-277 1976 - Isabel SUTHERLAND with John COLE (harmonica) & Steve BENBOW (gtr): FTX-062

ROW AT CASTLE HOWELL, THE - (mentions Elgin, Moray) -- Jimmy STEWART rec by Isabel Sutherland, Blairgowrie, Perthsh July 1955: 7"RTR-1211-2/ CASS-60-0966-7/ FOLKTRAX 184

ROW, BOATMAN, ROW -- Chorus of fishermen rec by PK, Cadgwith Cove, Cornwall 1956: FTX-218 & FTX-418

ROW BETWEEN THE CAGES, THE - comp Thomas Armstrong Stanley Co Durham (1848-1919) to tune of "Robin Tamson's Smithy" - LLOYD CAYBM 1952 -- Bob DAVENPORT & Band: TOPIC 12-T-86 1963/ 12 TPS-166 1966 - Louis KILLEN (acc): TOPIC 12-T-122 1965

ROW, BULLIES, ROW - "From Liverpool to Frisco" - ROUD#928 - JFSS 20 p301-2 Sharp on liner 1915 "Roll, bullies roll" - ESPERANCE Morris Book part 2 (minor tune) - HUGILL 1961 p401 (3var): "Roll, Julia, Roll, Row, bullies, roll & The Towrope Girls" & 1969 p158-160 "Liverpool Judies" --- COLCORD Songs of American Sailormen 1938 pp171-3 - LOMAX FSNA 1960 p58 Ewan McColl -- Stan HUGILL & "York & Albany" crew with Geof ROSE (acc) rec by PK, London 1961: EMI CLP-1524 1962/ FTX-035 - Ian CAMPBELL & group (voc/ conc/ fid): TOPIC 12-T-110 1964 (from Sharp) - Louis KILLEN ESP-1085 1968 Sea Shanties rec NY USA - SPINNERS: FONTANA STL-5431 1967/CONTOUR 6870-502 1967 "Live Performance" rec by Terry Brown Sept 1966 "Liverpool Judies" - Bob GRANT with John GRAHAM (gtr) Headington Oxon: ACORN CF-201 1968 - CORRIES: FONTANA STL-5484 1969

ROW DOW DOW - SHOOTING GOSCHEN'S COCK-UPS

ROW IN THE GUTTER, THE - comp by Thomas Armstrong, Stanley, Co Durham (1848-1919) -- Tom GILFELLON & Johnny HANDLE (piano): TOPIC 12- TS-282 1976

ROW IN THE TOWN, THE - ERIN GO BRAGH

ROW LIGHTLY - IOMARAIBH EUTROM

ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT - "gently down the stream - throw the teacher overboard and listen to her scream" -- child rec by Sam Richards: FOLKWAYS FE-3853 1981/ CASS-1292 - Nursery Rhymes arr Nigel Pegrum & Vince Cross 1989 CASS-1173

ROW THE BOAT, CHILD -- Peter DAVIS & Group B Georgia Sea Island Singers rec by Alan Lomax, St Simon's Island, Ga. USA Apr 1960: ROUNDER CD-1713 1998

ROWAN COUNTY CREW, THE - "Come all you fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters" - LAWS #E-20 NAB 1950/64 p186 - ROUD#465 - COX FSOS 1925 pp203-4 W Va (w/o) "A Tolliver-Martin Feud Song"

ROWAN TREE, THE - comp by Lady Nairn (1766-1845) author of "Wi a Hundred Pipers" & "The Laird o' Cockpen" -- Betsy MILLER (mother of Ewan McCOLL) rec Hyde, Chesh 1951: 7"RTR-0705 - Jack ELLIOTT (Tune played on harmonica), Birtley, Durham: LEADER LEA-4001 1969 - John ARMSTRONG (fid) Northumb: TOPIC 12-TS-239 1974 - Bruce CARDWELL (N-pipes/gtr) KESTY 1980:FTX-240

ROWAN TREE, THE - Reel/ Highland (G) - COLE #3 p12 (G) Reel - KERR MM 3 #199 p23 (A) Highland - O'NEILL MOI #1222/ DMI #499 (G) "Captain O'Neill" "Charms of Music"

ROWAN TREE HILL - comp by JA -- Jack ARMSTRONG (N-pipes solo) rec Newcastle 10/7/50: RPL 14982

ROWE, "Doc" - Folklore Collector -- intro by Malcolm Taylor on Radio 2: 10/5/95 incl recs of Abbots Bromley, Haxey, Padsstow, Songs incl: Sailor cut down & John Barleycorn CASS-1307

ROWING - see also WORK SONGS -- Recordings - see SUBJECTS Listing

ROWLANDSTOWN CHURCHYARD - (or BOLANDSTOWN) - "Rowlandstown Grave" - Song Air - variant of "Drimin Donn Dilis" -- Felix DORAN (U- pipes) rec by PK 1964: FTX-172/ TOPIC 12-T-288 1976/ OSSIAN OSS-63/ CASS-1278

ROWLEY BURN HORNPIPE - comp by Foster Charlton -- Joe HUTTON (N- pipes) Northumb: TOPIC 12-TS-227 & 239 [1974]

ROWN I'N RHODIO MYNWENT EGLWYS - (Wandering through the churchyard) - "A - B - C" (-) - Welsh cradle song using alphabet - JWFSS 1925 I pt4 #168 & 170 pp71 &192 - GWYNN WILLIAMS 1961 #68 p75 "Mynwent Eglwys" - GWYNN WILLIAMS 1963 #116 p149 Sailors along shore Cardigan Bay "Pan own t'n rhodio Mynwent Eglwys" - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 ##70 Rachel Thomas from Mrs T R Jones Bronnant Aberystwyth at Abertridwr, Caerphilly Glamorgansh -- Frances Mon Jones rec by Seamus Ennis, Denbigh 1953: RPL 21844 - Emrys CLEAVER 1954: FTX-005

ROWSOME'S SLIP JIG - learned from Leo Rowsome, Dublin piper -- Willie CLANCY (U-pipes) rec by PK, London 1956: FTX-173/ SAYDISC (CD) SDL-416 1996

ROXBURGH CASTLE - Hornpipe/ Reel - BRODY p237 (A) - COLE #3 p87 (A) "Blanchards" - HONEYMAN #3 p45 "Marton's Hornpipe" (A) & Cf p47 (G) "Fay's Hornpipe" - KENNEDY FTB 1951 1 p11/ 1994 #40 p13 - O'NEILL DMI #831 (not in MOI) (A) "McCarthy's Hornpipe" alt: "Marton's" & DMI #887 (not in MOI) (G) "Whistling Mike" - SEATTLE pp13-14 from George ARMSTRONG (60-121) & "Kielder" Jock Davidson (Ms in Morpeth Chantry Museum) - SHASKEEN 1 #63 p46 (A) -- George ARMSTRONG (fid) rec by PK, Barrasford, Northumb 1954: FTX-121 - George HARVEY WEBB (fid) rec by Seamus Ennis, London 9/1/54: RPL 21905 - Joe HUTTON (N-pipes) rec by PK, Stuart Shields, Otterburn, Northumb 1/7/54: RPL 20625 bef "Devil among the Tailors"/ TOPIC 12-T-283 1976 & TOPIC 12-TS- 227 1974 - George HOYLAND (mel) rec by PK, Grenoside, Sheffield, W Yorkshire 1959: FTX-212 - THE KENTISH TRAVELLERS Folk Dance Band rec London 10/10/61: RPL LP 26960 aft "Morpeth Rant" - DRUIDS (mand): ARGO ZFB-22 1970 - Jimmy HUNTER (harmonica) rec by PK, Haydon Bridge, Northumb 6/7/54: RPL 20628 bef "Caddam Wood" - THE CHEVIOT RANTERS: TOPIC 12-TS-222 1973 with "Sheffield H" & "Storrers" - Andrew CRONSHAW (conc): TRANSATLANTIC XTRA-1139 1974 - Tom HUGHES & Wattie ROBSON (fids with gtr): SPRINGTHYME SPR 1005 1981 aft "Farewell to Whisky" - Mrs CROTTY'S Band rec by PK, Totnes, Devon 1980: FTX-250 aft "Auld Donald" - Jim SMALL (harmonica) Cheddar Somerset 1980: FTX-138

ROXBURGHSHIRE - HAWICK COMMON RIDINGS SONG - KELSO -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

ROY'S HANDS - Instrumental -- Finbar FUREY: TRANSATLANTIC XTRA-1077 1969

ROY'S WIFE OF ALDIVALLOCH - "how she cheated me as I came oer the Braes o' Balloch" - He married the young girl but she went off with another, Johnny Gordon, and he chased the couple - ROUD#5137 - sung by David KENNEDY (1825-1887) - VOC LIB 1822 #718 p272 - GREIG-DUNCAN 4 1990 #748 p72 - HAYWOOD 1929 #11 p52 (Dm) m/o - McCOLL SS 1953 p74 from Hamish Henderson - PORTER-GOWER 1995 pp213-4 3v & ch from Jeannie Robertson & notes -- Ewan McCOLL rec Hyde, Chesh 1951: 7"RTR- 0705/ DAT aft "Little Wat ye wa's comin'" - Jeannie ROBERTSON: (PRESTIGE 13075)/ TOPIC 12-T-96 1959 - Stanley ROBERTSON: North-East Folklore Archive/ Beecvhwood STAN CD-1099 1999

ROY'S WIFE OF ALDIVALLOCH - RUFFIAN'S RANT (Reel)

ROYAL, THE - FEMALE WARRIOR

ROYAL BAND, THE - Shape-note Hymn -- SOUTHERN TRADITIONAL SINGERS: ROUNDER-0094 1978

ROYAL ALBERT, THE - UNFORTUNATE LAD (RAKE)

ROYAL ALBERT, THE - Quadrille - Jig - KOHLER 1 p35 (G) 4pts (G) -- Headington Quarry Band rec Festival, Towersey, Oxfordsh: ACORD CF-201 1968 "Royal Albert Quadrille"

ROYAL ARTILLERY SONG, THE -- Rowland KELLETT Leeds rec by PK, London 10/10/63: FTX-209 & FTX-516

ROYAL BELFAST HORNPIPE, THE - SWEEP'S

ROYAL BLACKBIRD, THE - BLACKBIRD

ROYAL CHARLIE - Jig - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #165 p39 (#Am ends C) alt: "Mulqueeney's" - KERR MM 1 #20 p32 (Bm) "Wha'll be king but Charlie" - Tunebook Ms #76 p28 (Am) "Tiarna Waraga" - O'NEILL MOI #1114/ DMI #398 (Am) "Behind the bush in the garden" alt: "I sat in the valley green" - CHARLIE - SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE ARMY - OVER THE WATER - WELCOME HOME -- Seamus Ennis (U-pipes) rec by PK & AL, London 1951: "Songs of Seduction" ROUNDER 11661-1778-2 p2000 "Behind the bush in the garden" - (CORRIES: WAVERLEY 258-06-944)/ CASS-60-0991 "News from Moidart" - GARRET SINGERS: ARGO ZFB-7 1970

ROYAL CHARTER, THE - "Good people all attend I pray - sad calamity" - Shipwreck - JFSS 26 1922 p6 Moeran from James Sutton, Winterton, Norfolk 10v/m - PALMER OBSS 1986 #117 p239 "The Reck of the RC"

ROYAL COMRADES - LAKE OF COOLFIN

ROYAL DELAMERE, THE - DOLPHIN

ROYAL DEPLOYMENT, THE - Scots Nationalist Song (Jim Mc Lean) to tune "Kellyburn Braes" (DEVIL AND THE FARMER) -- Nigel DENVER: MAJOR MINOR MMLP-1 1967

ROYAL DUKE OF GRANTHAM - DUKE OF GRANTHAM

ROYAL ENGINEER'S, THE -- Rowland KELLETT of Leeds rec by PK, London 10/10/63: FTX-209 "The C-R-E" - Dave BLICK, Newent, Gloucestersh, rec by Roy Palmer "Cruising down the Auto-bahn" or "Dreamy REME" (to tune of "Lilli Marlene") on RPL Radio 2 21/11/90 CASS-1032-C60

ROYAL FORESTER, THE - BERKSHIRE LADY'S GARLAND - SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER

ROYAL GEORGE, THE - "As we set sail from the rock of Gibraltar - sad misfortune - sleeping in the briny sea" - PALMER RVW 1983 #80 p124 Suffolk

ROYAL HORSES, THE - Scots Nationalist Song comp by Jim Mc Lean to the tune: "Whisky In The Jar" -- Nigel DENVER: MAJOR MINOR MMLP-1 1967

ROYAL HUNT, THE - Scots Nationalist Song (Jim Mc Lean) to tune of "The Hot Ashpelt", -- Nigel DENVER: MAJOR MINOR MMLP-1 1967

ROYAL OAK, THE - "As we went sailing all on the salt sea - 10 sails of Turk" - FIRTH Naval Songs 1887 - BARING GOULD SOW #111 4dv/m "The Marigold" - WHALL 1910 p133 "Twenty fourth of February" - JFSS 19 p167-9 Clive Carey Haslemere Surrey 1912 7v/m notes by Broadwood & Sharp & PENGUIN 1959 p91 - DOLPHIN - LONDON MAN-O-WAR -- Tony ROSE: LEADER LER-2013 1970 Carey - NOTTS ALLIANCE: TRADITIONAL SOUND TSR-011 1972 "Turkish Men o War" - Dave HILLERY (& Ch): TOPIC IMP-S-104 1972 - Johnny MAGEE & Johnny COLLINS rec Sidmouth on Radio 2: 24/5/82: CASS-0414

ROYAL OAK DAY - "We don't go to school cos it's Royal Oak Day - if you don't give us a penny we'll all run away" -- Children's Voices FTX-199 & FTX-289

ROYAL RAINBOW, THE - FEMALE WARRIOR - GOOD LUCK SHIP

ROYAL RECOVERY, THE - Strathspey - KOHLER 1 p84 (A)

ROYAL ROSE, THE - garden of weeds - version of "Rosebud in June"? -- Pete NALDER: FOLKSOUNDS FS-101 1975

ROYAL MAIL - "First luck Royal Mail - Second luck" - Kids Omen - OPIE: other omenms: black cats, falling leaves, blind men, ladybirds (gives invocations) -- FTX-199 & FTX-289

ROYAL OAK, THE - DOLPHIN

ROYAL OAK DAY - May 29th - Kids Custom wearing oak leaf - not going to school - begging rhyme - chasing with a bunch of nettles - OPIE LLSC p263 -- FTX-199 A9

ROYAL RECOVERY, THE - Strathspey - WILLIAMSON BFT 1976 p65

ROYALLY DRUNK - PREAB SAN OL

ROYALTY & GENTRY - ALBERT AND VICKY - CHEERING OF THE QUEEN - DUKES - EARLS - ENGLISH ROYAL FAMILY - KING - LADY - LORD - QUEEN - SIR- SQUIRE - VISIT TO THE QUEEN -- MAJOR MINOR MMLP-1 1967 Nigel DENVER - Children - COCOA COLA - CROSS THE WATER - KING HENRY - HERE COMES A DUKE A-RIDING - KING WILLIAM - QUEEN ELIZABETH - QUEEN MARY - QUEENIO - SLEEPING PRINCESS - THIS IS THE WAY THE GENTLEMEN WALK - YOU'RE ALL TOO DIRTY

ROYTON MORRIS -- (concertinas/ clog-stepping) rec Albert Hall 4/1/48: on Radio 2: 1/4/87: CASS-90-0567

RUAIBH AG NI gCARRAIG - Irish Gaelic Air - ON CARRICK DOWN -- Tommy POTTS (fid): CLADDAGH CC-13 1971 (S)

RUB A DUB-DUB - "three men in a tub" - Dandling/ Children's Game Song - ROUD#12983 -- GREIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1619 p176 (1v/m) - NORTHALL EFR 1892 p359 - OPIE ODNR 1951 - PORTER-GOWER 1995 pp118-9 from Jeannie Robertson -- Jeannie ROBERTSON of Aberdeen rec by PK, London 1953: FTX-067/ CAEDMON TC-1225/ TOPIC 12-T-198

RUB THE BAG - 6/8 Set Dance (14 bars in 2nd Strain) - COLE #1 p73 (C) - GLOVER p52 - O'NEILL MOI #1795/ DMI #968

RUBBER DOLLY - MY MOTHER TOLD ME

RUBBISH - PUTTING OUT THE DUSTBINS IN THE GRAYS INN ROAD (S Carter)

RUBY HORNPIPE - CLIFF

RUDE AND RAMBLING BOY, THE - BUTCHER BOY

RUDE BOREAS - Sea Song - HUGILL 1969 p21 notes p220-2 Song

RUDDY OLE COW - comp Fred ROOKE

RUE - GARDENER - SPRIG OF THYME

RUE AND THE THYME, THE - "My love sent me a letter that he (she) was very bad" "My love sent a flower the red rose so fine - I sent him another of the Rue and the Thyme" - "I can love little or I can love long" - GREIG-DUNCAN 6 1995 #1139 pp156-161 (6v/4m) - Cf BROWN GIRL (Child 295) -- Willie MATHIESON rec by Alan Lomax, Turriff, Aberdeensh, 17/7/51: 7"RTR 0682

RUE THE DAY
- MY HUSBAND'S GOT NO COURAGE IN HIM

RUFFIAN'S RANT - Strathspey/ Reel - COLE #4 p123 (D) as performed by Niel Gow "Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch" - WESTROP #111 p38 (F) - HAYWARD #24 p56 (Em) Fling - KENNEDY FTB 2 1997 #176 p41 (##A) - Cf KERR CMM 1 #9 p4 "Jessie Smith" - WILSON p68 (Em) 4pts

RUFFLE THE OLD HAG IN THE CORNER - OLD HAG IN THE CORNER (Triple Jig)

RUFFORD PARK POACHERS - "They say that 40 gallant poachers" - Ch: "So poachers bold, as I unfold, keep up your gallant heart" - ROUD#1759 - JFSS 12 p186-7 -O'SHAUGHNESSY MFLS -- Joseph TAYLOR phonographed by Percy Grainger, Brigg, Lincolnsh 1906: FTX-135/ LEADER LEA-4050 1972 - Eastman Wind Ensemble "Lincolnshire Posy" extract: FTX-136

RUFTY TUFTY - PLAYFORD -- Country Dance Band: FTX-321 - Giles FARNABY'S DREAM Band: ARGO ZDA-158 1973 - Jim SMALL (harmonica), rec Cheddar, Somerset 1980: FTX-138

RUFUS - WILLIAM RUFUS

RUGBY SONGS - MORGAN Rugby Songs 1967 & 1968 - see songs by Graeme Miles: HERE'S TO THE LADS - HUNSLET LADS - I'M EMLYN JONES - SPECTATOR'S LAMENT

RUGGLETON'S DAUGHTER OF IERO - WETHER'S SKIN, THE

RUGLEY FORD - Reel -- CHEVIOT RANTERS Country Dance Band: TOPIC 12- T-214 1972 with "Circassian Circle" & "Hesleyside Reel"

RUIGHLEADH CAILLEACH RI CAILLICH -- Annie JOHNSTON rec by Seamus Ennis, Barra, Hebrides, June 1955: RPL LP 23995 - TANGENT TGMC-504/ CASS-1157 (separate booklet)

RUINS OF KILLMALLOCK, THE - Jig (A) - MAGUIRE 1 #31 p8 - O'NEILL MOI #1029/ DMI #242

RULE BRITTANIA - National Air - Tunebook Ms #98 p208 (D) 4/4

RUM AND ONIONS - Jig - COLE p71 (G & Em ending 2/4)

RUMANIA - ROMANIA

RUMBLE DUM DAIRY - CHINER'S SONG - OLD JOHN WALLIS - YUBBERDON MAWMS

RUMOURS OF WAR, THE - Ch: "We don't want to fight...." - Crimean War ? -- Harry WESTAWAY rec by PK, Belstone, Okehampton, Devon Aug 1950: 7"RTR-0010: FTX-241

RUMPLESTILTSKIN - English folk tale - Puppet play rec Totnes, Devon 1971 - Woolpack Folk Gloucestershire children song "Straw into gold" to tune of "Oranges and Lemons": WPF CD 2002

RUMPSY-BUMPSY - "Once I courted a pretty girl - Kitty Maria - Bobby Wells" - ROUD#1212 - COPPER SFES 1971 p240 "Wop she ad it I-O" - CLINGING 2005 #53 p113-4 "Um-Sta Doodle-Ay" collected by PK from Bob Rodgers (included by permission) -- Bob RODGERS rec by PK, Frodsham, Cheshire 1.11.54 FOLKTRAX 107 "Eedy Addy Addy-i-o" - George MAYNARD rec by PK, "TheCherry Tree", Copthorne, Sussex 1955: FTX-280 - Bob, Ron & John COPPER rec by PK, Rottingdean, Sussex: FTX-238 "Wop she ad it-i-o" - Bill SMITH (71), Bridgnorth, Shropsh rec by his son Andrew (copy of cass with 25 songs): 5"RTR-0906 "I once did court a bonny lass"

RUN BANJO -- Justis BEGLEY (banjo) Sheriff of Hazard, Ky, USA rec by Alan Lomax 1937 (NEW WORLD NW-226)/ CASS-0476-7-C60

RUN, COME SEE JERUSALEM -- THE HIGHWAYMEN: UNITED ARTISTS ULP- 1002 1962

RUN, JOHNNY, RUN - "the Pateroll will get you" - Appalachian Mountain Song & Dance tune --- SHARP FSSA 1917/32 #248 (vol 2 p359) Mrs Wilson, Pineville, Bell Co., Ky 1917 "Run, Nigger, run" - BRODY p238 (2var) (D & G) discog - See FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS -- Hobart SMITH (5-str fretless banjo tuned GDGCD) rec by Paul Clayton & Diane Hamilton, Va 1956: TRADITION TLP-1007 1956/ ROUNDER 1799 2001 "Pateroller" - Jimmy DRIFTWOOD (v/gtr/ mouth bow): RCA Victor LSP-1994 1959/ (mouth bow) rec Mike Fenton Aug 1988 CASS 60-0803 - Curly HERDMAN (fid) with Troy HERDMAN (gtr), Bob TANNER (mandolin) & Joe TANNER (banjo): SAYDISC Matchbox SDM- 242 1973 "Run, rabbit, run" --- Mike SEEGER (mouth bow) with HESPERUS: GREENHAYS GR-90718 1988 CASS-0793 Driftwood version - Pat SHAW with Michael WATSON (gtr) on Radio Bristol 11/10/51 CASS-0468 "Run, nigger, run" (from Sharp) - Mike & Peggy SEEGER (ROUNDER C-8001 (2pts) 1987 "American Folksongs for Children" CASS-1225 "Run, chillun, run"

RUN, RABBIT, RUN - Second World War Song - comp by Gay & Butler -- THE YETTIES: ARGO ZDA-100 1974

RUN TO JESUS FOR REFUGE -- Charles BARNETT with inverted metal washtub, rec by Alan Lomax, Weems, Va USA 6/5/60: ROUNDER CD-1708 1997

RUN, WITH THE BULLGINE, RUN - "O she's lovely up aloft & she's ovely down below" - ROUD#4711 - BULLEN-ARNOLD 1914 #36 p29 1v "The Bullgine" - JFSS 18 p41 - COLCORD SOAS p60 - HUGILL 1961 pp342-3 -- James FOREMAN, rec by James M Carpenter, Leith c1928: FTX-142

RUNAWAY BRIDE. THE - "A laddie and a lassie dwelt in the South Countrie" - "If you go to the North Countrie" (Ord) - ROUD#2876 - sung by David KENNEDY (1825-1887) - HERD AMS 1776 2 pp87-88 (w/o) - RYMOUR Club 1 pp95-6 C K Moore, Kelso, Roxburghsh "The Rinawa' Bride" - JOHNSON SMM 5 #474 p488 - SMITH: Scotish Minstrel 4 p37 - ORD BB 1930 pp462-3 (w/o) - WHITELAW 1845 pp124-5

RUNAWAY BRIDE, THE - Jig - O'NEILL MOI #945/ DMI #171 (G)

RUNAWAY JIG, THE - Single Jig - O'NEILL (not in MOI) DMI #399 (D)

RUNAWAY TRAIN, THE - "came over the hill" -- Cecil MOORE (tune on harmonica) rec by PK, Gunnerside, Richmond, W Yorksh 22/11/54: 5"RTR-0891/ RPL 22448 - THE MAGPIES (tune of song as jig) rec by PK, Derby 1963: FTX-321

RUNES - FINLAND

RUNNERS OF HAMBURG, THE - ROLL THE COTTON DOWN

RUNNING BEAR - Pop Song & American Country Dance -- Johnny PRESTON "Acoustic Roots" Radio 2: 10/5/89 CASS-0428 - Curly HERDMAN (fid) with Troy HERDMAN (gtr), Bob TANNER (mandolin) & Joe TANNER (banjo): SAYDISC Matchbox SDM-242 1973

RUNNING DOWN TO CUBA - Insult Shanty -- Stan HUGILL (with talk) "The Last Shantyman": RPL 2 Radio 30/1/91 CASS-0857

RUNNING UP AND DOWN OUR STAIRS - ROUD#13305 -- Cyril Poacher rec by Neil Lanham, Grove Farm, Blaxhall, Suffolk 1965

RUNNING RACES - JOSEPH BAKER

RURAL - AGRICULTURAL - BANKS - DALES - GREEN - HILLS - PASTORAL - RIVER

RURAL DANCE ABOUT THE MAYPOLE - COME LASSES AND LADS

RURAL FELICITY - Jig (D) - ROCHE 2 #248 p23 - SHASKEEN 1 #61 p43 (D) "Joe Cooley's Delight" (Galway accordion player who died in 1973 aged 49) - title also used for HASTE TO THE WEDDING -- May KEOGH (fid) with Tommy DEMPSEY (acc): GAEL-LINN CEF-017 1967 aft "Stool of Repentance" & bef "Kelly's Jig"

RUSH BEARING, THE - Words by Miss Wakefield & music by Miss Blomfield - GRAHAM 1911 (?) p26 2-pt hymn - see TWENTY PINS (A Lace Tell with ref to Rushbearing day -- Dorothy FURBUR rec Heswall Cheshire 5/6/57: RPL LP 23494

RUSH CART, THE - KIDSON-NEAL Folk Song & Dance - GILCHRIST Ms "My Love, My Love" from Moston Lancs - JEFDSS 1954 p172 Alex Helm - ED&S mag: 33/4 1971/ 35/4 1973 p141/ 39/2 1977 p51 Bob Schofield -- Gerry MURPHY (conc), Tony ROBB (T-banjo) & Bob Diehl (fid): TOPIC 12-TS-215 1971 with "The Old Wife o' Coverdill"

RUSH A TUSHA PETTICOAT - WE ARE THREE WEE GALLUS GIRLS

RUSHES, THE -- Robin WILLIAMSON (harp): CLADDAGH CCF-12 1984 bef "Birk & Green Hollin"

RUSHING or RUSH-BEARING - RIDDLE SONG - ROLLED IN HER APRON

RUSSE, LA - Quadrille Polka - BORDER DANCE BOOK (SCDC 1932) p30 As danced in Forfar ("Tune from KERR") - KENNEDY FTB 1 1951 p32/ 1994 #118 p30 -- Dancers with 2 fiddles rec May Day Festival, Shoreham, Sussex 4/5/57: RPL LP 23926/ FTX-116 - GILCURDON Trio rec Belfast 30/10/63: RPL LP 28256/ FTX-373 bef - THE CHEVIOT RANTERS: TOPIC 12-TS-245 1974 with "Paddy on the Railroad" (Merry Blacksmith)"Good Humour" & "Come dance & sing" - Mrs CROTTY'S CEILIDHE BAND rec by PK, Totnes, Devon 1980: FTX-250 - Reg HALL (mel) & Scan TESTER (tamb) rec by Mervyn Plunkett, Cinder Hill Sussex 23/2/58: TOPIC 12-T-455- 6 1990 - Bristol Radio Prog "Everybody Swing" 11/10/51 with PK & HAYMAKERS BAND with caller "Nibs" Matthews: CASS-0468 - HIGH LEVEL RANTERS: SMITHSONIAN-FOLKWAYS SFW-40473 1999 from TOPIC 1979 "Four in a Bar"

RUSSIA - ARMENIA - MONGOLIA - SIBERIA - BALACLAVA - BONNY BUNCH OF ROSES-O - CATCH A FALLING SPUTNIK (K) - HEIGHTS OF ALMA - PATRICK SHEEHAN - SEBASTOPOL - TOY TOWN MAJOR - WARLIKE LADS -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

RUSSIAN BALLET, THE - Dance for 1 man & 2 women coll by PK, Kielder, Northumberland 1947- ED&S 44/2 1982 p11 Roy Dommett -- Billy BALLANTINE (piccolo) rec by PK, Wark, Northumb 1954: FOLKTRAX 119

RUSSIAN CAVALRY, THE - March or Polka - MOYLAN 2 #205 pp118-9 (D) 4pts "Pa Keane's" from John O Leary (melodeon) -- Peter KENNEDY (mel): FTX-323 - HAYMAKERS Band: FTX-324

RUSSIAN DANCE - COCO BRAM

RUSSIAN JEW, THE - HERE COMES A RUSSIAN JEW

RUSSIAN MARCH - Tunebook Ms #24 p126 (D)

RUSSIAN ROULETTE - Appalachian dance tune (guitarist calls it "Black Mountain Stomp") -- Walt DAVIS (banjo) & Jay C Mc COOL (gtr) rec by Mike Yates, Black Mounrtain NC USA: HOME MADE MUSIC LP-001 1980

RUSSIAN WALTZ - Tunebook Ms #13 p435 (duet arr) (G)

RUSTIC DANCE - Barn Dance or Schottische -- Lonnie AUSTIN (fid) NC USA: LEADER LEE-4045 1975

RUSTIC REEL - Jig (D) - HAYWOOD #34 p17 - KERR MM 1 #16 p29

RUSTY GULLY -- Carole ROBB (flute) Anthony ROBB (N-pipes), Colin ROSS (fid) & Alistair ANDERSON (E-conc): TOPIC 12-TS-278 1978 aft "Pheasant's Dance"

RUSTY HIGHWAYMAN, THE - HIGHWAYMAN OUTWITTED

RUSTY JIGGS AND SANDY SAM - Cowboy Song -- Roy GUEST with THE TENNESSEE 3 & Jack FALLON (bass): SAGA XID-5165 1963

RUTH BUTCHER - Local Murder Ballad - Village of South Perrott (Somerset) - Cows sniffed out the body in a water pit - Farmer Symes got suspicious - a sailor and a girl had a row over a piece of bacon and he beat her head in with a stone - tune used: TEDDY O'NEILL -- Charlie WILLS rec by PK, Bridport, Dorset 19/10/54: RPL 22438 talk bef/ FTX-097/ rec by Robin Teague: LEADER LEA-4041 1972 with copy of orig broadsheet & details of the murder

RUTHER GLEN - ROTHER GLEN

RUTHIN - Denbighshire Wales - CASTELL RUTHIN

RUTHVEN HOUSE -- Will & Ian POWRIE (fid & acc): TOPIC TSCD-657 aft "Stirling Militia" & bef "Fairy Dance"

RUTLAND - Smallest English County - DIDO & SPENDIGO - OAKHAM POACHERS -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

RYAN'S AND THE PITMAN'S - a Newfoundland parody on the sea song, SPANISH LADIES -- Tom PURVIS & male ch accomp by Phil GREEN (p/acc) rec Bristol 1942: RPL 4513/ FTX-207

RYAN'S JIG - BREATHNACH 3 1985 #4 p4 (Am)

RYAN'S HORNPIPE - FUREY p59 (G) "Ginger Dan's" alt: "Fiddle Wave" credited to Sean Ryan of Portarlington, Co Laois - MOYLAN 2 #283 p162 (D) from John O Leary (melodeon) "Sean Ryan's" - SHASKEEN 2 #55 p42 (G) "The Swan" alt "Sean Ryan's Fancy Hornpipe" -- Jimmy HOGAN (mel) of Co Tipperary with Brian GREEN (drums) & Bobby HALL (piano) rec by PK, London 8/3/58: RPL LP 23969/ FTX-371 aft "The Passing Cloud"/ SAYDISC (CD) SDL-420 1997 - Tommy Mc MAHON (conc) Co Clare: TOPIC 12-TFRS-502 1975 with "Danganella H" - Instrumental DAMBUSTER DAM-003/ CASS-0348 "The Swan"

RYAN'S RANT - Reel -- Tommy POTTS (fid): CLADDAGH CC-13 1971

RYE WHISKY - JACK O DIAMONDS

RYEBUCK SHEARER, THE -- Martin WYNDHAM-READ: LEADER LER-2028 1971

RYTH WYTH - PEACEMAKER'S HORNPIPE

RYUKUS ISLANDS -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

 
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