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UAMH AN OIR - ("The Cave of Gold") - Scots Gaelic - piper enters cave but is caught by a supernatural being and cries out "O that I had three hands, two for the pipes and one for my sword" -- Talitha McKENZIE with James McDonald REID (pipe drone): ELLIPSIS CD- 4070 1997 "Celtic Mouth Music"

UBERLINGEN SWORD DANCE -- Opening Ceremony & Dance rec Baden Germany 8/7/56 General Dance: "Im Munchen steht ein Hofbrauhaus" - Dance & Closing Ceremony: RPL LP 23649

UD - Arabian name for ancient Persian "barbat" - LUTE

UDNY - BONNY UDNY

UGANDA - Recordings - see AREA Listing

UGLY CUSTOMER, AN - Reel - O'NEILL MOI #1373/ DMI #623 (A)

UH HUH BOO HOO - MADAM

UILLEAN PIPES - BAGPIPES - IRELAND

UIRCHILL AN CHREAGAIN - Air -- Seamus ENNIS (U-pipes): RTE-CD-199 1997 aft "Gold Ring"

UKELELE - ED&S 36/4 1974 p135 Glyn Hughes - HE PLAYED THE UKELELE AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN

UKELELE-BANJO -- Recordings - see INSTRUMENTS Listing

ULLAPOOL - dance-tune comp by Pete Mac 1986

ULLSWATER PACK, THE - "Did you ever hear how the UP?" - Hunting Song - ROUD#1860 - Mellbreak Hunt SFP 1971 pp54-55 Cumberland (w/o) -- Miles WILSON rec by PK, Mockerkin, Cumb 1959: FTX-410 - (Roy HARRIS: TOPIC 12-TS-217 coll byPaul Goulding of Nottingham) - Radio 2: 12/10/82: CASS-0548-C60

ULSTER AIR - ROCHE 3 #8 p3 (G) 2/4 (" Bonny Labouring Boy")

ULSTER BOYS - Jig - KERR MM 3 #219 p25 (A)

ULULATIONS -- OCORA OCR 75 Ethiopia Divination chant with clapping - BASQUE "irrinzina" cry

UMBRELLA COURTSHIP, THE - "A belle and beau would walking go" - ROUD#12626 - WILLIAMS #51 Arlington, Gloucestersh (w/o)

UM-STA DOODLE-AY - RUMPSY BUMPSY

UNA BEAN UT CHUINNEAGAIN - DONEGAL REEL

UNA BHAN - ("Lament for Fair Una") - Irish Gaelic - In which her ghost tells him to leave off grieving - BREATHNACH FMDI1971 p134 3v in Gaelic only -- "Jack" Sean McDONAGH rec by Alan Lomax, Carna, Co Galway 1951: COLUMBIA SL-204 1952/ rec July 1954: RPL 22374 ROUNDER CD-1742 1998/ 7"RTR#0588/ rec studio 30/7/53: RPL 19244 - Maire Aine Ni DHONNCHA (Mary Ann O Donohue), Connemara (with talk bef explaining song) rec by Jean Ritchie & George Pickow 1952: FOLKWAYS: FIELD TRIP IRELAND 1960/ FOLKWAYS FW-8781 1963 cass-0937/ CLADDAGH CC-6 1970 / OSSIAN OSS-15 1989 CASS#0797- Festy CONLAN (tune on whistle) Galway: TOPIC 12-T-177 1968 - O BOYLE Family: CEOLTA GAEL OSS-2 1971 on d/cass 0938-C60

UNCLE AWRAM - comp by FR (Austrian origin) - Fred ROOKE rec 1974: FTX-045

UNCLE BEN -- Bill MUNROE & THE BLUEGRASS BOYS (Tenn): SMITHSONIAN Music from the Festival of American Folklife

UNCLE BILL WAS VERY ILL - "he never took his Beecham's pills - died at ninety-five - doing what comes naturally - underneath the old oak tree" - Children's Skipping Rhyme -- rec by Damian Webb DW 15/11 Moss Park School Junior Girls, Glasgow 1961: FTX-190

UNCLE BODGER -- Adrian TUCKER (with harmonica, kazoo, gtr & drum set) rec by PK, Dartington Ciderhouse, Devon 1975: FTX-037

UNCLE FRED STICKLE'S TUNE - FREDDY'S TUNE

UNCLE GEORGE - Square Dance -- THE KENTISH TRAVELLERS Folk Dance Band rec London 10/10/61: RPL LP 26960 with caller

UNCLE GEORGE'S HORNPIPE - CLIFF

UNCLE GEORGE'S JIG - UNCLE'S JIG

UNCLE JIM'S BARN DANCE -- Bob CANN (mel) rec by Tony Engle, Devon: TOPIC 12-TS-275 1975/ TOPIC TSCD-659 aft "Woodland Flowers"

UNCLE JIM'S POLKA -- Bob CANN (mel) rec by PK, South Zeal, Devon 26/5/52: RPL 17795

UNCLE JIM'S WALTZ -- Bob CANN (mel) rec by PK, Sticklepath, Devon 15/11/56 bef "Kestor Rock"

UNCLE JOHN - "is very sick - what shall we send him? - 3 good wishes 3 good kisses - and a slice of ginger - what to send it in? - who by?" - Kids RING game popular in USA - OPIE SG 1985 #30 & 31 pp158-62

UNCLE JOHN - Henry Atkinson's Ms Book 1694 (Northumbrian fiddler) -- Alistair ANDERSON (E-conc X 2 & gtr): TOPIC 12-TS-371 1978

UNCLE JOHN'S FIDDLE - "Did you ne'er see my uncle, my old Uncle John?" - GREIG-DUNCAN 4 1990 #742 p57 (3var 10v)

UNCLE MICK - SHAKE HANDS WITH YOUR UNCLE MICK

UNCLE NED - "There was an old nigger and his name was UN" - Ch: "Hang up the fiddle and the bow, there's no more work" - ROUD#4871 BSs - comp by Stephen Foster - BROWN NCFL 3 pp505-6 (incl parody "There was an ancient coloured individual")- COMBS FSSUS p233 - RANDOLPH OFS 2 pp335-6 - STOUT FLIowa pp116-7 - WHITE ANFS 1928 pp164-7 -- Billy BALLANTINE (piccolo) rec by PK, Wark, Northumb 29/6/54: RPL 20617/ FTX-119 frag of song with talk about "Nigger Minstrels" - Elda BLACKWOOD (of Jamaica) rec by Frank & Anne Warner, NYC 1947: APPLESEED APR-CD-1035 2000

UNCLE NED'S GHOST - "You've heard of a nigger they called UN" - BS by Walker incl BG 7#223

UNCLE NOBBY'S STEAMBOAT -- BARNBRACK Irish Party Sing-Song: CASS-0926-C60 & 0927

UNCLE RAT - FROG SONG

UNCLE TOM COBLEY/ COCKERELL/ GOBLIN - TOM PEARCE

UNCLE WALLACE - comp by FR -- Fred ROOKE rec 1974: FTX-046

UNCLE WALTER'S MARCH -- Walter PARDON rec by Mike Yates, Knapton, Norfolk: HOME MADE MUSIC LP-301 1984

UNCLE'S JIG - i e Bob's Uncle George -- Bob CANN (mel) rec by PK, Sticklepath, Devon 15/11/56/ rec Tony Engle, South Tawton, Devon: TOPIC 12-TS-275 1975 with "Hot Punch" & another with "Family Jig" - OLD SWAN BAND FREE REED FRR-011 1976 aft "Bonnets so Blue" & "Starry Night" (2var)

UNCONSTANT LOVER, THE - GREEN GROW THE LAURELS - NOBLEMAN'S WEDDING - ONCE I HAD A SWEETHEART

UNCOURTLY MUSIC - comp by BS -- Bob STEWART (psaltery & synth): ARGO ZDA-207 1975

UNDAUNTED FEMALE, THE - (BOX UPON HER HEAD) "It's of a pretty fair maid in London did dwell" - servant - LAWS #L-3 ABBB 1957 "The Undaunted Female" ("Staffordshire Maid" "Maid and Robber") - ROUD#289 - Many BSs - Bs by Thomas FORD of Irongate, Chesterfield 1830s (Roy Palmer Reprint 2001) p22 - BARING GOULD Ms#112 (a) J Parsons (b) J Masters, Bradstone 1889 (c) Exbourne FWB - SBG Bs1.1#107 1.1#108 2#95 2#205 4#459 7#11 & 8#117 - DEAN-SMITH Guide: "The Young Damsel" - Other songs with this title: BANKS OF SWEET DUNDEE - BEAUTIFUL DAMSEL - GREIG-DUNCAN 2 p286 - BROADWOOD ECS 1893 pp60-1 Northamptonsh "The Beautiful Damsel" - SHARP Cf 2 p255 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #209 pp49-51 Mr Bent, Ross, Herefordsh 1921/ Lucy White, Hambridge, Somerset 1904 1v/m/ Wm Briffet, Bridgwater, Somerset 1907 1v/m/ Elizabeth Starkey, Over Stowey, Somerset 1907 - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 pp280-1 #293 Henry Potter, Standlake, Oxfordsh (w/o) "It's of a pretty fair maid" - JFSS 8:33 1929 pp129-130 Thomas Wood: Thomas Cardy, Bures St Mary, Essex/ Gilchrist: Mrs Bowker, Sunderland Point, Lancashire 1909 1v/m "The Young Damsel" - JEFDSS 9:4 1963 pp186-7 Ken Stubbs: George Maynard, Copthorne, Sussex "The Box upon her head" - PURSLOW FD 1974 p57 Hammond, Dorset 1905 & J Greening, Bridport 1906 - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 pp280-1 #293 Henry Potter, Standlake, Oxfordsh (w/o) "It's of a pretty maid" - PURSLOW FD 1974 pp57-8 Hammond: J Greening (w)/ George Dowden, Lackington, Dorset (m) 1905-6 - PALMER EBECS 1975 #46 pp90-92 Gilchrist: Mrs Cooper, Kent 1906 (w) Mrs Bowker (m) - ED&S 38:1 1976 p12 Gwilym Davies: Mrs Dodds, Steep, Hampsh 1973 - RICHARDS-STUBBS EFS 1979 p88 "The Robbers" from VW Lib --- MACKENZIE BSSNS 1928 #130 pp321-2 David Rogers NS (w/o) - HUBBARD BSFU 1961 pp267-8 Utah "The Fair Damsel from London" -- Arthur ABBS (856) rec by PK, Whaddon, Cambridgesh (nr Royston, Hertfordsh) 24/7/56: FTX-423 & Ernest JEFFREY (75) rec by PK, Wisbech, Cambridgesh 1956 followed by start of "The Three Butchers": 7"RTR-0075/ RPL 23622/ FTX-423 "The Brisk Young Maiden" - Harry SCOTT rec PK, Eaton Bray, Bedfordsh 1958: RPL 26071/ rec Fred Hamer: EFDSS VWML-003 cassette 1989 - Ruth BURDON (unacc) rec by PK, Sandwich, Kent 1982: CASS-90-0626 "The Maidservant"

UNDAUNTED MARY - BANKS OF THE SWEET DUNDEE

UNDER HER APRON - MAIDS A-RUSHING - UNDERNEATH HER APRON

UNDER THE BRIAR - (BRAMBLE BUSHES) - "down by the sea - bom bom bom - truelove for ever - truelove for me - a girl for you and a boy for me - rum tiddly um tum" - Children's Clapping Song - OPIE SG 1985 #137 pp453-5 "Under the Bram Bush" music -- rec by Damian Webb 34/1 St Benedicts Juniors, Garforth, Lancash 1977: FTX-196 #26 (ends on "Sexy") - rec by DW 36/7 St Patricks Juniors, Huddersfield, Yorksh 1978: FTX-196 #38 "Under the Briar Bush" (Johnny breaks bottle & gets a whacking) - rec by Damian Webb, Tralee, Co Kerry 1960: IRE/24/ FTX-179 "Briar Bush"

UNDER THE BRITISH FLAG -- sung in Christmas Mummers Play rec Evershot, Dorset 1936: FTX-408

UNDER THE COCONUT TREE - "You promised to give me a kiss darling" Probably a children's game - MUNCH Tristan da Cunha 1970 p 125 "All under the CT" from Andrew Swain & Arthur Repetto - p152 from William Rodgers

UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE -- WINTLE Street Piano rec by PK 1955: FTX-300 --- Curly HERDMAN (fid) with Troy HERDMAN (gtr), Bob TANNER (mandolin) & Joe TANNER (banjo): SAYDISC Matchbox SDM- 242 1973 - Taylor KIMBLE (fid) with THE KIMBLES (fid, banjo, gtr, auto-harp & bass), Carroll Co, Virginia USA MOUNTAIN MUSIC MM-4174 1974 - Lonnie AUSTIN (fid/gtr): LEADER LEE-4045 1975

UNDER THE DROOPING WILLOW TREE - words from broadsheet with tune comp by MG - Cf EMMA JANE - SWEET FAIR ELLA - WILLOW TREE -- Martin GRAEBE rec by PK, Dartington, Devon 1975: FTX-049

UNDER THE GARDEN WALL - Albino Ms

UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE - Jig - HAYWOOD #3 p7 (G)

UNDER THE HEDGEROW - GLEANERS SLUMBER SONG

UNDER THE LEAVES OF LIFE - "It's under the leaves, the leaves of life" - Virgin Mary - Jesus - Carol - ROUD#127 - HUSK Nativy 1868 words only - JFSS 14 1910 RVW Herefdsh "Seven Virgins" - SHARP- KARPELES CSC 1974 #356 2 pp473-4 Samson Price (gypsy), Little Stretton, Shropsh 1923 & Enoch Pickaway, Teagues Bridge, Shropsh 1911 1v/m - JFSS 4 1910 pp49-51 Angelina Whatton "The SV" - LEATHER 1912 pp187-8 RVW: Angelina Whatton, Weobley, Herefordsh 1908 "The SV" - JFSS 5:18 1914 pp21-23 Sharp: Enoch Pickering, Teagues Bridge, Shropsh 1911 "The SV" - JFSS 7:30 1926 pp383-6 Archdeacon Kewley Ms Carval Book (1826-9) Manx (useful notes) "The L of Life" - JFSS 8 1927 p34 Sharp: Samson Price - LEATHER-RVW TTC 1920 Mrs Whatton/ Mrs Loveridge, Dilwun, Herefordsh "The SV" - JFSS 8:31 1927 p34 Sharp Ms: Samson Price - HAMER GG 1967 p57 May Bradley (daughter of Esther Smith who sang to Mrs Leather) Shropsh -- May BRADLEY rec by Fred Hamer 12/4/66: EFDSS VWML-003 1989 cass/ TOPIC TSCD-661 - Ewan McCOLL: RIVERSIDE RLP-12-629 1956 "Seven Virgins" - Norma WATERSON (unacc): TOPIC 12-T-136 1965 - Bob STEWART (psaltery instrumental): ARGO ZDA-207 1975

UNDER THE MOON AND OVER THE STARS - "that's the way to get to Mars" - Children's Two Ball game -- rec by Damian Webb 51 St Michaels Junior Girls, Workington, Cumberland 1960: FTX-194 #30

UNDER THE MOON ONE THING I CRAVE - "if I had you all things I have" - Ch: "But without you nothing I find - that can bring contentment to my mind" - "Hard is your heart" etc - ROUD#8282 - GREIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1543 p79-80 (2var)

UNDER THE SHADE OF A BONNY GREEN TREE - BONNY GREEN TREE

UNDER THE WEEPING WILLOW TREE - BUBBLING WATER

UNDERGROUND TRAIN - Calypso type song comp by Egbert Moore -- Wally WHYTON: FONTANA STL-5476

UNDERHAND HORNPIPE, THE - comp by James Hill, Gateshead fiddler - KOHLER 1 p94 (Bb) - DIXON 1987 - KENNEDY FTB 1998 #187 p52 (G) - in Northumberland usually known as "The Redesdale Hornpipe" with the two strains reversed -- Jack ARMSTRONG (N-pipes) rec Powburn 19/4/44: RPL 7233 (78) "Redesdale H" - NORTHUMBRIAN MINSTRELS rec Powburn 19/4/44: RPL 7236 (78) - Jack ARMSTRONG (N-pipes solo) rec Newcastle 10/7/50: RPL 14983 aft "Proudlocks H"/ rec by Alan Lomax, Newcastle 1951: COLUMBIA SL-206 1952/ rec by PK, Wide Open, Newcastle 1954 FTX-122 - Jack ARMSTRONG (solo N-pipes) rec by PK, London 1969: CONCERT HALL SVSC-2339 1970/ FTX-330/ SAYDISC SDL-252 1972/ SAYDISC (CD) SDL- 416 1996 - Billy CONROY (whistle) rec by PK, Ashington, Northumb 8/6/54: RPL 20623/ FTX-122 "Redesdale H"- Bob RUNDLE (N-pipes) rec by PK at The London Ceilidhe Club: 27/10/1957: FTX 268 Joe HUTTON (N-pipes): TOPIC 12- TS-186 1968 - HIGH LEVEL RANTERS: TOPIC 12-T-186 1968 - CHEVIOT RANTERS Country Dance Band: TOPIC 12-T-214 1972 - Tom HUGHES (fid with gtr): SPRINGTHYME SPR 1005 1981 bef "Galloway Hornpipe" - KESTY 1980: FTX-240 - THE HOP with Nigel CHIPPENDALE: CASS 0484 aft "Dorset H" - Colin ROSS & Jim HALL (N-pipes duet) at National Garden Festival, Gateshead on RPL Radio 2 27/7/90 CASS-1034

UNDERHILL, DA - Shetland Reel - BRODY p282 (G) Boys of the Lough -- Peter FRASER (fid) of Finniegarth, Walls rec by Pat Shaw, Lerwick, Shetland, July 1952: RPL 18622/ FTX-068 bef "Guizer's Reel" - Shetland TRADITIONAL BAND (Sextet) rec 22/1/49: RPL 13196 aft "Lerwick L" & "Scalloway Lasses" & bef "Square da Mizzen"/ rec by Pat Shaw 1952: FTX-068 - Willie HUNTER (fid) & Willie JOHNSON (gtr) of Lerwick, Shetland rec London 14/10/58: RPL LP 24378 aft "Scalloway Lasses" & bef "Galley Watch" - HIGH LEVEL RANTERS: LEADER LER-2007 1969 - BOYS OF THE LOUGH: LEADER LER-2090 1974

UNDERNEATH HER APRON - "Pretty little Sarah a- sweeping up the hall" or "Three pretty maidens a-rushing they went" - never trust a sailor - pregnant - a child is found underneath her apron - ROUD#899 - Many BSs "The Bonny boy from underneath her apron" ("As a pretty maid was going up the stair") incl BG 1.2 #111 - JOHNSON SMM 1787 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #169 pp641-4 3var Somerset "Maids a Rushing" - DICK 1903 Songs of Robert Burns #346 p332 - REEVES IOP 1958 p210 Sharp: Jack Barnard, Bridgwatewr, Somerset 1908 (w/o) - REEVES EC 1960 pp260-1 Baring Gould: James Parsons 1890/ Samuel Fone, Mary Tavy, Devon 1892 (w/o) "3 Maids a-Rushing" - KINSLEY 1968 #561 - GARDHAM ERS 1982 pp30-31 Capt Norman Yates, Hull, Yorksh 1970 - DUNN FOS 1980 pp86-87 Bob Hart 1974 - FMJ 5:2 1986 p166 Bs facsimile -- Bob HART rec by Tony Engle, Snape, Suffolk: TOPIC 12-TS-225 1973 - Percy LING rec by Keith Summers, Blaxhall, Suffolk: TOPIC 12-TS-292 1977 - Piers of FAIRLANDS FAMILY BAND rec by Dave Byrne, Cheddar, Somerset: cassette 1980 "Pretty Little Sarah" - Jeannie HARRIS (unacc solo) (sister of Sue Harris married to John Kirkpatrick) OLD HAT CONCERT PARTY in progr on Radio 2: 10/10/90 CASS-60-1016

UNDUTIFUL DAUGHTER, THE - BONNY ANNIE (BANKS OF GREEN WILLOW) - GOSPORT BEACH

UNEASY WEDLOCK - ADVICE TO BACHELORS - BACHELOR'S LIFE - BALD HEADED END OF THE BROOM - BARGAIN WITH ME - BARLEY AND THE RYE - BEAN PHAIDIN (Pat's Wife) - BOUND TO BE A ROW - BRIDGET HOGAN - BROWN AND YELLOW ALE - CLAGGY DANDY - CLUSTER OF NUTS - COCK-PECKED WIFE - COD LIVER OIL - COMFORT OF MAN - DANDY MAN - DESERTED HUSBAND - DICK TURPIN'S RIDE TO YORK - DIRTY WIFE - DRUNKEN MAN - DUMB WIFE - GAME COCK - GERMAN MUSICIANER - GET UP AND BAR THE DOOR- O (John Blunt) - GRAT FOR GRUEL - HE WENT IN LIKE A LION - HECKETTY PECKETTY - I CAN'T CHANGE IT - I MARRIED A JADE - I WISH TO BE SINGLE AGAIN - I'LL BE LEVEL WITH HER - I'LL SING OF MARTHA - IN CAMBORNE I WAS BRED - IT'S A WONDER I'M ALIVE TO TELL THE TALE - JIM DANDY - JOHN APPLEBY - JOHN HOBBS - JOHNNY SANDS - JOLLY BACHELOR - LADLE SONG - LANIGAN'S BALL - MAN FROM DOVER - MARROWBONES - MEN DON'T GRUMBLE AT YOUR WIVES - MY GOOD OLD MAN - MY HUSBAND'S GOT NO COURAGE IN HIM - MY LADDIE SITS OWER LATE - NANCY HOGAN - NEVER WED AN OLD MAN - NINETEEN YEARS OLD - O IT WAS MY CRUEL PARENTS - O WHAT A LIFE - OLD BACHELOR - OLD GREY BEARD - OLD MAN I WISH HE WERE DEAD - OLD MAN IN THE WOOD - OLDHAM PENSIONER - ONE THING OR THE OTHER - PENSIONER'S COMPLAINT - POKER ROW (comp) - POOR LONELY WIDOW - POOR MAN'S LABOUR - POOR MAN'S LAMENT - POOR OLD COUPLE - ROCKING THE CRADLE - ROLL ME FROM THE WALL - SCOLDING WIFE - SHOEMAKER - SINGLE MEN'S WARNING - SORRY THE DAY I GOT MARRIED - STILL I LOVE HIM - THERE'S SURE TO BE A ROW - TWELVE STONE TWO - TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE - UNLUCKY MAN - UPSIDE DOWN - WASHING DAY - WATCHED POT - WEARING OF THE BREECHES - WEEK OF MATRIMONY - WHAT WOULD YOU DO? - WHEEL THE PERAMBULATOR - WHEN I WAS SINGLE - WILL AND KATE - WILLIE WENT TO WESTERDALE - WOMAN'S WORK IS NEVER DONE - YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS - YOUNG AND GROWING - Children -- I MARRIED ME A WIFE - JELLY ON THE PLATE - MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER - WHEN I WAS SINGLE (WEARY LIFE) -- Recordings - see SUBJECTS Listing

UNEMPLOYMENT - see also POVERTY --- BUDDY, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? - DOLE BOYS - DREAM (Labour Bureau) - FIVE AND TWENTY BOB - HE'S ONLY AN OLD VILLAGE POSTMAN - I'M LOOKING FOR A JOB - MAGGIE MARY (comp John Marchant) - OLD MAN OF THE VILLAGE - ON THE DOLE - WAITING FOR ME PAY DAY - WAITING FOR THE DAY

UNFINISHED LETTER, THE - "O love here's a letter it's the last one I will send" - soldier wounded in battle sends letter to his sweetheart - ROUD#1967 - IVES FSNB 1989 pp180-181 John Pagett 1965

UNFORTUNATE BOOT, THE - "When dreary winter's nearly gone" - GREIG- DUNCAN 2 1983 p315 (w/o) - local Aberdour incident

UNFORTUNATE CUP OF TEA, THE - LADIES CUP OF TEA (Reel)

UNFORTUNATE GIRL, THE - CAMBRIDGE MURDER

UNFORTUNATE LAD, THE - "As I went walking down by the Royal Albion/ Lock Hospital" - Ch: "Beat the drums slowly, play the pipes merrily" - He or she tells of downfall and finally burial, and, because of the smell (from venereal disease), the need for sweet-smelling flowers - LAWS #B-1 & B-2 NAB 1950/64 pp133-4 "The Cowboy's Lament" ("CL") & "The Dying Cowboy" ("DC")/ LAWS #Q26 (ABBB 1957 pp285-6 "The Bad Girl's Lament") - ROUD#2 - BSs "The Unfortunate Lad" ("UL") - BARING GOULD Ms coll Bussell "A Broken Heart" - SHARP Ms Cf I p349 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #229 2 p122 Mary Bunston, Hambridge, Somerset 1904/ Shepherd Haden, Bampton, Oxfordsh 1909 1v/m/ Alfred Emery, Othery, Somerset 1908 1v/m/ Harry Richards, Curry Rivel, Somerset 1904 1v/m "St James's Hospital" - JFSS 1:5 1904 p254 Kidson: Mrs Thompson (?), Knaresborough, Yorksh 1v/m "The UL" ("As I was a-walking in Rippleton Gardens") - JFSS 13 1909 p325 6v/m Jekyll: nn, East Meon, Hampsh 1909/ Sharp: Shepherd Haden 1v/m/ Alfred Emery 1v/m "The Young Girl CDIHP" - JFSS 5 1915 pp193-4 Lucy Broadwood: Mrs Joiner, Chiswell Green, Hertfordsh 1914 "The Young Girl Cut Down in Her Prime" ("CDIHP") - HENRY #680/ HUNTINGTON 1990 p141 nn, Bushmills, Co Antrim 1936 "The Cowboy of Lareto" - REEVES IP 1958 #86 p188 Sharp: Mrs Mary Branstone, Hambridge, Som 1904 (w/o) "The Sailor CDIHP" - REEVES EC 1960 #114 p225-7 Hammond: J Curtis, Lyme Regis, Dorset 1906/ Gardiner: Henry Adams, Basingstoke, Hampsh 1906 (w/o) "SCDIHP" - PENGUIN BEFS 1959 p108 Jekyll: East Meon - SEEGER-McCOLL SI 1960 p72 Harry Sladen, Openshaw, Lancash 1946 "The Trooper CDIHP" - PURSLOW MB 1965 p75 Hammond: Wm Curtis, Lyme Regis, Dorset 1906 "The YSCDIHP" - PURSLOW WS 1968 p114 Gardiner: Henry Adams (w), Basingstoke, Hampsh 1906 & Charles Shears (m), Salisbury, Wiltsh 1909 "The Unfortunate Lass" - POLWARTH NCS 1969 p8 Pete Elliott, Birtley, Durham "Y Soldier CDIHP" - HOLLOWAY-BLACK 1975 pp48-49 BS (w/o) "The Buck's Elegy" - McCOLL-SEEGER TSES 1977 pp236-9 Nelson Ridley (gypsy), Essex 1974 "The YSCDIHP" - PALMER EBBB 1980 pp148-9 Ross Bs Newcastle 1876 (w) Crosy: Irish Musical Repository (m) "The UL" - PALMER OBSS 1986 #132 p264 from "Pop" Hingston, Dittisham, Devon - TAWNEY GFL 1987 p131 W W Griffiths, Havant, Hampsh (w/o) "Flash Girls of the City" ("One night very late through the dockyard I wandered") - HOWSON SSIS 1992 p133 Fred Whiting, Kenton, Suffolk (w/o) "SCDIHP" - USA & Canada - SHARP FSSA #131 II p164 Laura Virginia Donald, Dewey, Bedford Co, Va 1918 (DC 2004) 4v/m "St James' Hospital" - LOMAX Cowboy 1910 p417 11v/m/ USA 1947 p206 8v/m - SHOEMAKER NPM 1923 "The Wild Lumberjack" - COX FSOS 1925 pp243-8 (refs) - MACKENZIE BSSNS 1928 #119 p301-2 Mrs Ellen Bigney 5v (w/o) "The DC" - CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 #102 pp219-20 Edward Hartley 1929+ 5v/m "Bad Girl's Lament" - COX FSMWV 1939 pp24-6 Morgan Hamblynn Hamrick, WVa 1927 1v/m/ Mrs Mildred Blum, Calif 1928 2v/m "The DC" - JAFL 25 p277 2v & ref (NS) "The Maiden's Lament" - BELDEN Mo 1940 p392 - MORRIS FSOF 1950 pp41-3 Lowery Davis, Fla "Tom Sherman's Barroom"/ Bruce Drawdy, Fla (w/o) "The CL" - Western Folklore 17 1958 pp203-4 "The Linesman's Hymn" ("As I was a-walking the streets of old Burley") - LOMAX FSNA 1960 p384 incl Charlie Wills version - HUBBARD BSFU 1961 pp272-3 Mrs Salley A H, Utah 1946 "The Whore's Lament" - PEACOCK SNO 1965 2 pp420-1 Mrs Wallace Kinslow Nfl 1959 "Annie Franklin" -- Cf UNFORTUNATE LASS - SAILOR CUT DOWN - WRAP ME UP IN MY OLD (STABLE) TARPAULIN JACKET -- Wm MATHIESON rec by Alan Lomax, Strichen, Aberdeensh 1951 - Jack GRIBBLE & Pat Shaw (p/acc) & ch rec by PK, Bradninch, Devon 1950: FTX-407 "The Dying Cowboy" - Willie MATHIESON rec by Alan Lomax, Turriff, Aberdeensh, 17/7/51: 7"RTR 0682 "Young man CDIHP" - Mary DORAN (tinker) rec by PK, Belfast 1952: CAEDMON TC-1164/ TOPIC 12-T-196 "The Dying Soldier"/ FTX-167/ & extract of STEEL EYE SPAN: FTX-123 "When I was in horseback" - Charlie WILLS rec by PK, Bridport, Dorset 1952: RPL 18689/ FTX-097 "SCDIHP" - Fred JORDAN rec by PK, Diddlebury, Shropshire 1952: FTX-130 "Ordinary Soldier CDIHP"/ rec by Bill Leader & Mike Yates, Aston Munslow, Shropsh: TOPIC 12-T- 150 1966 "The Royal Albert" - Bob RUNDLE (N-pipes) rec by PK at Ceilidhe Club, London 1957: 7"RTR-0497/ FTX-268 "Streets of Laredo used in film "The Cockleshell Heroes" - Harry COX rec by PK, Sutton, Norfolk 1953: RPL 21483/ FTX-033/ rec by Jean Ritchie, London: FOLKWAYS FW-8871 1959 "The SCDIHP" - Herbert PRINCE rec by PK, Warminster, Wiltshire 1954: FTX-406 - Charles MAIDMENT rec by Bob Copper, Hampshire: 7"RTR-0252 - Frank PURSLOW & John PEARSE (gtr): DOBELL F-LEUT-1 1960/ FTX-219 - Cyril TAWNEY (voc/gtr/ch) rec by PK 1961: DTS/ 082- BULWER BAND (tune only), Norfolk rec 1962: TOPIC 12-T-296 1976 - Roy GUEST & Steve BENBOW Folk Four: SOCIETY SOC-919 1963 "Streets of Laredo" - Ewan McCOLL (+ harmonica): TOPIC 12-T-130 1965 2 Army versions "The Trooper CDIHP" tune "Red River Valley" - Stan KELLY & Leon ROSSELSON (gtr): TOPIC 12-TPS-145 1966 - George BELTON rec by Sean Davis & Tony Wales, Madehurst, Sussex: EFDSS LP-1008 1967 "The YSCDIHP" - Shirley & Dolly COLLINS: EMI SHVL-771 1970 - Alf WILDMAN rec by Fred Hamer: EFDSS LP 1006 1971 "On the Banks of the Clyde" - Frankie ARMSTRONG (voc & baritone comc): TOPIC 12- TS-216 1972 - George DUNN: LEADER LEE-4042 1973 - Bob HART rec by Tony Engle, Snape, Suffolk: TOPIC 12-TS-225 1973 "The Young SCDIHP" - Dave WILLIAMS: FOREST TRACKS FT-3001 1973 - FUREYS with Bob STEWART (instrum): BROADSIDE BRO-133 1974 "Cork City" - - Harry UPTON rec by Mike Yates at singers home, Balcombe, Sussex c1974: TOPIC SP-104/ TSCD-652 1998 "The Royal Albion" - STEELEYE SPAN: CHRYSALIS CS-5/ BOULEVARD BD-3004 1979 - Bill SMITH (71), Bridgnorth, Shropsh rec by his son Andrew (copy of cass with 25 songs): 5"RTR-0906 "Young SCDIHP" ("As I stood alone in the streets of St Albans") - THE YETTIES Radio 2: 14/11/87: CASS 60-0555 "The SCDIHP" (Bradninch version) - Rosetta SMITH (gypsy), E Yorks rec by Jim Eldon 1982-8 SD 005 1988 CASS 0992 "The YSCDIHP" - John DOUGHTY rec by Mike Yates & Camilla Saunders in singers home, Brighton, Sussex 24th August 1976: TOPIC 12-TS-324/ TSCD 662 1998/ ROOT & BRANCH #1 EFDSS 1999 "The Streets of Port Arthur" - USA - Moses "Clear Rock" PLATT (unacc vocal) & James "Ironhead" BAKER (unacc voc) rec by John & Alan Lomax, Central State Farm (Penitentiary), Sugarland, Texas 1934: ROUNDER CD-1821-2 1999 "St James's Hospital" - Texas GLADDEN rec by Alan & Elizabeth Lomax, Salem, Va. for Lib of Congress 1941: AAFS 5230 A1/ ROUNDER CD1500 1997/ 1800 2001 "One morning in May" - Hally WOOD (unacc): ELEKTRA EKL-10 1953 "When I was a young girl" - Jean JENKINS (of Vermont, USA) rec by PK, London 1957: FTX-915 - Alan LOMAX (v/ gtr) rec by PK: TRADITION TLP-1029 1958/ FTX-904 "The Dying Cowboy" - Doc WATSON (voc & gtr) rec by Ralph Rinzler 1964: VANGUARD/ ROOT & BRANCH #1 EFDSS 1999 "St James' Hospital" - Cisco HOUSTON: VANGUARD SRL-7624 1965 - Jack LANGSTAFF: EMI CLP-1833 1965 - Peggy SEEGER: ARGO ZFB-64 1968 "The Whore's Lament" (Utah) - Almeda RIDDLE rec by Jerry Epstein & Don Wade 1977: MINSTREL JD-203/ ROOT & BRANCH #1 EFDSS 1999 "Tom Sherman's Bar-room"

UNFORTUNATE LASS, THE - "As I was a-walking, one fine summer's morning - my own daughter, Mary, wrapped up in some flannels - some hot summer day" - PURSLOW MB 1968 p114 Gardiner, Wiltsh 1909 incl "salts & pills of white mercury" ("Doctor, come wash up your bottles") - LOMAX FSNA 1960 p193 "The Bad Girl" - Cf ROSEMARY LANE - UNFORTUNATE LAD

UNFORTUNATE MAN, THE -- Jimmy DRIFTWOOD (voc/ gtr): UNITED ARTISTS UAL-3050 1959/ VANGUARD SRL-7624 1965

UNFORTUNATE RAKE, THE - Jig - BUNDLE AND GO

UNFORTUNATE SHEPHERDESS, THE - "In the City of Exeter (or "county of Essex") there lived a rich squire" - His daughter loved a shepherd but there was family opposition - ROUD#1151 - GREIG-DUNCAN 2 p134 (3var) - SHARP Ms T956

UNFORTUNATE TAILOR, THE - "O why did Sarah serve me so, no more will I stitch, no more will I sew, my needle and my thimble to the winds I'll throw & I'll go & enlist for a sailor" - His complaints about a sailor who comes and steals her away - ROUD#1614 - WILLIAMS #50 John Webley, Arlington, Gloucestersh (w/o) - PURSLOW MB 1965 p95 Gardiner: George Lovett, Winchester, Hampsh 1906 & Alfred Oliver, Basingstoke, Hampsh 1907 - see SAILOR'S BRIDE, THE -- John KIRKPATRICK & others with vocal: LEADER LER-2033 1972 - ELECTROPATHICS RPL 27/1/88: CASS-0705-C15 (New words to tune "Harry's Rag")

UNFORTUNATE TAILOR, THE - SHARP Morris Book: tune used for 2 dancers doing a jig: "I'll go and enlist for a sailor" - SHARP Notes 4 - Albino Ms Morris fiddle tune from Charles Denley, Guiting Power Glos -- Helen KENNEDY (3 hole pipe & tabor) rec by PK, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1961: 041 - MORRIS ON: ISLAND HELP-5 1972 "I'll go and enlist for a sailor"

UNHAPPY JEREMIAH - "I'd often heard of married life" - ROUD#4610

UNHAPPY LASS OF CANTERBURY, THE - "Young lovers all in town or city" - Jennings Bs London (Hewins Ms Coll Sheffield Univ Lib)

UNHAPPY NEGRO - MALHEUREUSE NEGRE

UNICORN, THE - "When I was young and in my prime" - ROUD#1844 - CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 pp326-8 Ben Henneberry

UNION - (the name of the ship) - FEMALE WARRIOR

UNION HORNPIPE - COLE #4 p88 (G) - KERR MM 2 #355 p39 (D) - KENNEDY FTB 1998 #188 p52 (G) - DEATH OR LIBERTY

UNION JACK, THE - NIGHT WAS DARK (Children) - TATOOED LADY - UNDER THE BRITISH FLAG

UNION JACK OF OLD ENGLAND, THE - "The thunder of war is scarcely at an end" (Williams) "The flag that always carries the sway is the flag that fills our foes with dismay" Ch: "So let them fight and carry on the war - They tried the game on once before - But the Russians will hear the British lion roar - If they meddle with the F of OE" - WILLIAMS #111 John Pillinger, Lechlade, Gloucestersh (w/o) -- Charlie WILLS, rec by PK, Bridport, Dorset 20/4/68 RTR-0084: FTX-097 & FTX-516 "The Flag of OE"

UNION MAID -- THE ALMANAC SINGERS rec NY 1941-2: PRISM PLATCD 704 2001

UNION MARCH - WILSON p178 (D)

UNION PIPE GAVOTTE - Tunebook Ms 4/4 (G) #126 p401

UNION PIPES - BAGPIPES (Ireland called UILLEAN)

UNION RAG -- UNION FOLK: TRADITIONAL SOUND TSR 007 1971

UNION REEL, THE - BREATHNACH 3 1985 #197 p88 (Em) -- Chris DRONEY (conc): TOPIC 12-TFRS-503 1975 with "Kilfenora"

UNIONS - GET IN UNION (Gospel Song) - GET THEE BEHIND ME SATAN - HOLD THE PORT - I AM A UNION WOMAN - IF IT WASN'T FOR THE UNION - JAMES CONNOLLY - JOE HILL - OLD MAN'S ADVICE - THEY GO WILD OVER ME (Wobbly Song) - TRADES UNION (song) -- Recordings - see SUBJECTS Listing

UNITE AND UNITE - MAY CAROL (Padstow)

UNITED LOVERS, THE - JAMES AND FLORA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - see also AMERICAN INDIANS - HUNTER, Max -BLUES - BLUEGRASS - CAJUN - COUNTRY - JAZZ - RAGTIME - ROCK - SACRED -- AINT NO MORE CANE ON THIS BRAZIS - ALABAMA - ALL MY TRIALS - ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES - AMAZING GRACE - AMEN - ANGELS HOVERIN ROUND - ANGER IN THE LAND - ANOTHER MAN DONE GONE - APPLE PIE - ARKANSAS TRAVELLER - ASHEVILLE JUNCTION - AUCTION BLOCK - AUNT SAL'S SONG - AWAY IDAHO - BABY-O - BAKE THEM HOECAKES BROWN - BALLAD OF THE BURGLAR MAN - BANJO PICKIN GIRL - BANKS OF THE OHIO - BATTLE OF BULL RUN - BEANS BACON & GRAVY - BEAVER DAM ROAD - BEEN IN THE PEN - BETTY LARKIN - BIG GRAND COOLEE DAM - BILL CHEATEM - BILLY BARLOW - BILLY GRIMES - BILLY IN THE LOWGROUND - BLACK BETTY - BLACK IS THE COLOUR - BLACK SHEEP - BLACK WATERS - BLUE DIAMOND MINES - BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE - BOATMAN DANCE - BONNY BLUE EYES - BOOGIE WOOGIE - BRAVE OLD SOLDIER - BREAK THE NEWS TO MOTHER - BROTHER GREEN - BUCKED AND SCORNED - BUDDY CAN YOU SPARE - BUFFALO GALS - BUFFALO SKINNERS - BURGLAR MAN - BY THE COTTAGE DOOR - BY THE HUSH - BYE 'M BYE - CACKLING HEN - CAPE COD GIRLS - CARELESS LOVE - CARVE THAT POSSUM - CAT CAME BACK - CHARLES GUITEAU - CHARLIE - CHARMING BETSY - CHASE THE BUFFALO - CHICKENS THEY ARE CROWING - CHILD OF GOD - CHILLY WINDS - CHORUS JIG - CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS - CINDY - COLEMAN RIDGE BACKSTEP - COLUMBIA THE FREE - COME ALL YOU FAIR & TENDER LADIES - COME AND GO WITH ME - CORRINA CORRINA - COTTON EYED JOE - CRIPPLE CREEK - CUCKOO - CUMBERLAND AND MERRIMAC - CUMBERLAND GAP - DANCE ALL NIGHT - DANVILLE GIRL - DARLIN - DARLING COREY - DAVIE DUGGER - DAYS OF FORTY NINE - DEAR COMPANION - DEEP BLUE SEA - DEEP RIVER - DEER SONG - DELIA - DESOLATION - DEVILISH MARY - DINK SONG - DO RE MI - DON'T GET TROUBLE IN MIND - DONEY GAL - DOODLE DANDY - DOWN DERRY DOWN - DOWN IN RACKENSACK - DOWN IN THE VALLEY - DYING BRITISH SOLDIER - DYING COWBOY - DYING TEXAS RANGER - EADIE - EAST TEXAS RED - EAST VIRGINIA BLUES - EASY RIDER - ELIZA JANE - F F V - FACTORY GIRL - FADED COAT OF BLUE - FAIR ROSAMUND - FARMER IS THE MAN - FELIX THE SOLDIER - FISHER'S HORNPIPE - FIVE TIMES FIVE - FLOP-EARED MULE - FLY AROUND, MY BLUE-EYED GIRL - FLYING CLOUD - FOURTEEN DAYS IN GEORGIA - FOX CHASE - FRANKIE AND JOHNNY - FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES - GAMBLIN MAN (Guthrie) - GENERAL SCOTT - GEORGE WASHINGTON - GET ALONG LITTLE DOGIES - GIRL OF CONSTANT SORROW - GIVE THE FIDDLER A DRAM - GLORY GLORY - GO AND TELL AUNT NANCY - GODAMIGHTY DRAG - GOD'S GOING TO CUT YOU DOWN - GOING DOWN THE ROAD FEELIN BAD - GOING DOWN THE VALLEY - GOLDEN SLIPPERS - GOING DOWN TO TAMPA - GOING TO BOSTON - GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND - GOT THE RAMBLING FEVER - GREEN BACKED DOLLAR - GROUNDHOG - HALF STARVED NIGGER - HALLELIJAH I'M A BUM - HARD AINT IT HARD - HATTIE BELLE - HAVE A DRINK ON ME (Leadbelly) - HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HAND - HE WENT IN LIKE A LION - HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS - HEY LILEY - HIRAM HUBBARD - HOLD MY HAND, LORD JESUS - HONEYSUCKLE RAG - HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN - HOP UP. MY LADIES - HOUND DOG - HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - HOUSEWIFE'S LAMENT - HUNG AROUND THE TOWN TOO LONG - HUNTING THE BUCK - HUSH LITTLE BABY - I AM A PILGRIM - I AM A UNION WOMAN - I'M BOUND TO FOLLOW THE LONGHORN TRAIL - I'M GOING BACK TO THE RED CLAY COUNTY - I'M ON MY WAY - I'M TROUBLED - I DON'T LOVE NOBODY - I DON'T WANT YOUR MILLIONS MISTER - I HAD A LITTLE SWEETHEART - I'VE BEEN DRIVING ON BALD MOUNTAIN - I'VE BEEN TO THE EAST - I TRULY UNDERSTAND - I WENT UP ON THE MOUNTAIN - I WISH I WAS A MOLE IN THE GROUND - I WISH I WAS IN HEAVEN - IF HE'D BE A BUCKAROO - IF I HAD A RAINBOW - IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY PEACHES - IN CONTEMPT - IN DAYS OF OLD - IN THE WILDERNESS - INCHIN ALONG - IRISH SIXTY-NINTH - JACK O DIAMONDS - JAMES BIRD - JEFF DAVIS AND ABE LINCOLN - JENNIE JENKINS - JESSE JAMES - JIM DANDY - JIM GUNTER AND THE STEER - JOE HILL - JOHN BROWN'S BODY - JOHN BROWN'S DREAM - JOHN HARDY - JOHN HENRY - JOHNNY GET YOUR HAIR CUT - JOHNSON BOYS - JORDAN'S JIG - JOSHUA - JUBILEE - JUMPIN JUDY - KATIE CRUEL - KENNY WAGNER - KICKING MULE - KINGDOM COMING - KISSES SWEETER THAN WINE - KLAN SONG - KUMBAYA - LASS OF THE LOW COUNTRY (Niles) - LAST OLD TRAIN'S A LEAVIN - LAY THE BODY DOWN - LIBERTY - LINING THE TRACK - LITTLE BIRDIE - LITTLE BROWN JUG - LITTLE CARPENTER - LITTLE MAGGIE - LITTLE MAUD - LITTLE WILLIE - LOLLY TOODUM - LONDON BRIDGE - LONE GREEN VALLEY - LONESOME ROAD - LONG ISLAND REEL - LONG SUMMER DAYS - LOST INDIAN - McKINLEY - MAID ON SHORE - MARCHING ON - MAYBE SHE GO (Delaplain) - MEXICAN WALTZ - MICHAEL ROW THE BOAT ASHORE - MIDNIGHT SPECIAL - MILWAUKEE BLUES - MISSISSIPPI SAWYER - MOLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON - MOONSHINE - MORNING COME, MARIA GONE - MY LITTLE JOHN HENRY - LONESOME ROAD - NANCY JANE - NANCY TILL - NAOMI WISE - NIGGER TRADER BOATMAN - NINE POUND HAMMER- NORTH CAROLINA - NOW IS THE COOL OF DAY - O COME SEE ME WHEN YOU CAN - O FREEDOM - OLD BALD EAGLE - OLD BLACK DOG - OLD BLUE - OLD DAN TUCKER - OLD GREY GOOSE- OLD GREY MARE - OLD JOE CLARK - OLD MAN BELOW - OLD VIRGINIA - ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY - ONE DIME BLUES - OUT IN THE WILDERNESS - PADDY WORKS ON THE RAILROAD - PASTURES OF PLENTY - PAUL JONES - PEEKABOO WALTZ - PHILADELPHIA COWBOY - PHOEBE IN HER PETTICOAT - PICKIN AND BLOWIN - PICKIN COTTON - PIG IN THE PEN - PIG SONG - POOR LOLLETTE - POOR OLD MAIDS - POOR SOLDIER - PRESIDENT GARFIELD - PRETTY BOY FLOYD - PRETTY LITTLE BABY - PRETTY LITTLE GIRL - PRETTY SARO - QUIT THAT TICKLIN ME - RAILROAD BILL - RAIN CROW BILL - RAMBLING GAMBLER - RATTLESNAKE - RED WHITE AND RED - RED WING - REUBEN JAMES - RICHMOND - RICKETT'S HORNPIPE - RIDIN IN A BUGGY - ROLLING IN MY SWEET BABY'S ARMS - ROUSTABOUT - ROVIN GAMBLER - RUN, JOHNNY, RUN - RUSSIAN ROULETTE - RUSTIC DANCE - SAIL AWAY LADIES - SAL'S GOT A SUGAR LIP - SALLY ANNE - SALTY DOG - SAM BASS - SANDY RIVER BELLES - SARO JANE - SATURDAY NIGHT - SHADY GROVE - SHAME AND SCANDAL - SHIP CARPENTER - SHIP IN THE CLOUDS - SHOEMAKER SONG - SIEGE OF RICHMOND - SILLY BILL - SILVER DAGGER - SINGLE GIRL - SIR LIONEL - SIT DOWN - SNAKE BAKED A HOECAKE - SO LONG IT'S BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YOU - SOLDIER'S JOY - SOLDIER'S RETURN - SOMEBODY'S WAITING FOR ME - SOON ONE MORNING - SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN - SOUTHERN GIRL'S REPLY - SOUTHERN PLAINS - SPRINGFIELD MOUNTAIN - SQUIRREL - STAR-SPANGLED BANNER - STATE OF ARKANSAS - STATEN ISLAND - SUGAR BABE - SUNDOWN - SUNNY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN - SUSAN GIRL - SWANNANOA TUNNEL - SWEET BETSY FROM PIKE - SWEET FORGET ME NOT - SWEET ROSE OF HEAVEN - SWEET SUNNY SOUTH - SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT - TAKE THIS HAMMER - TALKING GUITAR BLUES - TEN THOUSAND YEARS AGO - THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND - THIS TRAIN - TIMBER (Sam Gary) - TOM DOOLEY - TOTTENHAM TOAD - TRAVELLING MAN - TRUE AMERICAN - TURKEY IN THE STRAW - TWO BROTHERS - UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE - VIGILANTE MAN (Guthrie) - VIRGINNY - WABASH CANNON BALL - WALK JAWBONE - WATER BOY - WAY DOWN YONDER - WAYFARIN STRANGER - WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED - WEEPING WILLOW - WEEVILY WHEAT - WEST VIRGINIA MINE DISASTER - WHAT ARE THEY MADE OF? - WHAT'LL WE DO WITH THE BABY-O ? - WHISTLE DAUGHTER WHISTLE - WHITE OAK STOMP - WHO'S ON THE WAY ? - WILD BILL JONES - WILD GOOSE GRASSES - WILD RIPPLING WATER - WILLOW TREE - WINTER'S NIGHT - WONDROUS LOVE - WORERIED MAN BLUES - WRECK OF THE OLD NINETY SEVEN - YOU CAN TAKE ME AWAY FROM DIXIE - YOUNG MAN WHO WOULDN'T HOE (RAISE) CORN -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

USA - Instr: Dances/ Dance-Songs - (see also CAJUN) - ANGELINE - APPALACHIAN MEDLEY - ARKANSDAS TRAVELLER - BETSY LIKENS - BIG BALL IN BOSTON - BIG FOOTED NIGGER - BIG TRACEY - BILLY IN THE LOW GROUND - BLACK ANNIE - BLACK BAYOU - BLACK EYED SUSIE - BOATMAN DANCE - BUFFALO GIRLS - BULLY DF THE TOWN - BUONAPARTE'S RETREAT - CACKLIN HEN - CHARLESTON - CHRISTMAS EVE - CINDY - CLUCK OLD HEN - COAL CREEK - COTTON EYED JOE - CRIPPLE CREEK - CUMBERLAND GAP - DADDY-O - DEVIL'S DREAM - DEVIL'S IN THE STAWSACK - DILL PICKLE RAG - DOWN YONDER (Rag) - DRUNKEN HICCUPS - DURANG'S HORNPIPE - EIGHTH OF JANUARY -- FALL ON MY KNEES - FIDDLER'S DREAM - FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS - FORKED DEER - - FLY AROUND, MY PRETTY LITTLE MISS - GEORGIA RAILROAD - GIVE THE FIDDLER A DRAM - GOING TO BOSTON - GOLDEN SLIPPERS - GOLDRUSH - GOT A LITTLE HOME TO GO TO - GRANNY WENT TO MEETING - GREEN SALLY UP - GREY EAGLE - GROUNDHOG - HUNKY DORY - IDA RED - JACK CHEWED TOBACCO - JAY BIRD - JOHNSON BOYS - JUNE APPLE - KIMBALL HOUSE - LAST OF CALLAHAN/ SIZEMORE - LIGHTS IN THE VALLEY - LITTLE MAGGIE - LITTLE RABBIT - LIZA JANE - LOST BOY BLUES - LOST INDIAN - LOST JOHN - MARCHING JAYBIRD - MEG'S COUNTRY REEL - MISSISSIPPI SAWYER - MOONLIGHT WALTZ - MUSKRAT- MY PRETTY LITTLE DEAR - NANCY ANN - OLD HEN CACKLE - OLD JOE CLARK - OLD GRAY HORSE - OLD MOLLY HARE - OLD SMOKY - PEACOCK RAG - PEARLY DEW - PIG IN THE PEN - PIGTOWN - PIKE COUNTY BREAKDOWN - PINEY WOODS GAL - PIPER'S GAP - POCA RIVER (Blues) - POOR MAN'S TROUBLES - PRETTY LITTLE GIRL - PRETTY LITTLE WIDDER - RACHEL - ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT - ROCUS'S REEL - ROSE OF MY HEART (Waltz) - RUBEN'S TRAIN - RUN BANJO - RUN RABBIT RUN - RUNNING BEAR - SAIL AWAY LADIES - SALLY ANN - SALLY GOODIN - SALLY IN THE GARDEN - SALLY JOHNSON - SALT CREEK - SALT RIVER - SHORTENING BREAD - SOAPSUDS - SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN - SPANISH FANDANGO - SUGAR IN THE GOURD- SUSAN ANNA - THAT'S MY RABBIT - TRAIN ON THE ISLAND - TROMBONE RAG - TURKEY IN THE STRAW - VICTORY RAG - WAKE UP SUSAN - WEEVILY WHEAT - WHISKY BEFORE BREAKFAST - WHISTLING RUFUS - WILD BILL JONES -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

USA - Children - AWAY DOWN EAST (ALABAMA/ SUSIE ANNA) - BRONCO LANE - CASEY THE COWBOY - CATCH A FALLING STAR - COWBOY JOE FROM MEXICO - DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI - HELEN AND HER STEAMBOAT - I'M A BOW-LEGGED CHICKEN - I'M A TEXAS GIRL - I'VE A SWEETHEART IN AMERICA - 'TWAS SUMMER IN THE ROCKIES - I WENT TO CALIFORNIA - LITTLE RED WAGON - MY GIRL'S A CORKER SHE'S A NEW YORKER - MY NAME IS SHIRLEY TE<MPLE - ON TOP OF SPAGHETTI - SKIP TO MY LOU - WE'RE GOING TO KENTUCKY - YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

USA - AMERICA - mentioned in British & Irish song - CHASE THE BUFFALO - MY PARENTS REARED ME TENDERLY - VIRGINIAN MAID'S LAMENT -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

UNIVERSAL PROPHET, THE - "he's the shape of things to come" - (comp by R) -- RUSSCO rec by PK, Dartington, Devon 5/11/75: FTX-094

UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, THE -- DONOVAN rec Cambridge 1952 with Danny Thompson (bass): CASS 15-0748

UNKNOWN PINE LOG RIDER, THE - "With the South Branch roaring full to the brim" - ROUD#1966 - IVES FSNB 1989 p177-8 Walter Jones 1965 Recitation (w/o)

UNLUCKY DUCK, THE - "The spriggy chirping on the tiles - his backside's always sopping wet" - Poem set to the tune "The Quaker's Wife" by schoomaster, Walter Toyn -- Jack ELLIOTT, Birtley, Durham: LEADER lEA 4001 1969

UNLUCKY MAN, THE - "Now do not make sport of my trouble, but pity me all if you can, For I'm an uncomfortable, terrible, horrible, unconsolable unlucky man" He marries a wealthy old maid but partner steals his money & then his wife - ROUD#7459 -- John GALUSHA rec by Frank & Anne Warner 1946, NY: FTX-921

UNLUCKY OLD CHAP, THE - MORTAL UNLUCKY OLD CHAP

UNMARRIED MAIDEN'S LAMENT, THE - DON'T LET ME DIE AN OLD MAID - OLD MAID IN THE GARRET - TIME TO BE MADE A WIFE

UNMOORING - "All hands on board, our Bosun cried" - TERRY SSB 1931 #12 p24 "The Bosun's Warning"

UNNATURAL COWJUICE - SUGH A' CHRUID-NEONAIDH

UNQUIET GRAVE, THE - "Cold blows the wind over my truelove"("CBTW"), "Cold fall the drops of rain" - ghost - revenant lover - CHILD #78 - ROUD#51 - BRONSON 2 (43 tunes) - BURNE SFL 1883 pp542 & p651 Shropsh "CBTW" - BROADWOOD ECS 1893 pp34-35 from Burne - BARING GOULD SOW 1889 #6 "Cold blows the wind" (a) Harry Westaway HFS Belstone 1888 (publ) (b) J Woodrich blacksmith, Woolacot Moor SBG Thrushelton 1889 (c) Mary Satcherley FWB Huckaby Bridge 1890 (d) Ann Roberts, Scobbetor FWB 1890 (e) Lucy Cann, Trushaw (Rev O H Cary) (f) Jane Jeffrey, Dunterton 1893 (g) Folkestone Record- / BGGarland 1895 - BROADWOOD ETCS 1908 pp50-51 & pp119-120 James Bromham & Mrs Rugman, Dunsfold, Surrey/ Mrs Jeffreys, N Devon 1893 (notes on song & singers) Burne Shropsh - SHARP-MARSDN FSS 1 p14-15 & p60 W Ree, Hambridge, Somerset (notes) - SHARP Sel Ed 1921 2 pp18-19 - SHARP Ms Cf II p1 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #18 1 pp83-93 Mrs Wm Ree & Lucy White 1v/m, Hambridge 1904/ John Bennett, Bridgwater 1908 (m/o)/ Thomas Taylor, Ross, Herefordsh 1921 1v/m/ Wm Spearing, Ile Brewers, 1904/ Jack Barnard 1906 & Mrs Susan Clarke, Bridgwater 1906 (m/o)/ James Chedgey, Bincombe-over-Stowey 1907 (m/o)/ Anna Pond, Shepton Beauchamp 1904/ Harriet Young, West Chinnock 1905 1v/m/ Mrs Eliza Hutchings, Langport 1904 Somerset/ Kathleen Williams, Drybrook, 1921/ Mrs Elizabeth Smitherd, Tewkesbury 1908/ Wm Bayliss, Buckland 1909 1v/m/ George H Drew, Moreton-in-the- Marsh 1907 (m/o), Gloucestersh/ Wm Stafford, Greetham, Rutland 1909 (m/o)/ Mrs Beechy, Shipston-n-Stour, Warwicksh 1911 (m/o) 17var "CBTW" - JFSS 1:3 1901 p119 Merrick: Henry Hills, Lodsworth, Sussex 1900 "How Cold the Wind do Blow" - JFSS 1:4 1902 pp192-3 Lucy Broadwood: James Bromham, Dunsfold, Surrey 1896 & Mrs Jeffreys, Devon 1893 "How Cold the Winds do Blow" - JFSS 6 1904 pp6-8 Sharp, Hambridge & 5 other var Somerset - JFSS 2:6 1905 pp6-8 Sharp: Mrs Wm Ree/ Wm Spearing/ Mrs Overd, Langport 1904 1v/m/ Lucy White 1v/m/ Anna Pond 2v/m/ Mrs Hutchings 3v/m "CBTW" - CLAY FFS 1908 (?) p4 Mary Hayes, Hartlebury, Worcestersh "CBTW" - GRAINGER #301 Mrs Teale, Winchcombe, Glos 1908 "CBTW" - BROADWOOD ETSC 1908 pp50-51 & pp119-120 James Bromham & Mrs Rugman, Dunsfold, Surrey 1895 & Mrs Jeffreys, Devon 1893 (notes on song & singer) - LEATHER FLH 1912 pp202-3 RVW W Hirons, Dilwyn 1909 "CBTW" - MERRICK FSFS Sussex 1912 "How cold the wind doth blow" - JFSS 5:19 1915 p137 Gilchrist: Mrs Bowker, Sunderland Point, Lancashire 1909 1v/m - JFSS 8 1927 pp26-27 Sharp: John Bennett, Bridgwater, Somerset (m/o) - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 p76 #370 Mrs Goodfield, Crudwell, Wiltsh (w/o) "CB the Winter's Wind" - JFSS 32 1928 p102 - JEFDSS 1941 p49 notes - REEVES EC 1960 pp272-5 BG: Mrs Gibbon (c): Elizabeth Doidge/ Gardiner: Charles Bell, Andover, Hampsh 1906 (w)/ Gardiner: Charles Bell, Andover, Hampsh 1906 - PURSLOW MB 1965 p96 Hammond: Mrs Jane Hann, Stoke Abbot, Dorset 1906 - BROCKLEBANK-KINDERSLEY DBFS p10 Hammond: Jane Hann, Stoke Abbot & R Young, Longburton, Dorset - HAMER GG 1967 p56 May Bradley, Shropsh "CBTW" - SEDLEY 1967 p193 Leather & Hammond - PALMER SOM 1972 p29 George Dunn, Quarry Bank, Staffordsh 1971 "CBTW" - ED&S 39:3 1977 p104 Hamer: May Bradley, Shropsh "CBTW" - RICHARDS- STUBBS 1979 p102 Gardiner - PALMER EBBB 1980 pp47-9 BG: Mrs Gibbons & J Woodrich Devon 1889 "CBTW" - Folk Song Research 2 #3 1983: Clay Worcs --- FLANDERS Vt 1932 - GREENLEAF NFL 1933 - BROWN NC 1952 - DAVIS Va 1960 - PEACOCK NFL 1965 2 pp410-413 Jim Keeping & George Decker Nfl 1960 - KARPELES NFL 1971 #10 pp58-9 Mrs Maggie Day Nfl 1929 - Cf JAMES HARRIS (THE SHIP'S CARPENTER) - CARPENTER 1928-9 (5var all from Gloucestershire) -- A L "Bert" LLOYD rec by AL & PK, London 22/4/51: FTX-056/ RIVERSIDE RLP-12-621 1956 (from Sharp, Somerset) - Shirley COLLINS (voc/ dulc with banjo neck): POLYDOR 583-025 1968 - May BRADLEY rec by Fred Hamer 1966: EFDSS LP-1006 1971 - Jean WARD (voc) & Mike RAVEN (cittern): BROADSIDE BRO-100 1968 (M)/ (voc/gtr): ARGO ZFB-29 1971 - Dave & Toni ARTHUR: TOPIC 12-T-190 1969 (Words Williams FSUT tune Hamer) - London Madrigal Singers: EMI HQS-1215 1970 - UNION FOLK: TRADITIONAL SOUND TSR-007 1971- George DUNN, Quarry Bank, Staffordsh: LEADER LEE-4042 1973 (M) "CBTW" - Frankie ARMSTRONG: TOPIC 12-TS-216 1972 (from RVW Herefordsh) - Cheryl JORDAN (voc/gtr): FOREST TRACKS FT-3007 1975 - John KIRKPATRICK (voc/conc) & Sue HARRIS: TOPIC 12-TS-295 1976 (from Harker Shropsh) - Jo FREYA SAYDISC SDL 402 (CD) 1993 --- Ed McCURDY (with gtr) rec by Jac Holzman, NY USA: RIVERSIDE 12-601 1955 - Hedy WEST (voc/banjo): TOPIC 12-T-163 1967 (from Brown NC)

UNREQUITED LOVE - LOVE - FALSE

UNST - Shetland - BRIDE'S MARCH - NORN BOAT SONG

UNTITLED TUNES - see under type of tune eg - AIRS - BLUES - GAVOTTES - GRAND MARCHES - HEEL AND TOE POLKAS - HIGHLANDS - HORNPIPES - JAZZ - JIGS - MARCHES - MAZURKAS - MINUETS - POLKAS - POLKA MAZURKAS - QUADRILLES - QUICKSTEPS - REELS - SCOTTISCHES - SLIP JIGS - SLOW AIRS - STRATHSPEYS - VARSOVIANAS - WALTZES etc

UNTO MY LOVE - comp by Roger Watson -- Johnny COLLINS & friends: TRADITIONAL SOUND TSR-014 1973

UNTO THE EAST INDIES WE WERE BOUND - POLLY DEAR NOW I MUST LEAVE YOU

UNTO US A BOY IS BORN - Carol -- Maddy PRIOR & CARNIVAL BAND: SAYDISC SDL 366 1988

UNTRUE LOVER, THE - DROWSY SLEEPER

UNUSUAL VOCALS - ULULATIONS -- Australia #8 sacred solo COLUMBIA SL 208 - Balinese "kechak" monkey dance SL 210 - very nasal female singer with gamelan - SL 212 Venezuela Shaman cremony masked dance of Pirao Indians - Japan Taiwan & Korea SL 214 - Mongolia open throat singing GLOBAL ARTS (c) - Jamaica religious blowing & groaning FOLKWAYS P 453 - Inuit Party GREENLAND Cassette - BURUNDI OCORA OCR 30 A1 Whispered Song/ A3 "Ubuhuhhhe" (Singing Into Cupped Hands) By Women At A Wake - Bahrein Pearl Fishers Low Drones With Circular Breathing OCR 42 - Ivory Coast masked voices singing through tubes & into gourd etc OCR 52 - Mexico B8 chant by man to appease tiger OCR 73 - Ethiopia B6 chant of oracle divination by male ch OCR 75 - Mongolia: TANGENT TGS 126

UNUSUAL INSTRUMENTS -- Recordings - see INSTRUMENTS Listing

UNWILLING CONSCRIPT, THE - WAR GAMES

 
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