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