Traditional music in England
George Hirst interview, part 04
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Type
sound
Duration
00:05:44
Cultures
English
Subjects
English folk songs and music (Dorset)
Recording date
1986-04-09
Is part of (Collection)
Nick and Mally Dow Collection
Recording locations
Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK
Interviewees
Hirst, George (speaker, male)
Interviewers
Dow, Mally, 1944- (speaker, female), Dow, Nick (speaker, male)
Recordist
Dow, Mally
Abstract
George Hurst talks about Louis Brown of Burton Bradstock who used to sing 'A nutting we will go' (Roud Folksong Index No. 509) and 'The cobbler's song' ['Fagin the cobbler'] (Roud Folksong Index No. 872). Can't read music. Learning songs. Verse of 'The threshing machine' that he used to sing in the Army to the words 'Way down in Alberto where the cowpats lie thick', he often used to 'stick in me own words', parody songs.
Description
Interviewee notes: Cowman and ex-serviceman.
Metadata record:
George Hirst interview, part 04
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