John Howson English, Irish & Scottish Folk Music Collection
Roy Last interview, part 03
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Type
sound
Duration
00:02:00
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
1CDR0011063 (copy of C1034/45)
Recording date
1983-08-11
Is part of (Collection)
John Howson Collection
Recording locations
Mendlesham Green, Suffolk, England, UK
Performers
Last, Roy, 1901- (singer, male), Syrett, Gordon, 1887-1983 (singer, male)
Recordist
Howson, John
Abstract
Roy Last talks to John Howson about his grandfather singing a song about Adam and Eve (gives a brief fragment); also talks about a song about the Titanic (sings a brief fragment: "Titanic her name, gigantic in size, over the waves of the ocean she rode"). Gordon Syrett (another traditional Suffolk singer, and friend of Roy Last) talks about another version of the Titanic song (first line: "The Titanic she sailed away, on her maiden voyage to the USA")
Description
Item notes: Parts of this interview are published in John Howson's book "Many a good horseman: a survey of traditional music making in Mid Suffolk (Rochford: Musical Traditions in association with Veteran Tapes, 1993)
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