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Barrow on Humber Plough Play, Lincolnshire 1953. Tape 1
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Chorus sings 'The farmer's boy'.
Posted by Andrew Pace on 18/02/2013
'The courting song' sung with accordion.
Posted by Andrew Pace on 18/02/2013
Plough play begins with "In comes I…".
Posted by Andrew Pace on 18/02/2013
Male chorus sings 'All jolly fellows that follow the plough' with accordion accompaniment.
Posted by Andrew Pace on 18/02/2013
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Type
sound
Duration
Unknown
Shelf mark
C604/94
Recording date
1957-07-18
Is part of (Collection)
Peter Kennedy Collection
Recording locations
Barrow-on-Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Performers
Bell, Frank "Tom Fool" (spoken, male), Bell, Wilfred 'Thrashing Blade' (spoken, male), Mumby, Jesse 'Beelzebub' (spoken, male), Stanley, Tom 'Hopper Joe' (spoken, male), Stanley, Bill 'Musical Jack' (spoken, male), Lawrence, Roy 'Besom Bet' (spoken, male), Stanley, Luke 'Hobby Horse' (spoken, male / melodeon), Broughton, Maurice 'Ploughboy' (spoken, male), Housam, Percy 'Dame Jane' (spoken, male), Bell, Kenneth 'Recruiting Sergeant' (spoken, male), Bilton, Norman 'Lady' (spoken, male), Martin, Jack 'Indian King' (spoken, male), Wilson, Joseph 'Doctor' (spoken, male), Thompson, Rowland 'Foreign Traveller' (spoken, male)
Recordist
Kennedy, Peter
Description
[*Peter Kennedy's notes transcribed verbatim from the original tape box*] Starts with all jolly fellows that follow the plough, chorus with melodeon [1'15"]. Barrow # 1 - rec. 22.3.53.
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- Luke Stanley, Barrow-on-Humber, Lincolnshire 1953
- Barrow-on-Humber Plough Jags at the Festival of Britain, 1951
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- Bill Stanley, Barrow-on-Humber, Lincolnshire 1953
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User notes for this item
[11:50]
Chorus sings 'The farmer's boy'.
Posted by Andrew Pace, British Library on 18/02/2013 20:59:00
[8:18]
'The courting song' sung with accordion.
Posted by Andrew Pace, British Library on 18/02/2013 20:57:00
[1:31]
Plough play begins with "In comes I…".
Posted by Andrew Pace, British Library on 18/02/2013 20:53:00
[0:10]
Male chorus sings 'All jolly fellows that follow the plough' with accordion accompaniment.
Posted by Andrew Pace, British Library on 18/02/2013 20:52:00
Before its revival in 1951 (for the Festival of Britain celebrations), the play had not been performed since 1898 due to an incident with the police.
Posted by Andrew Pace, British Library on 18/02/2013 20:47:00
The Barrow-on-Humber plough play, recorded in Barrow-on-Humber, Lincolnshire in 1953. The play was an annual event comprised of local men acting out a drama which consisted of musical segments, sword dances and a hobby horse.
Posted by Andrew Pace, British Library on 18/02/2013 20:46:00
This is a live performance of the play as revived by Jack Martin of Barrow-on-Humber. Martin reconstructed the play after talking to elderly members of the village.
Posted by Andrew Pace, British Library on 18/02/2013 20:46:00