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Various - Many a Good Horseman

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Various – Many a Good Horseman

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2x Glass mastered CDs in double jewel case, with 30 page booklet by John Howson.

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Archive recordings of traditional music making from Mid-Suffolk, recorded 1958-1993. Featuring 78 tracks on two CDs, from traditional musicians and singers recorded by John Howson. Also includes 30 page booklet, with information about the source singers and comprehensive notes on the songs.

Tracks list:

Disc One

1. The Dark-eyed Sailor – Gordon Syrett (Mendlesham Green 1982)

2. The Scarlet and the Blue – Roy Last (Mendlesham Green 1983)
3. Peggy O’Neill (melodeon) – Reg Pyett (Mendlesham 1980)
4. Sweet William – Emily Sparkes (Rattlesden 1958/59)

5. Cock-a-Doodle (mouthorgan & bones) – Jack Pearson (Felsham 1983)

6. The Faithful Sailor – Charlie Carver (Tostock Gardeners’ Arms 1960)

7. Tune Medley (melodeon) – Charlie Griggs (Stowmarket 1950’s/60’s)

8. Buttercup Joe – Unknown Singer (Tostock Gardeners’ Arms 1960)

9. Phil the Fluter’s Ball (mouthorgan) – Tom Williams (Stowupland 1978)
10. Barbara Allen – Emma Briggs (Thwaite 1983)

11. Your Aged Mother and Me – Tom Smith (Thorpe Morieux 1985)

12. Heel and Toe Polka (melodeon) – Reg Pyett (Mendlesham 1980)
13. In a Beautiful Mansion – Gordon Syrett (Mendlesham Green 1982)
14. Polka/ Old Joe the Boat’s Going Over (melodeon) – John Mitchell (Forward Green 1984)

15. The Sailor Cut Down in his Prime – Stan Steggles (Rattlesden 1958/59)
16. Shake Hands with your Partner (mouthorgan) – Tom Williams (Stowupland 1978)

17. Cupid the Ploughboy – Charlie Carver (Tostock Gardeners’ Arms 1960)
18. Farewell my Bluebell (melodeon) – Reg Pyett (Mendlesham 1980)

19. Green Mossy Banks of Lea – Emily Sparkes (Rattlesden 1958/59)
20. Trousers on the Door – Gordon Syrett (Mendlesham Green 1982)
21. Popular Song Tunes Medley (mouthorgan) – George Wade (Stowmarket 1993)
22. Talk /Farmer’s Boy (accordion) – Ernie Lyas (Stowmarket 1983)
23. In & Out the Windows (melodeon) – Reg Pyett (Mendlesham 1980)

24. 21 Years on Dartmoor – ‘Gypsy’ Charlie (Tostock Gardeners’ Arms 1960)
25. Stepdance – ‘Gipsy’ Charlie (Tostock Gardeners’ Arms 1960)

26. The Mistletoe Bough – Gordon Syrett (Mendlesham Green 1985).
27. Paddy McGinty’s Goat (mouthorgan) – Tom Williams (Stowupland 1978)
28. Eggs and Bacon – Stan Steggles (Rattlesden 1958/59)
29. I Don’t Care What you Used to be (melodeon) – Reg Pyett (Mendlesham 1980)
30. Sarah – Charlie Carver (Tostock Gardeners’ Arms 1960)
31. Yarmouth Hornpipe (mouthorgan) – Tom Williams (Stowupland 1978)

32. All Jolly Fellows That Follow the Plough – Gordon Syrett (Mendlesham Green 1982)
33. No, Sir, No – Emily Sparkes (Rattlesden 1958/59)
34. Redwing (mouthorgan) – Clement Pearson (Wickham Skeith 1983)

35. Blackberry Fold – Charlie Carver (Tostock Gardeners’ Arms 1960)
36. Smile Awhile (melodeon) – Reg Pyett (Mendlesham 1980)

37. Banks of the Sweet Dundee – Stan Steggles (Rattlesden 1958/59)

38. Which Gate? – Charlie Stringer (Wickham Skeith 1983)39. The Isle of Inisfree /Hornpipe /She Wore a Tulip /Heel & Toe Polka (melodeon) – Ernie Nunn (Wetheringsett 1984)

Disc Two

1. Talk /My Brother Sylvest – Doddy Thorndyke (Stowmarket 1983)

2. Yellow Rose of Texas (melodeon) – Reg Pyett (Mendlesham 1980)
3. Twenty One Years on Dartmoor – ‘Lubidy’ Rice (Haughley 1983)

4. Yarmouth Hornpipe (mouthorgan) – ‘Lubidy’ Rice (Haughley 1983)

5. Jim the Carter’s Lad – Gordon Syrett (Mendlesham Green 1982)
6. Sweet William – Charlie Carver (Tostock Gardeners’ Arms 1960)

7. Merry Widow/ I’ll Never Find Another You (mouthorgan) – Tom Williams (Stowupland 1978)

8. Died For Love – Emily Sparkes (Rattlesden 1958/59)

9. Sailor’s Hornpipe (mel) – Reg Pyett (Mendlesham 1980)

10. Our Goodman – Stan Steggles (Rattlesden 1958/59)

11. Balaclava – Roy Last (Mendlesham Green 1983)

12. The Suffolk’s March/ Jig (mouthorgan) – Bill Smith (Walsham-le-Willows 1983)

13. Poor Old Jeff – Gordon Syrett (Mendlesham Green 1982)

14. Scotland the Brave (melodeon) – Reg Pyett (Mendlesham 1980)

15. The Iron Door – Emily Sparkes (Rattlesden 1958/59)

16. Talk – Andy Austin (Woolpit 1983) /Quickstep – Jimmy Gladwell’s Band (Stowmarket 1950’s)

17. Banks of the Sweet Dundee – Charlie Carver (Tostock Gardeners’ Arms 1960)

18. Lassie from Lancashire (melodeon) – Reg Pyett (Mendlesham 1980)

19. M-o-n-e-y – Gordon Syrett (Mendlesham Green 1982)

20. Cuckoo Waltz (accordion & bones) – Tom Smith & Alf Cresswell (Chelsworth Peacock 1976)
21. Talk -‘Tinker’ Parker & Gordon Syrett (Mendlesham Green 1982)

/Love and Duty – Gordon Syrett (Mendlesham Green 1982)

22. Cliff Hornpipe (melodeon) – Reg Pyett (Mendlesham 1980)

23. Bonny Bunch of Roses – Stan Steggles (Rattlesden 1958/59)

24. The Ship that Never Returned – Bert Allen (Stowmarket 1983)

25. Medley (mouthorgan, accordion & bones) – Tom Williams, Tom Smith & Alf Cresswell (Chelsworth Peacock 1976)

26. The Jealous Lover – Emily Sparkes (Rattlesden 1958/59)

27. The Grenadier and the Lady – Charlie Carver (Tostock Gardeners’ Arms 1960)

28. Zena Zena (mouthorgan) – Glynn Griffiths (Cockfield 1983)

29. The Faithful Sailor – Stan Steggles (Rattlesden 1958/59)

30. Soldier’s Joy (mouthorgan) – Reg Pyett (Mendlesham 1980)

31. Ball of Yarn – Hubert Smith (Thorpe Morieux 1983)

32. Sailor’s Hornpipe (mouthorgan, accordion & bones) – Tom Williams, Tom Smith & Alf Cresswell (Chelsworth Peacock 1976)

33. Nobody’s Child – Charlie Stringer (Rattlesden 1958/59)

34. Bluebell Polka (accordion) – Tom Smith (Thorpe Morieux 1983)

35. They Won’t Know I Come From the Country – Tom Smith (Thorpe Morieux 1983)

36. The Fox and the Hare – Emily Sparkes (Rattlesden 1958/59)

37. Alf Peachey’s Polkas (melodeon) – Reg Pyett (Mendlesham 1980)

38. Jolly Ploughboy – Gordon Syrett (Mendlesham Green 1982)

39. Irish Medley (mouthorgan, accordion & bones) – Tom Williams, Tom Smith & Alf Cresswell (Chelsworth Peacock 1976)

 

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