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A collection of comic songs : sung by traditional singers from Suffolk.

Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: Veteran Tapes | VT 101Series: Songs sung in Suffolk ; vol. 1Publication details: Haughley : Veteran Tapes, 1987.Description: 1 audiocassette : analogSubject(s):
Contents:
Side 1: 1. It won't take very, very long -- 2. I've got a good idea where it's gone to -- 3. The old sow -- 4. Curiosity -- 5. The fella that played the trombone -- 6. Where Violets Are Blue And Roses Are Red -- 7. I Took It Home To Maria -- 8. The Big Wheel.
Side 2: 1. You've Got A Long Way To Go -- 2. The Baby Boy -- 3. The Babies Names -- 4. Father's Work -- 5. I'll Be Up Her Way Next Week -- 6. Do Let Me Have Another One, Georgie -- 7. K-K-Kiss Me Again -- 8. The Ghost Song -- 9. The Virgin Of 19 -- 10. Enoch Brown.
Production credits:
  • Recorded from 1985-7 and produced in 1988 by John Howson.
Summary: Most traditional singers sing a mixture of songs but there are few who don't have a comic song in their repertoire, particularly as these are often the songs which gain the best audience response. While most of these songs came from the music halls, these singers either had them passed down through their families or learned them from older singers in their local pubs.

Cassette.

Not yet indexed.

Biographical information and photographs of the singers, and extensive notes on the songs are found in the book of the same name which accompanies this series of six cassettes.

Side 1: 1. It won't take very, very long -- 2. I've got a good idea where it's gone to -- 3. The old sow -- 4. Curiosity -- 5. The fella that played the trombone -- 6. Where Violets Are Blue And Roses Are Red -- 7. I Took It Home To Maria -- 8. The Big Wheel.

Side 2: 1. You've Got A Long Way To Go -- 2. The Baby Boy -- 3. The Babies Names -- 4. Father's Work -- 5. I'll Be Up Her Way Next Week -- 6. Do Let Me Have Another One, Georgie -- 7. K-K-Kiss Me Again -- 8. The Ghost Song -- 9. The Virgin Of 19 -- 10. Enoch Brown.

Recorded from 1985-7 and produced in 1988 by John Howson.

Most traditional singers sing a mixture of songs but there are few who don't have a comic song in their repertoire, particularly as these are often the songs which gain the best audience response. While most of these songs came from the music halls, these singers either had them passed down through their families or learned them from older singers in their local pubs.

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