Call No.: SCD CDA BBC 78 Sound Lib. CDA CD archive project 78 : Bedfordshire - 2004-6. - 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Compact disc. Musical instruments: Voice.

Contents: Tracks 1-6 recorded 22.10.52 in Biddenham, Beds by Kennedy, Peter. BBC 19338: 1. Church, Paddy. The May Bush Carol: Night Song (1'47") -- 2. [mistake] (0'04") -- 3. Church, Paddy. The May Bush Carol: Day Song (1'09") -- 4. Church, Paddy. Ballad: The Wexford Murder (2'23") -- 5. Church, Paddy, with son Albert. Talk: May Day in Biddenham. (3'04") [possible jump at (2'36") but nothing is missed] -- 6. Church, Mrs. & Hall, Mrs. Kimbolton May Song (1'19") -- Tracks 7-27: Scott, Harry, recorded 18.02.58 in Eaton Bray, Dunstable, Beds. by Kennedy, Peter. All on BBC LP 26071 -- 7. As I Came Home Late Last Night (Our Goodman) (2'29") -- 8. The Soldier and the Sailor. (2'24") -- 9. The Jolly Herring [talk following] (3'08") -- 10. The Fall of the Leaf (What's the Life of a Man?) (3'05") -- 11. Toast: Here's Luck to an English Soldier (1'08") -- 12. Poem by Singer: No More I Wish to Roam (1'50") -- 13. May Song (1'24") -- 14. Local Song (3'20") -- 15. The Box Upon Her Head [recited] (2'40") -- 16. The Box Upon Her Head (4'12") -- 17. Jimmy Murphy (0'34") -- 18. I Sit at my Window (2'46") -- 19. May Song: The Hawthorn Bush (1'23") -- 20. Local Song: Neath the Oak in the Garden at Home (3'20") -- 21. The Box Upon Her Head [recited] (2'39") -- 22. The Box Upon Her Head (1'15") -- 23. [mistake] (0'17") -- 24. The Box Upon Her Head [recited] (2'40") -- 25. The Box Upon Her Head (4'09") -- 26. Jimmy Murphy [one verse only] (0'35") -- 27. I Sit at My Window (2'42").



Acc no.: SR02869