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Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 1

Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 1 (Veteran VT101)

Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 1
A Collection of Comic Songs
Various Artists

Veteran Tapes VT101 (cassette, UK, 1987)

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Recorded (1985-87), produced (1987) and designed by John Howson

Singers

Clifford Arbon (Monewden), Cyril Barber (Felsham), Ted Chaplin (Wingfield), Charlie Hancy (Bungay), Geoff Ling (Blaxhall), Hubert Smith (Thorpe Morieux), Tom Smith (Thorpe Morieux), Wallie Syer (Bildeston), Fred Whiting (Kenton), Gordon Woods (Framsden)

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Clifford Arbon: It Won’t Take Very, Very Long (Roud 10710)
  2. Charlie Hancy: I’ve Got a Good Idea Where It’s Gone To (Roud 10698)
  3. Cyril Barber: The Old Sow (Roud 1737; G/D 8:1661)
  4. Tom Smith: Curiosity (Roud 10693)
  5. Ted Chaplin: The Fella That Played the Trombone (Roud 1848)
  6. Gordon Woods: Where Violets Are Blue and Roses Are Red (Roud 10232)
  7. Charlie Hancy: I Took It Home to Maria (Roud 10699)
  8. Geoff Ling: The Big Wheel (Roud 13302)

Side 2

  1. Tom Smith: You’ve Got a Long Way to Go (Roud 10717)
  2. Gordon Woods: The Baby Boy (Roud 10730)
  3. Wallie Syer: The Babies’ Names (Roud 10810)
  4. Charlie Hancy: Father’s Work (Roud 10701)
  5. Hubert Smith: I’ll Be Up Her Way Next Week (Roud 10694) (3.26)
  6. Gordon Woods: Do Let Me Have Another One, Georgie (Roud 10732) (2.18)
  7. Clifford Arbon: K-K-K-Kiss Me Again (Roud 10709) (3.07)
  8. Charlie Hancy: The Ghost Song (Roud 10700) (3.35)
  9. Gordon Woods: The Virgin of Nineteen (Roud 4792) (2.02)
  10. Fred Whiting: Enoch Brown (Roud 10724)

All tracks are also on Comic Songs Sung in Suffolk (VTC3CD, 2000) except
Track 18 which is also on Stepping It Out! (VTC1CD, 1993)

> Folk Music > Records > Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 2

Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 2

Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 2 (Veteran VT102)

Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 2
Popular Folk Songs
Various Artists

Veteran Tapes VT102 (cassette, UK, 1987)

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Recorded (1985-87), produced (1987) and designed by John Howson

Singers

Cyril Barber (Felsham), Harry Chambers (Dennington), Ted Chaplin (Wingfield), Charlie Hancy (Bungay), Tony Harvey (Tannington), Geoff Ling (Blaxhall), Tom Smith (Thorpe Morieux), Charlie Stringer (Wickham Skeith), Fred Whiting (Kenton), Gordon Woods (Framsden)

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Fred Whiting: The Faithful Sailor Boy (Roud 376; Laws K13; G/D 1:66; Henry H543)
  2. Ted Chaplin: The Oak & the Ash (Roud 269; Laws K43; G/D 7:1429; TYG 10)
  3. Gordon Woods: Ball of Yarn (Roud 1404)
  4. Charlie Hancy: Bungay Roger (Roud 1735)
  5. Cyril Barber: Hail the Dewy Morning (Roud 11; Child 112; G/D 2:301)
  6. Tony Harvey: Jolly Fine Fellows Who Follow the Plough (Roud 346; G/D 3:418)
  7. Fred Whiting: The Sailor Cut Down in his Prime (Roud 2; Laws Q26; G/D 7:1404; Henry H680)
  8. Geoff Ling: The Larks They Sang Melodious (Roud 660; Laws O30; TYG 51)

Side 2

  1. Charlie Stringer: When Jones’s Ale Was New (Roud 139; G/D 3:561)
  2. Tom Smith: John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559)
  3. Fred Whiting: The Wild Colonial Boy (Roud 677; Laws L20; Henry H750)
  4. Tony Harvey: The Nutting Girl (Roud 509; G/D 7:1475)
  5. Cyril Barber: Jimmy Johnson (Roud 149)
  6. Fred Whiting: The Jolly Ploughboy (Roud 163; TYG 32)
  7. Tony Harvey: Sam the Carter’s Lad (Roud 1080; G/D 3:457; Henry H171)
  8. Geoff Ling: Flash Company (Roud 954)
  9. Harry Chambers: The Barley Mow (Roud 944)

All tracks are also on Songs Sung in Suffolk (VTC2CD, 2000) except
Track 6 which is also on Stepping It Out! (VTC1CD, 1993)

> Folk Music > Records > Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 3

Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 3

Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 3 (Veteran VT103)

Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 3
Old Songs and Ballads
Various Artists

Veteran Tapes VT103 (cassette, UK, 1988)

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Recorded, produced and designed by John Howson

Singers

Manny Aldous (Great Bricett), Tony Harvey (Tannington), Roy Last (Mendlesham Green), Geoff Ling (Blaxhall), Tom Smith (Thorpe Morieux), Charlie Stringer (Wickham Skeith), Fred Whiting (Kenton), Gordon Woods (Framsden)

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Fred Whiting: Sheepshearing and Thatching (Roud 10727)
  2. Tom Smith: The Old Song (Jack on the Green) (Roud 10690)
  3. Charlie Stringer: The Farmer From Cheshire (Roud 2638; Laws L2)
  4. Gordon Woods: The Ups and Downs (Roud 364)
  5. Manny Aldous: The Banks of the Clyde (Roud 1784)
  6. Geoff Ling: Australia (Roud 1488)
  7. Fred Whiting: Lazy Harry’s (Roud 10726)
  8. Tony Harvey: Caroline and the Young Sailor Bold (Roud 553; Laws N17; G/D 1:176)

Side 2

  1. Manny Aldous: The Queen of May (Roud 594)
  2. Fred Whiting: One Fine Morning Early in Spring (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245)
  3. Charlie Stringer: The Serving Maid (Roud 269; Laws K43; G/D 7:1429; TYG 10)
  4. Tony Harvey: The Bonny Labouring Boy (Roud 1162; Laws M14; Henry H576)
  5. Fred Whiting: The Blacksmith’s Mantrap (Roud 10723)
  6. Manny Aldous: Cleverly Done Said He (Rum Old Couple) (Roud 491)
  7. Roy Last: The Battle of Balaclava (Roud 1443)
  8. Fred Whiting: Barley Mow (Roud 10722)

Tracks 1-4, 6, 8-13, 16 are also on Songs Sung in Suffolk (VTC2CD, 2000);
Track 14 is also on Stepping It Out! (VTC1CD, 1993);
Track 15 is also on Many a Good Horseman (VTDC8CD, 2009)

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Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 4

Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 4 (Veteran VT104)

Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 4
Those Sentimental Songs
Various Artists

Veteran Tapes VT104 (cassette, UK, 1989)

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Recorded, produced and designed by John Howson

Singers

Ted Chaplin (Wingfield), Charlie Hancy (Bungay), Tony Harvey (Tannington), Geoff Ling (Blaxhall), Ted Quantrill (Lowestoft), Tom Smith (Thorpe Morieux), Charlie Stringer (Wickham Skeith), Fred Whiting (Kenton), Gordon Woods (Framsden)

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Fred Whiting: The Miner’s Dream of Home (Roud 1749)
  2. Charlie Hancy: Where the River Shannon Flows (Roud 9579)
  3. Tony Harvey: The Convict’s Song (Roud 4475)
  4. Gordon Woods: Let Me Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister (Roud 768)
  5. Tom Smith: Your Aged Mother and Me (Roud 10716)
  6. Charlie Hancy: The Wind Across the Moor (Roud 155; Laws P21; G/D 6:1175)
  7. Geoff Ling: Change the Old Love for the New (Roud 18828)
  8. Ted Chaplin: The Rose of No Man’s Land (Roud 10704)

Side 2

  1. Charlie Hancy: The Volunteer Organist (Roud 5378)
  2. Tom Smith: The Golden Wedding (Roud 10692)
  3. Charlie Stringer: I’m Nobody’s Child (Roud 10718)
  4. Gordon Woods: Don’t Put Father’s Picture in the Sale (Roud 4459)
  5. Geoff Ling: You’ll Want Me Back One Day (Roud 5352)
  6. Ted Quantrill: A Lad and a Lass Once Stood (Roud 10695)

Tracks 5, 11 are also on Many a Good Horseman (VTDC8CD, 2009)

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Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 5

Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 5 (Veteran VT105)

Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 5
The Songs of Bargemen, Fishermen and Sailors
Various Artists

Veteran Tapes VT105 (cassette, UK, 1989)

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Recorded (1985-87), produced (1989) and designed by John Howson

Singers

Ted Chaplin (Wingfield), ‘Dinks’ Cooper (Walberswick), Charlie Hancy (Bungay), Ted Quantrill (Lowestoft), Harold Smy (Ipswich), Fred Whiting (Kenton), John ‘Dusso’ Winter (Southwold)

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Fred Whiting: Fine Yarmouth (Roud 10725)
  2. Harold Smy: Scarborough (Roud 185; Laws K18; G/D 1:20; TYG 7)
  3. John ‘Dusso’ Winter: The Captain and the Mate (Roud 10729)
  4. Fred Whiting: A Fisher Lad for Me (Roud 10721)
  5. Ted Chaplin: The Herring’s Head (Roud 128; TYG 31)
  6. Harold Smy: The Bargeman’Alphabet (Roud 21100)
  7. Harold Smy: Barge Names / Stormy Weather Boys (Roud 1851)

Side 2

  1. Fred Whiting: The Dark-Eyed Sailor (Roud 265; Laws N35; G/D 5:1037; Henry H232)
  2. Harold Smy: The Bold Princess Royal (Roud 528; Laws K29; G/D 1:47)
  3. Harold Smy: Great Man-o’-War (Roud 10809)
  4. Charlie Hancy: The Ship Thast Never Returned (Roud 775; Laws D27)
  5. Fred Whiting: Shoals of Herring (Roud 10728)
  6. ‘Dinks’ Cooper: Heave on the Trawl (Roud 1788)
  7. Ted Quantrill: Fishing / Heave on the Trawl (Roud 1788)

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Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 6

Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 6 (Veteran VT106)

Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 6
More Comic Songs and Parodies
Various Artists

Veteran Tapes VT106 (cassette, UK, 1991)

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Recorded, produced and designed by John Howson

Singers

Manny Aldous (Great Bricett), Clifford Arbon (Monewden), Cyril Barber (Felsham), Ted Chaplin (Wingfield), Hubert Freeman (Bedingfield), Tony Harvey (Tannington), Geoff Ling (Blaxhall), Tom Smith (Thorpe Morieux), Wallie Syer (Bildeston), Gordon Woods (Framsden)

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Wallie Syer: Pretty Girls in China (Roud 10720)
  2. Manny Aldous: Right in the Middle of Mine (Roud 10712)
  3. Clifford Arbon: The Egg Song (Roud 10711)
  4. Tony Harvey: Emma Tompkins (Roud 10697)
  5. Ted Chaplin: The Farmer’s Boy (Roud 887)
  6. Gordon Woods: Every Morning (Roud 10733)
  7. Manny Aldous: Sweet Violets (Roud 10232)
  8. Hubert Freeman: Down in the Fields Where the Buttercups All Grow (Roud 1736)

Side 2

  1. Geoff Ling: Man All Tattered and Torn (Roud 1407)
  2. Manny Aldous: Beery Bob (Roud 10714)
  3. Tony Harvey: Paddy Stole the Rope (Roud 2037)
  4. Gordon Woods: The Tattooed Lady (Roud 9622)
  5. Hubert Freeman: I Finish Them Off (Roud 10702)
  6. Manny Aldous: Bobbed-Haired Family (Roud 10713)
  7. Tom Smith: I Was There A-Watching Them (Roud 10691)
  8. Gordon Woods: The Wireless Song. (Roud 10734)
  9. Geoff Ling: Among My Souvenirs (Roud 1758)
  10. Cyril Barber: When There Isn’t a Girl About (Roud 10708)

Tracks 1-4, 9-15, 17 are also on Comic Songs Sung in Suffolk (VTC3CD, 2000);
Track 8 is also on Down in the Fields (VTC4CD, 2001);
Track 16 is also on Stepping It Out! (VTC1CD, 1993)

> Folk Music > Records > John Howson: Songs Sung in Suffolk

Songs Sung in Suffolk

Songs Sung in Suffolk

Songs Sung in Suffolk
Collected by John Howson

Stowmarket: Veteran Tapes 1992
ISBN 1 872301 01 0

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Songs

Manny Aldous (Great Bricett, 1906-1988)

  1. The Banks of the Clyde (Roud 1784)
  2. Beery Bob (Roud 10714)
  3. Bobbed-Haired Family (Roud 10713)
  4. Cleverly Done Said He (Rum Old Couple) (Roud 491)
  5. Right in the Middle of Mine (Roud 10712)
  6. Sweet Violets (Roud 10232)
  7. The Queen of May (Roud 594)

Clifford Arbon (Monewden, 1908-1998)

  1. The Egg Song (Roud 10711)
  2. It Won’t Take Very, Very Long (Roud 10710)
  3. K-K-Kiss Me Again (Roud 10709)

Cyril Barber (Felsham, b.1922)

  1. Hail the Dewy Morning (Roud 11; Child 112; G/D 2:301)
  2. Jimmy Johnson (Roud 149)
  3. The Old Sow (Roud 1737; G/D 8:1661)
  4. When There Isn’t a Girl About (Roud 10708)

Harry Chambers (Dennington, 1908-1995)

  1. The Barley Mow (Roud 944)

Ted Chaplin (Mellis, 1914-1998)

  1. Are You All Livery? (Roud 10707)
  2. The Farmer’s Boy (Roud 887)
  3. Fellas in Love (Roud 10706)
  4. The Fella That Played the Trombone (Roud 1848)
  5. The Herring’s Head (Roud 128; TYG 31)
  6. Is Izzy Azzy Woz? (Roud 10705)
  7. The Oak & the Ash (Roud 269; Laws K43; G/D 7:1429; TYG 10)
  8. The Rose of No Man’s Land (Roud 10704)
  9. Wooden Leg Family (Roud 10703)

‘Dinks’ Cooper (Walberswick, 1914-1988)

  1. Heave on the Trawl (Roud 1788)

Hubert Freeman (Bedingfield, 1925-2007)

  1. I Finish Them Off (Roud 10702)
  2. Down in the Fields Where the Buttercups All Grow (Roud 1736)

Charlie Hancy (Bungay, 1899-1993)

  1. Bungay Roger (Roud 1735)
  2. Father’s Work (Roud 10701)
  3. The Ghost Song (Roud 10700)
  4. I Took It Home to Maria (Roud 10699)
  5. I’ve Got a Good Idea Where It’s Gone To (Roud 10698)
  6. The Ship Thast Never Returned (Roud 775; Laws D27)
  7. The Volunteer Organist (Roud 5378)
  8. Where the River Shannon Flows (Roud 9579)

Tony Harvey (Tannington, 1937-2006)

  1. The Bonny Labouring Boy (Roud 1162; Laws M14; Henry H576)
  2. Caroline and the Young Sailor Bold (Roud 553; Laws N17; G/D 1:176)
  3. The Convict’s Song (Roud 4475)
  4. Emma Tompkins (Roud 10697)
  5. Jolly Fine Fellows Who Follow the Plough (Roud 346; G/D 3:418)
  6. The Nutting Girl (Roud 509; G/D 7:1475)
  7. Marrowbones (Roud 183; Laws Q2; G/D 2:318; Henry H174; TYG 6)
  8. Paddy Stole the Rope (Roud 2037)
  9. The Country CarrierRattling Old Grey Mare (Roud 1400; G/D 3:456; Henry H664)
  10. Sam the Carter’s Lad (Roud 1080; G/D 3:457; Henry H171)

Roy Last (Mendlesham Green, 1901-1990)

  1. The Battle of Balaclava (Roud 1443)
  2. Botany Bay (Roud 3372)
  3. The Costermonger’s Song (Roud 3371)
  4. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559)
  5. Little Cock Sparrow (Roud 3368)
  6. One and Twenty (Roud 3367)
  7. Peter the Paynter (Roud 3370)
  8. William Rufus (Roud 2048)

Geoff Ling (Blaxhall, 1916-2009)

  1. Among My Souvenirs (Roud 1758)
  2. Australia (Roud 1488)
  3. The Big Wheel (Roud 13302)
  4. Change the Old Love for the New (Roud 18828)
  5. Flash Company (Roud 954)
  6. Man All Tattered and Torn (Roud 1407)
  7. The Larks They Sang Melodious (Roud 660; Laws O30; TYG 51)
  8. You’ll Want Me Back One Day (Roud 5352)

Ted Quantrill (Lowestoft, 1911-1988)

  1. A Lad and a Lass Once Stood (Roud 10695)
  2. Heave on the Trawl (Roud 1788)
  3. The Wind Across the Wild Moor (Roud 155; Laws P21; G/D 6:1175)

Hubert Smith (Thorpe Morieux, b.1927)

  1. Ball of Yarn (Roud 1404)
  2. I’ll Be Up Her Way Next Week (Roud 10694)

Tom Smith (Thorpe Morieux, 1918-2007)

  1. Curiosity (Roud 10693)
  2. The Golden Wedding (Roud 10692)
  3. I Was There A-Watching Them (Roud 10691)
  4. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559)
  5. The Old Song (Jack on the Green) (Roud 10690)
  6. They Won’t Know I Come From the Country (Roud 10715)
  7. Your Aged Mother and Me (Roud 10716)
  8. You’ve Got a Long Way to Go (Roud 10717)

Harold Smy (Ipswich, 1902-1997?)

  1. The Bargeman’Alphabet (Roud 21100)
  2. Great Man-o’-War (Roud 10809)
  3. The Princess Royal (Roud 528; Laws K29; G/D 1:47)
  4. Scarborough (Roud 185; Laws K18; G/D 1:20; TYG 7)
  5. Stormy Weather Boys (Roud 1851)

Charlie Stringer (Wickham Skeith, 1900-1992)

  1. The Farmer From Cheshire (Roud 2638; Laws L2)
  2. I’m Nobody’s Child (Roud 10718)
  3. Jones’ Ale (Roud 139; G/D 3:561)
  4. Kibosh the Cobbler (Roud 872)
  5. The Serving Maid (Roud 269; Laws K43; G/D 7:1429; TYG 10)
  6. Tommy Doddler (Roud 149)
  7. Which Gate? (Roud 10719)

Wallie Syer (Bildeston, 1906-1991)

  1. The Baby’s Names (Roud 10810)
  2. Pretty Girls in China (Roud 10720)

Fred Whiting (Kenton, 1905-1988)

  1. A Fisher Lad for Me (Roud 10721)
  2. Barley Mow (Roud 10722)
  3. The Blacksmith’s Mantrap (Roud 10723)
  4. The Dark-Eyed Sailor (Roud 265; Laws N35; G/D 5:1037; Henry H232)
  5. Enoch Brown (Roud 10724)
  6. The Faithful Sailor Boy (Roud 376; Laws K13; G/D 1:66; Henry H543)
  7. Fine Yarmouth (Roud 10725)
  8. The Jolly Ploughboy (Roud 163; TYG 32)
  9. Lazy Harry’s (Roud 10726)
  10. The Miner’s Dream of Home (Roud 1749)
  11. One Fine Morning Early in Spring (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245)
  12. Poison Beer (Roud 3369)
  13. The Sailor Cut Down in his Prime (Roud 2; Laws Q26; G/D 7:1404; Henry H680)
  14. Sheepshearing and Thatching (Roud 10727)
  15. The Shoals of Herring (Roud 10728)
  16. Who Owns the Game? (Roud 3209)
  17. The Wild Colonial Boy (Roud 677; Laws L20; Henry H750)

John ‘Dusso” Winter (Southwold, 1932-2019)

  1. The Captain and the Mate (Roud 10729)

Gordon Woods (Framsden, 1911-1990s)

  1. The Baby Boy (Roud 10730)
  2. Ball of Yarn (Roud 1404)
  3. Do Let Me Have Another One, Georgie (Roud 10732)
  4. Don’t Put Father’s Picture in the Sale (Roud 4459)
  5. Every Morning (Roud 10733)
  6. Let Me Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister (Roud 768)
  7. The Tattooed Lady (Roud 9622)
  8. The Ups and Downs (Roud 364)
  9. Violets are Blue and Roses are Red (Roud 10232)
  10. The Virgin of Nineteen (Roud 4792)
  11. The Wireless Song. (Roud 10734)

Songs 9-10, 13, 19, 29-32, 56, 66-67, 74, 87, 93, 107, 109, 115-116 are on Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 1 (VT101);
Songs 11-12, 15 22, 28, 40, 41, 45, 58-59, 70, 82, 94, 96, 101, 105, 108 are on Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 2 (VT102);
Songs 1, 4, 7, 36-37, 46, 55, 71, 80, 85, 90, 97, 99, 102, 114 are on Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 3 (VT103);
Songs 23, 34-35, 38, 57, 61-62, 64, 69, 73, 81, 98, 110, 112 are on Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 4 (VT104);
Songs 20, 25, 33, 75-79, 89, 91-92, 95, 103, 106 are on Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 5 (VT105);
Songs 2-3, 5-6, 8, 14, 17, 26-27, 39-43, 54, 60, 63, 69, 88, 111, 113, 117 are on Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 6 (VT106);
Songs 65, 72, 86 are on Many a Good Horseman (VTVS01/02);
Songs 47-53, 83-84, 100, 104 are on Who Owns the Game? (Hand-Made Music HMM LP 302);
Songs 16, 18, 21, 24, 72 are on The Old Hat Concert Party (Old Hat Music OH-1)

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Songs Sung in Suffolk

Songs Sung in Suffolk (Veteran VTC2CD)

Songs Sung in Suffolk
Popular Folk Songs, Old Songs and Ballads
Various Artists

Veteran VTC2CD (CD, UK, 2000)

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This is a compilation of songs originally released on cassette only in 1987/89.

Recorded, produced and designed by John Howson

Singers

Manny Aldous (Great Bricett), Cyril Barber (Felsham), Harry Chambers (Dennington), Ted Chaplin (Wingfield), Charlie Hancy (Bungay), Tony Harvey (Tannington), Geoff Ling (Blaxhall), Tom Smith (Thorpe Morieux), Charlie Stringer (Wickham Skeith), Fred Whiting (Kenton), Gordon Woods (Framsden)

Tracks

  1. Fred Whiting: The Faithful Sailor Boy (Roud 376; Laws K13; G/D 1:66; Henry H543) (3.24)
  2. Ted Chaplin: The Oak & the Ash (Roud 269; Laws K43; G/D 7:1429; TYG 10) (2.56)
  3. Gordon Woods: Ball of Yarn (Roud 1404) (1.30)
  4. Charlie Hancy: Bungay Roger (Roud 1735) (2.37)
  5. Fred Whiting: The Sailor Cut Down in his Prime (Roud 2; Laws Q26; G/D 7:1404; Henry H680) (3.03)
  6. Geoff Ling: The Larks They Sang Melodious (Roud 660; Laws O30; TYG 51) (4.04)
  7. Charlie Stringer: When Jones’s Ale Was New (Roud 139; G/D 3:561) (1.53)
  8. Tom Smith: John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (3.13)
  9. Fred Whiting: The Wild Colonial Boy (Roud 677; Laws L20; Henry H750) (3.23)
  10. Tony Harvey: The Nutting Girl (Roud 509; G/D 7:1475) (2.09)
  11. Cyril Barber: Jimmy Johnson (Roud 149) (1.45)
  12. Fred Whiting: The Jolly Ploughboy (Roud 163; TYG 32) (2.28)
  13. Tony Harvey: Sam the Carter’s Lad (Roud 1080; G/D 3:457; Henry H171) (2.49)
  14. Geoff Ling: Flash Company (Roud 954) (3.52)
  15. Harry Chambers: The Barley Mow (Roud 944) (2.30)
  16. Fred Whiting: Sheepshearing and Thatching (Roud 10727) (2.46)
  17. Tom Smith: The Old Song (Jack on the Green) (Roud 10690) (0.46)
  18. Charlie Stringer: The Farmer From Cheshire (Roud 2638; Laws L2) (1.42)
  19. Gordon Woods: The Ups and Downs (Roud 364) (2.13)
  20. Fred Whiting: The Blacksmith’s Mantrap (Roud 10723) (2.56)
  21. Geoff Ling: Australia (Roud 1488) (1.57)
  22. Tony Harvey: Caroline and the Young Sailor Bold (Roud 553; Laws N17; G/D 1:176) (3.40)
  23. Manny Aldous: The Queen of May (Roud 594) (2.01)
  24. Fred Whiting: One Fine Morning Early in Spring (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245) (2.24)
  25. Cyril Barber: Hail the Dewy Morning (Roud 11; Child 112; G/D 2:301) (2.10)
  26. Charlie Stringer: The Serving Maid (Roud 269; Laws K43; G/D 7:1429; TYG 10) (1.18)
  27. Tony Harvey: The Bonny Labouring Boy (Roud 1162; Laws M14; Henry H576) (2.54)
  28. Fred Whiting: Barley Mow (Roud 10722) (2.36)

Tracks 1-15, 25 are from Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 2 (VT102, 1987);
Tracks 16-24, 26-28 are from Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 3 (VT103, 1988)

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Comic Songs Sung in Suffolk

Comic Songs Sung in Suffolk (Veteran VTC3CD)

Comic Songs Sung in Suffolk
Comic Songs, Music Hall Songs and Parodies
Various Artists

Veteran VTC3CD (CD, UK, 2000)

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This is a compilation of songs originally released on cassette only in 1987/91.

Recorded, produced and designed by John Howson

Singers

Manny Aldous (Great Bricett), Clifford Arbon (Monewden), Cyril Barber (Felsham), Ted Chaplin (Wingfield), Hubert Freeman (Bedingfield), Charlie Hancy (Bungay), Tony Harvey (Tannington), Geoff Ling (Blaxhall), Hubert Smith (Thorpe Morieux), Tom Smith (Thorpe Morieux), Wallie Syer (Bildeston), Gordon Woods (Framsden)

Tracks

  1. Clifford Arbon: It Won’t Take Very, Very Long (Roud 10710) (2.40)
  2. Charlie Hancy: I’ve Got a Good Idea Where It’s Gone To (Roud 10698) (3.15)
  3. Tom Smith: Curiosity (Roud 10693) (4.57)
  4. Manny Aldous: Beery Bob (Roud 10714) (2.28)
  5. Ted Chaplin: The Fella With the Trombone (Roud 1848) (1.46)
  6. Geoff Ling: The Big Wheel (Roud 13302) (2.38)
  7. Tom Smith: You’ve Got a Long Way to Go (Roud 10717) (2.23)
  8. Gordon Woods: The Baby Boy (Roud 10730) (2.21)
  9. Wallie Syer: The Baby’s Names (Roud 10810) (0.31)
  10. Tony Harvey: Paddy Stole the Rope (Roud 2037) (2.41)
  11. Hubert Smith: I’ll Be Up Her Way Next Week (Roud 10694) (3.26)
  12. Gordon Woods: Do Let Me Have Another One, Georgie (Roud 10732) (2.18)
  13. Clifford Arbon: K-K-K-Kiss Me Again (Roud 10709) (3.07)
  14. Charlie Hancy: The Ghost Song (Roud 10700) (3.35)
  15. Gordon Woods: The Virgin of Nineteen (Roud 4792) (2.02)
  16. Wallie Syer: Pretty Girls in China (Roud 10720) (1.45)
  17. Manny Aldous: Right in the Middle of Mine (Roud 10712) (2.43)
  18. Clifford Arbon: The Egg Song (Roud 10711) (2.21)
  19. Tony Harvey: Emma Tompkins (Roud 10697) (2.37)
  20. Geoff Ling: Man All Tattered and Torn (Roud 1407) (2.30)
  21. Charlie Hancy: Father’s Work (Roud 10701) (1.55)
  22. Gordon Woods: The Tattooed Lady (Roud 9622) (0.57)
  23. Hubert Freeman: I Finish Them Off (Roud 10702) (1.55)
  24. Cyril Barber: The Old Sow (Roud 1737; G/D 8:1661) (2.18)
  25. Manny Aldous: Bobbed-Haired Family (Roud 10713) (0.41)
  26. Tom Smith: I Was There A-Watching Them (Roud 10691) (2.13)
  27. Charlie Hancy: I Took It Home to Maria (Roud 10699) (3.10)
  28. Geoff Ling: Among My Souvenirs (Roud 1758) (2.20)
  29. Gordon Woods: Violets are Blue and Roses are Red (Roud 10232) (3.07)

Tracks 1-3, 5-9, 11-15, 21, 24, 27, 29 are from Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 1 (VT101, 1987);
Tracks 4, 10, 16-20, 22-23, 25-26, 28 are from Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol. 6 (VT106, 1991)