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The Pigeon on the Gate

The Pigeon on the Gate Melodeon Players from East Anglia Various Artists Veteran (2 cassettes, UK, 1997) Veteran VTDC11CD (2 CD, UK, 2008)

Produced and designed by John Howson

Tracks

CD 1

Fred List (Framlingham, Suffolk)

1. Pigeon on the Gate / Soldier’s Joy

Dolly Curtis (Dennington, Suffolk)

2. Dennington Polka
3. Harvest Home
4. The Entertainer
5. Stepdance
   all with Brian Felgate, piano and Billy Cox, drums

Ben Youngs (Ipswich, Suffolk)

6. I Must Go and Leave My Nancy
7. We’ll Ask Him Round for Tea
8. St Mary’s Waltz

George Woolnough (Saxmundham, Suffolk)

9. St Patrick’s Day
10. Seaman’s Polka / Not for Joe / Heel and Toe Polka

Charlie Plant (Framlingham, Suffolk)

11. Picking a Chicken With Me
12. She’s My Lady Love
    with Peter Plant, stepping

Peter Plant (Framlingham, Suffolk)

13. Pigeon on the Gate
14. Song tune
15. Hornpipe
16. Home to Donegal

Geogg Mayes (Hepworth, Suffolk)

17. The Keel Row

Fred Pearce (Blaxhall, Suffolk)

18. Polka
19. Yarmouth Hornpipe

Clifford Arbon (Monewden, Suffolk)

20. Alf Peachey’s Polka

Cyril Barber (Felsham, Suffolk)

21. Pigeon on the Gate
22. Wheels

Cecil Pearl (Claydon, Suffolk)

23. Alf Peachey’s Jig
24. The Rakes of Mallow
25. Charlie Rookyard’s Polka

Bert Mayes (Monk Soham, Suffolk)

26. Polkas
27. Untitled / Cock of the North / Pop Goes the Weasel

Font Whatling (Worlingworth, Suffolk)

28. Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major / When You’re Smiling
29. Stepdance
    with Cyril Barber, Russell Whiting, stepping

Jen Newson (Easton, Suffolk)

30. Is It Rain or Is It Tears?
31. Tiger Smith’s Jig

Oscar Woods (Benhall, Suffolk)

32. Pigeon on the Gate
33. I’ll be Your Sweetheart / Oh No Antonio / Forever and Ever
34. Under the Bridges of Paris
35. Oh Joe the Boat Is Going Over (old version)
36. The Merry Widow
37. Play to Me, Gypsy
38. Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
39. Two Little Girls in Blue
40. Primrose Polka
41. Waltz
42. The Happy Wanderer
43. Waltzing Over the Water
    with David Nutall, concertina
44. We’ll Meet Again Under the Roses
45. Cliffe Hornpipe
46. Soldier’s Dream
47. Golden Slippers
48. Bristol Hornpipe
49. Seaman’s Polka
50. Dennington Polka / Oh Joe the Boat Is Going Over
    with Carole Pegg, fiddle, Geoff Ling, singing

Track 1 recorded by Keith Summers, Framlingham, Suffolk, 1974;
2-5 recorded by John Howson, Dennington Bell, Suffolk, 1981;
6-8 recorded by John Howson, Ipswich, Suffolk, 1989;
9-10, 32-42 rec. by David Nutall, Saxmundham Railway, Suffolk, 1968;
11-16 recorded by Carole Pegg, Great Glemham, Suffolk, 1978;
17 recorded by John Howson, Hepworth, Suffolk, 1985;
18-19 recorded by David Nutall, Blaxhall, Suffolk, 1968;
20 recorded by John Howson, Monewden, Suffolk, 1987;
21-22 recorded by John Howson, Felsham, Suffolk, 1983;
23-25 recorded by John Howson, Claydon, Suffolk, 1983;
26-27 recorded by John Howson, Eye, Suffolk, 1983;
28-29 recorded by John Howson, Shadbroke Queen’s Head, Suffolk, 1991;
30-31 recorded by John Howson, Easton, Suffolk, 1997;
43 recorded by Steve Shipley, Blaxhall Ship, Suffolk, 1975;
44 recorded by Keith Summers, Blaxhall Ship, Suffolk, 1972;
45 recorded by Andy Rennie, Cricklade, Wiltshire, 1977;
46-48 recorded by Carole Pegg, Benhall, Suffolk, 1978;
49-50 recorded by Carole Pegg, Blaxhall Ship, Suffolk, 1981

CD 2

George Green (Little Downham, Cambridgeshire)

1. College Hornpipe

Mr Potter (Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire)

2. Sweet Smiling Face

Monty Chapman (Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire)

3. Stepdance

Charlie Cutmore (Belchamp St Paul, Essex)

4. Pigeon on the Gate

Harry De Caux (Baniston, Dunmow, Essex)

5. Four-Hand Reel
6. Cornriggs

Sonny Barber (Briningham, Norfolk)

7. Pigeon on the Gate
8. Scotland the Brave / To Bide Ana’
9. The Faithful Sailor Boy
10. Jig
11. Putting on the Style

Harry Cox (Catfield, Norfolk)

12. Jenny Lind
13. Barndance
14. Schottische
15. Schottische
16. John Brown’s Body
17. Waltz
18. Hornpipe

Charlie Buller (Erpingham, Norfolk)

19. Castle Gardens
20. Sailor’s Hornpipe / Pistol-Packing Momma

George Craske (Sustead, Norfolk)

21. Yarmouth Hornpipe
22. Long Dance Jig
23. Schottische
24. Tommy, Make Room for Your Uncle
25. Stepdance
26. Heel and Toe Polka
27. Jack Davies’ Stepdance- Sustead, Norfolk 1977.
28. Jimmy Crane’s Stepdance
29. Jingle Bells Polka/ Slap Dab / Oh Joe the Boat is Going Over

John Woodrow (Ingham, Norfolk)

30. Sailor’s Hornpipe
31. The Three Butchers
32. Stepdance

Billy Patterson (Chedgrave, Norfolk)

33. Waltz

Bob Davies (Cromer, Norfolk)

34. Stepdance Medley
35. Polka / Hornpipe
36. Waltz
37. Hornpipe
38. The Gates of Edinburgh

Percy Brown (Alysham, Norfolk)

39. Yarmouth Hornpipe
40. Over the Waves
41. It’s a Long Way to Tipperary
42. Schottische
    with Dick Hewitt, stepdancing
43. Blaze Away / My Dreams Are Getting Better / Take Me Back to Blighty
44. Garryowen
45. St Patrick’s Day
46. Sailor Cut Down in His Prime
47. Hornpipe
48. Old Waltz / Two Lovely Black Eyes / When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
49. Comrades
50. Hornpipe Medley
51. Waltz for the Veleta
52. Oh Joe the Boat Is Going Over / King’s Polka / Father’s in the Pigsty
53. Phil the Fluter’s Ball
54. Bluebell Polka
55. Jig Medley
56. Four-Hand Reel
57. Heel and Toe Polka
58. Hornpipe Medley
59. Jig Medley
60. Jingle Bells Polka / Oh Joe / Tavern in the Town / Ilkley Moor
61. Stepdance Medley
    Dick Hewitt, stepdancing

Track 1 recorded by Sam Steele, Little Downham, Cambridgeshire, 1961;
2-3 recorded by Neil Lanham, Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, 1968;
4 recorded by Neil Lanham, Belchamp St Paul, Essex, 1963;
5-6 recorded by Harry de Caux, Baniston, Dunmow, Essex, 1990;
7-11 recorded by John Howson, Briningham, Norfolk, 1981;
12-18 recorded by David Nutall, Catfield, Norfolk, 1968;
19-20 recorded by John Howson, Erpingham, Norfolk, 1987;
21-29 recorded by Peter Clifton, Sustead, Norfolk, 1977;
30 recorded by Tony Singleton, Ingham, Norfolk, 1970;
31-32 recorded by John Howson, Ingham, Norfolk, 1986;
33 recorded by Steve Shipley, Chedgrave, Norfolk, 1975;
34-38 recorded by Richard Davies, Cromer, Norfolk, 1970;
39-42 recorded by Barry Callaghan, Briston, Norfolk, 1979;
43-51 recorded by Steve Shipley, Aylsham, Norfolk, 1975;
52-54 recorded by Alan Howkins, Aylsham, Norfolk, 1973;
55-58 recorded by Sam Steele, Sheringham, Norfolk, 1959;
59-61 recorded by Sam Steele, Antingham, Norfolk, 1959