In reply to Pollay, Richard. If you subscribe you'll get notified each time I post. New p...
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Thanks. Please keep me receiving more of the same and similar notices re songs. Rick Pollay Sent from my iPhone
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In reply to Andy Turner. It's a lovely book chapter, well worth perusing!
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In reply to Chloe Middleton-Metcalfe. Thanks for that Chloe - I'll have to follow that...
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Steve Roud told me about "London Lavender" . This book by E.V.Lucas, published in 1914, gives a detailed description of the song and tune (p.139-150). The author accompanies Cecil Sharp on a coll...
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Just lovely !!
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This version is similar to that sung by Jumbo Brightwell on his 1975 album "Songs from the Eels Foot". That pub not being far from where I live, I learned it and have encountered the same problem...
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One video disappears from YouTube, another springs up... This link works right now https://youtu.be/-G5Om0EMsJI
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Not me - I've never had a gig in North America
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In reply to Andy Turner. It seems to me that you played the Winnipeg Folk Festival a fair fe...
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