4/4/08

Green Grow the Rushes O

An old home recording from Camden, London
Recorded 2000? - thanks to Gervais Currie
MP3
Robert Burns' GREEN GROW THE RUSHES O ロバートバーンズ

ケント州の四つの古い歌

Four songs related to Kentish travellers
MP3s 
Recorded 2004 - thanks to Neil Anderson at Portobello Music
THE HARTLAKE BRIDGE DISASTER ハートレーク橋の災難
(Anon. from Jasper Smith)*

RIDING DOWN TO PORTSMOUTH  ポーツマス
(Anon. from May Ann Haynes)*

POOR LEONARD かわいそうのレナード君
(Trad. from Mary Ann Haynes)*

BORSTAL BOY ボースタル男の子
(Anon)**

Song sources:

* field recordings made by Mike Yates on 'Here's Luck to A Man - Gypsy Songs and Music from South East England', Musical Traditions'
MTCD320
**
graffiti photographed by Simon Evans in EFDSS' 'Root and Branch 1

Simon Evans is a BBC Radio Kent presenter specialising in Gypsies and folk music. His excellent programme about the Hartlake Bridge disaster is here. His Open Productions page is here.

三つのイギリスの歌

Three songs with Les Denniston in Kyoto, Japan
Recorded 2007 - thanks to Sugaki-san and Anime-san at Field
THE GREY FUNNEL LINE ネズミ色の煙突船線
( Cyril Tawney -
copyright Gwyneth Music)
SOUTH AUSTRALIA 南オーストラリア
(Trad.)

THE FALSEHEARTED LOVER 不忠実な恋人
(Trad.)