While looking for something else*, I happened on Baring-Gould's "All The Trees They Are So High", and his assertion in the foreword to _Songs of the West_ that the tune's in the Phrygian mode. Which m

Vic Gammon has been in correspondence with a New Zealand resident who owns a handwritten book of song texts, dating from 1805-1808, compiled by Silas Mullett, a Somerset man. It includes about 30 item

Download link: https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20220530 The book is aimed at children and is irritating in a number of ways. But if like me you struggle with musical theory in general, and

I can’t remember if we noticed this at the time, but retired High Court Judge Stephen Sedley wrote an interesting piece on the murky world of musical copyright in the London Review of Books (16 Jul 20

TSF Online Meeting 44, Sunday 29 May, 16:00 London time (BST, UTC+1)As usual, you need to book a free ticket in advance to attend. Go to:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/traditional-song-forum-online-me

Title: Memorials of Old Dorset Author: Various Editors: Thomas Perkins Herbert Pentin Published: 1907 Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68128 Loads of excellent monochrome illustrations. Lewis.

Dear all, I'd like to draw your attention to a call for papers issued by the journal Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice on Folklore, Conflict and Peace. It seems to me that folk song scholarshi

Can anyone tell us the precise internet link for the above film, shown yesterday to the TSF Zoom meeting? Lewis.

Accessing Our Heritage - a Q&A session with the curators of our folk collections The Federation of Folk and Traditional Music Collections is planning to host a panel session at the As I Roved Out conf

FTJ print issue May 2022 now copied online: www.folklife-traditions.uk/this-issue.html, Read, or download free PDF. Article: Brighton Camp or The Girl I Left behind Me, Song and Tune, by Charles Mente

The Ballad Partners have issued the third volume in their series on Cheap Print and Street Literature, based on papers presented at the annual BROADSIDE DAY conferences. The new title is A Notorious C

TSF Online Meeting No 43, Sunday 15 May 2022, 16:00 London time (BST/UTC+1) As usual, you need to book a ticket to attend.Go here for further details and to book a free ticket: https://www.eventbrite.

Greetings, All! Do you like sea shanties? If so you might be interested in this link. From it you can freely download both volumes of Terry's "Shanty Book." Lewis.

TSF Online Meeting No 43, Sunday 15 May 2022, 16:00 London time (BST/UTC+1) As usual, tickets are free but you must book in advance to be admitted. Go to: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/traditional-so

Greetings, All. I have been banging on for years about how the Great Agricultural Depression of c.1870-1914, together with the concomitant mechanisation of farming, largely destroyed the rural England

Hi all I'm tidying up a bit of work on the songs of Manchester-based songwriter WH Phillips, who wrote The maid and the magpie (Roud 1532), The cows won't milk and the bulls won't bellow (Roud 3558) a

hello all, Just forwarding more details of this event for those interested. You can attend online or in-person. Best wishes, Julia ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Martin Clarke <000069c37

Dear Brian, Greetings and many thanks for your interest in my post. Usually my perorations on tune analysis generate little interest. With regard to May Bradley's version of "On Christmas Day" (Hamer,

Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67936 Interesting background reading. Chapter 3 is on Agriculture. Lewis.

TSF Online, 1 May 2022, 16:00 London time (BST, UTC+1) As usual, tickets are free, but must be booked in advance. The Eventbrite link to book your place is HERE (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/traditi