| Ref No | MS 4000/5/1/1/11 |
| Title | Sound recording of Harry Cox of Catfield, Norfolk (b.1885) and Sam Larner of Winterton, Norfolk (born c1875) singing Sankey hymns. |
| Level | File |
| Date | 25 July 1963 |
| Description | Recording of interview by Charles Parker of Harry Cox (HC) of Norfolk (b.1885) talking about and singing Sankey hymns and playing the fiddle and of Sam Larner (SL) of Winterton, Norfolk (born c.1875) singing Sankey hymns.
[Ira D. Sankey of Pennsylavania joined Dwight Lyman Moody, a Chicago preacher and his evangelistic team, in 1870 and the two men brought the evangelistic revival to America and the British Isles. The music and hymns of Sankey became renowned and are still sung in churches today].
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 0.04 Description of track: [silent start to tape]
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 1.18 Description of track: HC talks about singing; did not sing specifically to his wife; his wife was a good hymn singer; the family would sing hymns on Sunday nights at home including Sankey hymns
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 4.17 Description of track: HC sings a hymn ['Dark is the night and strong the wind is blowing' first line] [aeroplane noise in background]; HC does not like to sing songs or to go to a pub on a Sunday which is how he was brought up; when he was young Yarmouth would be quiet on a Sunday unlike today
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 1.09 Description of track: HC plays the fiddle
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 2.45 Description of track: SL sings hymn 'The Rock of My Salvation' learnt from a Scottish fisherman when he was a child who 'used to keep Sundays'
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 3.18 Description of track: SL sings hymn 'Let your lower lights be burning'; SL describes men from a yacht who preached on a Saturday night in Yarmouth harbour and he learnt next song from them
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 1.39 Description of track: SL sings 'Ship Ahoy!'; SL cannot remember when Moody and Sankey visited Britain; SL learnt the Sankey Hymns at chapel
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 1.53 Description of track: SL recalls two preachers, one on Saturday and one on Monday who came to South Head and Beach Head, from whom he learnt hymns; SL sings extracts from hymns; talks about the church at Winterton
Total duration: (min/sec): 16.25
Please order CD and tape box as track details are not given elsewhere. |
| Related Material | See recordings at MS 4000/5/1/11/5-7;9-10;16 English folk music and song: general
see recordings at MS 4000/5/2/2/1,4,7 and MS 4000/5/2/3/1-2 of Sam Larner;
see recordings at MS 4000/5/2/2/1 and MS 4000/5/2/3/1-2,4 of Harry Cox;
see also LC/BPL 15 listening cassette of Harry Cox of Catfield, Norfolk and MS 4000/5/9 for folk music lyrics, magazines and booklets. |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 1 x CD-R serial number CF129 K006 7374
Original tape:
Size: 5" tape reel
Gauge: 1/4" tape (0.625cm)
Speed: 7.5ips (19cm/s);
EQ Curve used: IEC
Track configuration: Half Track Stereo
Dubbing Date: 12/02
Notes: Volume fluctuates; recording stops and starts intermittently; sticky tape causes audio warbling |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |