| Description | Final version of the seventh programme in 'The Song Carriers' series
Track 1: silence 0.12 mins
Track 2: programme introduction and Scots example of song called 'The Frog and the Mouse' 1.06 mins
Track 3: discussion of the history of the previous song and the 'folk process' 0.33 mins
Track 4: Thomas Moran of Mohill, Co. Leitrim sings 'The Frog and the Mouse' 1.23 mins
Track 5: discussion of structure of song and refrain 0.34 mins
Track 6: Cecilia Costello of Birmingham sings 'The Frog and the Mouse' recorded in 1954 0.31 mins
Track 7: discussion of North American versions of this song 0.25 mins
Track 8: Unknown singer sings 'The Frog and the Mouse' 1.41 mins
Track 9: discussion of the song about murder 'The Wife of Kelso' or 'Maribones' 0.35 mins
Track 10: Gordon McCulloch of Glasgow sings 'Maribones - Wife of Kelso' 1.52 mins
Track 11: discussion of international versions of the song, including one collected from James Baker, African American prisoner, in Texas penitentiary 0.39 mins
Track 12: Peggy Seeger sings 'Iron Head - Rich Old Lady' 3.04 mins
Track 13: discussion of the international versions of the song of the maid freed from the gallows and introducing an English version 0.47 mins
Track 14: Frank Hewitt Mapledurwell, Hampshire sings 'The Prickle Holly Bush' 3.30 mins
Track 15: discussion of United States versions 0.22 mins
Track 16: Peggy Seeger sings 'Hangman' 2.43 mins
Track 17: discussion of song travelling, particularly the broadside ballad 'The Unfortunate Rake' 1.20 mins
Track 18: Harry Cox of Catfield, Norfolk sings 'The Sailor Cut Down in his Prime' 1.56 mins
Track 19: discussion of the same song, about a cowboy 0.11 mins
Track 20: Harry Jackson sings 'The Streets of Loredo' 1.56 mins
Track 21: discussion of the story of the two previous songs and the similarities in the tunes 0.18 mins
Track 22: Mary Doran, travller from Belfast, sings 'Wasn't I Pretty - St James' Hospital' 2.02 mins
Track 23: discussion of different versions of the song and introducing a United States version from Virginia 0.12 mins
Track 24: Hally Wood sings 'St James' Hospital' 2.03 mins
Total: 29.57 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF573E0689980 |