Record

Ref NoMS 4000/6/1/17/11/C
TitleCD Rom listening copy
LevelItem
Date27 February 1960
DescriptionEwan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, and Charles Parker interview Sam Larner about his courting days and childhood:

Track 1: 0.23 mins
Tracks 2-3: Sam Larner describes going up to the house to meet Dorcas when she was in service, and 'cutting out' his rival Henry (Gordon)
Track 4: Charles Parker asks Dorcas why she chose Sam instead of Henry, 0.55 mins
Track 5: Charles Parker asks Sam Larner about his early childhood memories, he describes seeing four drowned sailors, 1.32 mins
Track 6: Ewan MacColl asks Sam Larner to repeat his story about the sailors; 1.01 mins
Track 7: Ewan MacColl asks about shipwrecks on the Yarmouth coast, 0.43 mins
Track 8: Sam Larner talks about what he learned at school, 1.17 mins
Track 9: Sam Larner recites two ballads he learnt at school: part of 'The Burial of John More' and part of 'The Destruction of Sir (Nacharey)', 2.13 mins
Track 10: Sam Larner recites another ballad he learnt at school, 2.43 mins

Total: 14.41 mins

Dubber's reference number: PLA 2M448A078357A
Extent1
FormatCd-rom
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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