In our final #FolkFriday post, we present Scottish Traveller singer Jeannie Robertson, who performs the traditional folk song ‘Never wed a’ old man’. Travellers have been among the main folk song carriers of Britain and Ireland – without Traveller culture, the landscape of British and Irish folk music would be much poorer. We hope you've enjoyed our #FolkFriday series! 📼C604/675 C4, ‘Never wed a’ old man’, sung by Jeannie Robertson, 1953, London 📷Jeannie Robertson © Peter Kennedy | British Lib
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This #FolkFriday, we're sharing the "only other working song" in England besides the sea shanty. According to Fred Hamer, "The only other one is one that I have found in Bedfordshire. And that is the song over the lace pillow when the ladies were working their lace. They had songs that kept time with their lace." This lace tell sung by Mrs Fred Hamer is part of a documentary on folklore produced by the Tape-Recorded Library for the Blind (c.1967). 📼 C433/96 S1 C1; S2 C1 extract | British Librar
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