A Story To Tell

A selection of songs, ballads and tunes from Suffolk, from the collections of Keith Summers 1972-79.

Featuring:

Jumbo Brightwell, Alec Bloomfield, Bob Scarce, Cyril Poacher, Jimmy Knights, Oscar Woods, Percy Ling, Billy List, Charlie Whiting, Font Watling, Fred Whiting, Eley Went, Fred List, Fred Pearce, Geoff Ling, George Ling, George Woolnough, Harkie Nesling, Reg Reader and many others

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1. Doing My Duty - Ted Cobbin   2. Abie My Boy - Ted Cobbin and Peter Plan   3. Blow the Candle Out - William 'Jumbo' Brightwell   4. Highwayman and the Farmer's Daughter - Alec Bloomfield   5. Coal-Black Mammy - Fred Pearce   6. Talking about learning songs - Cyril Poacher and Geoff Ling   7. Three Jolly Sportsmen - Bob Scarce   8. Green Bushes - Geoff Ling   9. Maggie May - Geoff Ling 10. Mary Anne - Arthur 'Spanker' Austin 11. Soldier's Joy - Fred List 12. All Tattered and Torn - Percy Ling 13. The Nutting Girl - Cyril Poacher 14. The Kildare Fancy - Fred 'Pip' Whiting 15. The Ship I Love - Fred 'Pip' Whiting 16. I'm a Man you don't Meet Every Day - Alec Bloomfield 17. Step Dance Tune - Peter Plant 18. The Parson's Creed - William 'Jumbo' Brightwell 19. Cock of the North / Pop Goes the Weasel - Tommy Williams 20. The Seeds of Love - Alec Bloomfield 21. The Drowned Lover - William 'Jumbo' Brightwell 22. The Lincolnshire Poacher - Billy List 23. Talking about his grandfather - George Ling 24. Fairy's Hornpipe and dancing doll - Fred 'Pip' Whiting and Cecil Fisk 25. You Can Look but you Mustn't Touch! - Jimmy Knights 26. Wild Flowers - Alec Bloomfield 27. The Yellow Handkerchief - Cyril Poacher 28. Poem - Harkie Nesling 29. The Rakes of Mallow - Harkie Nesling 30. The Baby's Name - Harkie Nesling 31. The Flowers of Edinburgh - Fred 'Pip' Whiting 32. The Roving Gypsy - Fred 'Pip' Whiting 33. Talking - Harkie Nesling and Fred 'Pip' Whiting 34. Polka (Jingle Bells) - Harkie Nesling 35. Australia - Cyril Poacher 36. The Female Drummer - Bill 'Dodger' Brabbing 37. The Sailor's Hornpipe - The Peacock Band

1. Truly Fair - Font Watling and Wattie Wright   2. The Recruiting Sergeant - George Ling   3. Strolling down to Hastings - Aileen Stollery   4. Chinaman - Aileen Stollery   5. Pigeon on the Gate - Font Watling and Wattie Wright   6. The Lobster - Percy Ling   7. Old General Wolfe - Alec Bloomfield   8. A Broadside - Bob Scarce   9. Unidentified Tune - George Woolnough 10. The Flower of London - George Dow 11. The Indian Lass - William 'Jumbo' Brightwell 12. Oscar's Waltz / Charlie Philpott's Waltz - Reg Reader 13. Out with my Gun in the Morning - Jimmy Knights 14. Talking - Jimmy Knights 15. Duckfoot Sue - Jimmy Knights 16. Talking - Jimmy Knights 17. Wormwood Scrubs - Jimmy Knights 18. Phil the Fluter - Tommy Williams 19. Paddy and the Rope - Billy List 20. The Oak and the Ash - Charlie Whiting 21. Sailor's Hornpipe - George Woolnough 22. Lamplighting Time in the Valley - Cyril Poacher 23. Step Dance Tune - Oscar Woods 24. Pretty Little Mary - Percy Ling 25. The Next Song in the Programme - Albert Smith 26. Sailor's Hornpipe / Pigeon on the Gate - Albert Smith 27. Old Brown sat in the Rose and Crown - Albert Smith 28. Cock of the North - Fred Pearce 29. Talking about The Ship - Cyril Poacher and Geoff Ling 30. The Burden of the Spray - Bob Scarce 31. The Maid and the Magpie - Cyril Poacher 32 Red Sails in the Sunset - Fred Eley Whent 33. Unidentified Tunes - Fred Eley Whent 34. The False Hearted Knight - William 'Jumbo' Brightwell 35. Young George Oxbury - Alec Bloomfield 36. The Barndance - Fred List 37. The Morals - Alec Bloomfield 38. Jim the Carter's Lad - Ted Cobbin with Peter Plant