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Aug 25, 2017 · From Martin Carthy to Laura Smyth, some of Britain's favourite traditional folk singers pick the British folk songs they think you should hear. When we first came to traditional folk music, we stood at the foot of the mountain and wondered at the sheer size of what loomed ahead.
Jun 3, 2023 · Lyrics. The Copper Family sing When Adam Was First Created. When Adam was first created. And lord of the universe crowned, His happiness was not completed. Until that a helpmate was found. He had all things in food that were wanting, To keep and support him in life, He’d horses and foxes for hunting, Which some men love more than a wife.
Jun 3, 2023 · Lyrics. Fay Hield sings Old Adam. Old Adam was the first man formed, this everybody knows, He never paid his tailor’s bill because he wore no clothes; No soft kid gloves upon his hand, as you may well suppose, No shirt nor collar round his neck, nor shoes to hide his toes. Chorus (repeated after each verse): When Adam delved and Eve she span.
Mar 23, 2011 · Lyrics. Adam and Eve could never believe that Peter the miller was dead. Shut up in a tower for stealing of flour. 𝄆 And never could get a reprieve 𝄇. They bored a hole in Oliver’s nose and put therein a string. And drew him around about the town. 𝄆 For murdering Charles our King 𝄇.
This is a list of songs by their Roud Folk Song Index number; the full catalogue can also be found on the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library website. Some publishers have added Roud numbers to books and liner notes, as has also been done with Child Ballad numbers and Laws numbers.
May 4, 2021 · The good old days of Adam and Eve (Parts one and two) was written by Thomas Hudson (1791- 1844) a song-writer and performer active in the singing taverns and supper rooms that influenced the early Music Hall in London. He was in many ways a transitional figure – his songs reflected both elements of 18th century song and the future style of ...
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This song, or its second verse, seems to be about the “posthumous execution” of Oliver Cromwell – his body was dug up & hung on chains & then his head was separated & put on a pole, in London, in 1661 on the 12th anniversary of the execution of Charles 1st, for which Cromwell had been responsible.
