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Sep 4, 2024 · Fred Jordan sang Henry My Son at Washwell Cottage, Corve Dale, Shropshire, to Mike Yates in 1964. This recording was included on the 2004 Musical Traditions anthology of songs from the Mike Yates Collection, The Birds Upon the Tree .
He knew many versions of the famous Child Ballads, including The Outlandish Knight, Barbara Allen, Four Marys, Henry My Son, The Three Crows, The Watery Grave. He mainly sang his songs in pubs.
Fred Jordan of Ludlow, Shropshire also sang "Henry, My Son" to Mike Yates in 1964 [12] and Gwilym Davies in 1994. [13] Louisa Hooper of Somerset , England (sister of the traditional singer Lucy White ) was recorded singing a version entitled "Lord Rendal" by the BBC and Douglas Cleverdon in 1942.
Sep 16, 2024 · Recording of Fred Jordan and Bert Edwards of Shropshire, singing various songs. Description: Fred Jordan was born in Ludlow, Shropshire on 16 October 1922. At the age of 14 he went to work on...
- 30 Oct 1952
- MS 4000/5/3/5/5/9
He knew many versions of the famous Child Ballads, including The Outlandish Knight, Barbara Allen, Four Marys, Henry My Son, The Three Crows, The Watery Grave. He mainly sang his songs in pubs. First recordings
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In 1958, he sang at Highley, near Bridgnorth, for a BBC radio broadcast, and when he did a similar broadcast from Church Stretton in 1959, a newspaper report stated that this was his eleventh broadcast. I have not so far identified the previous broadcasts, but they might have included occasions when Fred's singing was included in As I Roved Out.
