Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 1288 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Sound recording of County Durham folksongs in Weardale dialect
Covering Dates: 1947-late 20th century
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Catalogue Description
Records given14 September 2000 Acc: 2700(D)
Catalogue Contents
Ref: D/X 1288/1
Sound recording of County Durham folksongs, mostly in the local Weardale dialect, 1947 and late 20th c., as follows:
Recording made at the High Force Hotel, Teesdale, 1947
'Durham Jail' by Tommy Armstrong, sung by Mark Anderson
Unidentified song, sung by Mark Anderson
'Ballad of the Bonny Moorhen', sung by Mark Anderson
Interview with an unknown American folk song collector, possibly Alan Lomax
High Force Agricultural Show song, sung by Mark Anderson
Recording made late 20th c.
'Parkin Raine the Fiddler', sung by Vin Garbutt
[Parkin Raine was a fiddler from Mickleton in the early 20th c.]
(1 audio cassette tape)
