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Ancient Songs and Ballads of Lancashire

Gelesen von Phil Benson

Traditional songs and ballads from Lancashire in the north-west of England from the opening section of John Harland's collection, Ballads and Songs of Lancashire, Ancient and Modern. The ballads and songs in this section are from the eighteenth century and earlier, and mostly by unknown authors. - Summary by Philip Benson (5 hr 39 min)

Chapters

Introduction, by T. T. Wilkinson

14:58

Read by Phil Benson

Fragment of an Ancient Ballad of a Tyrannical Husband; The Old Man and his Wife

13:59

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A Trafford and Byron Feud; The Bewsey Tragedy and its Legend

15:18

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The Lancashire Heroes; Flodden Field

19:38

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A Love Song; A Balade of Maryage

4:51

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The Blessed Conscience

16:08

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The Radcliffe Tragedy of Fair Ellen

11:01

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James I. and the Loin of Beef

1:55

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Warrikin Fair

6:10

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Brigadier Macintosh's Escape and Farewell

12:21

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Long Preston Peggy; Jemmy Dawson

15:58

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The Preston Prisoners to the Ladies about Court and Town

3:48

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Townley's Ghost

6:26

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The Three Sisters and The Miller and the King's Daughter

9:53

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Lancashire May Songs

18:35

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Wassail Song

2:16

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The Liverpool Tragedy

16:08

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Stoneyhurst Buck Hunt

10:18

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The Unfortunate Love of a Lancashire Gentleman

11:25

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Careless Content by John Byrom

5:35

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The Frog and the Crow

2:53

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Dick o' Stanley Green

3:45

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Blakeley Courtship

4:38

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The Lancashire Miller

2:04

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Contentment by John Byrom

3:44

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Sir Gualter

3:59

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The Hermit of Kersall Cell by John Leigh

5:59

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Warrington Ale

2:09

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Droylsden Wakes Song

5:46

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Radcliffe Otter Hunt

6:37

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The Owdham Recruit

3:36

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The Cocky Moor Snake

6:52

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Jone o' Grinfilt's Ramble [John of Greenfield's Ramble]

23:25

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The Burnley Haymakers

6:15

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The Praise of Lancashire Men

3:42

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Will, the Ferryman

3:47

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The Lovers' Leap

2:21

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Death of an Old Huntsman

2:59

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Handloom Versus Powerloom

2:46

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Gorton Town

5:00

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The Hand-Loom Weavers' Lament

3:24

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The Middleton Overseer and the Madman

5:21

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Mary Melvin of the Mersey Side

3:25

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Grimshaw's Factory Fire

4:03

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The Bonny Gray

2:13

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The Lancashire Witches

1:55

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