Tag: Folk Song Stories
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![The Brave Dudley Boys [Roud 1131] | Folk from the Attic](https://jonwilks.online/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/scan0020.jpg)
The Brave Dudley Boys [Roud 1131] | Folk from the Attic
This post is as much a tribute to one man as it is as history of ‘The Brave Dudley Boys’. The more you delve deeper into traditional folk music in the UK, the more you encounter certain names – figures that may be little known outside the cannon, and sometimes no better known within it, but…
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![Colin’s Ghost [Roud 1600] | Folk from the Attic](https://jonwilks.online/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/emersonnorfolk-tl.jpg)
Colin’s Ghost [Roud 1600] | Folk from the Attic
‘Colin’s Ghost’, eh? If there’s a more English sounding song title than that, I’ve yet to find it. And I have to say, I’m rather delighted to have found it on my quest through songs from Birmingham and the wider Midlands. I can go even further than that, too, because this song is about as…
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I Can’t Find Brummagem | Folk from the Attic
In last week’s blog post (‘John Hobbs‘) I wrote a little about the life-and-death decisions that must be made around singing in your own regional accent. Any conclusions I came to leapt eagerly from the window with this week’s song: ‘I Can’t Find Brummagem’. On the surface, it’s such a triffle that it’s hard not…
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John Hobbs (a wife-selling song) | Folk from the Attic
What a weird little song this is, and quite startling in subject matter, too. As is the wont of many people developing an interest in traditional folk songs, I recently began investigating the songs from the area I come from – Birmingham and the surrounding West Midlands. Hardly a glamorous place in times gone by,…
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Shallow Brown | Folk from the Attic
‘Shallow Brown’ (Roud 2621) is a fascinating song for so many reasons. Is it a sea shanty? A slave song? Who is singing to who, and where in the world were they singing? There’s as much here to love as there is to be heart-broken by. Quite simply, another traditional folk song of fare-thee-wells and…
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Ange Hardy: What May You Do For The JAM? | Folk Song Stories
One of the reasons I started the blog aspect of The Grizzly Folk website is that I’m fascinated by the stories that sit behind many of my favourite songs. Whether they’re old traditionals or brand new tunes, there’s nearly always a reason for their existence. And so I thought I’d try and dig about a…