GLEANINGS
16 songs and 3 instrumentals gathered over a period of 40 years
Colin Andrews (vocals, guitar, melodeon, Anglo concertina)
with
Dick & Melanie Henrywood (vocals)
| BILLY BONES & HIS DANCING CAT | A delightful song which I found on a CD by Paul Scourfield. It was apparently 'collected' from Dick Richardson, a Morris dancer from Sussex |
| BRIGHT GOLDEN BUTTONS | American Civil War song composed by Shel Silverstein. I added the 2nd verse. |
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BALLAD OF ST. HIERITHA
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Composed by Carole Henderson-Begg, it tells the story of the martydom of the patron saint of the church in the village where she lives. |
| PRINCETOWN/MADCAPTAINS | I originally composed these two tunes for a couple of Playford style dances |
| SAILING OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME | Composed by Archie Fisher. I learnt this song from Georges Dussart during my Cardiff Unoiversity Folk Club days. |
| FAREWELL TO WHALING | A parody by Freda Wicks on a well-known whaling song |
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YOUNG COLLINS
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Words submitted to a Sussex newspaper in 1903 and set to a Morris tune of the same name |
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THERE'S A GOOD TIME COMING
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Written by Charles Mackay in 1846, the words are still relevant today. I have added two extra verses. |
| WORKLESS TOWN | Another song learnt from Georges Dussart, and attributed to Ron Duke |
| FROGHOPPER/BELOW THE BELT | Two of my tunes, the first written (but played much slower) for a Morris dance, and the second is based on the jig, The Champion |
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DEATH OF JOHN LEE
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New tune and augmented words to a poem collected by Gwilym Davies in Hampshire. A true story. |
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WILLIAM AND NANCY
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The words come (I think) from Alfred Williams' book 'Folk Songs Of The Upper Thames'. The tune is an adaptation of the Bledington Morris tune of the same name. |
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JUG OF THIS
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I rediscovered this less familiar wersion on a loose sheet of paper when sorting out some little used files. I'd noted that it was originally collected in Wiltshire |
| ANY OLD PORT | A footloose and fancy free song from the pen of Miles Wootton |
| HORNCASTLE FAIR | I've been singing this song for 40 years. No idea where I got it from. |
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HOL'COMBE WEIR/RHIF WYTH
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I composed the 1st tune for a processional Morris dance. The 2nd tune is traditional Welsh. |
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THE X FACTOR
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I composed this song for a themed singaround at the 2007 Sidmouth Folk Festival |
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A BYTE TOO FAR
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Written in frustration after spending several hours trying to convince my computer that I was its master not its servant. Tune is The Wild Rover. |
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WIMBORNE VALENTINE
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Words discovered in Wimborne Museum by David Robertson and set by me to a pupular hymn tune |