God's Command (Brian Matthews) |
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A good, rousing gospel song |
The Nightingale (Trad) |
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A Dorset folk song |
The Portlander (Julie Matthews/Alfred Arnold Matthews) |
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Simply a beautiful poem that needed a tune |
An Old Man Came A'Courtin Me (Trad) |
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A traditional song sung in many parts of the country |
The Quiddle Song (Brian Matthews) |
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The Portland name for Squid (Who needs viagra?) |
The Rosebud in June (Trad) |
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A Dorset folk song |
The Chariot Song (A Quarry Shanty) (Trad) |
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Learned from Brian - possibly a music hall song but I'm not sure |
The Space Ship (Brian Matthews) |
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Sometimes, the packaging is more interesting than the contents |
Brian's Fishing Song (Brian Matthews) |
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How they went fishing off Chesil Beach in the Good Old Days |
Grace Darling (Cal Basby) |
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Sung down at The Cove House Inn every Boxing Day by Brian's Uncle Fred Smith and then by Phil Browne |
The Midland Soldier (Julie Matthews) |
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In this case Harry met Norah |
The Female Drummer (Trad) |
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I collected this from Ian (Finn) Finnly |
My Baby has gone down the Plughole (Trad) |
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A music hall song by an unknown author |
The Leaving Shanty (Trad) |
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The last song for all family ceilidhs and many a folk club night |
