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Wessex dialect of Middle English. " Sumer is icumen in " is the incipit of a medieval English round or rota of the mid-13th century; it is also known variously as the Summer Canon and the Cuckoo Song . The line translates approximately to "Summer has come" or "Summer has arrived". [ 2] The song is written in the Wessex dialect of Middle English.
Launched in June 2013, The Full English is a folk archive of 44,000 records and over 58,000 digitised images; it is the world's biggest digital archive of traditional music and dance tunes. [1] The archive brings together 19 collections from noted archivists, including Lucy Broadwood, Percy Grainger, Cecil Sharp and Ralph Vaughan Williams. [1]
The Banks of Sweet Primroses. The Bastard King of England. Be My Mistake. Beautiful Sunday (song) Beer, Beer, Beer. A Beuk o' Newcassell Sangs. Bingo (folk song) The Birthday Party (song) The Bishoprick Garland.
"The Sound of Silence" (originally "The Sounds of Silence") is a song by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, written by Paul Simon. The duo's studio audition of the song led to a record deal with Columbia Records, and the original acoustic version was recorded in March 1964 at Columbia's 7th Avenue Recording Studios in New York City for their debut album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M ...
Since they started releasing recordings in 1992, they have published and recorded hundreds of songs on over 50 albums, mostly under their own label, Hillsong Music. Below is a list of songs arranged alphabetically by title. Italicised song titles indicate an instrumental recording. Italicised album names indicate an instrumental album.
In the strictest sense, English folk music has existed since the arrival of the Anglo-Saxon people in Britain after 400 AD. The Venerable Bede's story of the cattleman and later ecclesiastical musician Cædmon indicates that in the early medieval period it was normal at feasts to pass around the harp and sing 'vain and idle songs'. [1]
A Decade of Song, 1999) "That's the Way It Is" (The Metro Club Remix) (My Love: Ultimate Essential Collection bonus track, 2008) "The Christmas Song" (with David Foster) (The Christmas Album, 1993) "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (These Are Special Times, 1998) "The Chase" (Courage, 2019)
They number in their tens of thousands and include the following: "Any Old Iron" (music by Charles Collins; lyrics by Terry Sheppard) sung by Harry Champion. "Boiled Beef and Carrots" (Charles Collins and Fred Murray) sung by Harry Champion. "The Boy I Love is up in the Gallery" ( George Ware) sung by Nelly Power and Marie Lloyd.