The CD-ROM has some RealAudio encoded versions of various Morris tunes. We use some of them for practice when we don't have a musician. There is a fairly complete repertoire. They are all, unless noted, full length versions. Enjoy.
The musicians on these tapes include: Leah Barkan - accordion, Paul
Kerlee - accordion, Jim Norman - concertina, Nelson Beers - extraneous
penny whistles or recorders. Another musician I recognize on some of
these tunes is Brad Foster on accordion. There are probably others whom
I don't know as well. (Is it Paul Friedman on the Ducklington workshop
stuff?)
I've added two tapes from Paul. Al Herman's Morris tape and what I
call the BASF Morris tape. The first is a tape that Al collected of
mostly Mianus River dancing at practices. The second is a collection of
Mianus and other teams, some English, gathered from unknown sources. If
any of these are copyrighted I will remove them.
Thanks to Paul Kerlee for recording these in the first place.
Abbots Bromley Horn
Dance - played on concertina from our 12th night of
1987.
Adderbury
Beaux of London
City - old recording (copyrighted?), live, w/ sticks, fiddler
only!!, Paul? calls over it, no bells (BASF A18)
Beaux of London City w/ sticking, no bells - (Al Herman's Morris tape #B1)
(Adderbury? - Constant Billy) - "w/ single chorus", good recording, I say "Hi Paul", slight musical mistake, no bells, no calls, no sticks (ConstantBilly.rm)
Constant
Billy - nice one note beginning, bells, sticks, misc crowd noise,
(Judith) not as good a recording but with (good) stick clashes
(ConstantBillyA.rm)
Constant
Billy - w/ singing intro, w/ sticks & bells, whops,
Amy, Judith (Al Herman's Morris tape #A10)
Constant Billy - w/ sticks and bells, male intro (BASF A4)
Lads a Bunchum
- (Oh dear Mother...), outside, w/ bells & sticks, birds!, audience
in background (BASF A9)
The Roast Beef Of
Old England - Nice tune!, sticks, no bells (Al Herman's Morris tape
#B5)
Shepherd's
Hey - good recording (from an International Night gig we did 4/88,
have video of this), much better recording, no bells (Shepherd.rm)
Shepherd's Hey
- gets louder, squeal, no bells, Paul calls (BASF A8)
Sweet Jenny Jones - no bells, w/ sticks w/
barely audible singing, kinda
dull recording, John M calling?, fast chorus at the end low level
recording, (Al Herman's
Morris tape #A14)
Ascot Under Wichwood (sp?)
Jockey To The Fair - Someone says "Jockey to
the
Fair, Ascot Under Wichwood, double" at the beginning of the tape so I
assume that is what it is. It sounds like it but I can't guarantee it
is the right tradition. Amy Brewer in the background, unknown beginner
musician on fiddle? No bells, some calls audible
Jockey To The
Fair (part 1) (Al Herman's Morris tape #A12)
Then Al breaks in accidently so we have Jockey
To The Fair
(part 2) (Al Herman's Morris tape #A13)
Bampton
Banbury
Bill - another great recording, Paul calling, no bells
(BanburyBill.rm)
Bonnie Green
Garters - English male announcer, bells, no singing (BASF A6)
Bonnie Green continued
- applause at end (BASF A7)
Constant
Billy - good recording, Paul calling, baby in background? (slight
musical mistake), no bells (ConstantBillyB.rm)
Highland Mary - (Al playing harmonica?) Paul calling, no bells (me and Elly yakking it up? Judith?) good recording, Amy in background? (HighlandMary.rm
Jenny Lind - John Mazza intros, no bells. (Al Herman's Morris tape #B2)
Jenny
Lind - faster tempo than the tape I have but this could be the same
tape played at the correct speed?, male caller, w/ bells (BASF A2)
Maid
of the Mill - Amy calling. (Al Herman's Morris tape #A4)
Nutting Girl - Paul calls, jig? (Al Herman's Morris tape #B7)
Princess Royal - great recording, Leah? no bells (PrincessRoyal.rm)
Step and Fetch Her - Paul calling, good recording, so so performance, no bells (StepandFetchHer.rm)
Step
and Fetch Her - Leah playing, Paul calling, good recording, no
bells, better recording than above (StepandFetcHer.rm), musical
mistake (StepandFetch.rm) (duller version of AHB8?)
Step
and Fetch Her - slightly different version than we are used to,
good
recording, Paul calling, weird ending, Amy? no bells (StepandFetch2.rm)
Step
and Fetch Her - Paul calls, no bells (Al Herman's Morris tape #B8)
Bledington
3 Muskateers - good recording, from an International Night gig we did 4/88 (have video of this), no bells, w/ 2 mistaken clashes of sticks in the beginning (3Muskateers.rm)
3
Muskateers - Amy calling, interesting version (tape recorder
probably only picked up one side of the accordion.), Judith, very low
level but a slightly different verison than what we are used to
3Muskateers2.rm)
3
Muskateers - Paul calling, w/ sticks, no bells, rounds
repeated? (Al Herman's Morris tape #B4)
Morningstar - Amy calling, good recording, no bells, do I hear a recorder in there somewhere Nelson?
William
and Nancy - better, Amy, low level, no bells, who is playing?
(WilliamandNancy.rm)
Bledington?- William & Nancy - Amy calling, Nelson? noodling on a recorder in the background, no bells (Al Herman's Morris tape #A3)
Young
Collins - good recording, bells, Paul calling, sticks, applause at
the end (YoungCollins.rm)
Bucknell
Black Joke (Joe?) - Brad Foster calling while playing during our workshop (10/87 or 9/88?) with 20-30 dancers, w/ lots of bells (BlackJoke.rm)
Blue
Eyed Stranger - (note the tempo!) Brad Foster calling while playing
during our workshop (10/87 or 9/88?) with 20-30 dancers, w/lots of
bells (BlueEyed.rm)
Blue Eyed Stranger - concertina, nice recording, Jim Norman on concertina? w/ bells (BlueEyedconcertina.rm)
Queen's Delight - Brad Foster calling while playing during our workshop (10/87 or 9/88?) with 20-30 dancers, w/bells. He stops briefly before the back to back but starts up quickly again and he plays B music when should be A music for a brief moment. (use other version?) slightly echoey room/low level at times (QueensDelight.rm)
Queens
Delight - good recording (from an International Night gig we
did 4/88, have video of this), no bells, no calling
(QueensDelight2.rm)
Ducklington
All Ducklington tunes taken from a workshop Sue Salmons taught 11/86. We have video of this. There are calls and LOTS of bells (20+ dancers).(Who is playing fiddle? Paul Friedman?)
Boys of The Bunch (Lollipop) (BoysLollipop.rm)
Nutting
Girl - w/ a little barely audible recorder too
(NuttingGirl.rm)
The
Lollipop Man - no bells ( Al Herman's Morris tape #A14)
Old
Taylor- spoken intro by Sue Salmons (OldTaylor.rm)
Princess
Royal - interesting version (PrincessRoyalD.rm)
Headington
29th
of May - (Constant Billy tune but no sticks) Amy calling,
Paul too,
w/ bells (Al Herman's Morris tape #A7)
29th of May - (Oh dear mother tune), fast, no singing, no bells, males (BASF A17)
Constant
Billy - w/ bells & sticks, missed intro, Amy calls, Amy whoop
(Al Herman's Morris tape #A6)
Constant Billy - sticks, no bells, male (BASF A16)
Fool's Jig - w/ bells, outside!, tire squeal! (BASF A10)
Getting
Upstairs
- w/ bells, level gets lower at end, unknown tune,
(caper caper one two three), good
recording, slightly low level (Al Herman's Morris
tape
#A8)
Rigs
O Marlow - Paul calling, no bells, w/ sticks (RigsOMarlow.rm)
Kirtlington
Old
Woman* - no bells, males (BASF A15)
*These are all the same series, English Morris team
Old
Woman - I give intro?, bells, Amy, not much melody on the
accordion,
repeated figure towards end, good recording except for micing only one
side of the accordion, can barely hear calls (OldWoman.rm)
Lichfield
Ring
O Bells - no bells, w/ sticks, stops then continues in the middle,
mostly oompah not much melody, Leah calls out for accordion player to
stop for the silent sticking chorus (Al Herman's Morris tape #B5)
Sherborne
Cuckoos
Nest - Paul calling (barely audible), no bells, good
recording (CuckoosNest.rm)
Moncks March - (*who is calling?) faster than our usual tempo, who is calling? (workshop?), no bells (MoncksMarch.rm)
Monck's
March - no bells (Al Herman's Morris tape #B9)
Monck's March - so fast!, w/bells, Amy? yells higher (recording level goes down), Amy yells again, smacks as they fall together!! (BASF A5)
Orange
In Bloom - no bells, good recording (OrangeInBloom.rm)
Orange
In Bloom* - English man introduces, male calls/instructs?, no
bells,
argh! (BASF A14)
*These are all the same series, English Morris team
Upton
Upton on Severn - good recording, (from an International Night gig we did 4/88, have video of this) Loud. no bells, no sticks (Upton.rm)
Upton
On Severn (w/ baby Nelson Beers hooting in the beginning) (948k),
no
bells, w/ sticks, (weird edit towards end), Paul calling
(UptonOnSevern.rm)
Winster
- only a few bars, w/ bells (BASF A1)
And it's not Mianus but it's close. The Greenwich Guard doing a
rapper
dance at our 12th Night in 1987 VERY FAST!! Great percussion.
Emily, Andreus's wife playing fiddle I presume.
Unknown traditions
Baca
Pipes - (late cue), love this tune! (BASF A1)
The
Bridge (The Quaker) - A dance we made up in honor (?) of the
Mianus River bridge
that fell down. (Did we make up the tune too? Where is it from?) Missed
a little of the intro, Paul calls, with stomping, sticking, whole gyp
twice, no bells, "lines" (Al Herman's Morris tape #A5)
Forester! - missed beginning, male caller (Brad Foster?), w/ bells (BASF B1), Paul explains the dance (BASF B2)
Hunt The Squirrel - male caller (Brad Foster?), w/ bells & sticks (BASF B5)
Morning Star - no bells, Amy, weird version, crash?/laughter (me?), low level, (sounds like Maid of the Mill at times) (MorningStar2.rm)
Shepherds
Hey - (*Who is calling? playing?. Our musicians don't play it this
way.) Faster tempo than we are used to, good enough recording, no
bells (ShepherdsHey3.rm)
Unknown tunes
The label said: "Lads A Bunchum, Glorishears, Rose Tree, Shepherd's
Hey" but I don't recognize them and Jockey to the Fair was in the
middle, which wasn't on the label.
1) Unknown1.rm - no intro, sounds familiar but I don't know it by name. (Also what tradition is this?) no bells
2) Unknown2.rm - Leah in background, false start, with beginner on fiddle, dancing heard in the background but no bells
3) Unknown3.rm - missed intro, familiar tune, (*who's calling?), no bells
Pete Thomas's guesses:
1) Lumps of Plum Pudding. Bledington as far as I can work out.
2) Jig Ladies Pleasure. Bledington Jig
3) A version of the Rose Tree. It doesn't sound like the Bampton
version
What tradition is this?
Nutting Girl - male caller (Brad Foster?), w/bells, complete (BASF B4)
Remaining questions:
Who plays fiddle on Ducklington workshop stuff? Paul Friedman?
Headington - 29th of May is Constant Billy tune?
Who is calling dances marked with * ? (not including the other set of
English dancers but I do wonder if those are copyrighted...)