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In this nineteenth episode of The Parson and the Songmen we find out whether the gamble that Sabine took with his inheritance did indeed pay off and whether he would ever reside in his native Devon again...
But, as the title of this podcast may suggest, you may have already guessed the answer!

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 In this episode we join Sabine, and his ever growing family, in his cramped vicarage in Yorkshire. Worrying about this overcrowded situation, he receives an offer from the Prime Minister (no less!) to take up a more substantial parish in East Mersea, Essex. Then, after some ten years, Sabine receives news that will set about the wheels of a return to his native West Country...

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Join Sabine on a journey into deep uncharted waters as he discovers the opposite sex! Where will this take him, and just who is the girl that has turned his head? Find out now in the 17th episode of The Parson and the Songmen.

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In this sixteenth episode of the Parson and the Songmen we hear how Sabine is finally ordained and find out whether he makes a success of his early days as a curate in Yorkshire.

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In this episode we hear how Sabine took his first reluctant steps into university study and how he took great steps to change the direction this would take, leading, amongst other things, to a connection with Count Dracula, werewolves and Vikings!

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This New Year episode marks the passing of Sabine Baring-Gould on the 2nd January 1924. But, although one hundred years on, his hymns are still sung, his books are still read, and, of course, the folk songs he collected are still sung. To celebrate this, Mike re-joins Kate and Jon Tidball, this time in Ashwater Church, for some more live music, including a special version of The Bell Ringing.

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An extra length podcast as a special Christmas gift for you and see you into 2024, the centenary year of Sabine Baring-Gould's passing. In this bumper festive edition of The Parson And The Songmen we explore the Parson's childhood and then give you a generous helping of live music in the shape of podcast author, Mike Bosworth, along with Kate and Jon Tidball, collectively known as Thimblerigg!

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Here, we continue to look at the theme explored in the last episode, where we asked the question whether many of the songs collected by the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould were particular to Devon and Cornwall, the old Celtic region of Dumnonia, and whose independent airs had survived in the 'Celtic West'.

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In this episode we explore Sabine's idea where he wrote 'I find that songs and ballads sung to their traditional melodies in Somersetshire, in Sussex, in Yorkshire, and Northumberland, are sung to quite independent airs on Dartmoor and in Cornwall'... 

So, how could this be? 

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To celebrate reaching double figures, a podcast with a difference... As well as exploring how Sabine decided to preserve the songs he had collected for future generations, we meet the inspiration behind this podcast series and finally reveal some exciting news for 2024!

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