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In this, the second episode of the Parson and the Songmen, we join the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould as he starts the task of collecting the old folk songs of his native Devon. After early difficulties in tracking down any songs his luck changes when he encounters a local thatcher and hedger, James Parsons, who due to the sheer number of songs that he knew was called ‘The Singing Machine’.

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*PLEASE VISIT MY NEW WEBSITE mikebosworth.uk Lots of info about my connection to folk music and The Reverend Sabine Baring Gould as well as upcoming gigs, contact details etc AND A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO CLIPS AND BUY A COPY OF MY CD ' By Chance It Was'.
*Jon Tidball, podcast series producer - [email protected].
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*Thimblerigg videos on YouTube for more songs collected by The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould
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*Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group - 1924 to 2024 for more https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/
*Simon Mayor. Hugely acclaimed mandolin player, fiddle player, guitarist, composer, poet and wit. mandolin.co.uk *Mike O'Connor. Cornish-based musicologist, folk singer and story-teller.
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*Barbara Griggs. Harpist and early music specialist. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857

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In 1888 The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould set himself the daunting task of collecting the folk songs of his native Devonshire, and later Cornwall, before they died out with their ageing singers. If he had not done so then this important part of our traditional musical heritage would have been lost forever. This first episode tells the story of how he began this project that would consume him for the next fifteen years. As the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould said: He considered it to be 'the most important achievement of his life'. 

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*PLEASE VISIT MY NEW WEBSITE mikebosworth.uk Lots of info about my connection to folk music and The Reverend Sabine Baring Gould as well as upcoming gigs, contact details etc AND A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO CLIPS AND BUY A COPY OF MY CD ' By Chance It Was'.
*Jon Tidball, podcast series producer - [email protected].
*Please follow the facebook page for these podcasts:
https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/
*Thimblerigg videos on YouTube for more songs collected by The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos
*Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group - 1924 to 2024 for more https://www.sbgcentenary.co.uk/
*Simon Mayor. Hugely acclaimed mandolin player, fiddle player, guitarist, composer, poet and wit. mandolin.co.uk *Mike O'Connor. Cornish-based musicologist, folk singer and story-teller.
http://www.lyngham.co.uk/
*Barbara Griggs. Harpist and early music specialist. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Arganteilin-Harp-Cornwall/dp/0954106857