Recordings from the archives of Topic Records and private collections.
Production by Tony Engle and Reg Hall; compilation, research and notes by Reg Hall.
Compact disc.
Notes on the series, the performers and recording information (47 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Recorded 1936-1986.
Jenny Lind (Scan Tester, Rabbity Baxter) (1:59) -- The flowers of Edinburgh ; Bobbing around (Jinky Wells) (3:10) -- The Yarmouth breakdown (Percy Brown) (1:08) -- The Italian waltz (Oscar Woods) (3:09) -- The Boscastle breakdown (The Boscastle & Tintagel Players) (1:21) -- Shepherd's hey (Jack Hyde) (1:02) -- In and out the windows ; The monkey hornpipe (Scan Tester) (3:08) -- Hands across ; The four-handed reel (The Dorset Trio) (2:18) -- Woodland flowers/Uncle Jim's barndance (Bob Cann) (4:07) -- Greensleeves ; Napoleon's march (Stephen Baldwin) (2:51) -- Over the waves/The cuckoo waltz (Jimmy Dixon, Ron Whatmore) (2:10) -- Old Mrs. Cuddledee (Walter Bulwer) (:53) -- The egg hornpipe/The shipdham hornpipe/The sailor's hornpipe (Walter Bulwer) (3:30)-- Untitled polka (Scan Tester, Rabbity Baxter) (2:33) -- Johnny's so long at the fair (Arnold Woodley) (1:56) -- Over the hills to glory (Bill Kimber) (2:18) -- Untitled polka/Golden slippers ; Mick's tune (Font Whatling) (2:41) -- The Irish washerwoman/Garyowen/Rory O'More/St. Patrick's Day (Billy Cooper) (2:27) -- The Italian schottische (The Dorset Trio) (2:00) -- The gypsy hornpipe ; Untitled schottische (Stephen Baldwin) (3:09) -- Untitled schottische (Scan Tester, Daisy Sherlock) (1:57) -- The Veleta ; The heel and toe polka (Percy Brown) (3:53) -- The Earl Scham slog ; Harkie Nestling's (Fred Whiting) (2:20) -- The Manchester hornpipe/Click go the shears (Ruth Askew, George Privett) (2:05) -- Sheep-shearing ; Untitled polka (The Dorset Trio) (2:12) -- Untitled polka ; Untitled polka (Oscar Woods) (3:18) -- The maid of the mill ; Bacca pipes ; Jockey to the fair (Bertie Clark) (3:44) -- Nobody's darling but mine/Untitled ; Quick-step medley (Jimmy Dixon, Ron Whatmore) (3:24) -- Joe, the boat is tipping over (Live performance by The Sailors' Hobby Horse) (1:51)