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A Penny for the Ploughboy by Colin Cater Book & CD Set £17.99 Qty Choose Options   Select Name A Penny for the Ploughboy by Colin Cater £17.99   Click on images to enlarge pictures   A Penny for the Ploughboys is a book & CD set of the best loved songs and tunes written by Colin Cater, folk singer, musician and folklorist for over forty years, Essex man since 1970. As well as the title song, made famous by Pete Coe, there are songs for Essex like ‘Change at Thorpe le Soken’, and ‘Steam with Santa’. Many songs celebrate the Turn of the Year from different spiritual perspectives: others give fresh identity to well loved favourites’ like Scarborough Fair, in the manner of the classic Broadsheet Publishers of centuries past. Colin has explored contemporary folklore: customs, ceremonies, dance and songs for many years researching and writing the annual Hedingham Fair Calendar of Traditional Customs. Features: New songs and tunes by Colin Cater, performed by Karen and Colin Cater, with Mary Humphreys and Anahata and Dave Holland New tunes to well known English folk songs Live recordings with a chorus of thousands Colin’s reminiscences on the early folk song club movement. Photographs of singing, Morris and Molly Dancing Ideas on re-evaluating concepts of folk tradition Illustrations by Karen Cater. This fascinating book is illustrated throughout with photos and artwork by Karen Cater; many from Hedingham Fair’s celebrated catalogue. 96 A4 pages, plus free CD. Tracks include: Penny for the Ploughboys Scarborough Fair High Plains of Afghanistan Happy and Delightful The Merry Actors Seeds of Love Change at Thorpe-le-Soken

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The Spirit of the Hare by Karen Cater £15.99 Qty Choose Options   Select Name The Spirit of the Hare by Karen Cater £15.99   Please enter to whom you would like the book dedicated in the special messages section of the shopping cart Now Available

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Folksongs collected in Cambridgeshire by Mary Humphries £10.00 Qty Choose Options   Select Name Folksongs collected in Cambridgeshire £10.00   Folksongs Collected in Cambridgeshire Folksongs collected in Cambridgeshire by Mary Humphreys. Hedingham Fair is delighted to announce this publication. Born in North Wales, Mary Humphreys settled in the Fens some years ago and immediately set about uncovering its song heritage. Much of the original recovery took place a century ago through the work of luminaries such as Ralph Vaughan Williams and Cecil Sharp. However, as Mary dug she found that a young blind woman from Cottenham called Ella Bull was an equally important source of many of the songs. In all a collection of twenty two songs is presented, many well known but with tunes and words that have lain buried for a long time. The songs are supported with brief notes: much more significant is the historical background on both the singers and the collectors, together with a collection of photographs of the singers and the buildings in which they were living when the songs were recovered. In the last five years, Mary Humphreys and her partner Anahata have established a stellar national reputation as interpreters of these songs and of traditional tunes. Mary is a very theatrical singer, able to hold an audience spellbound.

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A Hampshire Collection by Gwylim & Carol Davies £10.00 Qty Choose Options   Select Name A Hampshire Collection £10.00   Tunes and Songs collected in Hampshire

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Ogham Sketchbook (unsigned) Qty Choose Options   Select Name Ogham Sketchbook Unsigned £14.99   Click on images to enlarge pictures Ogham Sketchbook (Signed by Karen Cater the Author) Qty Choose Options   Select Name Ogham Sketchbook Signed £24.99   Please enter to whom you would like the book dedicated in the special messages section of the shopping cart