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CLICK ON THE SONG TOPIC YOU ARE SEEKING	BEER, ALE, DRINKING			BRICKS	CALLING ON		CANALS
	CATHERINE OF ARAGON			CELEBRATION	CHRISTMAS XMAS		CONSER-VATION
LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER	COTTAGE INDUSTRY			CRIME	CUSTOMS & TRADITIONS		DEATH & MURDER
	DISCRIMI-NATION			FARMING & THE LAND	FOOD		GHOSTS
	HATS			HOLIDAYS	HUMOUR		INDUSTRY & TRADES
	IRON INDUSTRY			JOHN BUNYAN	LACE		LEGEND
	LOVE			MAYDAY	MORRIS		MUMMERS
	MUSIC HALL			PEDDLING	POACHING		POLITICAL
	RAILWAYS			RELIGION	RECRUITING		SAND
	THE SEA			SHROVE TUESDAY	SINGING		STRAW
	TOWN CRIER			VALENTINE’S DAY	WAR & BATTLE
SEARCH PHRASE		SONG TITLE				TOPIC
brick songs brickworks songs brickmaking songs songs of brickmaking songs of bricks songs of brickworks		Brickmaking * ††† Holes & Homes ††† The Pits That Scar The Land ††† Man of Clay ††† Marston Vale ††† listen Bedfordshire Brickmakers ††† The Last Hoffmans ††† Little Italy †††				BRICKS
ghost songs songs of ghosts		The Ghost of Lady de Grey †				GHOSTS
poaching songs poacher songs songs of poaching songs of poachers		The Kempston Poachers				POACHING
crime songs crime and punishment songs criminal songs highwayman songs robbery songs transportation songs songs of crime songs of crime and punishment songs of criminals songs of highwaymen songs of robbery songs of transportation		The Markyate Highwayman * The Life & Times of Henry Claydon, Highwayman † Rough Music † Robin Hood of Hexton The Far Wastes of Van Diemens Land Dun The Robber The Robber, Dun To The Memory of an Unknown Female The Kempston Poachers The Village Lock-Up				CRIME
custom songs tradition songs seasonal songs songs of customs songs of traditions songs of the seasons		Plough Monday Song † The Witch of Conger Hill † The Stonehaven Fireballs listen Easter Song * Tilsworth May Song The Statty Fair The Toddington Tour Rough Music † Dunstable Downs Midsummer’s Day Song † A Cold Christmas Day Ampthill Sunrise † Jack Valentine The Olney Pancake Race Boxing Day Song All In The Wintertime † The Farming Year Wareham Court Leet XX Stir-Up Sunday Follow the Straw Bear Dance it Away Up the Street Dance For St George Again The Toddington Gallon				CUSTOMS & TRADITIONS
morris songs songs of morris dancing		Ampthill Sunrise † The Toddington Tour Plough Monday Song † Dance It Away Up the Street Dance For St George Again				MORRIS
mummers songs mumming songs songs of mummers songs of mumming		Plough Monday Song † All In The Wintertime †				MUMMERS
shrove tuesday songs songs of shrove tuesday		The Witch of Conger Hill † The Olney Pancake Race				SHROVE TUESDAY
valentines day songs songs of valentines day		Jack Valentine				VALENTINE’S DAY
may songs mayday songs songs of may songs of mayday		Ampthill Sunrise † Tilsworth May Song				MAY DAY
christmas songs xmas songs boxing day songs songs of christmas songs of xmas songs of boxing day		A Cold Christmas Day All In The Wintertime † Boxing Day Song Christmas 1914 Stir-Up Sunday				CHRISTMAS XMAS
army songs battle songs war songs songs of the army songs of battle songs of war		Christmas 1914 Admiral Byng The Unsuccessful Recruiting				WAR & BATTLE
recruiting songs recruitment songs songs of recruiting songs of recruitment		The Unsuccessful Recruiting				RECRUITING
ale songs beer songs brewing songs brewer songs brewery songs drinking songs pub songs songs of ale songs of beer songs of brewing songs of brewers songs of breweries songs of drinking songs of pubs		The Barleycorn The Bridge of Iron ** John Wilkinson ** Success to All These Learned Men ** The Simple Life of a Quaker ** Bedfordshire Ale * Charles Wells & Josephine Grimbley Flitwick Chalybeate Water More Time, Gentlemen, Please Wareham Court Leet XX A Bit of a Do †† A Pint And A Song The Toddington Gallon				BEER, ALE & DRINKING
celebration songs songs of celebration		The Bridge of Iron ** John Wilkinson ** Success to All These Learned Men ** Bedfordshire Ale * Ampthill Sunrise † Tilsworth May Song Stir-Up Sunday Jack Valentine The Olney Pancake Race Boxing Day Song All In The Wintertime † A Bit of a Do †† Dance it Away Up the Street Follow the Straw Bear Dance For St George Again Dunstable Downs Midsummer’s Day Song † A Cold Christmas Day The Toddington Tour The Barleycorn Plough Monday Song † Marston Vale ††† listen The Bridge Down the Meadow				CELEBRATION
singing songs singaround songs songs of singing songs of singarounds		A Pint And A Song				SINGING
railway songs songs of railways		The Engine Boy				RAILWAYS
canal songs waterways songs songs of the canals songs of the waterways		Until The Cut Runs Dry †† Where the Working Boats Went †† listen The Row Between the Boaters †† A Working Boatie Man † †† The Ivel Navigation †† The B&MK ††† listen Lock Keepers of the Waterways †† The Duke of Bridgewater †† Rose and Castles †† A Bit of a Do †† Iced In †† Narrow Boats To Tow †† Carrying The Load †† A Light at The End of The Tunnel †† The Boatmen’s Strike				CANALS
industrial songs industry songs trade songs songs of industry songs of trades		Until The Cut Runs Dry †† Where the Working Boats Went †† listen The Row Between the Boaters †† A Working Boatie Man † †† The Ivel Navigation †† The B&MK ††† listen Lock Keepers of the Waterways †† The Duke of Bridgewater †† Rose and Castles †† A Bit of a Do †† Iced In †† Narrow Boats To Tow †† Carrying The Load †† A Light at The End of The Tunnel †† John Wilkinson ** Colebrook Dale ** Abraham Darby ** A Bridge of Iron ** The Bridge of Iron ** Boys of Bedlam ** Success to All These Learned Men ** The Simple Life of a Quaker ** The Pride of Englishmen ** Lament for Darby ** A Furnaceman’s Life ** Straw Plait * The Bonelace Weaver * Brickmaking * Holes & Homes ††† The Pits That Scar The Land ††† Man of Clay ††† Marston Vale ††† listen Bedfordshire Brickmakers ††† The Last Hoffmans ††† Little Italy ††† The Scots of the Davis Gas Stove Company * Bedfordshire Ale * The Barleycorn Lime Burning Flitwick Chalybeate Water Charles Wells & Josephine Grimbley Fuller’s Earth † We Used to Plait Straw Here As Well The Farming Year Sand XXX Dobbing XXX The Engine Boy The Boatmen’s Strike				INDUSTRY & TRADES
iron industry songs ironworks songs industrial revolution songs songs of the iron industry songs of the ironworks songs of the industrial revolution		John Wilkinson ** Colebrook Dale ** Abraham Darby ** A Bridge of Iron ** The Bridge of Iron ** Boys of Bedlam ** Success to All These Learned Men ** The Simple Life of a Quaker ** The Pride of Englishmen ** Lament for Darby ** A Furnaceman’s Life **				IRON INDUSTRY
cottage industry songs songs of cottage industry		Straw Plait * The Bonelace Weaver *				COTTAGE INDUSTRY
lace songs lace making songs songs of lace songs of lacemaking		The Bonelace Weaver *				LACE
straw songs straw plaiting songs songs of straw songs of straw plaiting		Straw Plait *				STRAW
hat songs hat making songs hat industry songs millinery songs songs of hats songs of hat making songs of the hat industry songs of millinery		Straw Plait * Blockers’ Seaside *				HATS
sand songs sand industry songs songs of sand songs of the sand industry		A Working Boatie Man † †† Sand XXX Dobbing XXX The Engine Boy				SAND
town crier songs songs of the town crier		Tell Old Charlie Irons *				TOWN CRIER
conservation songs forest songs songs of conservation songs of the forest		Marston Vale ††† listen				CONSERVATION
holiday songs songs of holidays		Blockers’ Seaside * Where the Working Boats Went †† listen				HOLIDAYS
discrimination songs songs of discrimination		The Scots of the Davis Gas Stove Company *				DISCRIMINATION
musical hall songs songs of the music hall		Let’s Go To The Grand * Blockers’ Seaside * Holes & Homes ††† Flitwick Chalybeate Water I’m The Lord Of The Manor, You See				MUSIC HALL
love songs songs of love		Charles Wells & Josephine Grimbley The Mistletoe Bough Jack Valentine’s Song The Markyate Highwayman * Queen Catherine † The Ghost of Lady de Grey † Eleanor Cross The Far Wastes of Van Diemens Land				LOVE
sea songs maritime songs navy songs songs of the sea songs of maritime songs of the navy		Admiral Byng The Far Wastes of Van Diemens Land A Bedfordshire Whaling Song Charles Wells & Josephine Grimbley Sailor’s Lament Blockers’ Seaside *				THE SEA
john bunyan songs songs of john bunyan		John Bunyan				JOHN BUNYAN
humour songs humorous songs songs of humour songs with humour		A Bedfordshire Whaling Song The Bedfordshire Clanger X The Toddington Tour More Time, Gentlemen, Please Have You Got A Shilling For The Gas? The Toddington Gallon				HUMOUR
legend songs story songs songs of legends songs of stories		Jump With The Devil The Mistletoe Bough Dun The Robber The Robber, Dun The Witch of Conger Hill † The Ghost of Lady de Grey † The Riseley Lads’ Wager				LEGEND
land songs farm songs farming songs songs of the land songs of the farm songs of farming		The Farming Year The Barleycorn Straw Plait * Fuller’s Earth † Marston Vale ††† listen Hole & Homes ††† The Pits That Scar The Land ††† The Bridge Down The Meadow Lime Burning Sand				FARMING & THE LAND
calling on songs calling off songs		Calling On Calling Off Calling On Song				CALLING ON
religious songs songs of religion		The Simple Life of a Quaker ** Easter Song * A Cold Christmas Day Jump With The Devil ††† John Bunyan				RELIGION
food songs songs of food		The Bedfordshire Clanger X The Witch of Conger Hill † A Cold Christmas Day Wareham Court Leet XX Stir-Up Sunday The Olney Pancake Race				FOOD
peddler songs peddling songs songs of the peddler songs of peddlers songs of peddling		Old Granny Smoke-a-Pipe				PEDDLING
death songs murder songs songs of death songs of murder		The Mistletoe Bough To The Memory of an Unknown Female The Markyate Highwayman * The Ghost of Lady de Grey † Eleanor Cross				DEATH & MURDER
catherine of aragon songs katherine of aragon songs tudor songs songs of catherine of aragon songs of katherine of aragon songs of the tudors		Queen Catherine † Katherine’s Cross				CATHERINE OF ARAGON
songs of social comment modern political songs		How Can They Sleep At Night The Boatmen’s Strike				POLITICAL SONGS
KEY		* ** † †† ††† X XX XXX	Recorded on Strawplait & Bonelace Fellside FE043 & FE043/c (1985) Recorded on Shropshire Iron Fellside FE071 & FE071/c (1989) Recorded on Charivari Wixamtree WIX051 (2001) Recorded on Where The Working Boats Went Wixamtree WIX052 (2009) Recorded on Marston Vale Community Project CD Can be heard at www.thebedfordshireclanger.co.uk Can be heard at Wareham Court Leet website Can be heard at www.thesandmuseum.org See also YouTube at lifeandtimesuk. Other songs can be heard at www.myspace.com/broadsidesrevisited Songs by Graeme Meek are in Red Songs by Barry Goodman are in Green			KEY