michael sam wild Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 A lovely book and a worthy successor to the original. http://www.efdss.org/news/newsId/273 One for the library and lots of tunes in G and D! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Drinkwater Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 A lovely book and a worthy successor to the original. http://www.efdss.org/news/newsId/273 One for the library and lots of tunes in G and D! I heartily endorse that Michael. Got my copy at a discount from Amazon, ages ago. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael sam wild Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 I commented elsewhere that the scraper board imageon the cover, by Tunnicliffe says a klot about how folk song is still perceived, a timeless rural image. Maybe nowadays a Traveller with a Transit would be a more likely custodian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael sam wild Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) Some say Nic Jones' Penguin Eggs was an allusion to the original book. I always thought it came from the song 'In the little dark engine room' May mate calls it the English Book of Penguin Songs , we have songs about Cuckoos in the Nest, and Skylarks and Bonny Goshawks, so how about this shifty little scrote? Go to 0.50 min. for the hilarious bit, look at those expressions, true Charlie Chaplin!Where's me dress suit? Edited August 22, 2012 by michael sam wild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Taylor Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Thank you, MSW, for pointing this out. I just received my copy today and it is a very nice work. One question I had is answered in the text - this book does not contain any of the songs from the earlier version. I lost my copy many years ago and have been meaning to search ABE books for a copy. I guess I still need to do that. Don. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael sam wild Posted August 24, 2012 Author Share Posted August 24, 2012 (edited) I find it very helpful to search sound archives via British Library and EFDSS etc to get as close to the original rendition. There are so many good sources now available from Topic, Veteran, MusTrad and so on on CD reissues. Try Dave Eyre's web site for second hand copies of folk books.http://www.collectorsfolk.co.uk/ Edited August 24, 2012 by michael sam wild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulN Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Thank you, MSW, for pointing this out. I just received my copy today and it is a very nice work. One question I had is answered in the text - this book does not contain any of the songs from the earlier version. I lost my copy many years ago and have been meaning to search ABE books for a copy. I guess I still need to do that. Don. This book was re-issued by the EFDSS under the title : Classic English Folk Songs http://folkshop.efdss.org/Books+and+Publications/Classic+English+Folk+Songs.html Enjoy! Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene S. Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Thank you, MSW, for pointing this out. I just received my copy today and it is a very nice work. One question I had is answered in the text - this book does not contain any of the songs from the earlier version. I lost my copy many years ago and have been meaning to search ABE books for a copy. I guess I still need to do that. Don. This book was re-issued by the EFDSS under the title : Classic English Folk Songs http://folkshop.efds...Folk+Songs.html Enjoy! Paul. Sorry Paul, but this is not actually correct. The original book referred to was The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs - first edition issued in 1959 (not sure - it might have been 1958?). This went through about three different reprints ... and in 2009 was eventually reissued by Penguin Books under the title of "English Folk Songs" showing Vaughan Williams as the author (with no mention of co-editor Bert Lloyd). http://www.penguin.c...1190921,00.html This is the original book. "Classic English Folk Songs", which was published by the English Folk Dance and Song Society, contained the same collection of songs, but had additional input from the late Malcolm Douglasregarding the singers of the songs, and the songs themselves , and was published in 2003. http://www.amazon.co...s/dp/0854181881 (It is not a re-issue as such. I suppose you could call it an upgrade ?) Bufflehead - the New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs is not another version of the original book, which is why you will not find any of the original songs in it. It is a completely new selection of material, is a substantially larger book than the first book, and is edited by Steve Roud and Julia Bishop.And rather lovely it is too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dunk Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 It is a completely new selection of material, is a substantially larger book than the first book, and is edited by Steve Roud and Julia Bishop.And rather lovely it is too! I suppose I'll have to buy a copy then, Ho hum. Moral dilemma, do I pay £25.00 in order to support the EFDSS or £15.00 to 'a leading on-line seller' who pays no UK taxes. I'm a tight fisted Yorkshireman and these are hard times, no contest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene S. Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 It is a completely new selection of material, is a substantially larger book than the first book, and is edited by Steve Roud and Julia Bishop.And rather lovely it is too! I suppose I'll have to buy a copy then, Ho hum. Moral dilemma, do I pay £25.00 in order to support the EFDSS or £15.00 to 'a leading on-line seller' who pays no UK taxes. I'm a tight fisted Yorkshireman and these are hard times, no contest! Well at one point Waterstone's were selling it for the same price as the other seller you refer to . Don't know if they still are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tootler Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 The original book referred to was The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs - first edition issued in 1959 (not sure - it might have been 1958?). This went through about three different reprints ... and in 2009 was eventually reissued by Penguin Books under the title of "English Folk Songs" showing Vaughan Williams as the author (with no mention of co-editor Bert Lloyd). http://www.penguin.c...1190921,00.html This is the original book. "Classic English Folk Songs", which was published by the English Folk Dance and Song Society, contained the same collection of songs, but had additional input from the late Malcolm Douglasregarding the singers of the songs, and the songs themselves , and was published in 2003. http://www.amazon.co...s/dp/0854181881 (It is not a re-issue as such. I suppose you could call it an upgrade ?) I bought my copy of the original Penguin book some years ago second hand on a trip to Hay-on-Wye. It is a 1961 reprint but the original copyright date is 1959. It was £9.00 when I bought it, quite a lot for a second hand paperback at the time, but it has been worth every penny. It's getting a little dog eared now, so I have been thinking about getting the EFDSS "upgrade" and I can then retire the original to my bookshelf so it doesn't deteriorate any more and have a newer one to refer to for music and song texts. Malcolm Douglass's extra notes should make it worthwhile. The New Penguin book is excellent, by the way. An invaluable reference with excellent notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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