Cyril Papworth
Taken from an otherwise unmarked cassette tape found in the MF Notation Library. This tape includes a number of tunes (played by the Old Britannia Band) as used for Molly, or possibly just social, dancing as collected by Cyril Papworth. The last six minutes of side one (each side lasts 15 minutes) include Cyril talking about Molly dancing in East Anglia. The talk continues on side two.
We would like a transcript of the talk to allow it to be searched. Any volunteers? (Seriously).
Please contact the Notation Officer if you want access to these recordings.
Tunes include: Sailor’s hornpipe; Shave the Donkey; Birds-a-Building; Brighton Camp (The Girl I left Behind Me); Smash the Windows; Unknown.
Includes the tune for the Broom Dance played by Anne Hinchcliffe on concertina (1:02 The Cross-Hand Polka; followed by the Keel Row at 3:16). Cyril Papworth refers to some written notes on the Broom Dance. No notes were found with the tape (but perhaps others exist in the archive – TBC).
