L & N Rag

Chinesebreakdown

SYCAMORE SHOALS

Traditional hornpipe played on my 5-string King Lud banjo.

The Cliff Hornpipe

An early 19th century broadside with melody collected in Dorset by Hammond.
Bill Howarth: vocals and dulcimers, Dusty Strings and Anness
Phili Mills: vocals
Jon Mills: 5-string nylon strung banjo

Arise Arise

Phili Mills: vocal.
Jon Mills: 5-string banjo.
Bill Howarth: hammered dulcimer.
This song is traditionally sung in the pubs around Cornwall. Jon Mills first learned this from the singing of Charlie Jose in the Cobweb Inn in Boscastle in the late 1960s. It derives from an original version written by G.W. Moore and Charles W. Blamphin published in 1869 in America. The Cornish version was noted by Ralph Dunstan (1932)in his Cornish Dialect and Folk Songs.

Little Maggie May (trad.) arr. Mills and Howarth

Turlough O'Carolan 1670 to 1738 composed O'Carolan's Concerto (alternatively titled Mrs Power) in  response to a compositional challenge by Francesco Geminiani.  It is played here by Jon Mills (on nylon-strung five-string banjo) and Bill Howarth (on dulcimer).

O'Carolan's Concerto

Turkey In The Straw & The Mason's Apron

Two Jigs composed by Jon Mills and named after two pubs that at we frequently play.
Performed by
Jon Mills: nylon strung 5-string banjo,
Bill Howarth: hammered dulcimer,
Phili Mills: crowdy crawn (bodhran).

The Mash Tun and The Queen's Head Jigs (composed Jon Mills)

Sung by Phili and Jon Mills. This traditional song was collected by Sabine Baring Gold from James Olver of Launceston, Kernow. Cornish words and additional verses are by Merv Davey.

Cusk En Ta, Cusk

Demo

01 - Cornish Finnegan (If Only A Little - Tansys Golowan)

I am a retired school teacher, a violin maker and a musician living in the Northern California redwoods, about an hour south of Oregon on the Pacific coast.  I play music for the sheer joy of it.

SYCAMORE SHOALS

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