Bare Knuckle

The Workers Song

A song based on a newspaper report of a harvest home festival on 1882 at Knitsley near Consett, Co Durham.  my good friend Maurice Condy of Cullercoats is on guitar.  Words & music Michael Burns PRS

Will Reed's Barn With MC

Charlie Kerins

Here's a song celebrating the courage of the Richmond 16, conscientious objectors who refused to do any war work.  They were shipped from Richmond castle to France where they were sentenced to death, the sentence commuted to 10 years.  They were eventually released in 1919.  Norman Gouldie, a Christian, was centre forward in the Sunderland reserve team.  Bill and Albert Laws, also Christians, were born in Melbourne, Australia.   Alfred Myers was a deputy in the Carlin How mine and was a member of the ILP and a Christian.  Richard Lewis Barry of  Long Eaton, Derbyshire, a socialist, appears on some articles on the 16, but not in others.  The chorus is a slight adaptation of Percy Goldbrough's verse, Percy was a member of the British Socialist Party.

We Do Not Heed Their Evil Threats

The Sunset

Johnny Faa, or  Lady Cassilis Lilt.
Performed by Matt Seattle on Border Pipes, Kelso Public Library, 12/3/2019
Setting © Matt Seattle 2006

Johny Faa

Dooky Apple Night

A traditional song for which we cannot find any previous recording.  The lyrics appear to have been adapted in the Victorian era, to serve as a moral lesson to young women.  We tweaked the lyrics to be more sensitive to Sarah's predicament.

Sarah Wilson

Sean Morgan

A great Local song by Samuel Cottrell of Stalybridge 1799-1837

Mottram Wakes

Hi I'm from Blackhill, Consett in Co Durham, but have lived in Manchester for quite a few years now.  My music is influenced by the Irish, Scottish and Northumbrian traditions, as well as by more contemporary writers. 

We Do Not Heed Their Evil Threats

Michael Burns 1

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