Rain Fall And Wet Becca Lawton 1st Rehearsal

Dead Horse Shanty

If We Really Believe

A song written in 1891 in support of the Socialist Workers Movement in England

We'll Turn Things Upside Down

Shall We Gather At The River?

Non-conformist campfire hymn composed by Fanny Crosby (lyrics) to a tune by William H Doane in 1870.

We perform it here with an Appalachian Dulcimer and Autoharp.

Pass Me Not

A rough mix of a traditional British Baptist Hymn

Jacobs Well Mix

Dare To Be A Daniel

Words are traditional from a broadsheet ballad, the tune is our own.

Hiring Day

Nuclear Waste

A song written in 1983 by Dean Frances Hawksley and given additional lyrics, arranged and recorded by us.

Will I Find You?

Very rough demo take recorded on my Tascam DR-05 handheld recorder.

Rivers

Our cover of the traditional song - with a few minor adjustments to lyrics to 'localise' it!

Bonnie ship the Diamond

God save America

Hull Folk Collective live at Hull's Maritime Museum 14th October 2017
recorded by Max Roberts of The Folk Hour.

South Australia

The Workhouse Boy is a ballad found in John Ashton's Modern Street Ballads book of 1888.
The lyrics refer to the young lad as being 'burked' - a phrase referring to the antic of body snatchers Burke & Hare.

The Workhouse Boy

The Hull Folk Collective version of an old Sea Shanty.

Johnson Girls by The Hull Folk Collective

The Cutty Wren Live at Keyingham Folk Club

A cover of the MacColl song by the Collective with Andy on banjo

30 Foot Trailer

Johns song recorded live at the world premier of the London show the Earl De Grey. The show was written by Chris ''Chip'' Wilson and the London Sea Shanty Collective and performed to two packed houses last Saturday.

Trawling And Whoring

Podcast no 2 from the Hull Folk Collective features articles on Hull in the Civil War and Hull Fair, along with tales of the 1760's and unrequited love.

Hullabaloo Belay! Podcast No 2

A mix of narrative and folk song telling the story of the life and times of TWC Docherty of Easington, East Yorkshire. Songs featured in the podcast are: Harvest Home (Jordan), Dame Durden (Trad), Abroad for Pleasure (Trad), Fighting for Strangers (Trad), Artillery Alphabet (Trad, collected by Steve Gardham), Roses in Picardy (Hayden Wood), Keep the Home Fires Burning (Ivor Novello), A Mothers Love (Jordan/Jordan), Blessed Assurance (Fanny Crosby/Phoebe Knapp). All songs performed by the Hull Folk Collective.

Hullabaloo Belay! Podcast no 3  -    A Country Life For Me

A hymn and a nod to the Carter Family. Also, a song of hope to bring lightness into a world that seems to be ever darkening at the moment.

Be A Good Friend

True stories from 19th century newspapers about cases of transportation to the colonies for petty crimes.

Barton To Australia

Our fourth podcast is a mega-long edition running to 75 minutes. It is a social history of Barton upon Humber and its environs. Topics covered include: The early history of Barton, Barton Fair, Death of a Hero, Tragedy, Death of an Artiste, Temperance, Industry and the Volunteers, Transport, Sport and Eminent Bartonians, all told in contemporary accounts and music.

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