Written by Tony Morris in 2007 for a film celebrating the 150 anniversary of the creation of the White Horse at Kilburn in Yorkshire which is the largest in acreage in the UK, it has become a favourite in Folk Clubs when he is performing around Yorkshire and the North East.

The Songs of Tony Morris 1

John Hodgson's White Horse Song

John Hodgson White Horse Song

comedy track describing work of a Bodger a traditional craftsman

The Bodger

The song of Gelert tells the story of Prince Llewelyn and his faithful hound that he killed in a fit of temper after making a hasty judgment. This telling is accompanied on lyre played  by Tony Morris.

Song Of Gelert

The Life Story of an ordinary working man in the nineteenth century who traveled to find work as a seaman and a miner. From Norfolk to Australia to North Yorkshire and to County Durham. At the time of the colliery disaster at Trimdon Grange he was working there. 

Robert Mutten's Journey

Inspired by Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' and the goings on at Whitby Goth Festivals.

Ding Dong Dracula

The story of a Pedlar, Zacharia Swales, on the North Yorkshire Moors round Grosmont and Egton who had a very strong neck and used to carried his wares in a basket on his head. He died aged 72 years in 1946.
It is Track 1 on the EP The Songs of Tony Morris 3. The lchorus provides the title for the Book of 19 of Tony's most popular lyrics to be published on 14 October 2016. The Book contins notation and guitar chords and the proceeds will go to the Charity, Accessible Arts and Media.

1. The Pedlar

The Hand of Glory referred to in this song was used in an attempted robbery at the Inn on Bowes Moor and found its way to a hiding place in Danby near Whitby where it was discovered years later and is now in the Whitby Museum in Pannett Park.

Changing Tracks

Track 12 - Hand of Glory

A song about the Ship In, Saltburn by the Sea, Yorkshire and its smuggling history with a reference to its foxhunting past as well.

5. Rattling

A song about a deadly fungus and its poisonous consequences with historic references. Darkly humorous. A touch of the exotic. Track 13 on the Album Dodgy Ditties.

Amanita Phaloides

Philosophical look at beachcombing and driftwood.

Face On The Shore

Written a year or two ago and track 11 on Dodgy Ditties this was recently played on https://www.mixcloud.com/tonyhaynes52/midweek-midnight-mayhem-16th-may-2018/ It is about gang culture and knif crime with a touch of homophobia displayed in that culture. Some things never seem to change.

Our Gang

Satirical Track about the new replica of the Barque Endeavour in Whitby.

Endeavour Not

A light hearted look at a proposal to try and get World Heritage Status for Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, famous for its Abbey, a significant event in ecclesiastical history, England's first poet and James Cook, discoverer of Australia and many other matters of note.

World Heritage For Whitby

A tongue in cheek song sung in the person/character of an imaginary stockbroker. Someone commented on Facebook that there were no folk songs about Stockbrokers. I took up the challenge and by the end of the day had written and recorded this song.

Stockbroker's Song

Aged 12 yrs this is the first job you'd get down an ironstone mine on Teesside

Trappy Lad

TONY MORRIS is an ‘Own Brand’ Performer‘Edutainer’.  Unaccompanied or accompanied by harp or lyre his traditional style songs tell stories. His humour is legendary. He plays some unusual/ethnic instruments. He is constantly writing new songs. He can be found on Facebook and Twitter and gets regular radio plays.

Tony’s Folk For Folk website www.tonymorris.org.uk has many links to other UK and Overseas Artists and Folk Clubs as well as links to Tony’s other sites and you can download tracks and even whole albums of his songs from links there to recognised download sites at low prices. Please feel free to sing his songs. 

Quotes: "There are few more inventive and off-beat writers of poems and songs than Tony Morris from Whitby." (Cutty Wren Folk Club Newsletter) and from Kevin Hall, “This wonderful man is a one off. Box of Frogs!!”

Many of his recorded songs have been played on the Bob Fischer programme on BBC Radio Tees (Bob Fischer introducing him as, “ The mighty force that is Tony Morris” and  "A charmingly eccentric fellow"). Tony Morris has recently appeared live on Tony Haynes twice weekly Folk and Blues (FAB) programme on Vale of York Radio where he can be listened to with tracks from other wonderful artists, accessible through Mixcloud (like the Mike Harding Programme). He has done a ‘down-the-line’ interview with Terry Youll of Harton Radio, another internet community radio, which has a listen again facility.

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