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Brave boys, New England traditions in folk music

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Brave boys

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Recorded in the field by Sandy Paton, 1959-1977

New England traditions in folk music

A frog he would a-wooing go (Gail Stoddard Storm, vocal) (2:01) -- The farmer's curst wife (Lewis Lund, vocal) (2:50) -- The two brothers (Ben Mandel, vocal) (1:28) -- My man John (Gail Stoddard Storm, vocal) (2:25) -- Ladies' Walpole reel (Newton F. Tolman, flute ; Kay Gilbert, piano) (1:00) -- Brave boys (Gale Huntington, vocal) (1:44) -- Fair Fanny Moore (Sara Cleveland, vocal) (3:18) -- The jam on Gerry's Rock (Lawrence Older, vocal and guitar) (4:20) -- And now, old serpent, how do you feel? (0:45) ; Who will bow and bend like a willow? (0:56) (Mrs. Morris Austin, vocal) -- A medley of Scottish fiddle tunes: Jessie Smith ; Lady Mary Ramsey ; Jenny dang the weaver ; Geordie McLeish ; The Hawick lasses ; John Howat (Harvey Tolman, fiddle ; Rose Tolman, piano) (4:09) --The flowers of Edinburgh (Phil, Paul, and Sterl Van Arsdale, hammered dulcimers) (1:47) -- The good old state of Maine / Lawrence Gorman (James Brown, vocal) (5:32) -- The dreadnaught (Gale Huntington, vocal) (1:55) -- Three men they went a-hunting (Sara Cleveland, vocal) (1:05) -- Erin-go-bragh (Edward Kirby, vocal) (1:22) -- Give an honest Irish lad a chance (Sara Cleveland, vocal) (4:12) -- Knit stockings (Wilfred Guillette, fiddle ; Maurice Campbell, piano) (1:07) -- The Johnstown flood (Mack Moody, vocal) (2:11) -- The good old days of Adam and Eve (Rosalie Shaw, vocal) (0:35) -- I'll hit the road again, boys (Grant Rogers, vocal and guitar) (2:28) -- Cherish the ladies (Brendan Mulvihill, fiddle ; Kevin Taylor, accordion ; Seamus Logue, guitar) (3:39)

New England traditions in folk music