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The Parson & the Songmen

The Reverend Sabine Baring Gould was an exceptional parson and squire from Devonshire, England.He is probably best remembered as the composer of the hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers".Born in Exeter in 1834, he died at his estate, Lewtrenchard Manor in West Devon, in 1924.As 2024 is the centenary of his death it gives me the opportunity to spotlight what he considered to be the most important achievement of his life, that of collecting the old folk songs of Devonshire, and later Cornwall, as he termed

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16 Retying The Celtic Knot

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2024/12/11

Send us a textAs we near the end of the centenary year of the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould's death, Mike ponders why the folksong collectors who came after him did not pursue the idea that many of the songs and tunes of Devon and Cornwall had celtic roots? We revisit the interview with Cornish-based musicologist Mike O'Connor from Series Two, Podcast 11 to reinforce Mike's view as to whether there was a positive link.Support the show*Please can you help by supporting the show. I have always k...

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S2 15 A Little Trip To Northern Ireland

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2024/11/28

Send us a textSam Henry was a folk song collector in Northern Ireland who Mike discovered after researching a song from Cornwall for this latest podcast. Digging deeper, Mike wondered if Sam had read Sabine's 'Songs From The West' and taken inspiration?Find out a little more now in Series Two Podcast 15 of The 'Parson and the Songmen'Support the show*Please can you help by supporting the show. I have always kept the episodes commercial-free, but in order for the podcasts to continue I do need...

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S2 14 Flora, Lily Of The West

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2024/11/13

Send us a textBut, we ask ourselves - Who is Flora and where exactly does she come from? Could she be from Cornwall? Is she from Devon? And where exactly is West? Confused? Well you had better listen in to this latest edition of The Parson and the Songmen to find out!Support the show*Please can you help by supporting the show. I have always kept the episodes commercial-free, but in order for the podcasts to continue I do need some support, due to ongoing running costs. So, please su...

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S2 13 You Shall Not Pass

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2024/10/22

Send us a textIn this episode we continue to explore the idea that the music of Cornwall and Devon came from a common source, and that the arrival of the Saxons did not mean that the link between the two areas, and their shared celtic connections, were severed forever.Support the show*Please can you help by supporting the show. I have always kept the episodes commercial-free, but in order for the podcasts to continue I do need some support, due to ongoing running costs. So, please support me ...

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S2 12 Wherever Celtic Blood Flows: Extended Edition

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2024/10/08

Send us a textIf you would like to find out more about the history of music and culture in Cornwall and Devon then this extended edition allows Mike O'Connor the opportunity to expand on the ideas that he put forward in the S2 11 podcast.***Please Note*** The beginning of this podcast will sound the same as the standard one! Don't be fooled...Support the show*Please can you help by supporting the show. I have always kept the episodes commercial-free, but in order for the podcasts to continue ...

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S2 11 Wherever Celtic Blood Flows

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2024/10/08

Send us a textBack in Series One in episodes 11 and 12 we explored Baring-Gould's idea that some of the songs and tunes from Devon and Cornwall were somehow different from those found to the east and whether the Celtic blood of the area had had an influence.Well folks, in order to gain more of an insight into this topic, Mike was lucky enough to recently talk to Mike O'Connor, who is a Cornish-based musicologist, folk performer, story teller, and folk music advisor for BBC TV series Poldark(!...

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Streams and Rivers

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2024/09/24

Send us a textIn this episode we link an old Cornish song with a legend that tells of how three of our local rivers might have come into being! Intrigued? Well find out more now in the latest podcast of The Parson and the Songmen.Support the showPlease can you help by supporting the show. I have always kept the episodes commercial-free, but in order for the podcasts to continue I do need some support, due to ongoing running costs. So, please support me (if you can) by donating. For details of...

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S2 9 Two Widows, Three Knights, Nine Brave Boys

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2024/09/10

Send us a textIn musical circles in late Victorian times the question was often asked as to whether England had any traditional folk songs? The answer, thankfully, was "Yes!" But, it took Sabine Baring-Gould and other folk song collectors of that era to realise that these mythical folk songs had been looked for in the wrong places.One such place that yielded many, many songs was ye olde worlde inn (pub!) and in this episode we return to The Falcon Inn in St Mawgan, Cornwall to unearth t...

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S2 8 The Parson's Apprentice

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2024/08/27

Send us a Text Message.In the very early 1900s someone 'knocked on the door' of Lew Trenchard Manor to ask The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould for advice as to how to go about collecting folk songs. This gentleman was taken under the Parson's wing, and later would become the most famous and well remembered folk song collector in this country. His name is Cecil Sharp.Support the Show.Please contact me at theparsonandthesongmen@outlook.com if you have any questions about the podcast series, the so...

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S2 7 Drinking Songs Are Not Folk Songs... Discuss.

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2024/08/13

Send us a Text Message.In this episode we explore the origins of two songs from Cornish songmen which have a common theme... drink! These were destined for Sabine's 'Songs Of The West', but were dropped by another well-known folk song collector who had been given editorial duties. His reason?Songs about drinking are not folk songs....Support the Show.Please contact me at theparsonandthesongmen@outlook.com if you have any questions about the podcast series, the songs featured, or about The Rev...

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Mr Edmund Fry: Thatcher, Singer, Songman.

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2024/07/23

Send us a Text Message.This episode brings you the story of Edmund Fry, who moved from Cornwall to Lydford in Devon, just six miles from Sabine Baring-Gould's home. Edmund provided Sabine with several songs that he may never have collected on his song collecting trips into Cornwall, including one of his personal favourites, and rather a notorious one to boot!Support the Show.Please contact me at theparsonandthesongmen@outlook.com if you have any questions about the podcast series, the songs f...

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S2 E5 Where There's A Mine...

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2024/07/09

Send us a Text Message.Join us in this latest episode of The Parson And The Songmen as we explore Cornwall's mining heritage and how some of the songs collected by the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould could may well have made it into Cornwall with miners returning to The Duchy from overseas.Support the Show.Please contact me at theparsonandthesongmen@outlook.com if you have any questions about the podcast series, the songs featured, or about The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould in general!Also, pleas...

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S2 4 Travelling By Steam

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2024/06/18

We join Sabine and Freddie Bussell as they take a train trip to Fowey, situated on the South Cornish coast. But will their song-collecting excursion be profitable? Find out now in the fourth episode in the second series of The Parson And The Songmen.Support the Show.Please contact me at theparsonandthesongmen@outlook.com if you have any questions about the podcast series, the songs featured, or about The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould in general!Also, please email or use the facebook page (belo...

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S2 3 From The Manor House To The Pub

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2024/06/04

Send us a Text Message.In this episode we join Sabine on a further song collecting trip into Cornwall, this time to St Mawgan, situated a few miles south of Padstow on the North Coast of the County. Here he visited a pub with a reputation for hosting singers, The Falcon Inn.Support the Show.Please contact me at theparsonandthesongmen@outlook.com if you have any questions about the podcast series, the songs featured, or about The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould in general!Also, please email or us...

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S2 2 Flora Day

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2024/05/14

Send us a Text Message.Welcome to the second episode of the second series of The Parson and the Songmen. In this series we follow the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould on further folk song collecting trips, not this time in Devon, but in neighbouring Cornwall. In this episode we visit Helston, in the west of the county, to find out about another Cornish celebration of the arrival of spring, Helston Flora Day.Support the Show.Please contact me at theparsonandthesongmen@outlook.com if you have any q...

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S2 1 Oss Oss Wee Oss!

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2024/04/30

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21 Songs From Series One

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2024/04/23

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20 Further Reading

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2024/04/09

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19 Homeward Bound

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2024/03/27

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18 East Of Eden

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2024/03/13

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