Isle of Wight Folk Music Archive
Welcome to Dave and Anwyl's Music Web Site.
Contact us via wholvac@yahoo.com
Isle of Wight
This site seems to be getting ever bigger. We would love to add some old pictures. If anyone has the time and knows about websites do contact us. This site really needs a revamp now! Help with music, photos and words always welcome.
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See "1839 Legends and more". We would enjoy working with someone on this!
The Isle of Wight folk archive is made up of the original part done over 40 years ago and various snippets of mp3s and the words we have collated from a box of bits and bobs found recently. The IOW Song notes, Mixed Bag of Notes 1 & 2 etc etc at the end give you more clues about these songs. This project is never over! Many thanks to Anwyl for all the typing and to so many people that have shown interest. We are amazed that folk music is such a big thing again on the island since our days booking guests at the Sloop Inn Folk Club. May it long continue.
We did record some fully on cassette back then. Here are the words and scores from the original in pdf.
IOW Songs Part 1
IOW Songs Part 2
IOW Songs - Glossary for Parts 1&2
IOW Songs - Notes on Parts 1&2
We transferred the actual songs to mp3 and put them all up on the cloud. We have a Dropbox connection. Here they are:
IOW Songs Part 1
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/j82c3dtrqnupsbe/AACRaHbLjHWPP8LB52DySLeBa?dl=0
IOW Songs Part 2
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ c2cc2p3fnxd931p/AAC2nEzevWD_ WsFYCpE8UBr-a?dl=0
Here is a list of the completed ones in Part 1 and 2.
Part 1: Scrow Day, The Widow, Recruiting Sergeant, Summer, Newtown Randy, Man O War, Winter, My Maid, Shickshack Day, Shrove Song, Polly Oliver, Little Cappender. Part 2: Sayings Song, Crossing the Bar, Spring, Wilderness Fox, Carter's Mate, Christmas Party, Autumn, Forsaken, Three Drunken Maidens, Home Harvest Evening, Jolly Waggoner, The Old Grey Hen, March of the Wight Men.
Clare lead singer , Dave guitar and vocal , Anwyl whistle, autoharp, and vocal. Martin recording
Many more were not fully recorded at the time. From a mouldy pile of words, music and recordings we will try and make the songs more accessible. We will put on rough versions of the songs and hopefully steadily improve them one day. I have put notes up for the songs. Do put them through your own folk/musical process!
It would be great if they could have a new life, maybe out of the traditional folk mould! Folk rock, cafe sound, bluegrass feel ... At the end we have put up a condensed version of music we made for a Brass Band or Symphony orchestra.
"Sea Songs of the Isle of Wight and Solent" A recent request.
The Dropbox Connection
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/skfdennyx4uhxpj/AAAr_pNtvmSZYAgRPVNnjf1Ja?dl=0
Notes on the CD
Isle of Wight and Solent Sea Songs
Words of the Sea Songs
Sea songs complete set of words
The Isle of Wight Songs (yet to fully record)
mp3s (Snippets)
Apple Tree Wassail
Brading Haven
Clowns CourtshipCrockery Ware
Damask Rose
Golden Gorse
Lumps of PuddenMary Maid of Wight
Old Man Clothed in LeatherShroven
Silver Bow
Song of Sixpence
Whistle Daughter WhistleWords (.docx files)
Apple Tree Wassail
Brading Haven
Clowns CourtshipCrockery Ware
Damask Rose
Golden Gorse
Lumps of Pudden
Mary Maid of Wight
Old Man Clothed in LeatherRoger and Dolly
Shroven
Silver Bow
Song of Sixpence
Whistle Daughter WhistleThe Music
Actual Music for snippets and sea songs as a pdf
Notes
IOW Song notes to list above
Mixed Bag of Notes 1
Mixed Bag of Notes 2
IOW Country Dances Notes
IOW stories, tales, sayings, rhymes, jokes and other beasts
Midwinter on the Isle of Wight
IOW music for Symphony Orchestra or Brass Band or ensemble. This is a very condensed version compiled by Martin who did the first recordings. It contains a variety of tunes that tell a story / give a picture of the IOW. The start for instance is your arrival on the island in a mist, it covers the island and a widow is waiting on the quay. The tunes are Scrow Day, The Widow, Recruiting Sergeant, Summer, Man O'War and the Reprise of Recruiting Sergeant and Man of War. We intended to do a second and third part. Click Below
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vtxos1q41upr70n/IOW%201st%20Movement.mp3?dl=0
About us now.
We continue to play in Irish, Breton and Bluegrass groups in Brittany. We organise the French "Weekend of Musique Trad Americaine" WMTA festival.
This website is divided into 2 sections: Isle of Wight and Music Mix.
For Music Mix: Click Music to find information on Irish, Bluegrass, Old Time, Cajun, Jug Band and Breton.