The first often programmes tracing the 20th-century revival of the English folk song.
1: Ain't Never Heard a Horse Sing!
'No nation has a richer store of traditional music than England, and none is more prone to undervalue its heritage.'
(CECIL SHARP)
Music from the People is one of many definitions of the term
'folk song'. Another, attributed to Louis Armstrong , is that 'It's all folk song - I ain't never heard a horse sing!'
With Shirley Collins ,
Bob Copper , Vic Gammon , Maud Karpeles , Mattie Kay ,
Ewan MacColl , Ralph McTell , John Tarns , Cyril Tawney and Ursula Vaughan Williams Written and presented by Jim Lloyd
Producer GEOFFREY HEWITT BBC Birmingham. Stereo