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SONGS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE

on BBC Home Service Basic

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TONY SOPER introduces some of the old songs which people of the West Country sang in their homes and at their work, and which have been collected by Francis Collinson and others.
The singers are
Marjorie Westbury
Bernard Fishwick and John Runge Fairfield Grammar School Choir
Men's Chorus of the BBC West of England Singers
Conducted by Reginald Redman with the Lunnon Octet

Contributors

Introduces:
Tony Soper
Unknown:
Francis Collinson
Unknown:
Marjorie Westbury
Unknown:
Bernard Fishwick
Unknown:
John Runge Fairfield
Conducted By:
Reginald Redman

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