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Twa 'N' Twa
Roud Folksong Index (S224128)

1 of approx 11 results
First Line

Twa 'n' twa made the bed

Roud No

5407 [Search for 5407 in the current indexes]

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Folktracks 60-066 (`Tinker's Wedding')

Performer

Strachan, John

Place

Scotland : Aberdeenshire : Fyvie

Collector

Date collected

1951

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X5783

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Twa and Twa [traditional Ballad Index Entry]
Roud Folksong Index (S507818)

2 of approx 11 results
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Roud No

5407 [Search for 5407 in the current indexes]

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Traditional Ballad Index (online) McCST124

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X10951

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http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/McCST124.html
Cuckoo's Nest (i), the [traditional Ballad Index Entry]
Roud Folksong Index (S507819)

3 of approx 11 results
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Roud No

5407 [Search for 5407 in the current indexes]

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Traditional Ballad Index (online) RcTCN01

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X10951

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http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/RcTCN01.html
The Cuckoo's Nest
Roud Folksong Index (S202491)

4 of approx 11 results
First Line

Some like the lassies that's guy weel dressed

Roud No

5407 [Search for 5407 in the current indexes]

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Source

Folktracks 60-066 (`Tinker's Wedding')

Performer

Strachan, John

Place

Scotland : Aberdeenshire : Fyvie

Collector

Date collected

1951

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X5783

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Twa An Twa
Roud Folksong Index (S254525)

5 of approx 11 results
First Line

Twa an twa made the bed

Roud No

5407 [Search for 5407 in the current indexes]

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Rounder CD 1835 ('John Strachan')

Performer

Strachan, John

Place

Scotland : Aberdeenshire : Fyvie

Collector

Lomax, Alan

Date collected

1957

Format

Sound Recording

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Audio; Text in booklet

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X5889

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Twa and Twa
Roud Folksong Index (S254526)

6 of approx 11 results
First Line

Twa and twa made the bed

Roud No

5407 [Search for 5407 in the current indexes]

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MacColl & Seeger, Travellers' Songs from England and Scotland (1977) pp.349-350

Performer

Thompson, Jeannie

Place

Scotland : Perthshire : Montrose

Collector

MacColl, Ewan / Peggy Seeger

Date collected

1962

Format

Printed : Book

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Frag. Text; Music

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X4918

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The Cuckoo's Nest
Roud Folksong Index (S172815)

7 of approx 11 results
First Line

Da del la da da dal la dee

Roud No

5407 [Search for 5407 in the current indexes]

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Peacock, Songs of the Newfoundland Outports 1 (1965) pp.259-260

Performer

Musseau, Mrs. Nellie

Place

Canada : Newfoundland : Mouse Island

Collector

Peacock, Kenneth

Date collected

1960 (Jun)

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Printed : Book

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Text; Music

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PEA 167 No.1057

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X5472

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Twa and Twa
Roud Folksong Index (S384926)

8 of approx 11 results
First Line

Twa and twa made the bed

Roud No

5407 [Search for 5407 in the current indexes]

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MacColl & Seeger, Travellers' Songs from England and Scotland (CDRom version 2015) pp.349-350 / Track 124

Performer

Thompson, Jeannie

Place

Scotland : Perthshire : Montrose

Collector

MacColl, Ewan / Peggy Seeger

Date collected

1962

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CD Book / Sound recording

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X8648

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Cuckoo's Nest, the (chin Music)
Roud Folksong Index (S383093)

9 of approx 11 results
First Line

Da del la da da dal la dee

Roud No

5407 [Search for 5407 in the current indexes]

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Kenneth Peacock Collection (Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec) PEA 167 No. 1057 (MUNFLA 87-157 / C11081B)

Performer

Musseau, Mrs. Nellie

Place

Canada : Newfoundland : Mouse Island

Collector

Peacock, Kenneth

Date collected

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Manuscript & sound collection

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[Copy of Peacock's tapes also held at MUNFLA (Memorial Univ., St. John's, Newfoundland)]

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X8646

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The Cuckoo's Nest
Roud Folksong Index (S390176)

10 of approx 11 results
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And more like the gal with a wrinkle in her thigh

Roud No

5407 [Search for 5407 in the current indexes]

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Memorial University Folklore Archive (MUNFLA) (St. John's, Newfoundland) acc. 73-93 / tape C-1493 / counter 085

Performer

Cull, Mary (Mrs.)

Place

Canada : Newfoundland : Bell Island

Collector

Reid, Bill

Date collected

1972 (19 Nov)

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Sound recording

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Fragment. (2)

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Fragment.

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Roud Bib ref

X8631

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The Cuckoo's Nest
Roud Folksong Index (S390177)

11 of approx 11 results
First Line

Some like the girl that is pretty in the face

Roud No

5407 [Search for 5407 in the current indexes]

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Source

Memorial University Folklore Archive (MUNFLA) (St. John's, Newfoundland) acc. 66-24 / tape C262 / counter 345

Performer

Decker, Charlotte (Mrs.)

Place

Canada : Newfoundland : Parson's Pond

Collector

Halpert, Herbert / Widdowson, John D. A.

Date collected

1966 (Aug)

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Sound recording

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One stanza only, performed as part of piece of 'mouth music'.

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Roud Bib ref

X8631

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