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Handed Down

Jenny Shaw

Handed Down celebrates traditional songs and the people who sing them. The show is presented by Jenny Shaw, an amateur musician and professional writer. Each episode is full of music, tales and curiosities as we delve into the history a single song, often with the help of a fellow folk musician, to uncover the strange stories and colourful characters that lie beneath.

These are the songs that have been handed down from our ancestors. This podcast and the people involved in it help keep them alive so that we can hand them down in turn to future generations.

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45 episodes

  1. Lovely Joan - A Plucky Girl 19:17
  2. As I Roved Out - Heartbreak, Famine and Class Struggle 20:31
  3. George Collins - Don't Go Kissing Watery Tarts 21:08
  4. Apple Tree Wassail with Lunatraktors 1:10:21
  5. Wren Day 21:15
  6. The Pretty Girl - A Moo-ving Love Song 33:43
  7. The Cherry Tree Carol - Biblical Fanfic 18:45
  8. Lyke Wake Dirge - Dream Visions and Necrodestinations 30:11
  9. The Rosebud in June – Seduced By A Rural Idyll 20:56
  10. Staines Morris - Then to the Maypole Haste Away! 6:22
  11. Banks of the Sweet Primroses - A False Young Man 22:54
  12. The Wexford Carol - Old Singing Traditions 13:05
  13. Willy O' Winsbury - The Princess and Johnny Foreigner 19:52
  14. The Keeper with Andrew Burn 39:37
  15. Handed Down Live at St Nicholas Church, Gloucester 38:22
  16. Shrewsbury Shorts #8 Jo Garvin 4:34
  17. Shrewsbury Shorts #7 Louisa Davies-Foley 1:13
  18. Shrewsbury Shorts #6 Katie Whitehouse 1:46
  19. Shrewsbury Shorts #5 Marion Fleetwood 1:22
  20. Shrewsbury Shorts #4 Phil Beer 3:16
  21. Shrewsbury Shorts #3 Molly Donnery 4:27
  22. Shrewsbury Shorts #2 Reg Meuross 5:44
  23. Shrewsbury Shorts #1 Iain MacDonald 4:35
  24. Ramble Away - All the Fun of the Fair 17:43
  25. Brown Adam with Franz Andres Morrissey 50:14
  26. Bessy Bell - Old Ghosts and Theatrical Frolics 28:16
  27. Larks! A May Special, with friends from The Barnstoners 30:54
  28. Bonus Episode: The Haar talk about music 38:45
  29. Wild Rover with The Haar 39:18
  30. Old Pendle (revisited) with Colin Ormston 13:30
  31. Doffin' Mistress with Jennie Higgins 25:53
  32. Lord Franklin with Reg Meuross, Harbottle & Jonas 47:11
  33. Fair Rosamond - A Right Royal Scandal 24:39
  34. Poor Boy with Vikki Appleton Fielden 53:11
  35. Pretty Saro - Heartbreak Both Sides The Atlantic 28:01
  36. Bonus Episode - Songs and Tunes (1) 25:40
  37. The Christ Child Lullaby (Tàladh Chrìosda) - a Christmas Eve Special 11:35
  38. The Brisk Lad with Henry Parker 42:51
  39. Death and the Lady with Chris Nelson 37:02
  40. She Moved Through the Fair - Folksong or Fakesong? 30:55
  41. Old Pendle with Peter Madeley (Halloween Special) 27:28
  42. Barbara Allen - A Musical Journey In Ten Versions 33:45
  43. John Barleycorn with Lynne Morley 25:27
  44. Flandyke Shore - The Song Behind The Mystery 11:55
  45. Handed Down Podcast Trailer 1:12