in Southampton - June, 1934
from As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, pages 16-17:
I worked the streets of Southampton for several days, gradually acquiring the truths of the trade. Obvious enough to old-timers, and simple, once learnt, I had to get them by trial and error…
Slow melodies were best, encouraging people to dawdle (Irish jigs sent them whizzing past)…
Certain tunes, I discovered, always raised a response, while others touched off nothing at all. The most fruitful were invariably the tea-room classics and certain of the juicier national ballads. ‘Loch Lomond’, ‘Wales! Wales!’, and ‘The Rose of Tralee’ called up their supporters … more >>
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Laurie Lee, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (Harmondsworth, 1974), p. 16-17. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1404226237977 accessed: 12 October, 2024
Listening to
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Ave Maria
written by Charles Gounod |
performed by Laurie Lee |
Largo | performed by Laurie Lee |
Loch Lomond | performed by Laurie Lee |
Picking up sticks | performed by Laurie Lee |
Serenade
written by Toselli |
performed by Laurie Lee |
The Devil's Trill | performed by Laurie Lee |
The Rose of Tralee | performed by Laurie Lee |
The Whistler and His Dog | performed by Laurie Lee |
Wales! Wales! | performed by Laurie Lee |
Experience Information
Date/Time | June, 1934 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |
Originally submitted by hgb3 on Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:50:38 +0100