Violet Austin in Slough - between the 1910's and in the beginning of the 1920's
from Untitled: Mrs. Violet Austin memoir, page 31:
[The listening experience comes from a section of Violet Austin’s memoir describing her childhood activities and games. Lyrics to ‘The Farmer’s in his den’ vary, including ‘The Farmer in the Dell’].
We girls would play the age old singing game “The Farmers in his Den”, ”Poor Jenny sits a-weeping”, ”Here we come gathering nuts in May”.
cite as
Violet Austin, Untitled: Mrs. Violet Austin memoir. In Brunel University Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiographies, number 2:22, p. 31. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1532699460700 accessed: 16 April, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| 'Here we come gathering nuts in May' | performed by Girls |
| 'The Farmer's in his Den' | performed by Girls |
| 'Poor Jenny sits a-weeping' | performed by Girls |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | between the 1910's and in the beginning of the 1920's |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |
Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Fri, 27 Jul 2018 14:51:01 +0100
Approved on Thu, 04 Oct 2018 18:01:33 +0100