Birmingham Ballads - "Cry from the Cut"

[CJB]

Birmingham Ballad "Cry from the Cut" is now here - it is superb:

http://www.mediafire.com/?8yi2pivbm13n1

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_ballads

http://www.cpatrust.org.uk/Bham_ballads.htm

http://www.mustrad.org.uk/enth13.htm

http://www.pegseeger.com/html/radioballads.html

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"It's a Hard Life for a Girl on the Cut" was written, apparently for
the "Cry from the Cut" programme. The words can be found here :
http://www.waterwaysongs.co.uk/hard_life.htm

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AND there is a great version of the 'Cry from the Cut' here, it uses
BBC archival interviews from canal folk from a separate programme from
the BBC:

http://vimeo.com/17437484

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The BBC 'Narrow Boats' LP can be found here:

http://www.oysterbroadcast.co.uk/click.html

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The Folkweave Canals Trilogy can be found here:

http://www.oysterbroadcast.co.uk/click.html

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