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Series I : Original Collection Materials, 1928 - 1972
 Cylinder Recordings
 Cylinder container : 046 : Chanteys / Sunderland
 Dictaphone cylinder : Cylinder 046 : Chanteys / Sunderland, Sunderland
 

04:51 : Ratcliff Highway [cylinder recording] Jimmy Cronin (contributor)

Item Summary

Formatcylinder recording
TitleRatcliff Highway
ContributorJimmy Cronin
Index NameCronin, Jimmy
Reference CodeAFC 1972/001, Cylinder 046 04:51

Scope and Content Notes

Genre song - forebitter

The third and fourth verses are sung before the first and second. Though Carpenter's indices list John Ferries as the singer, the text attributed to him does not match. However, the text attributed to Jimmy Cronin matches this recording.
See also p. 00064, p. 13251.
Duration 05:02
Type NumberRoud 598

Related Items

Song TextRatcliffe Highway [song text] Jimmie Cronin (contributor), London, 1929
Music NotationRatcliffe Highway [music notation] Jimmie Cronin (contributor)
Disc RecordingRatcliff Highway [disc recording] John Ferries (contributor)
Disc RecordingRatcliff Highway (continued) [disc recording] John Ferries (contributor)
Disc RecordingRatcliffe Highway (continued) [disc recording] John Ferries (contributor)

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