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| Welcome to Beggars' Hill |
| The Group |
| Planning and Rehearsals |
| Recording the Album |
| Producing the Records |
| Songs |
| Photos |
| Reviews |
| After Beggars' Hill |
Before Beggars' Hill:
.......... Flyntlocke
.......... King Bill Folk Club |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Interesting emails |
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King Bill Folk Club - Songlist
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All 71 songs performed live at the King Bill by the residents in various combinations (plus number of performances for each song, and who performed it):
- A Calling-on Song - 6 - JD, CW, DF, RH
- A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - 4 - CW, DF
- A Sailor's Life - 1 - JB, CW, Ian Ayres
- April Come She Will - 1 - JD, DF
- As I Roved Out - 4 - CW, DF
- Before You Die - 2 - JD
- Benjamin Bowmaneer - 1 - JD
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray - 1 - JB, CW, Ian Ayres
- Blackwaterside - 1 - JB, CW, Ian Ayres
- Blue Nose - 1 - JD, DF
- Bonny Ship The Diamond - 1 - JD
- Byard's Leap - 2 - JD, MI
- Cannily Cannily - 1 - JB, JD, CW, DF
- Cockles and Mussels - 3 - CW, DF
- Cutty Wren - 1 - JD, MI
- Daisy Lady - 2 - CW
- Dalesman's Litany - 1 - JD
- Don't You Be Foolish, Pray - 1 - DF
- Fisherman's Wife - 1 - JB, JD, PS, MI, DF
- Follow Me - 1 - JD
- Fotheringay - 1 - JB, JD, PS, MI, DF
- Gaudete - 1 - All
- General Taylor - 1 - JD
- Gower Wassail - 1 - All
- Haul Away Joe - 1 - JD, CW, DF
- Hey, For The Life of a Soldier - 1 - DF
- High Germany - 1 - JD
- Hold The Fort - 7 - JD, CW, DF
- Holly and the Ivy - 1 - All
- If You'd Been There - 1 - JB, DF
- In Good King Arthur's Day - 2 - JD, CW, DF
- January Man - 1 - JD, MI
- Jock O'Hazeldean - 3 - CW, RH
- John White - 2 - CW
- Jolly Ploughboys - 4 - JD, CW, DF
- Jolly Waggoners - 1 - JD, CW, DF, RH
- Joseph Baker - 3 - JD
- Just As The Tide Was Flowing - 1 - JB, CW
- Lancashire Lads - 7 - JD, CW, DF, RH
- Lark in the Morning - 2 - JD, CW, DF
- Last Train and Ride - 1 - JD, CW, DF
- Lincolnshire Poacher - 2 - JD, DF
- Mason's Apron - 1 - RH, CW, DF
- My Faithful Johnny - 1 - CW
- Newlyn Town - 1 - CW
- Nightingale - 1 - JD
- Now Be Thankful - 1 - CW
- Nutting Girl - 10 - JD, CW, DF, RH
- Oh For Me Grog - 2 - JD, CW, DF
- Old Changing Way - 2 - JD
- Poor Ditching Boy - 15 - JD, CW, DF, RH
- Poverty Knock - 10 - JD, CW, DF, RH
- Razors in the Air - 6 - JD, CW, DF, MI
- Riders in the Sky - 1 - JD, DF
- Sailor Home From The Sea - 5 - JD, CW, DF, RH
- Serving-Girl's Holiday - 1 - JB, CW, JD, DF
- Shady Lies - 3 - JD, CW, DF, RH
- Sheep Stealer - 2 - CW
- Shetland Reels - 1 - RH, CW, DF
- Sloth - 1 - JD, NS, DF
- St Trinian's School Song - 2 - JD, DF
- Staines Morris - 1 - JB, JD, PS, MI, DF
- Still He Sings - 5 - CW, DF
- Stormy Monday - 1 - JD, NS, DF & Felix
- Sweep Chimney Sweep - 1 - JD, CW, DF
- The King - 1 - All
- The Rosemary - 1 - DF
- Turk Duffing Song - 6 - JD, CW, DF, RH
- We'll Sing Hallelujah - 5 - JD, CW, DF
- White Christmas - 1 - All
- Ye Jacobites By Name - 8 - JD, CW, DF
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BEGGARS' HILL
Before the Beggars' Hill album was produced in 1976, three of the members had run the King Bill Folk Club from 1973-4 at the King William IV public house in Ewell, Surrey.
King Bill Folk Club
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King Bill Folk Club - Photos (click here for larger images, then maximise window)
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Chris Walker (dulcimer) & Dave Frohnsdorff (acoustic guitar)
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JM Davis (12-string guitar)
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Dave Frohnsdorff & Chris Walker at The Castle, Kingston-upon-Thames in 1973
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Albion Country Band in 1973, four of whom later played at the King Bill. John & Sue Kirkpatrick (bottom & top right) on 28 October 1973 & 23 June 1974; Simon Nicol (top centre) on 27 January 1974 with Richard Thompson & Linda Peters; Ashley Hutchings (bottom centre) on 21 April 1974 with the Etchingham Steam Band.
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John Rodd, pictured with the Albion Dance Band in 1976, played at the King Bill with Antic Hey on 9 December 1973 & 2 June 1974, and also played on the Beggars' Hill album
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June Tabor, who sang at the King Bill on 11 November 1973 and 10 March 1974
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Richard Digance, who was our main guest on 14 October 1973 and 17 March 1974
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Peter Bellamy sang some of his Barrack Room Ballads at the King Bill on 16 December 1973
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Richard Thompson, who played with Simon Nicol and Linda Peters (as she was then billed, before being known professionally as Linda Thompson) at the King Bill on 27 January 1974
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Ashley Hutchings & Shirley Collins, half of the Etchingham Steam Band, who played at the King Bill on 21 April 1974
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King Bill Folk Club - Guests
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Guests who performed at the King Bill Folk Club during 1973 and 1974:
- Pete Twitchett
16/09/1973
- Martyn Wyndham-Read
23/09/1973
- Robin Dransfield
30/09/1973
- Thridding
07/10/1973
- Richard Digance
14/10/1973
- Come-All-Ye (Singers' Night)
21/10/1973
- John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris (Kirkpatrick)
28/10/1973
- Fluff (Ned Clamp)
04/11/1973
- June Tabor
11/11/1973
- Peter Wood
18/11/1973
- Leon Rosselson
25/11/1973
- Old Peculiar
02/12/1973
- Antic Hey
09/12/1973
- Peter Bellamy
16/12/1973
- Christmas Special Show
23/12/1973
- Pete Twitchett
30/12/1973
- Heritage
06/01/1974
- Pete & Chris Coe
13/01/1974
- Come-All-Ye (Singers' Night)
20/01/1974
- Richard Thompson, Linda Peters (Thompson) & Simon Nicol
27/01/1974
- Mike Maran
03/02/1974
- John Townsend
10/02/1974
- Peter Wood
17/02/1974
- Nic Jones
24/02/1974
- Tony Backhurst
03/03/1974
- June Tabor
10/03/1974
- Richard Digance
17/03/1974
- South Circle Mummers
24/03/1974
- Robin Dransfield
31/03/1974
- Ray Fisher
07/04/1974
- Come-All-Ye (Singers' Night)
14/04/1974
- Etchingham Steam Band
21/04/1974
- Fluff (Ned Clamp)
28/04/1974
- Bob Davenport
05/05/1974
- Royston Wood
12/05/1974
- Patchwork
19/05/1974
- Come-All-Ye (Singers' Night)
26/05/1974
- Antic Hey
02/06/1974
- Peter Wood
09/06/1974
- Heritage
16/06/1974
- John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris (Kirkpatrick)
23/06/1974
- Old Peculiar
30/06/1974
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King Bill Folk Club -
Top 10
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(most frequently performed songs at the King Bill by the residents, and who we learnt them from, if known):
- Poor Ditching Boy - 15 - Richard Thompson
- Nutting Girl - 10 - John Kirkpatrick (Morris On)
- Poverty Knock - 10 - Jon Raven, Nic Jones & Tony Rose
- Ye Jacobites By Name - 8 - The Johnstones
- Hold The Fort - 7 - Jon Raven, Nic Jones & Tony Rose
- Lancashire Lads - 7 - Jon Raven, Nic Jones & Tony Rose
- A Calling-on Song - 6 - Steeleye Span
- Razors in the Air - 6 - The Druids (Songs and Music of the Redcoats)
- Turk Duffing Song - 6 - June Tabor
- Sailor Home From The Sea - 5 - Martyn Wyndham-Read
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