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Folk Bands in  Sutton Coldfield   

Have a great evening with one of our  Sutton Coldfield  Folk Bands

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Here's a few of our folk bands across the UK. To find the folk bands in   Sutton Coldfield  select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our folk bands that play in your area.

 
Quotation and Booking - folk bands in  Sutton Coldfield   

If you are interested in one of our folk bands, send an email for a prompt, no obligation quotation. Want to discuss the musical options and alternatives for your special day? Phone or email us at Midsummer Music. We are here to help. To book us, email or phone, it's that simple.      

 

The words of songs that may be sung by folk bands

   Yo Ho Ho - - Fifteen men on a dead man's chest - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum - Drink and the devil had done for the rest - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. - The mate was fixed by the bosun's pike - The bosun brained with a marlinspike - And cookey's throat was marked belike - It had been gripped by fingers ten; - And there they lay, all good dead men - Like break o'day in a boozing ken - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. - 2. Fifteen men of the whole ship's list - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! - Dead and be damned and the rest gone whist! - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! - - - he skipper lay with his nob in gore - Where the scullion's axe his cheek had shore - And the scullion he was stabbed times four - And there they lay, and the soggy skies - Dripped down in up-staring eyes - In murk sunset and foul sunrise - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. - - 3. Fifteen men of 'em stiff and stark - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! - Ten of the crew had the murder mark! - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! - Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead - Or a yawing hole in a battered head - And the scuppers' glut with a rotting red - And there they lay, aye, damn my eyes - Looking up at paradise - All souls bound just contrawise - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

 
 

Quotations about Folk Bands.      

Quotations about folk bands and their instruments crop up throughout literature. Here are some quotations:-

The bagpipes—they are screaming and they are sorrowful. ~There is a wail in their merriment, and cruelty in their triumph. ~ They rise and fall like a weight swung in the air at the end of a string. ~ Hugh MacDiarmid

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Sutton Coldfield   

Weddings - A lively and fun evening for everyone with one of our Folk Bands

You can hear samples of our folk bands, online

Parties & Corporate events - Our highly versatile Folk Bands play for a wide spectrum of events, ranging from formal birthday parties to corporate sales events

 
Folk and Folk Bands can be really imaginative with names.      

 

Machair Ceili Band ; Madcap Ceilidh Band ; MoonDance ; One The Rum Sussex ; Rags & Tatters English Country Dance Band ; Ray Lee Barn Dances ; Ringerike Folk Band ; Rogues Gallery Barn Dance Band ; Roughditch Band ; Scallywag ; Sound Company ; Springer Sisters ; Stradivarious ; The Cusack Family Ceildh Band ; The Family Band Barn Dance and Ceilihd Band ;