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Folk Bands in  Wales   

Have a great evening with one of our  Wales  Folk Bands

Select  Wales  Folk Bands using the drop down box

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

 
Get a Quotation or Book one of our folk bands in  Wales   

Interested in our music? 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

   Andrew Rose - - Andrew Rose, the British sailor - Now to you his woes I'll name - 'Twas on the passage from Barbados - Whilst on board the Mary Jane. - Chorus: - Wasn't that most cruel usage - Without a friend to interpose? - How they've whipped and mangled,Gagged and strangled - The British sailor, Andrew Rose. - 2. 'Twas on the quarter-deck they laid him, - Gagged him with an iron bar; - Wasn't that most cruel usage - To put upon a British tar? - Chorus: - - 3. 'Twas up aloft the Captain sent him - Naked beneath the burning sun, - Whilst the mate did follow after, - Lashing him till the blood did run. - Chorus:

 
 

Quotations about Folk Bands.      

Much has been written about folk music and folk bands. Here are some quotations:-

Let me play to you tunes without measureor end, ~ Tunes that are born to die without a herald, ~ As a flight of storks rises from a marsh, ~circles, And alights on the spot from which it rose. ~Hugh MacDiarmid

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Wales   

Weddings - Everyone can enjoy an evening with one of our Folk Bands, from the children to the grandparents.

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

 
Here are just a few of the unusual names of folk bands & other kinds of folk band      

 

Devil's Fire ; Dr Faustus ; Dropping Clangers ; Easy Weasel ; Eel Grinders ; Electropathics ; Fagin's Pocket ; The Famous Potatoes ; Fast Parts ; Fen Blow English Country Dance Band ; Fendragon ; Fiddlin' Around ; Fish n'Taters Ceilidh Band ; Fishing for Eels ; Five Bar'd Gait ;