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Folk Bands in  Bournemouth   

Have a great evening with one of our  Bournemouth  Folk Bands

Use the drop down box to select  Bournemouth  Folk Bands

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

 
Quotation and Booking for folk bands in  Bournemouth   

Interested in 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.      

 

Folk Bands have a huge repertoire of traditional songs to choose from, such as:

   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 fashion for popular airs has spread quickly throughout the musical world. From east to west the tiniest villages have been ransacked, and simple tunes, plucked from the mouths of hoary peasants, find themselves, to their consternation, trimmed with harmonic frills.~ Debussy

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Bournemouth   

Weddings - Our folk bands are experienced in setting just the right atmosphere for an evening to remember

Hear and see our folk bands, on our web site

Corporate & Parties - Whatever your corporate event or party is for, our talented Folk Bands will have the right music and dance for the occasion.

 
Folk Bands can have some of the craziest of names      

 

Stocai ; Stömp ; Striding Edge ; Sundance ; Sunday Suits (and Muddy Boots) ; Sussex Pistols ; Swing the Cat ; Thimble Rigger and Skimmington Ride ; Tickled Pink ; Thingumajig ; This Way Up ; Tiger Moth/Orchestre Super Moth ; Time of your Life ; La Toque Bleu ; Token Women ;