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Folk Bands in  St Helens   

Find folk bands available in   St Helens  on our live music website

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Below is a random selection of our folk bands. You can find all the folk bands in   St Helens  by select your county from the drop down box.

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

   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:

 
 

Folk Bands - Quotations.      

A sample of what has been written about folk bands. A Quotation:-

In came a fiddler—and tuned like fifty stomach-aches. ~ Charles

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  St Helens   

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

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.

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

 

The Flying Chaucers ; The Foolish Virgins ; The Glenhoulachan Midgie Club Ceilidh Band ; The Haylayers ; The Hosepipe Band ; The Howff Band ; The International Ceilidh Collective ; The Little Band ; The Old Peculiar Dance Band ; The Quiet Men ; The Rarebits Ceilidh Band ; The Redwing Barndance Band ; The Sussex Pistols ; The Whole Caboodle ; ThingumaJig ;