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Folk Groups in Abingdon

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Here are some of our folk groups in different parts of the UK. To find folk groups in Abingdon select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our folk groups that perform in your part of the country.

Quotation and Booking - folk groups in Abingdon

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Folk groups - song lyrics

The Trooper Cut Down - - As I was a-walking down by the Lock Hospita - Dark was the morning and cold was the day - Who should I spy but one of my comrade - Draped in a blanket and cold as the clay. - 2. Then beat the drums slowly and play the pipes lowly - Sound the dead march as we carry him along - And over his coffin throw handfuls of laurel - For he's a young trooper cut down in his prime. - - 3. O mother, o mother come sit you down by me - Sit you down by me and pity my plight - My body is injured and sadly disordered - All by a young woman my own heart's delight. - - 4. Had she but told me when she did disorder me - Had she but told me about it in tim - I might have got salts and pills of white mercury - But now I'm cut down in the height of my prime.

What has been said about Folk Groups.

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

To handle folk tunes is one of the most difficult tasks; equally difficult, if not more so than to write a major original composition. If we keep in mind that borrowing a tune means being bound by its individual peculiarity, we shall understand one part of the difficulty. Another is created by the special character of folk tune. We must penetrate into it, feel it and bring out its sharp contours by the appropriate setting.~ Bela Bartok

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Abingdon

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

You can hear samples of our folk groups, online

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

Folk and Folk Groups can be really imaginitive with their names.

Red House ; Red Shed ; The Rising Sun Band ; Roger the Badger ; Rogues Gallery ; The Roughditch Band ; Rufus Return ; Saxophony ; Scallywag ; Shake the Dice ; Shave the Monkey ; Shepherd's Hey ; Spike Island Band ; Spinning Jelly ; Squiffers ;