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If you would like to find out more about the history of music and culture in Cornwall and Devon then this extended edition allows Mike O'Connor the opportunity to expand on the ideas that he put forward in the S2 11 podcast.

***Please Note*** The beginning of this podcast will sound the same as the standard one! Don't be fooled...

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Please can you help by supporting the show. I have always kept the episodes commercial-free, but in order for the podcasts to continue I do need some support, due to ongoing running costs. So, please support me (if you can) by donating. For details of how to make a donation click on support. Any help would be appreciated but if you were able to make a donation of $15 or more then I will send you a copy of my CD By Chance it was, recorded live at the Eden Project in Cornwall, on receipt of a mailing address!

Please contact me at theparsonandthesongmen@outlook.com if you have any questions about the podcast series, or about The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould in general!

Also, please email or use the facebook page (below) if you would be interested in booking me for a gig telling the story of Sabine's song collecting and singing some of the songs he collected.

Many Thanks to Jon Tidball who is the podcast series producer - jontidball@hotmail.co.uk.

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Back in Series One in episodes 11 and 12 we explored Baring-Gould's idea that some of the songs and tunes from Devon and Cornwall were somehow different from those found to the east and whether the Celtic blood of the area had had an influence.
Well folks, in order to gain more of an insight into this topic, Mike was lucky enough to recently talk to Mike O'Connor, who is a Cornish-based musicologist, folk performer, story teller, and folk music advisor for BBC TV series Poldark(!) in order to sound out his views on the subject.

***Please Note*** There is also an extended version of this podcast which goes into even greater detail!

Support the show

Please can you help by supporting the show. I have always kept the episodes commercial-free, but in order for the podcasts to continue I do need some support, due to ongoing running costs. So, please support me (if you can) by donating. For details of how to make a donation click on support. Any help would be appreciated but if you were able to make a donation of $15 or more then I will send you a copy of my CD By Chance it was, recorded live at the Eden Project in Cornwall, on receipt of a mailing address!

Please contact me at theparsonandthesongmen@outlook.com if you have any questions about the podcast series, or about The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould in general!

Also, please email or use the facebook page (below) if you would be interested in booking me for a gig telling the story of Sabine's song collecting and singing some of the songs he collected.

Many Thanks to Jon Tidball who is the podcast series producer - jontidball@hotmail.co.uk.

Please follow the facebook page for these podcasts:
https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/

Also thimblerigg videos on YouTube for more songs collected by The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos

Check out the website for the Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group - 1924 to 2024 for more information, history, upcoming events, lin...

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In this episode we link an old Cornish song with a legend that tells of how three of our local rivers might have come into being! Intrigued? Well find out more now in the latest podcast of The Parson and the Songmen.

Support the show

Please can you help by supporting the show. I have always kept the episodes commercial-free, but in order for the podcasts to continue I do need some support, due to ongoing running costs. So, please support me (if you can) by donating. For details of how to make a donation click on support. Any help would be appreciated but if you were able to make a donation of $15 or more then I will send you a copy of my CD By Chance it was, recorded live at the Eden Project in Cornwall, on receipt of a mailing address!

Please contact me at theparsonandthesongmen@outlook.com if you have any questions about the podcast series, or about The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould in general!

Also, please email or use the facebook page (below) if you would be interested in booking me for a gig telling the story of Sabine's song collecting and singing some of the songs he collected.

Many Thanks to Jon Tidball who is the podcast series producer - jontidball@hotmail.co.uk.

Please follow the facebook page for these podcasts:
https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Parson-and-the-Songmen/100093220748945/

Also thimblerigg videos on YouTube for more songs collected by The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thimblerigg+videos

Check out the website for the Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary Celebration Group - 1924 to 2024 for more information, history, upcoming events, lin...