24 episodes
The Parson & the Songmen Mike Bosworth
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The Reverend Sabine Baring Gould was an exceptional parson and squire from Devonshire, England. He is probably best remembered as the composer of the hymn 'Onward Christian Soldiers'.Born in Exeter in 1834, he died at his estate, Lewtrenchard Manor in West Devon, in 1924.As 2024 is the centenary of his death it gives me the opportunity to spotlight what he considered to be the most important achievement of his life, that of collecting the old folk songs of Devonshire, and later Cornwall, as he termed it, 'from the mouths of the people'.Join me as I tell stories about, and sing songs from, this far from ordinary Victorian country parson as he travelled by pony and trap across his native Devonshire seeking out songs that now form a major part of the English folk song tradition.
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S2 3 From The Manor House To The Pub
Send us a Text Message.In this episode we join Sabine on a further song collecting trip into Cornwall, this time to St Mawgan, situated a few miles south of Padstow on the North Coast of the County. Here he visited a pub with a reputation for hosting singers, The Falcon Inn.Support the Show.Please contact me at theparsonandthesongmen@outlook.com if you have any questions about the podcast series, the songs featured, or about The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould in general!Also, please email or us...
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S2 2 Flora Day
Send us a Text Message.Welcome to the second episode of the second series of The Parson and the Songmen. In this series we follow the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould on further folk song collecting trips, not this time in Devon, but in neighbouring Cornwall. In this episode we visit Helston, in the west of the county, to find out about another Cornish celebration of the arrival of spring, Helston Flora Day.Support the Show.Please contact me at theparsonandthesongmen@outlook.com if you have any q...
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S2 1 Oss Oss Wee Oss!
Send us a Text Message.Welcome to Series Two of the Parson and the Songmen where we will follow the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould into Cornwall on a new series of folksong collecting trips. This episode focuses on the age-old tradition of welcoming in the spring in the North Cornish town of Padstow on May 1st.Oss Oss Wee Oss!Support the Show.Please contact me at theparsonandthesongmen@outlook.com if you have any questions about the podcast series, the songs featured, or about The Reveren...
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21 Songs From Series One
Send us a Text Message.'Zackly what it says on the tin, a selection of songs featured in series one!Track Listing and Start Times OR CLICK ON CHAPTERS to go straight to each song.The Egloshayle Ringers 0.54Spencer The Rover 3.02The Gypsy 5.53The Blue Flame 8.41The Bell Ringing 11.13The Last Of The Singers 14.50Tithe Pig 17.31The Blue Kerchief 21.22The Slapton Smuggleress/The Sailor Woman 23.21Support the Show.Please contact me at theparsonandthesongmen@outlook.com if you have any questions ab...
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20 Further Reading
Send us a Text Message.This podcast is aimed at those of you who may wish to do some of your own research into the life and folk song collecting of the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould.You will have heard the titles of some books in the past episodes of this series, so to find out more about them then listen away!Also below is a list of the texts that are referred to:'Songs Of The West - Folk Songs of Devon And Cornwall Collected From The Mouths Of The People by S Baring-Gould MA, H Fleetwood She...
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19 Homeward Bound
Send us a Text Message.In this nineteenth episode of The Parson and the Songmen we find out whether the gamble that Sabine took with his inheritance did indeed pay off and whether he would ever reside in his native Devon again...But, as the title of this podcast may suggest, you may have already guessed the answer!Support the Show.Please contact me at theparsonandthesongmen@outlook.com if you have any questions about the podcast series, the songs featured, or about The Reverend Sabine Baring-...