Tom and Barbara Brown Folk Song collection
Folk singers and musicians Tom and Barbara Brown first met in Padstow, Cornwall during the Mayday festival in 1969, marrying the year afterwards. After having played guitar herself, Barbara concentrated on singing, accompanied by Tom on guitar, mandola, concertina or melodeon. They became well known throughout the folk world for their own performances, as well as working with other musicians and singers. Tom acted as Regional Development Manager for the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) in 1980 and also acted in a council position for The Folklore Society.
This archive is a collection of lyrics for 473 folk songs collected by Tom and Barbara. Many of the pages also have italicised notes on the bottom stating where they were collected, who from, or other notes of interest. We hold the original paper copy of this collection which was part of a large donation of folk related publications, many of which you will be able to find catalogued and indexed on the Library pages.
The Tom and Barbara Brown Folk Song collection is fully digitised and freely available to download. Click here to retrieve a copy.
If you use this archive and find it useful, please consider a small donation to help our work. Click here for our fundraising page. Thank you.
This archive is a collection of lyrics for 473 folk songs collected by Tom and Barbara. Many of the pages also have italicised notes on the bottom stating where they were collected, who from, or other notes of interest. We hold the original paper copy of this collection which was part of a large donation of folk related publications, many of which you will be able to find catalogued and indexed on the Library pages.
The Tom and Barbara Brown Folk Song collection is fully digitised and freely available to download. Click here to retrieve a copy.
If you use this archive and find it useful, please consider a small donation to help our work. Click here for our fundraising page. Thank you.
