Traditional songs & old time songs. Greensleeves, Amazing Graze, traditional arrangements, folk songs… ‘Knees up Mother Brown’….when your’e in full swing you can ‘roll out the barrel’!
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Traditional & Old time Music
Songs sung over many generations often existing in several versions.
Traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community.
Often sung & danced in strong cultural regions from grandparent to child. This ensures the songs are not lost and their identity is kept strong.
Traditional folk songs can over 200 years old in various trad. arrangements
Often old songs are reflected by wartime, Music halls & nostalgia.
Hymns and other forms of music are often of unknown origin and traditional.
Old time songs in the UK are often 19 century, Cockney pub songs are a good example. Old time songs in the Americas are folk, bluegrass, country & gospel songs.
Nursery rhymes include a lot of traditional songs too!