Cyril Francis Tawney, folk revival singer and songwriter, naval historian a… Read Full Bio ↴Cyril Francis Tawney, folk revival singer and songwriter, naval historian and broadcaster: born Gosport, Hampshire 12 October 1930, married 1966 Rosemary Radmore; died Wonford, Devon 21 April 2005. Tawney was born into a naval family in Gosport, Hampshire, in 1930. He joined the Navy at 16 and spent 12 years in the service working as a naval artificer (electrician), in naval slang a "tiffy", hence Tawney's song drolly winkled out of a Shakespearian quote, "A Lean and Unwashed Tiffy". He made his radio début as a folk singer on the Home Service's Sing Christmas and the Turn of the Year on Christmas Day 1957. As a former submariner, he had a keen appreciation of naval life, but he turned the particular into the universal in many of his songs. They entered song collections such as Songs for the Sixties (1961), The Oxford Book of English Traditional Verse (1983) and The Oxford Book of Sea Songs (1986). Tawney became a leading authority on maritime song, singing on the important anthology Farewell Nancy (1964); acting as consultant to "provide authentic song material" for the television series Moonfleet; and writing Grey Funnel Lines: traditional song & verse of the Royal Navy 1900-1970 (1987). Scots singer Ray Fisher once remarked, "Cyril was something of an enigma." She was right. He never conformed to folk stereotypes of any sort, never touted his politics, just sang and made history come alive.
The Ragged Beggarman
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@shamsong42th25
Спасибо, за то что познакомили с исполнителем , душевно и искренне.
@fili-tis-petaloudas
Всегда рад, друг!
@shamsong42th25
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@fili-tis-petaloudas
@@shamsong42th25 Привет! Извините за поздний ответ – это был трудный и напряженный год. Сейчас я ищу группу, спасибо тебе огромное за это и за твою общую поддержку, друг мой. Музыка для избранных, но немногих страстных... с большой любовью.