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 Wild Rover
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Brian Dullaghan And it's No, Nay, never, No, nay never no more Will I…
Coro Ávalon I've been a wild rover for many the year, and…
Donny Osmond Sleep on, little darlin', the sun's about to rise, sleep…
Dropkick Murphys I've been a wild rover for many's the year And I…
Dublin City Ramblers Sure I've been a wild rover for many's the year I've…
Fiddler's Green I've been a wild rover for many's the year And spent…
Foster Allen I′ve been a wild rover for many's the year And I′ve…
Foster feat. Allen I've been a wild rover for many's the year And I've…
Irish music I've been a wild rover for many's year And I spent…
Lankum I've been a wild rover for many's a year And I…
Luke Kelly I've been a wild rover for many's the year And I've…
Luke Kelly & The Dubliners I've been a wild rover for many's the year And I've…
Luke Kelly The Dubliners I've been a Wild Rover for many's the Year And I…
Paddy McCann Verse 1 I've been a wild rover for many's a year I…
Patsy Watchorn I've been a wild rover for many's the year And I've…
Patsy Watchorn (The Dubliners) I've been a Wild Rover for many's the Year And I…
Rolf Harris Now I've been a wild rover for many a year, And…
Saint Bushmill's Choir I've been a wild rover for many's the year I've spent…
Seans Verse 1 I've been a wild rover for many's a year I…
Shane MacGowan & Sinéad O'Connor I've been a wild rover for many's the year And I…
Soldat Louis I've been a wild rover for many's the year I've spent…
The Blarney Lads I've been a wild rover for many a year I've spent…
The Dubliners I've been a wild rover for many's the year And I've…
the Dubliners (live) I've been a wild rover for many's the year And I've…
The Dubliners feat. Luke Kelly I've been a wild rover for many's the year And I've…
The Dubliners with Luke Kelly I've been a Wild Rover for many's the Year And I…
The Evergreens I've been a wild rover for many a year And I…
The High Kings (after each verse): And it's no, nay, never No, nay, never…
The Jolly Beggarmen I've been a wild rover for many's the year And I've…
The Mahones And it's No, Nay, never, No, nay never no more Will I…
The Pogues I've been a wild rover for many a year And I've…
The Pogues feat. The Dubliners I've been a wild rover for many's the year And I've…
The Starlite Singers I've been a wild rover for many a year I've spent…
The Town Pants I've been a wild rover for many's the year And I've…
The Yetties I've been a wild rover for many's the year and I've…
Thom Dunn I've been the wild rover For many a year And I spent…
Týr I've been a wild rover for many a year And I've…
Týr/Tyr I've been a wild rover for many a year And I've…
Various Artists Here I am, I'm in a gaseous haze Ten lanes an'…
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