Sussex Traditions

CUPID'S GARDENSee full record

'Twas down in Cupid's garden I wandered for to view

Guidance: Field recordings made by the BBC in the 1950s are not generally available, although some have been issued on commercial recordings. Copies can be heard at the VWML.

Roud number297
PerformerCopper, Bob / Copper, Ron
Place Rottingdean, East Sussex, England
Date1955 (2 Feb)
Source BBC recording 21543
Broad CategorySong
FormatSound recording

CUPID'S GARDENSee full record

'Twas down in Cupid's garden I wandered for o view

Guidance: Recorded at their first public performance, Royal oak, Lewes, 2007

Roud number297
PerformerYoung Coppers
Place Peacehaven, East Sussex, England
Date2007 (5 Jul)
Broad CategorySong
FormatSound recording

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CUPID'S GARDENSee full record

'Twas down in Cupid's Garden I wandered for to view

Guidance: Book still in copyright & cannot be reproduced here. Copies in East & West Sussex Libraries & the VWML

Roud number297
PerformerCopper Family
Place Peacehaven, East Sussex, England
Date1936 (Text)
Source Copper, Copper Family Song Book (1995) pp.30-31
FormatBook

CUPID'S GARDENSee full record

'Twas down in Cupid's Garden I wandered for to view

Guidance: Folktracks (Folktrax) albums no longer available, but copies can be heard at the VWML. Kennedy's original recordings now in the British Library.

Roud number297
PerformerCopper, Bob
Place Peacehaven, East Sussex, England
Source Folktracks 90-239 (`Adam and Eve')
Broad CategorySong
FormatSound recording

CUPID'S GARDENSee full record

'Twas down in Cupid's Garden I wandered for to view

Guidance: Folktracks (Folktrax) albums no longer available, but copies can be heard at the VWML. Kennedy's original recordings now in the British Library.