Sussex Traditions

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 Rottingdean, East Sussex, England
Source Copper, Song for Every Season (1971) pp.252-253
FormatBook

CUPID'S GARDENSee full record

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

Roud number297
PerformerCopper, Bob / Copper, Ron
Place Rottingdean, East Sussex, England
Date1964
Source Folk-Legacy FSB-19 (`English Shepherd & Farming Songs')
Broad CategorySong
FormatSound recording

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 to view

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

Roud number297
PerformerCopper Family
Place Rottingdean, East Sussex, England
Source Copper, Song for Every Season (1997 edn.) pp.193-194
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 / Copper, Ron
Place Rottingdean, East Sussex, England
Date1963
Source Folktracks FSA 081 (`The Two Brethren')
Broad CategorySong
FormatSound recording

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: Commercial album, available for download at www.Topicrecords.co.uk

Roud number297
PerformerCopper, Bob / Copper, Ron
Place Peacehaven, East Sussex, England
Date1963
Source Topic TSCD 534 ('Come Write Me Down')
Broad CategorySong
FormatSound recording

CUPID'S GARDENSee full record

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

Roud number297
PerformerCopper, Bob / Copper, Ron
Place Rottingdean, East Sussex, England
Date1963
Source Fledg'ling FLED 3097 ('Traditional Songs from Rottingdean')
Broad CategorySong
FormatSound recording

CUPID'S GARDENSee full record

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

Guidance: Gordon Hall's self-recorded cassette

Roud number297
PerformerHall, Gordon
Place Pease Pottage, West Sussex, England
Date1990c
Source 'Warts & Hall' homemade cassettes
Broad CategorySong
FormatSound recording

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