The Morris Ring
The National Association of
Men's Morris & Sword Dance Clubs
Morris Music from Nick Cooke of Bristol MM
Nigel Cooke, Glyn Owen and Nick Cooke of Bristol Morris Men
The musicians in the picture are (left to right) Nigel Cooke (melodeon), Glyn Owen (concertina) and Nick Cooke (melodeon). The occasion was Whit Monday 2004 at Bampton where the trio were playing for Bristol Morris Men in the courtyard of The Morris Clown. You can see some of the younger members of Bampton Morris behind Nick. Nick can be heard playing his melodeon or concertina on the 14 tracks below. Nick is a second generation morris dancer and morris musician, like his father Nigel, he plays melodeon and concertina.
The tunes (mostly Bristol Morris Men's versions) were recorded as MP3 Audio files, and you can listen to them by clicking on the players below.
- Bobbing-A-Joe, Wheatley
- The Girl I left Behind Me, Eynsham
- Constant Billy, Oddington
- Poachers, Eynsham
- Getting Up Stairs, Ascot-under Wychwood
- Happy Man, Adderbury
- Idbury Hill, Bledington
- Queen's Delight, Bucknell
- I'll Go and Enlist, Sherborne
- Cuckoo's Nest, Bledington
- The Quinton, Oddington
- Trunkles, Wheatley
- Valentines, Ascot-under-Wychwood
- Young Collins, Oddington