Collected from Mr Broomfield
Collection Date: 22 April 1904 (1904-04-22),
Place: East Horndon, Essex, England
Performer: Mr Broomfield
Index: Roud 519, Laws L18
Ralph Vaughan Williams MSS Collection (British Library 54190) Vol.2, MS bk 3, p.69; RVW2/2/52
Music Only
Source: D. Occomore, P. Heath-Coleman. Folk Songs Collected In Essex by Dr. Ralph Vaughan Williams.
This version of “Van Dieman’s Land” was taught at Woodside Academy in Gray’s Essex as part of the Vaughan Williams’ Folk community project (funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund) in June 2023. Tenor Ben Vonberg-Clark worked with Year 3 for 2 sessions to learn the song.