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Biography:
The accordion was an important British folk and popular instrument from the mid-19th century on, and also very much a sailors' instrument. Roberts, who worked on sailing cargo wherries much of his life, was a fine melodeon player and a singer with a very wide repertory: a hilarious epic about a North Sea oil rig; &"The Grey Hawk," of Renaissance origin; &"The Foggy Dew" in an eastern English version; shanties and more. John Storm Roberts, All Music Guide

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