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The Reverend Sabine Baring Gould was an exceptional parson and squire from Devonshire, England. He is probably best remembered as the composer of the hymn 'Onward Christian Soldiers'. Born in Exeter in 1834, he died at his estate, Lewtrenchard Manor in West Devon, in 1924. As 2024 is the centenary of his death it gives me the opportunity to spotlight what he considered to be the most important achievement of his life, that of collecting the old folk songs of Devonshire, and later Cornwall, as he termed it, 'from the mouths of the people'. Join me as I tell stories about, and sing songs from, this far from ordinary Victorian country parson as he travelled by pony and trap across his native Devonshire seeking out songs that now form a major part of the English folk song tradition.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Reverend Sabine Baring Gould was an exceptional parson and squire from Devonshire, England. He is probably best remembered as the composer of the hymn 'Onward Christian Soldiers'. Born in Exeter in 1834, he died at his estate, Lewtrenchard Manor in West Devon, in 1924.
The Parson & the Songmen is hosted by Mike Bosworth. The show has published 70 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "S4 10 Reap What You Sow" (28 October 2026, 24 minutes), "S4 9 Shipwrecked!" (29 September 2026, 29 minutes), and "S4 8 "That Just Floors Me Every Time!"" (28 July 2026, 37 minutes).
The Parson & the Songmen publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 24 minutes across 70 episodes.
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Send us Fan Mail In this decidedly autumnal episode we revisit a podcast from the first series of The Parson and the Songmen and the early days of the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould's song collecting. During the autumn of...
Episode #9
Send us Fan Mail This 70th(!) episode of The Parson and the Songmen would not be possible without Mr Edward Blight, born just before the First World War and, whose lifelong obsession was collecting and preserving...
Episode #8
Send us Fan Mail "That just floors me every time" was a quote from BBC Radio 3 presenter Verity Sharp, talking about a track by Ben Walker, guitarist extraordinaire, and Mike's guest on this latest podcast from The...
Episode #7
Send us Fan Mail In this latest episode of The Parson and the Songmen we find The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould at something of a loss. Some research into the Reverend Gentleman carried out by Mike earlier in the year...
Episode #6
Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to the 67th (yes, you read correctly...) episode of The Parson and The Songmen! In this episode we thought it was high time that we visited the home of Sabine Baring-Gould...
Episode #5
Send us Fan Mail Hi Folks, We thought it would be fitting to continue to celebrate this very special time of year by revisiting Series 2, Episode 2 of The Parson and the Songmen series. Like Series 2, Episode 1, which...
Episode #4
Send us Fan Mail Hi Folks, and a Merry May Day to One And All! In a fit of May Day frivolity, we thought it would be fitting to revisit S2 1, released on May 1st 2024, which took us to the Padstow May Day celebration...
Episode #3
Send us Fan Mail ...Or does he? Visit The Castle in Bude, on the North Cornish coast, and you will see a substantial building that has been resting happily on sand dunes for nearly 200 years! Mike has been a volunteer...
Episode #2
Send us Fan Mail Well here we are, it's been a while, but here is the second episode in the fourth series of The Parson and the Songmen! One of the themes for this series will be to explore Sabine Baring-Gould's other...
Episode #1
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this first episode in the fourth series of The Parson and the Songmen! We kick the series off in fine style by meeting Cornwall-based singer/songwriter Chris Hytch and hearing some of the...
Episode #15
Send us Fan Mail A Happy New Year to you and welcome to this third compilation of songs (and tunes) from the shows! We have a varied selection for you, some reminding you of spring, the festive season and, as always, a...
Episode #14
Send us Fan Mail Season's Greetings One And All! Welcome to the festive sixtieth edition of The Parson and the Songmen! In this episode we tell the story of a special carol service that takes place every year in the...
Episode #13
Send us Fan Mail If you do celebrate, you may well have noticed that Yuletide is nearly upon us... But, if you did need reminding, then this episode of The Parson and the Songmen will do just that for you! There are...
Episode #12
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Series Three, Episode Twelve. All we will say about this episode is that it involves some early Twentieth Century song collecting, a very enigmatic song collector and two wheeled transport...
Episode #11
Send us Fan Mail At this time in November we remember the sacrifice that hundreds of thousands of British soldiers made with their lives as they fought in the First World War (and remember that millions died overall)...
Episode #10
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Parson and the Songmen we join Mike at Ashwater Church, in the far west of Devon, for a day of 'ringing and singing'. One Day In October are the first four words of a very special...
Episode #9
Send us Fan Mail The poet John Keats called Autumn the 'season of mists and mellow fruitfulness'. A time for reflection and also a time when 'all is safely gathered in' before the onset of winter. Those words, of...
Episode #8
Send us Fan Mail 'Catch Me If You Can' is the title of a cassette tape, (originally released in 1978 and please search the interweb if you're too young to know what a cassette tape is) released by Pete Coe who spent a...
Episode #7
Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back after our summer break! In this episode we focus on William Andrews, a shy farmer from Sheepstor, in a remote part of Dartmoor, Devon. Andrews was not only a farmer though, he was...
Episode #6
Send us Fan Mail Join Mike for a very special 'Parson and the Songmen' this time around! It's not every day that you happen to get to the chance to have a chat with one of the world's leading mandolinists, composers and...
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