A.L. Lloyd
 | Born |
| February, 1908 in London, England | |
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A.l. Lloyd is probably not the name that comes to mind first when the subject of English folk music comes up -- at least not for anyone under the age of 40. As a singer, collector of folk songs, and arranger, however, Lloyd is one of the most important 20th-century figures in English folk music, in many ways Britain's answer to The Weavers' Lee Hayes or Pete Seeger.
Born Albert Lancaster "Bert" Lloyd, A.l. Lloyd was the son of an East Anglian fisherman, born in London during the first decade of the 20th century. He learned numerous songs from his parents, especially his father, but didn't become actively interested in folk music until after he emigrated to Australia in the 1920s, where he mostly made his living by "sheepminding" and collected lots of bush ballads during the nine years he spent there. Lloyd subsequently went to sea and learned far many more songs. He returned to England in 1935 with some 500 songs collected and a deep and abiding insterest in folk songs. In 1937, he went to sea with a whaling fleet, sailing to Antarctica and learning more sea shanties along the way. After returning to England, he chanced to hear a program about unemployment in America, and suggested a similar program to the BBC, which led to his being employed as a scriptwriter and reporter.
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Born Albert Lancaster "Bert" Lloyd, A.l. Lloyd was the son of an East Anglian fisherman, born in London during the first decade of the 20th century. He learned numerous songs from his parents, especially his father, but didn't become actively interested in folk music until after he emigrated to Australia in the 1920s, where he mostly made his living by "sheepminding" and collected lots of bush ballads during the nine years he spent there. Lloyd subsequently went to sea and learned far many more songs. He returned to England in 1935 with some 500 songs collected and a deep and abiding insterest in folk songs. In 1937, he went to sea with a whaling fleet, sailing to Antarctica and learning more sea shanties along the way. After returning to England, he chanced to hear a program about unemployment in America, and suggested a similar program to the BBC, which led to his being employed as a scriptwriter and reporter.
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