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Title: Woodman, Spare that Tree!
Category: Sheerness-and-blue-town
Description: To get a flavour of the songs of Henry Russell, the lyrics of 'Woodman, Spare that Tree!' are reproduced below. This song has a suprisingly modern ecological sentiment.
Category: Sheerness-and-blue-town
Description: To get a flavour of the songs of Henry Russell, the lyrics of 'Woodman, Spare that Tree!' are reproduced below. This song has a suprisingly modern ecological sentiment.
Title: HENRY RUSSELL AND LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE AT SHEERNESS
Category: Sheerness-and-blue-town
Description: Henry Russell (1812-1900) was born in the Jewish community in Sheerness and was a prolific and talented song-music writer, of a claimed eight hundred melodies. He was also a successfull singer and pia...
Category: Sheerness-and-blue-town
Description: Henry Russell (1812-1900) was born in the Jewish community in Sheerness and was a prolific and talented song-music writer, of a claimed eight hundred melodies. He was also a successfull singer and pia...
The Jewish heritage and history of Sheerness and Blue Town is fascinating and virtually unknown in this still remote part of England. The Jewish community in Blue Town grew up alongside the Naval Dock Yard during the Napoleonic Wars and echos of this past can still be detected in the western part of Blue Town next to the old Dock Wall. Read More
