| # | Title | Principal Artiste | Composers | Lyricist / Date written | Place | Date recorded | Matrix | Label&cat.no. | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1226 | Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind | Ken Snakehips Johnson & his West Indian Orchestra | Arthur Young | Wm.Shakespeare `40 | London | April 24, 1940 | OEA-8582-1 | HMV BD-5592, HMV EA-2871 | Ken Johnson (directing); Dave Wilkins, Leslie "Jiver" Hutchinson, Wally Bowen (trumpets); Lad Busby (trombone); Carl Barriteau, Bertie King (clarinet, alto sax); George Roberts, David Williams (alto sax, tenor sax); Errol Barrow (piano); Joe Deniz (guitar); Pops Clare (string bass); Tom Wilson (drums); Al Bowlly, The Henderson Twins (vocals) |
Ken "Snakehips" Johnson
The Henderson Twins
(Arthur Young / Wm.Shakespeare)
Ken Snakehips Johnson & his West Indian Orchestra
Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude
Thy tooth is not so keen
Because thou art not seen
Although thy breath be rude
Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly
Most friendship if feigning, most loving mere folly
Then heigh-ho, the holly
This life is most jolly
Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Freeze, freeze thou bitter sky
That does not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot
Though thou the waters warp
Thy sting is not so sharp
As a friend remembered not
Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly
Then heigh-ho, the holly
Ho Ho the Holly
Be Be jolly
Blow, blow, thou winter wind