"Shirley Collins is without doubt one of England's greatest cultural treasures" - Billy Bragg

       

       Shirley's CDs and prints of Austin John Marshall's original Anthems in Eden poster are available from this site. Click on 'For Sale' above.

Shirley's show about the Gypsy singers and songs of Southern England, with recordings and slides. 

Many of the photographs on this page are courtesy of Mike Yates, to whom thanks.

"They hang the man and flog the woman Who steal the goose from off the common
 But leave the greater villains loose who steal the common from the goose."

Poem of protest 1764

"I have made friends with gypsies, lived with them and broken bread. They are the finest folk singers......that I have yet come across" 

Cecil Sharp

Performed by Shirley with Pip Barnes

Tina Smith - pictures
Vic Smith - sound