Journeyman: An Autobiography Book

List of illustrations vii

Introduction Peggy Seeger ix

Acknowledgement xiii

Part 1 (1915-1940)

1 Early Days and Hogmanay 3

2 One in Three Million 23

3 Front Doors and Back Entries 32

4 Unnatural Habitat 51

5 Lodgers and Friends 60

6 The Gang 69

7 The Tangenital Mind 95

8 Happy Days? 105

9 Mother, Meg and May 120

10 Limbo 130

11 On the Broo 140

12 Big City, Big Geordie 152

13 Politics, Prurience and Fresh Air 168

14 New Comrades 178

15 Agitprop 188

16 Theatre of Action 201

17 Living in London and Dreaming of Moscow 213

18 Megaphones to Microphones 224

Part 2 (1945-1989)

19 Theatre Workshop 237

20 On the Road 251

21 Enter Alan Lomax 260

22 Into the Folk Revival 277

23 Radio Ballads 301

24 Singing and Song-Writing 328

25 The Joy of Living 342

26 Time Steals on and Steals 361

Epilogue 366

Key to references in notes 376

Notes 378

Index 383