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The Barrow Poets or Barrow Collective were a group of poets and folk musicians formed in England in the 1950s. [1] Their name came from their practice of selling, from a barrow, copies of works they had written or performed. [1] Members at different times included Gerard Benson, Jim Parker, William Bealby-Wright, Christine Shotton, Cicely Smith, Heather Black, John Naylor, Susan Baker, and William Gardener. [2] They released several folk and spoken word albums on Argo Records from 1963 to 1981, sold mostly at their own gigs. [2] The group "performed everything from Shakespeare and Milton to limericks and risqué ballads everywhere – from the back rooms of pubs to BBC's Late Night Line-Up , around the country and in Europe and the US". [3] "The Pheasant Plucker's Song" was an Australian Top 10 single. [3]

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  2. 1 2 "(1963) The Barrow Poets – The Barrow Collection". Folkcatalogue's Blog. Wordpress. 3 May 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Gerard Benson: Award-winning writer and teacher who played a central role in the Poems on the Underground scheme". The Independent. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2019.