Albert Lancaster Lloyd, known professionally as A. L. Lloyd, was an English folk
singer and collector of folk songs born on February 29, 1908, in Wandsworth,
London. At the age of fifteen, he migrated to Australia where he worked on sheep
stations in New South Wales from 1924 to 1930, during which time he began
documenting folksongs. Upon returning to the UK in 1935, he pursued his interest
in folk music, conducting research at the British Museum. He later worked as a
singer for the BBC. His collaboration with Ralph Vaughan Williams resulted in
the book The Penguin Book of Englis...