The King: The Best of Steeleye Span

~ Release by Steeleye Span (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1A Calling On Song
recording of:
Calling-On Song
21:15
2Fisherman's Wife
recording of:
Fisherman's Wife
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Ewan MacColl
33:13
3Copshawholme Fair
recording of:
Copshawholme Fair
lyricist:
David Anderson (19C poet) (in 1830)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9139)
32:36
4All Things Are Quite Silent
recording of:
All Things Are Quite Silent
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2532)
32:36
5My Johnny Was a Shoemaker
recording of:
My Johnny Was a Shoemaker
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1388)
31:10
6Fly Up My Cock
recording of:
The Grey Cock
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 248) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 179)
1:42
7TWA Corbies
recording of:
The Three Ravens (Child 26, Roud 5)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5), Child Ballads (number: 26) and Child Ballads (number: 26)
32:05
8One Night as I Lay on My Bed
recording of:
One Night as I Lay on My Bed
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 672)
33:30
9Cold, Haily, Windy Night
recording of:
Cold, Haily, Windy Night
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 135)
4:35
10Prince Charlie Stewart
recording of:
Prince Charlie Stewart
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3099)
4:15
11The Lark in the Morning
recording of:
The Lark in the Morning (Song: Oh the lark in the morning she rises from her nest)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 151)
4:30
12The King
recording of:
The King (Wren Day song, “Joy, health, love and peace”)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 19109)
1:29
13Rave On
cover recording of:
Rave On
writer:
Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman and Sonny West (American songwriter and musician Joseph “Sonny” West)
publisher:
Melody Lane Publications Inc., Nor-Va-Jak Music, Southern Music (publisher) and Wren Music Co.
1:25
14The Ploughboy and the Cockney
recording of:
The Ploughboy and the Cockney
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1688)
3:35
15The Gower Wassail
recording of:
Gower Wassail
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 209)
5:24
16Jigs: Paddy Clancey's Jig / Willie Clancy's Fancy
recording of:
Paddy Clancey's Jig
recording of:
Willie Clancy’s Fancy
3:08
17Skewball
recording of:
Skewball (aka Skewbald)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 456)
3:31