Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

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Tracklist

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1The Royal Forrester
recorded in:
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (in 1951)
recording engineer:
Hamish Henderson (in 1951) and Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1951)
vocals:
John Strachan (in 1951)
recording of:
The Knight and the Shepherd's Daughter (Roud 67; Child 110) (in 1951)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 67) and Child Ballads (number: 110)
John Strachan2:45
2The Baffled Knight (Clear Away the Morning)
recorded in:
Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (in 1952)
recording engineer:
Peter Kennedy (co-author Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland) (in 1952)
vocals:
Emily Bishop (in 1952)
recording of:
The Baffled Knight (in 1952)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist) and [traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11) and Child Ballads (number: 112)
Emily Bishop1:47
3Robin Hood and Little John
recorded in:
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (in 1951)
recording engineer:
Hamish Henderson (in 1951) and Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1951)
vocals:
John Strachan (in 1951)
recording of:
Robin Hood and Little John (in 1951)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 125)
John Strachan0:40
4The Jew's Daughter (Sir Hugh)
recorded in:
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom (in 1950)
recording engineer:
Peter Kennedy (co-author Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland) (in 1950)
vocals:
Cecilia Costello (in 1950)
recording of:
Sir Hugh (in 1950)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 73) and Child Ballads (number: 155)
Cecilia Costello1:18
5The Battle of Harlaw
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1953) and Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (in 1955)
recording engineer:
Peter Kennedy (co-author Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland) (in 1953, in 1955), Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1953) and Hamish Henderson (in 1955)
vocals:
Jeannie Robertson (folk singer) (in 1953) and Lucy Stewart (Scottish folk singer) (in 1955)
recording of:
The Battle of Harlaw (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
A Collection of Ancient Scots Music for the Violin, Harpsichord or German-flute never before printed consisting of Ports, Salutations, Marches or Pibrachs (1776), Child Ballads (number: 163) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2861)
recording of:
The Battle of Harlaw (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
A Collection of Ancient Scots Music for the Violin, Harpsichord or German-flute never before printed consisting of Ports, Salutations, Marches or Pibrachs (1776), Child Ballads (number: 163) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2861)
Jeannie Robertson & Lucy Stewart4:22
6Mary Hamilton (The Four Mary's)
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1953)
recording engineer:
Peter Kennedy (co-author Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland) (in 1953)
vocals:
Jeannie Robertson (folk singer) (in 1953)
recording of:
Mary Hamilton (child ballad 173) (in 1953)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 79) and Child Ballads (number: 173)
Jeannie Robertson4:08
7The Bonny Hoose O' Airlie
recorded in:
Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom (in 1955)
recording engineer:
Hamish Henderson (in 1955) and Peter Kennedy (co-author Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland) (in 1955)
vocals:
Belle Stewart (singer of Scottish and Irish folk songs, 1906-1997) (in 1955)
recording of:
Bonny House o' Airlie (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 199) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 794)
Belle Stewart4:20
8The Gypsie Laddie
recorded in:
Belfast, County Antrim, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (in 1952) and Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (in 1953)
recording engineer:
Peter Kennedy (co-author Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland) (in 1952, in 1953)
diatonic button accordion [melodeon]:
Peter Kennedy (co-author Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland) (in 1960)
vocals:
Paddy Doran (in 1952), Harry Cox (UK folk singer) (in 1953) and Jeannie Robertson (folk singer) (in 1960)
recording of:
The Raggle Taggle Gypsy (aka The Raggle Taggle Gypsies O / The Gypsy Laddie / Black Jack Davy / Seven Yellow Gypsies) (in 1952)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Mews Music
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1) and Child Ballads (number: 200)
recording of:
The Raggle Taggle Gypsy (aka The Raggle Taggle Gypsies O / The Gypsy Laddie / Black Jack Davy / Seven Yellow Gypsies) (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Mews Music
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1) and Child Ballads (number: 200)
recording of:
The Raggle Taggle Gypsy (aka The Raggle Taggle Gypsies O / The Gypsy Laddie / Black Jack Davy / Seven Yellow Gypsies) (in 1960)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Mews Music
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1) and Child Ballads (number: 200)
Harry Cox, Jeannie Robertson & Paddy Doran4:45
9Georgie (Geordie)
recorded in:
Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (in 1953)
recording engineer:
Peter Kennedy (co-author Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland) (in 1953)
vocals:
Harry Cox (UK folk singer) (in 1953)
recording of:
Geordie (aka Georgie) (in 1953)
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 90) and Child Ballads (number: 209)
Harry Cox2:05
10The Dowie Dens O' Yarrow
recorded in:
Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom (in 1951)
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1951)
vocals:
Davie Stewart (Scottish travelling singer and accordion player) (in 1951)
recording of:
The Dowie Dens o Yarrow (in 1951)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13) and Child Ballads (number: 214)
Davie Stewart3:58
11Clyde's Water (The Mother's Malison)
recorded in:
Elgin, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom (in 1951)
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1951)
vocals:
John Strachan (in 1951)
recording of:
Clyde's Water (aka The Mother's Malison / The Drowned Lovers) (in 1951)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 91) and Child Ballads (number: 216)
John Strachan2:40
12The Green Wedding
recorded in:
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom (in 1950) and County Leitrim, Connaught, Ireland (in 1954)
recording engineer:
Peter Kennedy (co-author Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland) (in 1950) and Séamus Ennis (in 1954)
vocals:
Cecilia Costello (in 1950) and Thomas Moran (in 1954)
recording of:
Katherine Jafray (in 1954)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 93) and Child Ballads (number: 221)
Cecilia Costello & Thomas Moran3:48
13Eppie Morrie
recorded in:
Elgin, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom (in 1951)
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1951)
vocals:
Jimmy MacBeath (traditional Scottish singer) (in 1951)
recording of:
Eppie Morrie (in 1951)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 223) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2583)
Jimmy MacBeath0:22
14The Laird O'Drum
recorded in:
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (in 1955)
recording engineer:
Peter Kennedy (co-author Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland) (in 1955)
vocals:
Lucy Stewart (Scottish folk singer) (in 1955)
recording of:
Laird o' Drum (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 236) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 247)
Lucy Stewart3:35
15Glenlogie (Jean O'Bethelnie)
recorded in:
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (in 1951)
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1951)
vocals:
John Strachan (in 1951)
recording of:
Glenlogie (in 1951)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 101) and Child Ballads (number: 238)
John Strachan2:13
16The Bonny Rantin' Laddie
recorded in:
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (in 1951)
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1951)
vocals:
Willie Mathieson (in 1951)
recording of:
The Rantin Laddie (in 1951)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 103) and Child Ballads (number: 240)
Willie Mathieson0:38
17The Grey Ghost
recorded in:
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom (in 1951)
recording engineer:
Peter Kennedy (co-author Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland) (in 1951)
vocals:
Cecilia Costello (in 1951)
recording of:
The Grey Cock (in 1951)
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 248) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 179)
Cecilia Costello1:34
18Lang Johnnie More
recorded in:
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (in 1951)
recording engineer:
Hamish Henderson (in 1951) and Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1951)
background vocals [chorus]:
Hamish Henderson (in 1951)
vocals:
John Strachan (in 1951)
recording of:
Lang Johnnie More (in 1951)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 251) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3100)
John Strachan1:33
19Willie's Fatal Visit (Willie's Fate)
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1953)
recording engineer:
Peter Kennedy (co-author Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland) (in 1953) and Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1953)
vocals:
Jeannie Robertson (folk singer) (in 1953)
recording of:
Willie's Fatal Visit (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 255) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 244)
Jeannie Robertson3:41
20The Cuckold's Song
recorded in:
Galway, County Galway, Connaught, Ireland (in 1950), Belfast, County Antrim, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (in 1952) and Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (in 1953)
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1950), Peter Kennedy (co-author Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland) (in 1952, in 1953) and Sean O'Boyle (in 1952)
background vocals [chorus]:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1952)
vocals:
Colm Keane (in 1950), Mary O'Connors (in 1952) and Harry Cox (UK folk singer) (in 1953)
Harry Cox, Mary O'Connors & Colm Keane2:36
21The Farmer's Curst Wife
recorded in:
County Leitrim, Connaught, Ireland (in 1954)
recording engineer:
Séamus Ennis (in 1954)
other vocals [whistling]:
Thomas Moran (in 1954)
vocals:
Thomas Moran (in 1954)
recording of:
The Devil and the Ploughman (in 1954)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 160) and Child Ballads (number: 278)
Thomas Moran2:04
22The Jolly Beggar
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1953)
recording engineer:
Peter Kennedy (co-author Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland) (in 1953)
vocals:
Jeannie Robertson (folk singer) (in 1953)
Jeannie Robertson4:38
23The Beggarman (The Gaberlunzie Man)
recorded in:
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (in 1951), County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (in 1952) and Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom (in 1955)
recording engineer:
Hamish Henderson (in 1951), Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1951), Peter Kennedy (co-author Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland) (in 1952, in 1955) and Sean O'Boyle (in 1952)
vocals:
John Strachan (in 1951), Maggie Chambers (in 1952), Sarah Chambers (in 1952) and Togo Crawford (in 1955)
J. Strachan, M., S. Chambers & T. Crawford3:44
24The Keach in the Creel
recorded in:
County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (in 1952)
recording engineer:
Peter Kennedy (co-author Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland) (in 1952) and Sean O'Boyle (in 1952)
vocals:
Michael Gallagher (in 1952)
recording of:
The Keach in the Creel (in 1952)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 120) and Child Ballads (number: 281)
Michael Gallagher1:17
25The Golden Victory (Golden Vanity)
recorded in:
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (in 1952)
recording engineer:
Séamus Ennis (in 1952)
vocals:
Dodie Chalmers (in 1952)
recording of:
Golden Vanity (in 1952)
publisher:
Peter Kennedy (co-author Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland), Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and Samuel Pepys (in 1682)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 122) and Child Ballads (number: 286)
Dodie Chalmers3:51
26The Mermaid
recorded in:
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom (in 1953)
recording engineer:
Séamus Ennis (in 1953)
vocals:
William Howell (in 1953)
recording of:
The Mermaid (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 124), Roud Folk Song Index (number: 124), Child Ballads (number: 289) and Child Ballads (number: 289)
William Howell2:35
27The Trooper and the Maid
recorded in:
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (in 1951)
recording engineer:
Hamish Henderson (in 1951) and Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1951)
vocals:
Jimmy MacBeath (traditional Scottish singer) (in 1951)
recording of:
Trooper and the Maid (in 1951)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 162) and Child Ballads (number: 299)
Jimmy MacBeath3:28

Credits

Release group

part of:Folk Songs of England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales (order: 1)
The Alan Lomax Collection (number: 2) (order: 19)