Various performers; primarily without accompaniment
Subtitle from container insert.
Series subtitle: The traditional music of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Recordings from the archives of Topic Records and private collections.
Production by Tony Engle and Reg Hall; compilation, research and notes by Reg Hall.
Compact disc.
Notes on the series and the performers, recording information, and song texts (51 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Recorded 1908-1978.
The raggle-taggle gypsies (Walter Pardon) (2:45) -- Here's a health to all true lovers (Belle Stewart) (3:37) -- Another man's wedding (Eddie Butcher) (5:56) -- The maid of Ballymore (Mary Ann Carolan) (3:47) -- The ballad of the ewe buchts (Stanley Robertson) (4:44) -- The green wedding (Nora Cleary) (4:13) -- Marrowbones (Jimmy Knights) (2:53) -- The month of January (Paddy Tunney) (3:07) -- The forester (Lizzie Higgins) (3:13) -- The maid and the magpie (Cyril Poacher) (2:29) -- Young Ellender (Phoebe Smith) (4:48) -- Colin and Phoebe (Pop Maynard) (3:31) -- Matt Highland (Liz Jefferies) (3:50) -- Molly Bawn (Packie Manus Byrne) (5:33) -- Bold William Taylor (Joseph Taylor) (3:47) -- The bold trooper (Nora Cleary) (3:43) -- Kate of Ballinamore (Geordie Hanna) (3:06) -- The laird o' the Dainty Doonby (Lizzie Higgins) (2:55) -- Long a-growing (Mary Ann Haynes) (3:15) -- The mountain streams where the moorcocks crow (Paddy Tunney) (5:05)