Series subtitle: The traditional music of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Recordings from the archives of Topic Records and private collections.
Songs, primarily without accompaniment, and instrumentals.
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 (59 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Recorded 1908-1985.
Majuba Hill (John MacDonald, accordion) (:50) -- A broadside (Bob Hart) (2:27) -- The wild colonial boy (Margaret Barry ; Michael Gorman, fiddle) (2:49) -- The wife of the bold tenant farmer (Joe Heaney) (3:04) -- MacPherson's rant (Davie Stewart) (6:05) -- The young horseman (Martin Howley) (2:16) -- The Haugh's o' Cromdale (John MacDonald) (1:20) -- The Aghalee heroes (Robert Cinnamond) (2:32) -- Young Jimmy Foyers (Sheila Stewart) (2:44) -- A grand conversation on Napoleon (Tom Costello) (4:49) -- The Glen of Aherlow (Lucy Farr, fiddle) (2:12) -- Creeping Jane (Joseph Taylor) (3:02) -- Skibbereen (Freddy McKay) (4:31) -- Bloody Waterloo (Willie Scott) (4:08) -- Down in the town of old Bantry (Tommy McGrath) (2:01) -- Boulavogue (Davie Stewart) (3:45) -- Bonaparte's retreat (Bernard O'Sullivan, Tommy McMahon, concertinas) (3:02) -- The wind that shakes the barley (Sarah Makem) (3:21) -- Hartlake Bridge (Jasper Smith) (1:34) -- Morrissey and the Russian sailor (Joe Heaney) (3:49) -- The bonny bunch o' roses (Cyril Poacher) (2:34) -- Calvery (May Bradley) (2:26) -- Michael Power (Straighty Flanagan) (4:15) -- The bold Fenian men (Margaret Barry) (4:13)