An English Folk Music Anthology

An English Folk Music Anthology, recorded between 1974 and 1980, features 47 tracks of nursery songs, ballads, and broadsides, as well as more contemporary political and union songs. Performers include rural and urban singers from all walks of life (housewives, retired bankers, coal miners, and many more), travelers, and children. The liner notes provide information on English folk music as well as song lyrics, and background on each track; there are also extensive references and a bibliography.

Track Listing

101	Once in China	Harry Stubbs	00:33
102	Old Roger Is Dead	Hazel Bibbings	01:11
103	The Fox	Mrs. M. Heathman	01:12
104	Kyman I-Doe	Harry Stubbs	00:22
105	There Was a Lady Mrs. Green	Dora Turner	00:46
106	The Worms Crept Out	Mr. Erwin	00:39
107	Children's Songs with Games, Actions	Children from Cumbria and Birmingham	06:05
108	Henry My Son	Alison Bricknell	01:53
109	Parody and Impropriety	Children from Cumbria, Birmingham, Plymouth and Devon	03:46
110	Wim Wim Wobble O	Troy Penfold	01:14
111	Lent Crocking Song	Mrs. M. Heathman	00:47
112	Six Jolly Miners	Ted Frost	00:50
113	Cob Coaling Song	Dora Turner	00:32
114	The Captain's Song	Ted Frost	01:21
115	Carhampton Wassail Song	Eric Tarr	00:54
201	The Herring's Head	Bill Hingston	03:23
202	The Derby Ram	Bob Mills	03:13
203	Lord Lovell	Walter Pardon	04:33
204	The Fourteenth of December	Lillian Lugg	02:24
205	The Deserter	Walter Pardon	02:08
206	The Maid of Australia	Walter Pardon	03:56
207	Butter and Cheese and All	Mrs. Dowrick	03:38
208	All Jolly Fellows That Follow the Plough	Bob Mills	02:39
301	The Two Butchers	Nelson Penfold	02:20
302	Young A-Growing	Nelson Penfold	01:32
303	He Pulled a Dagger	Amy Birch	02:38
304	There Was an Old Man Lived in Yorkshire	Amy Birch	02:01
305	The Battle of Sahagun	Harry Stubbs	02:46
306	McCathery	Mrs. Hawkins	02:53
307	Maggie May	Stan Walters	02:11
308	Jimmy MacElbee	Mary Duffy	01:38
309	Jimmy Run down to Your Uncles	Mary Duffy	00:58
310	Do You Know Me Father / There Was an Old Man / I Lost My Arm	Bert Draycott	01:04
311	The Ringarangroo	Stan Walters	02:00
312	The Game of Football	Mary Duffy	02:20
313	T'Bobbin Winder's Song	Essie Dean	01:22
314	The Doggey Putter	Bert Draycott	01:35
401	Joe Hill	George Strattan	02:32
402	Hallelujah I'm a Bum	Bob Hine	01:10
403	Harry Was a Bolshie	Ken Penny	03:01
404	The Forty Pound Car	Bert Draycott	03:08
405	Canteen Tea	Allan Lavercombe	02:30
406	The Big Hewer and the LIttle Marra	Bert Draycott	02:22
407	The Shrewsbury Three	Joe Kay	03:10
408	Demonstration Songs and Chants	Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) March	04:01
409	No Cruise Missiles	Campaign Atom Group (Oxford)	01:45
410	A Simple Lad Like Me	Unidentified English folksinger	03:14