Field Trip-England

Various Artists

In 1952, Jean Ritchie—iconic folksinger and dulcimer player from Kentucky—received a Fulbright scholarship enabling her to travel to the British Isles to trace the origin of her Kentucky versions of songs and compare them with British versions. During the course of her travels, she and husband George Pickow, with the assistance of prominent British folk song authorities, made many field recordings, some of which appear on this album.

The collection includes old British ballads, drinking songs, children’s songs and games, hand bell ringing, dance tunes, lyrical love songs, and an excerpt from a Mummers’ Play. Instruments include fiddle, Northumbrian small pipes, melodeon, and pipe and tabor (drum).

The liner notes, written by Ritchie, provide background information and lyrics about each performance.

Track Listing

101	Leapfrog / The Guid Man of Ballingigh (medley)	Winsome Bartlett	1:11
102	Death of Queen Jane,The	Douglas Kennedy	2:56
103	Church Bells of Empingham,The	Church-Ringers of Empingham	1:18
104	Orange and Lemon	Dianne Endicott	1:10
105	Cherry Stones	Schoolchildren of Sidbury	0:37
106	Have a Cigarette, Sir	Schoolchildren of Sidbury	0:59
107	Johnny Todd	Isla Cameron and Ewan MacColl	1:35
108	Windy Old Weather	Bob Roberts	2:37
109	Young Sailor Cut Down in His Prime,The	Harry Cox	1:58
110	Widdecombe Fair	Bill Westaway	4:14
201	My Bonnie Lad	Jane Hair	2:33
202	John Barleycorn	Jane Haxey and the Hood Singers	3:55
203	Three Scamping Rogues	George Endicott	1:29
204	Bushes and Briars	Isla Cameron	2:17
205	Earsdon Sword Dance	English Country Dancers	0:56
206	Barbara Allen	Mr. Rew	1:50
207	Marshfield Mummers Play and their Song	Players of Marshfield	2:46
208	Hark, The Herald Angels Sing	Charles Wilson and the Empingham Hand Bell Ringers	0:59