Folk Ballads of the English-Speaking World

Here, singer and collector Paul Clayton performs fifteen texts collected in The Viking Book of Folk Ballads, including historical ballads to songs about tabloid crime. Rather than reproducing previous traditional singers' performances exactly, Clayton himself enters the "folk process" by combining texts and melodies from different versions of each ballad.

Track Listing

101	Lilliburlero Paul Clayton	01:49
102	Bailiff's Daughter of Islington Paul Clayton	03:34
103	The Darby Ram Paul Clayton	01:36
104	The Sea Captain Paul Clayton	02:23
105	Botany Bay Paul Clayton	02:30
106	The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry Paul Clayton	05:03
107	Naomi Wise Paul Clayton	02:44
108	The Lass of Roch Royal Paul Clayton	06:04
201	The Baffled Knight Paul Clayton	01:25
202	The Dying Stockman Paul Clayton	02:36
203	Dupree Paul Clayton	02:00
204	The Cherry-Tree Carol Paul Clayton	04:21
205	Katherine Jaffray Paul Clayton	03:24
206	The Avondale Mine Disaster Paul Clayton	02:53
207	The Two Sisters Paul Clayton	06:55