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	Great Silkie of Sule Skerry	Paul Clayton	05:03
107	Omie Wise	Paul Clayton	02:44
108	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 Twa Sisters (The Two Sisters)	Paul Clayton	06:55