Folk Songs and Ballads of the British Isles

Paul Gwynne Phillips performs traditional songs from the British Isles which he learned mostly from hearing them sung in pubs or by acquaintances. Phillips explains that "Bold English Navvy" was given to him by the proprietor’s brother of the "The Whole in the Wall" pub but that he "didn’t put in all the verses because he said I was ‘too young’." Many of the songs are about the working class, exposing the hardships of labor while at the same time singing of love and courting. Other songs have a more serious subject, such as "Johnson’s Motor Car", which grew out of the Irish revolution of 1916 and is political in nature.
Track Listing
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Johnson's Motor Car | Paul Gwynne Phillips | 3:53 | |
102
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Bold English Navvy | Paul Gwynne Phillips | 3:47 | |
103
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Barnyard of Dalgherty | Paul Gwynne Phillips | 2:39 | |
104
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Skipping Bar'foot | Paul Gwynne Phillips | 2:46 | |
105
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The Old Man Came A-Courting | Paul Gwynne Phillips | 2:22 | |
106
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Did You Ever See | Paul Gwynne Phillips | 2:09 | |
107
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Queen Jane | Paul Gwynne Phillips | 7:35 | |
108
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McPherson's Lament | Paul Gwynne Phillips | 4:31 | |
201
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Trooper and Maid | Paul Gwynne Phillips | 3:35 | |
202
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The Blarney Stone | Paul Gwynne Phillips | 2:44 | |
203
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The Trees | Paul Gwynne Phillips | 5:17 | |
204
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Brave Benbow | Paul Gwynne Phillips | 2:54 | |
205
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Dublin City | Paul Gwynne Phillips | 4:04 | |
206
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My Uncle Tam | Paul Gwynne Phillips | 0:46 | |
207
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I Put my Hand | Paul Gwynne Phillips | 1:38 | |
208
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Funny One | Paul Gwynne Phillips | 0:12 | |
209
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First Bloody Thing | Paul Gwynne Phillips | 0:14 | |
210
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Dunlavin Green | Paul Gwynne Phillips | 2:44 | |
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Johnny Lad | Paul Gwynne Phillips | 2:13 |