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

101	Johnson's Motor Car	Paul Gwynne Phillips	03:53
102	Bold English Navvy	Paul Gwynne Phillips	03:47
103	Barnyard of Dalgherty	Paul Gwynne Phillips	02:39
104	Skipping Bar'foot	Paul Gwynne Phillips	02:46
105	The Old Man Came A-Courting	Paul Gwynne Phillips	02:22
106	Did You Ever See	Paul Gwynne Phillips	02:09
107	Queen Jane	Paul Gwynne Phillips	07:35
108	McPherson's Lament	Paul Gwynne Phillips	04:31
201	Trooper and Maid	Paul Gwynne Phillips	03:35
202	The Blarney Stone	Paul Gwynne Phillips	02:44
203	The Trees	Paul Gwynne Phillips	05:17
204	Brave Benbow	Paul Gwynne Phillips	02:54
205	Dublin City	Paul Gwynne Phillips	04:04
206	My Uncle Tam	Paul Gwynne Phillips	00:46
207	I Put my Hand	Paul Gwynne Phillips	01:38
208	Funny One	Paul Gwynne Phillips	00:12
209	First Bloody Thing	Paul Gwynne Phillips	00:14
210	Dunlavin Green	Paul Gwynne Phillips	02:44
211	Johnny Lad	Paul Gwynne Phillips	02:13