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A Folk Song a Day

This is a project by Jon Boden who sang for a whole year (24 June 2010 - 23 June 2011; and repeated the two following years) one folk song a day to to raise the profile of unaccompanied—or sparsely accompanied, as it is—social singing. You can listen to the current song and the other songs from this month at the A Folk Song a Day blog, or you can buy them as a digital download album for each month from the usual online shops.

See Jon’s motivation in the blog entry A Folk Song a Day… Why?

There is also a Mudcat Café discussion titled Jon Boden: ‘A Folk Song A Day’ blog.

The following is not a replacement for Jon’s blog as it misses the valuable explanation and background information, but it is a concise listing of what’s already been sung by Jon.

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A Folk Song a Day: January

Jon Boden: A Folk Song a Day: January

A Folk Song a Day: January
Jon Boden

Navigator Records (DL, UK, 7 February 2011)

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Musicians

Jon Boden: vocals, concertina [4, 6, 10, 16-17, 22, 25, 28-30];
Sam Sweeney, Paul Sartin: vocals [5];
Lucy Farrell: vocals [5, 9]

Songs

  1. The January Man [Dave Goulder] (3.19)
  2. Daddy Fox (Roud 131; G/D 3:499; Henry H38) (2.53)
  3. Old Brown’s Daughter [G.W. Hunt] (Roud 1426) (3.35)
  4. Peggy Bann (Roud 661) (3.44)
  5. Apple Tree Wassail (Roud 209) (2.39)
  6. Pilgrim on the Pennine Way [Pete Coe] (3.38)
  7. Captain Ward (Roud 224; Child 287; G/D 1:39) (3.20)
  8. Otago [Graeme Miles] (3.38)
  9. Peggy Gordon (Roud 2280) (2.59)
  10. In the Month of January (Roud 175; Laws P20; G/D 6:1176) (2.57)
  11. The Snow It Melts the Soonest (Roud 3154) (2.25)
  12. Off to Epsom Races (Roud 383) (1.45)
  13. Ruins by the Shore [Nic Jones] (2.53)
  14. Days Gone By [Jon Boden] (3.00)
  15. Smuggler’s Song [Rudyard Kipling, Peter Bellamy] (Roud 25475; Henry H494) (3.29)
  16. Lowlands (Roud 681; Henry H469) (3.16)
  17. Five Hundred Miles (Roud 4959) (2.19)
  18. Maria’s Gone (Roud 3625) (2.55)
  19. Ballina Whalers [Harry Robertson] (5.02)
  20. The Last Leviathan [Andy Barnes] (2.47)
  21. The Cuckoo (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479) (2.47)
  22. John Ball [Sydney Carter] (3.46)
  23. I Drew My Ship (Roud 402; G/D 4:792) (2.24)
  24. Two Magicians (Roud 1350; Child 44; G/D 2:334) (4.06)
  25. Some Tyrant Has Stolen My True Love Away (Roud 587) (2.15)
  26. Bungay Roger (Roud 1735) (2.14)
  27. My Son John (Roud 678; Henry H131) (1.27)
  28. Banks of the Nile (Roud 950; Laws N9; G/D 1:99; Henry H238a) (3.04)
  29. Anachie Gordon (Roud 102; Child 239; G/D 5:1021) (6.57)
  30. I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen [Thomas Paine Westendorf] (Roud 12907) (3.22)
  31. Dark As a Dungeon [Merle Travis] (Roud 6392) (2.42)

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A Folk Song a Day: February

Jon Boden: A Folk Song a Day: February

A Folk Song a Day: February
Jon Boden

Navigator Records (DL, UK, March 2011)

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Musicians

Jon Boden: vocals, concertina [6, 8, 16, 20, 22, 26], guitar [1, 19], fiddle [5]

Songs

  1. Sheffield Apprentice (Roud 399; Laws O39; G/D 5:998; Henry H31; TYG 71) (4.47)
  2. Won’t You Go My Way? (Roud 8289) (1.19)
  3. Clyde Water (Roud 91; Child 216; G/D 6:1231) (4.40)
  4. The German Musicianer (Roud 17774) (3.17)
  5. Cold Blow and the Rainy Night (Roud 135; G/D 4:778) (2.44)
  6. When First I Came to Caledonia (3.35)
  7. King Henry Was King James’s Son (Roud 4203; G/D 8:1571; TYG 128) (1.23)
  8. Queenie [Johnny Mercer] (1.35)
  9. Simon John [Tom Daniel] (TYG 77) (4.29)
  10. Rolling Down to Rio [Rudyard Kipling, Peter Bellamy] (1.52)
  11. Hanging Johnny (Roud 2625) (1.14)
  12. Butter and Cheese and All (Roud 510; G/D 4:914) (3.16)
  13. Don’t Go Out Tonight Dear Father (Roud V9176) (3.35)
  14. Cupid’s Garden (Roud 297; G/D 5:970) (3.23)
  15. Young Banker (Roud 3321) (2.31)
  16. Donkey Riding (Roud 4540) (1.31)
  17. I Sowed the Seeds of Love (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (3.14)
  18. Over the Hills and Far Away (Roud 3098) (3.02)
  19. The Bird in the Bush (Roud 290) (2.55)
  20. Shoals of Herring [Ewan MacColl] (Roud 13642) (2.58)
  21. The Grey Funnel Line [Cyril Tawney] (3.05)
  22. A Pilgrim’s Way [Rudyard Kipling, Peter Bellamy] (4.21)
  23. Widow’s Curse (5.07)
  24. The Maid and the Palmer (Roud 2335; Child 21) (3.18)
  25. Sir Patrick Spens (Roud 41; Child 58; G/D 1:17) (4.38)
  26. Fiddlers’ Green [John Conolly] (Roud 26370) (4.52)
  27. Captain Wedderburn’s Courtship (Roud 36; Child 46; G/D 4:842; Henry H681) (5.25)
  28. Oor Hamlet [Adam McNaughtan] (4.21)
  29. Jolly Bold Robber (Roud 1464)

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A Folk Song a Day: March

Jon Boden: A Folk Song a Day: March

A Folk Song a Day: March
Jon Boden

Navigator Records (DL, UK, 3 April 2011)

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Musicians

Jon Boden: vocals, concertina [2, 5, 22, 24, 28], fiddle [31]

Songs

  1. The Lakes of Pontchartrain (Roud 1836; Laws H9; Henry H619) (3.33)
  2. The Four Angels [Rudyard Kipling, Martin Simpson] (3.32)
  3. Willie’s Lady (Roud 220; Child 6; G/D 2:346) (5.46)
  4. Worcester City (Roud 218; Laws P30; G/D 2:210) (2.57)
  5. Swansea Barracks (Roud 1416) (4.36)
  6. The Wife of the Soldier [Bertolt Brecht] (1.35)
  7. Bold Fisherman (Roud 291; Laws O24; G/D 4:834) (4.11)
  8. The Banks of Sweet Mossom (Roud 1646) (2.27)
  9. Corduroy (Roud 1219) (3.02)
  10. The Weaver’s Daughter (Roud 1277; TYG 48) (2.22)
  11. The Plains of Mexico (Roud 207; Henry H496) (2.05)
  12. Farewell Sweet Lovely Nancy (Roud 527; Laws K14; Henry H755) (1.39)
  13. Take This Hammer (Roud 4299) (3.18)
  14. The Dalesman’s Litany [F.W. Moorman, Dave Keddie] (TYG 70) (3.49)
  15. Billy Don’t You Weep for Me (Roud V2845) (3.41)
  16. Springfield Mountain (Roud 431; Laws G16) (2.02)
  17. The Green Fields of America (Roud 2290) (4.09)
  18. Jack Orion (Roud 145; Child 67) (4.08)
  19. Turkey Rhubarb (Roud 1073) (0.33)
  20. Horn Fair (Roud 2482) (1.54)
  21. Lovely on the Water (Roud 1539) (3.03)
  22. Hail a Brighter Day (Roud 896; Laws L11; Henry H705) (5.18)
  23. Adam and Eve (Roud 1387) (0.39)
  24. Scarborough Fair (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329) (2.34)
  25. Turtle Dove (Roud 422) (2.07)
  26. Tommy [Rudyard Kipling, Peter Bellamy] (4.00)
  27. Ye Mariners All (Roud 1191) (1.36)
  28. Whiskey Is the Life of Man (Roud 651) (3.32)
  29. Maid on the Shore (Roud 181; Laws K27) (4.15)
  30. Juniper, Gentle and Rosemary (Roud 161; Child 1) (4.22)
  31. Lemady (Roud 193) (2.31)

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A Folk Song a Day: April

Jon Boden: A Folk Song a Day: April

A Folk Song a Day: April
Jon Boden

Navigator Records (DL, UK, 1 May 2011)

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Musicians

Jon Boden: vocals, concertina [2, 5, 29], fiddle [20, 30], guitar [1]

Songs

  1. On One April Morning (Roud 1546) (2.56)
  2. A Rose in April (Kate Rusby) (3.58)
  3. It Was a Lover and His Lass [William Shakespeare, Jon Boden] (1.44)
  4. Brave Wolfe (Roud 624) (4.00)
  5. Banks of the Tees [Graeme Miles] (2.29)
  6. Gaol Song (Roud 1077) (3.04)
  7. The Roman Centurion’s Song [Rudyard Kipling, Peter Bellamy] (4.01)
  8. Amsterdam [Jacques Brel] (4.17)
  9. Palaces of Gold [Leon Rosselson] (3.47)
  10. Lord Bateman (Roud 40; Child 53L; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470) (3.09)
  11. Payday [Roger Wilson] (2.28)
  12. John Blunt (Roud 115; Child 275; G/D 2:321) (1.57)
  13. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (3.35)
  14. The Gentleman Soldier (Roud 178; G/D 7:1471) (2.54)
  15. Copshawholme Fair (Roud 9139) (4.27)
  16. Seven Yellow Gipsies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (5.23)
  17. A Week Before Easter (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (3.19)
  18. Sister Josephine [Jake Thackray] (3.51)
  19. Bellman [trad.] (3.44)
  20. Maid in Bedlam (Roud 578) (3.55)
  21. Dust to Dust [John Kirkpatrick] (3.46)
  22. The Recruited Collier (Roud 3503) (2.40)
  23. I Am a Youth That’s Inclined to Ramble (Roud 6897; Henry H825) (2.58)
  24. Pace-Egging (Roud 614; TYG 53) (4.49)
  25. Sheepshearing (Roud 1379) (2.04)
  26. I Know My Love (Roud 60; Laws P25; G/D 6:1170; Henry H683) (2.39)
  27. Geordie (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (3.34)
  28. New York Mine Disaster, 1941 [Barry & Maurice Gibb] (3.19)
  29. The Auld Triangle [Dominic Behan] (4.17)
  30. Reynardine (Roud 397; Laws P15; G/D 2:333) (4.12)

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A Folk Song a Day: May

Jon Boden: A Folk Song a Day: May

A Folk Song a Day: May
Jon Boden

Navigator Records (DL, UK, 22 June 2011)

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Musicians

Jon Boden: vocals, concertina [1, 13, 15, 18, 22-23, 29, 31], melodeon [6], fiddle [5], guitar [7]

Songs

  1. Hail! Hail! The First of May [Dave Webber] (2.50)
  2. Hal-an-Tow (Roud 1520) (2.45)
  3. The Outlandish Knight (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (5.21)
  4. The Verdant Braes of Skreen (Roud 419; Henry H593) (3.00)
  5. The Bonny Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5; G/D 1:155) (4.45)
  6. The Broomfield Hill (Roud 34; Child 43; G/D 2:322; Henry H135) (4.04)
  7. Death and the Lady (Roud 1031) (3.12)
  8. Gathering Rushes in the Month of May (Roud 899; G/D 7:1493) (5.22)
  9. Down the Moor (Roud 375; Henry H177) (5.01)
  10. As I Roved Out (Roud 3479; G/D 6:1165) (3.41)
  11. Searching for Lambs (Roud 576; Henry H548) (1.54)
  12. My Husband’s Got No Courage in Him (Roud 870; G/D 7:1367) (3.56)
  13. Sweet Nightingale (Roud 371) (3.36)
  14. The Gardener (Roud 339; Child 219; G/D 4:840) (3.07)
  15. Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ [Richard Rogers, Oscar Hammerstein II] (3.16)
  16. Charming Molly (Roud 1213) (1.52)
  17. P Stands for Paddy (Roud 419; Henry H593) (3.31)
  18. Gypsy Rover (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (4.23)
  19. Lillibulero (Roud 160; Child 278; G/D 2:320) (3.18)
  20. Big Rock Candy Mountain (Roud 6696) (3.08)
  21. Roseville Fair [Bill Staines] (3.25)
  22. The House Carpenter (Roud 14; Child 243; G/D 2:332) (5.37)
  23. Farewell to the Gold [Paul Metsers] (3.48)
  24. Little Sally Racket (Roud 395) (2.02)
  25. The Rout of the Blues (Roud 21098) (2.11)
  26. Banks of the Ohio (Roud 157; Laws F5) (4.14)
  27. The Birds Upon the Tree (Roud 1863) (2.33)
  28. The Bonnie Banks of Fordie (Roud 27; Child 14; G/D 2:199) (6.54)
  29. Icarus [Anne Lister] (5.29)
  30. Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Roud 52; Child 81) (10.15)
  31. Claudy Banks (Roud 266; Laws N40; G/D 5:1036; Henry H5, H693) (3.49)

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A Folk Song a Day: June

Jon Boden: A Folk Song a Day: June (Navigator NAVIGATOR061DD)

A Folk Song a Day: June
Jon Boden

Navigator Records NAVIGATOR061DD (DL, UK, 5 July 2011)

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Musicians

Jon Boden: vocals, concertina [1, 8-9, 16, 18-19, 22], fiddle [3, 13-14, 19, 21], guitar [23];
Fay Hield: vocals [5];
Paul Sartin, Sam Sweeney: vocals [15]

Songs

  1. Just As the Tide Was Flowing (Roud 1105) (4.13)
  2. The Beggar Laddie (Roud 119; Child 280; G/D 2:277; Henry H810) (4.29)
  3. Garden Hymn (Roud 11502) (2.29)
  4. The Streams of Lovely Nancy (Roud 688; Henry H520) (2.31)
  5. Let Union Be in All Our Hearts (Roud 1238) (3.41)
  6. After the Ball (Roud 4859) (0.43)
  7. Innocent When You Dream [Tom Waits] (4.04)
  8. Poverty Knock (Roud 3491; TYG 14) (4.04)
  9. Abe Carman (The Robber’s Song) [Peter Bellamy] (3.33)
  10. The Lock-Keeper [Stan Rogers] (3.25)
  11. The Ghost Song (Roud 15; Laws P36A; G/D 2:201, 2:202) (4.03)
  12. Just a Note (The Exile Song) [Ewan MacColl] (1.08)
  13. Wild Mountain Thyme [Tannahill] (Roud 541; G/D 4:862) (3.25)
  14. Rag Fair (Roud 17180) (1.58)
  15. The Rose of Allendale (Roud 1218) (4.04)
  16. The Farmer’s Boy (Roud 408; Laws Q30; G/D 5:960) (3.55)
  17. The Grand Conversation on Napoleon (Roud 1189) (4.44)
  18. The Eighteenth Day of June (Roud 1132; Henry H608) (3.29)
  19. Roll Alabama (Roud 4710) (3.52)
  20. Bold Archer (Roud 83; Child 188; G/D 2:244) (2.55)
  21. The Way Through the Woods [Rudyard Kipling, Peter Bellamy] (2.20)
  22. The Banks of Sweet Primroses (Roud 586; G/D 8:1841) (3.05)
  23. When Fortune Turns the Wheel (Roud 3798; G/D 3:667) (4.12)
  24. The Larks They Sang Melodious (Roud 660; Laws O30; TYG 51) (4.16)
  25. The Farmer’s Toast (Roud 1603) (3.58)
  26. Young Roger Esquire (Roud 680; Laws P8; G/D 4:761; Henry H90) (1.53)
  27. One Night As I Lay on My Bed (Roud 672) (2.16)
  28. Earl Richard (Roud 47; Child 68) (4.01)
  29. The White Cockade (Roud 191; TYG 2) (3.15)
  30. The Rose in June (Roud 25337) (7.14)

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A Folk Song a Day: July

Jon Boden: A Folk Song a Day: July

A Folk Song a Day: July
Jon Boden

Navigator Records (DL, UK, 8 August 2010)

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Musicians

Jon Boden: vocals, fiddle [1, 28], concertina [2-3, 6, 8, 11-12, 18, 22, 30], guitar [20, 25, 27]

Songs

  1. Tyne of Harrow (Roud 1553) (5.17)
  2. The Hunt Is Up (Roud V18819) (3.05)
  3. I Wish That the Wars Were All Over (Roud 2036) (2.45)
  4. Blackwaterside (Roud 312; Laws O1; Henry H811) (2.02)
  5. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (5.17)
  6. The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (5.48)
  7. Chickens in the Garden (Roud 2552) (2.19)
  8. Across the Line (Roud 8239) (2.54)
  9. Pretty Cock / As I Stood Under My Love’s Window (Roud 21234) (2.26)
  10. Banks of Green Willow (Roud 172; Child 24; G/D 6:1225) (4.24)
  11. Danny Deever [Rudyard Kipling, Peter Bellamy] (4.40)
  12. Mercedes Benz [Janis Joplin] (1.55)
  13. The Rambling Sailor (Roud 518; G/D 7:1477) (2.42)
  14. Yellow Roses [Trevor Peacock] (3.20)
  15. Big Steamers [Rudyard Kipling, Peter Bellamy] (2.23)
  16. Lucy Wan (Roud 234; Child 51) (3.29)
  17. Come Write Me Down (Roud 381; G/D 5:980) (2.52)
  18. The Bloody Gardener (Roud 1700) (3.22)
  19. Go and Leave Me (Roud 459; G/D 6:1145) (3.26)
  20. The Rain It Rains [William Shakespeare, Jon Boden] (3.26)
  21. The Stonecutter Boy (Roud 971) (1.49)
  22. Sally Free and Easy [Cyril Tawney] (3.19)
  23. Young Edward in the Lowlands (Roud 182; Laws M34; G/D 2:189; Henry H113) (3.54)
  24. Days of ’49 (Old Tom Moor) [Juaquin Miller] (Roud 2803) (4.59)
  25. Tha’ Lowks a Proper Swell Lass [Lal Wood, Richard Scollins] (5.18)
  26. Banks of Red Roses (Roud 603; G/D 7:1444) (2.20)
  27. A Blacksmith Courted Me (Roud 816) (3.21)
  28. Maid of Australia (Roud 1872) (4.27)
  29. Child Morris (Roud 53; Child 83; G/D 2:214) (7.03)
  30. The Old Songs [Bob Copper, Peter Bellamy] (4.23)
  31. Tom Padget (Roud 3080) (3.49)

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A Folk Song a Day: August

Jon Boden: A Folk Song a Day: August

A Folk Song a Day: August
Jon Boden

Navigator Records (DL, UK, 5 September 2010)

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Musicians

Jon Boden: vocals, concertina [2, 4, 8, 14, 18, 23, 30], guitar [6, 13], fiddle [9, 12, 16, 20, 26]

Songs

  1. (Now) Westlin Winds [Robert Burns] (Roud 6936) (3.44)
  2. Two Young Brethren (Roud 202) (2.09)
  3. The Land [Rudyard Kipling, Peter Bellamy] (6.14)
  4. Greenland Whale Fishery (Roud 347; Laws K21; G/D 1:9) (3.22)
  5. Brown Adam (Roud 482; Child 98; G/D 5:994) (4.24)
  6. A Shepherd of the Downs (Roud 1215) (4.09)
  7. Derry Gaol (Roud 896; Laws L11; Henry H705) (3.04)
  8. Frankie’s Trade [Rudyard Kipling, Peter Bellamy] (4.26)
  9. Ca’ the Ewes [Robert Burns] (Roud 857; G/D 5:1014; Henry H175) (2.51)
  10. Two Pretty Boys (Roud 38; Child 49) (2.26)
  11. Cruel Knife (Roud 500; Laws F1) (2.42)
  12. Nostradamus [Al Stewart] (5.32)
  13. Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy (Roud 165) (3.28)
  14. Bold Sir Rylas (Roud 29; Child 18) (3.07)
  15. Napoleon’s Dream (Roud 1538) (3.34)
  16. I Live Not Where I Love (Roud 593) (3.46)
  17. Polly Vaughan (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114) (2.35)
  18. Saucy Sailor (Roud 531; Laws K38; G/D 1:49) (2.54)
  19. Abroad for Pleasure (Roud 1046; TYG 55) (1.43)
  20. The Oggie Man [Cyril Tawney] (2.21)
  21. The Golden Glove (Roud 141; Laws N20; G/D 1:166; Henry H524) (3.51)
  22. Country Life (Roud 1752) (1.45)
  23. Rolling Down to Old Maui (Roud 2005) (3.41)
  24. Jordan Is a Hard Road [Daniel Decatur Emmett] (Roud 2103) (2.59)
  25. Leave Her, Johnny (Roud 354; Henry H53b) (2.40)
  26. Doleful Dance of Death (Roud V11404) (2.58)
  27. Lord Randall (Roud 10; Child 12; G/D 2:209; Henry H814) (3.38)
  28. Bonny House of Airlie (Roud 794; Child 199; G/D 2:233) (3.21)
  29. Yorkshire Couple [Jim Mackie] (2.26)
  30. William Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757) (3.09)
  31. Yarmouth Town (2.32)

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A Folk Song a Day: September

Jon Boden: A Folk Song a Day: September

A Folk Song a Day: September
Jon Boden

Navigator Records (DL, UK, 3 October 2010)

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Musicians

Jon Boden: vocals, concertina [4, 6-7, 9-10, 13-14, 16, 18, 21], fiddle [3, 15, 24];
Tom Boden: vocals [16];
Fay Hield: vocals [22, 27]

Songs

  1. The Prentice Boy (Roud 263; Laws P35; G/D 2:200) (2.49)
  2. The Light Dragoon (Roud 162; Child 299; G/D 7:1470) (2.58)
  3. The London Waterman [Charles Dibdin] (Roud 1186) (2.14)
  4. Noah’s Ark Shanty (Roud 318) (2.11)
  5. The King of Rome [Dave Sudbury] (2.56)
  6. On a Monday Morning [Cyril Tawney] (2.29)
  7. Fakenham Fair (3.30)
  8. Rambling Robin (Roud V5416) (1.45)
  9. In the Shade of the Old ’Arris Mill (2.34)
  10. Sleep On Beloved (Roud 15632) (3.08)
  11. Hey John Barleycorn (Roud 2141) (3.05)
  12. Fathom the Bowl (Roud 880) (3.07)
  13. The Water Is Wide (Roud 87; Child 204) (2.47)
  14. The Rigs of the Time (Roud 876) (2.53)
  15. On Board a “98” (Roud 1461) (4.20)
  16. Oats and Beans and Barley (Roud 1380) (0.49) /
    (High) Barbaree (Roud 134; Laws K33; G/D 1:38) (3.32)
  17. Rickety Tickety Tin [Tom Lehrer] (2.20)
  18. The Bush Girl [Henry Lawson, Peter Bellamy] (4.10)
  19. The Lord Will Provide [John Newton] (2.19)
  20. NaCl (Sodium Chloride) [Kate McGarrigle] (1.56)
  21. Down Where the Drunkards Roll [Richard Thompson] (3.25)
  22. The Trees They Do Grow High (Roud 31; Laws O35; G/D 6:1222) (2.25)
  23. Blood Red Roses (Roud 931) (2.13)
  24. A-Begging I Will Go (Roud 286; G/D 3:488) (2.51)
  25. Blow the Winds High-O (10,000 Miles Away) (Roud 1778; G/D 6:1102) (2.13)
  26. Sparrow (Fair and Tender Ladies) (Roud 451) (1.42)
  27. Three Ravens (Roud 5; Child 26) (3.04)
  28. Waltzing Matilda [A.B. ‘Banjo’ Paterson] (Roud 9536; Henry H566) (3.21)
  29. Brisk Young Widow (Roud 2438) (1.57)
  30. All of a Row (Roud 1474) (2.14)

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A Folk Song a Day: October

Jon Boden: A Folk Song a Day: October

A Folk Song a Day: October
Jon Boden

Navigator Records (DL, UK, 7 November 2010)

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Musicians

Jon Boden: vocals, concertina [3, 5, 16, 22-23], piano [17];
Fay Hield: vocals [2, 18]

Songs

  1. Prickle-Eye Bush (Roud 144; Child 95; G/D 2:248) (3.05)
  2. The Huntsman (5.09)
  3. Deep Blue Sea (Roud 3119) (3.37)
  4. New York Girls (Roud 486) (3.11)
  5. Jersey Girl [Tom Waits] (4.07)
  6. The Poor Man’s Labours (Roud 1572; G/D 7:1291) (1.46)
  7. Bay of Biscay (Roud 22527) (2.45)
  8. Gallant Hussar (Roud 1146; G/D 5:982; Henry H243a) (3.17)
  9. The Constant Lovers (Roud 466; Laws K17; G/D 6:1244) (5.17)
  10. Hunting the Hare (Roud 1181) (1.12)
  11. Courting Too Slow (Roud 1918; Laws P5) (3.51)
  12. The Dawn of the Day (2.40)
  13. The Sheepstealer (Roud 1667) (2.30)
  14. Marrowbones (Roud 183; Laws Q2; G/D 2:318; Henry H174; TYG 6) (2.47)
  15. Old Joe Clark (Roud 3594) (1.49)
  16. The Death of Bill Brown (Roud 609; TYG 41) (4.19)
  17. My Johnny’s Gone to Hilo (Roud 481; Henry H53d) (3.22)
  18. Sea Coal [Graeme Miles] (3.48)
  19. Pretty Nancy of Yarmouth (Roud 407) (3.05)
  20. Close the Coalhouse Door [Alex Glasgow] (2.37)
  21. All for Me Grog (Roud 475; G/D 3:580) (2.24)
  22. Santa Fe Trail [James Grafton Rogers] (Roud 5096) (4.51)
  23. Jock Stewart (Roud 975) (2.07)
  24. The Death of Queen Jane (Roud 77; Child 170; G/D 3:693) (3.27)
  25. The Good Old Way (Roud 23864) (2.52)
  26. Doffing Mistress (Roud 2133) (1.29)
  27. Blackleg Miner (Roud 3193) (1.54)
  28. Goodnight Irene [Huddie ‘Lead Belly’ Ledbetter] (Roud 11681) (2.30)
  29. Mad Family (Roud 19704) (1.34)
  30. Dig My Grave (Roud 15633) (1.05)
  31. Tam Lin (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (9.58)

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A Folk Song a Day: November

Jon Boden: A Folk Song a Day: November

A Folk Song a Day: November
Jon Boden

Navigator Records (DL, UK, 5 December 2010)

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Musicians

Jon Boden: vocals, concertina [1, 7-8, 11, 17, 19, 21-22], fiddle [2, 14, 18, 24];
Fay Hield: vocals [4, 25]

Songs

  1. Spectre Review [Baron Joseph Christian von Zedlitz] (5.10)
  2. His Name Is Andrew [David Ackles] (5.04)
  3. London Town (Roud 868; G/D 2:299) (2.49)
  4. Spencer the Rover (Roud 1115; TYG 3) (3.14)
  5. Cob-a-Coalin’ (Roud 9234) (1.59)
  6. South Australia (Roud 325) (1.52)
  7. Love at the Five and Dime [Nanci Griffith] (4.45)
  8. Boston Harbour (Roud 613) (2.05)
  9. Mary Ann (Roud 4438) (2.48)
  10. A Chat with Your Mother [Lou & Peter Berryman] (4.02)
  11. If You Want to See the General (Roud 9618) (3.08)
  12. Bruton Town (Roud 18; Laws M32) (3.36)
  13. Rose of Tralee (Roud 1978) (3.03)
  14. I’ll Go With Him Wherever He Goes (Roud 654; TYG 33) (2.40)
  15. See, See, the Cape’s in View (Roud 1252; Roud 5384) (2.39)
  16. Hard Times [Stephen Collins Foster] (Roud 2659) (2.51)
  17. The Unfortunate Lass (Roud 2; Laws Q26) (3.41)
  18. Cholera Camp [Rudyard Kipling, Peter Bellamy] (6.09)
  19. They Won’t Let Us Go to Sea Any More [Barry Dransfield] (2.37)
  20. My Johnny Was a Shoemaker (Roud 1388; G/D 8:1848) (1.28)
  21. Jacob’s Well (Roud 17703) (3.38)
  22. Poor Fellows [Peter Bellamy] (5.04)
  23. Warlike Lads of Russia (Roud V17408) (3.31)
  24. Fire Marengo (2.43)
  25. Grey Goose and Gander (Roud 1094) (3.36)
  26. The Hand Weaver and the Factory Maid (Roud 17771) (2.42)
  27. Sweep Chimney Sweep (Roud 1217) (2.07)
  28. Farewell to Old Bedford (Roud 16399) (1.58)
  29. Cold Blows the Wind (Roud 51; Child 78) (3.26)
  30. The Brown Girl (Roud 180; Child 295) (3.14)

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A Folk Song a Day: December

Jon Boden: A Folk Song a Day: December

A Folk Song a Day: December
Jon Boden

Navigator Records (DL, UK, 19 December 2010)

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Musicians

Jon Boden: vocals, concertina [6-7, 12, 16-18, 20-21];
Jess and Richard Arrowsmith, Gavin Davenport, Fay Hield, Sam Sweeney: vocals [2, 4-5, 9, 11, 13-14, 18-19, 22-24, 27];
Fay Hield: vocals [10]

Songs

  1. Babes in the Wood (Roud 288; Laws Q34) (2.46)
  2. Hark! Hark What News (Roud 389) (1.52)
  3. Snow Falls [John Tams] (1.51)
  4. While Shepherds Watched (Pentonville) (Roud 936) (3.06)
  5. While Shepherds Watched (Sweet Chiming Bells) (Roud 936) (2.49)
  6. Come All You Weary Travellers (Roud 17725) (2.42)
  7. Mistletoe Bough (Roud 2336) (4.07)
  8. Cells [Rudyard Kipling, Peter Bellamy] (4.14)
  9. Boar’s Head Carol (Roud 22229) (1.44)
  10. A-Roving on a Winter’s Night (Roud 3601; G/D 8:1540) (3.07)
  11. Spout Cottage (Roud 17704) (2.09)
  12. Poor Little Jesus (Roud 10067) (2.35)
  13. All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Diadem) (Roud 17726) (2.53)
  14. The Holly and the Ivy (Roud 514) (2.23)
  15. Remember O Thou Man [Thomas Ravenscroft] (Roud V19071) (3.30)
  16. Jingle Bells [James Lord Pierpont] (Roud 25804) (3.53)
  17. Mount Moriah (Roud 17724) (2.13)
  18. We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Roud 9681) (1.50)
  19. Awake, Arise Good Christians (Roud 17709) (2.37)
  20. While Shepherds Watched (Lyngham) (Roud 936) (2.37)
  21. Stannington (Roud 17707) (2.12)
  22. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer [Robert L. May] (2.09)
  23. The First Noël (Roud 682) (2.58)
  24. Shepherds Arise (Roud 1207) (3.30)
  25. On Christmas Day (Roud 1078) (1.38)
  26. The King (Roud 19109) (1.31)
  27. O Little Town of Bethlehem [Phillips Brooks] (Roud 24752) (2.21)
  28. Little Pot Stove [Harry Robertson] (4.46)
  29. I’d Like to Tell to You (Roud 9553) (1.45)
  30. Rocking Me Babies (Roud 357) (2.15)
  31. Cornish Wassail Song (Roud 3312) (5.05)

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The ‘A Folk Song a Day’ Tour 2011

Jon Boden: The ‘A Folk Song a Day’ Tour 2011 (Navigator AFSADTOUR01)

The ‘A Folk Song a Day’ Tour 2011
Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings

Navigator Records AFSADTOUR01 (promo CD, UK, 2010)

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Photography by David Angel

Songs

  1. Beating the Bounds (4.30)
  2. Tha’ Lowks a Proper Swell Lass [Lal Wood, Richard Scollins] (5.18)
  3. One Night As I Lay on My Bed (Roud 672) (2.16)
  4. April Queen (3.40)
  5. Josephine (4.00)
  6. I Wish That the Wars Were All Over (Roud 2036) (2.45)

Tracks 1, 4 from Songs From the Floodplain;
Track 2, 6 from A Folk Song a Day: July;
Track 3 from A Folk Song a Day: June;
Track 5 from Painted Lady;