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Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger: Cold Snap

Cold Snap Traditional and Contemporary Songs and Ballads Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger Blackthorne Records BR 1057 (LP, UK, 1977) Folkways FW 8765 (LP, USA, 1978)

Recorded by Stephen Hardy;
Assistant editor Calum MacColl;
Design and layout by Doc Rowe

Musicians

Peggy Seeger: vocals [1, 3, 9, 11, 13, 15], Appalachian dulcimer [1], guitar [3, 7, 9], concertina [4, 14], 5-string banjo [6, 8, 13], autoharp [10, 15];
Ewan MacColl: vocals [2, 4-5, 7-8, 10, 12, 14];
Neill MacColl: psaltery [1], guitar [3, 7-8], mandolin [4, 6];
Calum MacColl: Appalachian dulcimer [6], guitar [15];
Ian Telfer: fiddle [4, 8, 10, 14];
Alan Prosser: guitar [8]

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Riddle Song (Roud 330) (2.50)
2. Brave Honest Jack Tar (Roud V23361) (2.04)
3. Allende’s Song (4.17)
4. Johnny Sangster (Roud 2164; G/D 3:407) (3.30)
5. Tam Lin (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (9.05)
6. Dull Monday (2.08)
7. The Lag’s Song (3.14)

Side 2

8. Parliamentary Polka (3.17)
9. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (6.29)
10. As I Came in By Fisherrow (Roud 8702) (2.05)
11. Song for Calum (2.31)
12. The Fishy Crab (Roud 149) (3.17)
13. Willie Reilly (Roud 538; Laws M10; G/D 6:1097; Henry H234) (4.37)
14. The Ale-Wife (Roud 6031; G/D 3:555) (2.42)
15. Thoughts of Time (3.58)

Tracks 1-2, 4-5, 9-10, 12-14 trad.;
Tracks 7-8, 11, 15 Ewan MacColl;
Track 3 Don Lange;
Track 6 Peggy Seeger