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The Wanton Muse

The Wanton Muse Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger Argo DA/ZDA 85 (LP, UK, 17 April 1968)

Liner notes by Ewan MacColl

Musicians

Ewan MacColl: vocals;
Peggy Seeger: banjo, guitar, concertina, dulcimer, chorus vocals;
Denis Turner, John Faulkner, Terry Yarnell: chorus vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. Ballad of the Trades (4.19)
2. The Shepherd Lad (Roud 11; Child 112; G/D 2:301) (3.03)
3. The Wanton Seed (Roud 17230) (1.10)
4. The Wind Blew the Bonnie Lassie’s Plaidie Awa’ (Roud 2574; G/D 7:1413) (2.45)
5. The Coachman and His Whip (Roud 299) (3.36)
6. The Threshing Machine (Roud 1491) (1.56)
7. The Maid of Australia (Roud 1872) (3.24)
8. The Cuckoo’s Nest (Roud 1506, 5407) (0.55)
9. The Gairdener Chylde (Roud 339; Child 219; G/D 4:840) (4.31)

Side 2

10. The Vintner (Roud 168) (4.05)
11. Andrew and His Cutty Gun (Roud 2968; Henry H36) (2.20)
12. The Game of ‘All Fours’ (Roud 232) (2.45)
13. The Cobbler (Roud 174) (3.09)
14. The Modiewark (Roud 12580) (3.05)
15. The Furze Field (Roud 1037) (3.10)
16. The Pegging Awl (Roud 2126) (1.49)
17. The Maid Gaed to the Mill (Roud 2575; G/D 7:1436) (1.53)
18. The Bird in the Bush (Roud 290) (2.24)
19. She Was a Rum One (Roud 2128; G/D 7:1445) (2.20)

All tracks trad.;
Track 1 collation of several broadside texts, tune Ewan MacColl