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George Townshend: Come, Hand to Me the Glass

Come, Hand to Me the Glass George Townshend (1882-1967) Musical Traditions Records MTCD304 (CD, UK, 2000) Musical Traditions Records MTCD304/5 (2 CD, UK, 2012)

CD 1 and CD 2, tracks 1-6 recorded by Brian Matthews in 1960-64;
CD 2, tracks 7-25 are alternative versions recorded by Ken Stubbs in 1960.

Musical Traditions booklet notes by Brian Matthews and Rod Stradling (Notes to the original 1 CD issue)

Musicians

George Townshend: vocals;
Angela Townsend (George’s 11-year old grand-daughter): vocals [CD 1, tracks 16, 23; CD 2, track 23]

Tracks

CD 1

1. The Echoing Horn (The Glittering Dewdrops) (Roud 24897) (3.21)
2. I Wish They’d Do it Now (Roud 1401) (3.25)
3. The Garden Gate (Roud 418; G/D 5:981; Henry H770) (2.35)
4. Blow Me Up the Apple Tree (Roud 15134) (0.20)
5. Pretty Nancy from Yarmouth (Roud 407) (2.49)
6. Bold Reynolds (You Gentlemen of High Renown) (Roud 190) (3.22)
7. All Jolly Fellows That Follow the Plough (Roud 346; G/D 3:418) (3.10)
8. I Mounted My Neddy (Roud 1045) (1.55)
9. Hark, the Rock (Cease Ye Stormy Winds to Blow) (Roud 1299) (2.49)
10. Dame Durden (Roud 1209) (3.30)
11. The Trees They’re All Bare (Roud 1170) (3.08)
12. ’Twas Early One Morning (Dido, Spendago) (Roud 584; TYG 76) (3.12)
13. Mowing Down the Meadow (Roud 143) (4.03)
14. The Mistletoe Bough (Roud 2336) (4.18)
15. The Life of a Man (Roud 848) (3.29)
16. Twenty, Eighteen … (Roud 542; G/D 8:1588) (0.52)
17. The Farmer’s Boy (Roud 408; Laws Q30; G/D 5:960) (2.56)
18. We’ll All Go A-Hunting Today (Roud 1172) (2.13)
19. Twanky Dillo (Roud 2409) (2.16)
20. When Adam Was First Created (Old Adam) (Roud 728; G/D 7:1269) (2.55)
21. My Grandfather’s Clock (Roud 4326) (3.47)
22. Young Collins (Roud 1720) (2.35)
23. Joe the Carrier Lad (Roud 1080; G/D 3:457; Henry H171) (3.50)
24. When Spring Comes In (Roud 439) (2.33)
25. The Young Brickmaker (Roud 971) (1.06)
26. The Burial of Sir John Moore (Roud 1979) (2.56)
27. General Munro (Roud 1166) (3.22)
28. John Barleycorn (Roud 2141) (2.57)

CD 2

1. I Wish I Were Single Again (Roud 437) (2.38)
2. The Old Rustic Bridge (Roud 3792; G/D 6:1254) (4.54)
3. The Anchor’s Weighed (Roud 23596) (2.58)
4. The Gypsy’s Warning (Roud 1764) (4.38)
5. The Merry Mountain Band (Roud 23595) (1.47)
6. Pleasant and Delightful (Roud 660; Laws O30; TYG 51) (3.31)
7. The Trees They Are All Bare (Roud 1170) (3.22)
8. Dame Durden (Roud 1209) (3.26)
9. Pretty Nancy from Yarmouth (Roud 407) (2.29)
10. I Mounted My Neddy (Roud 1045) (2.03)
11. Bold Reynolds (You Gentlemen of High Renown) (Roud 190) (3.36)
12. ’Twas Early One Morning (Dido, Spendago) (Roud 584; TYG 76) (3.34)
13. We’ll All Go A-Hunting Today (Roud 1172) (2.34)
14. The Echoing Horn (The Glittering Dewdrops) (Roud 24897) (3.34)
15. When Spring Comes In (Roud 439) (2.37)
16. Young Collins (Roud 1720) (2.50)
17. Hark, the Rock (Cease Ye Stormy Winds to Blow) (Roud 1299) (2.26)
18. The Mistletoe Bough (Roud 2336) (3.51)
19. All Jolly Fellows That Follow the Plough (Roud 346; G/D 3:418) (1.22)
20. General Monroe (Roud 1166) (2.04)
21. The Trees They Are All Bare (Roud 1170) (3.32)
22. The Garden Gate (Roud 418; G/D 5:981; Henry H770) (3.03)
23. Joe the Carrier Lad (Roud 1080; G/D 3:457; Henry H171) (3.52)
24. Pleasant and Delightful (Roud 660; Laws O30; TYG 51) (3.31)
25. Toast (0.14)