Joint production with Attic Studios

Musical Traditions review by Rod Stradling

Musicians

Gwilym Davies: vocals, melodeon

Tracks

1. Fathom the Bowl (Roud 880)
2. Box Upon Her Head (Roud 289; Laws L3; G/D 2:268)
3. Henry Morton (Roud 104; Child 250)
4. An Acre of Land (Roud 21093; TYG 23)
5. Shooting Gallery (Roud 1568)
6. Sailor Boy (Roud 18828) (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245)
7. The Fox (Roud 131; G/D 3:499; Henry H38)
8. Three Men Went A-Hunting (Roud 283; G/D 2:283)
9. Jim the Carter Lad (Roud 1080; G/D 3:457; Henry H171)
10. Young Sailor Cut Down in His Prime (Roud 2; G/D 7:1404)
11. George Privett’s Polkas
12. All Among the Barley (Roud 1283)
13. I Took My Dog (Roud 363)
14. Rich Farmer of Sheffield (Roud 2638; Laws L2)
15. My Father Built Me a Little Boat (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245)
16. Barley Straw (Roud 19112)
17. Country Carrier (Roud 1400; G/D 3:456; Henry H664)
18. Ledbury Clergyman (Roud 2332)
19. Gloucester Blinder (Roud 1735)
20. The Seed of Love (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180)

All tracks trad. except
Track 12 Elizabeth Stirling;
Track 17 Harry Clifton

Musicians

Gwilym Davies: vocals, melodeon, banjo, pipe, tabor;
Carol Davies: vocals;
unknown accompanists: strings, chorus

Tracks

Song notes

1. Following the Old Oss (3.36)
2. Across the Blue Mountain (Roud 3132) (3.02)
3. Gallant Hussar / Black Joke Morris tunes (3.33)
4. Bold Sir Rylas (Roud 29; Child 18) (5.32)
5. George Collins (Roud 147; Child 85) (3.09)
6. Rye Tither (Roud 2637; Laws L1; G/D 2:266; Henry H51; TYG 78) (2.17)
7. Long A-Growing (Roud 31; Laws O35; G/D 6:1222) (3.02)
8. John Blunt (Roud 115; Child 275; G/D 2:321) (2.05)
9. Freddie Archer (Roud 21926) (4.23)
10. Cirencester Fair (Roud V4004) (3.49)
11. House Carpenter (Roud 14; Child 243; G/D 2:332) (4.43)
12. The Deerhurst Serpent (3.28)
13. Limbo (Roud 969) (3.10)
14. Tom Barbary (Roud 64; Child 100; G/D 5:999; Henry H221) (4.15)
15. Stow Fair (Roud 137) (3.23)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 Tony Dean;
Track 12 Gwilym Davies

This is a companion CD to Gwilym Davies’ book of (nearly) the same name. The book’s appendix contains the same 25 songs and tunes, but sorted alphabetically.

Musical Traditions booklet notes by Rod Stradling

Musicians

see the individual tracks

CD Tracks

1. Lemmie Brazil: Two hornpipes (1.10)
2. Billy Buckingham: The Waysailing Bowl (Woodchester) (Roud 209) (2.49)
3. Archer Goode: Jan’s Courtship (Roud 575; G/D 4:760; Henry H820) (2.42)
4. Charlie Hill: The White Cockade (Roud 191; TYG 2) (2.14)
5. Colleen Clevelend: Andrew Bergine (Roud 104; Child 250) (5.23)
6. Phyllis Marks: She Was a Lady Gay (Roud 183; Laws Q2; G/D 2:318; Henry H174; TYG 6) (2.23)
7. Danny Brazil: Three Brothers in Fair Warwickshire (Roud 3207) (4.35)
8. Spencer Moore: Three Little Babes (Roud 196; Child 79) (2.48)
9. George Privett: Three Men Went A-Hunting (Roud 283; G/D 2:283) (1.49)
10. Jimmy Cooper: Schottishe Hornpipe / Jack the Lad (1.13)
11. Esther Johnson: Down by the Bramble Bushes (Roud 18988) (0.43)
12. Gordon Hall: The Leaves of Life (Roud 127) (6.50)
13. Ray Driscoll: The Wild, Wild Berry (Roud 24845) (1.55)
14. Danny Brazil: My Schoolmaster’s Son (Roud 13267) (2.19)
15. Dick Parsons: The Waysailing Bowl (Shurdington) (Roud 209) (0.57)
16. Dick Richards: The Devil and the Farmer’s Wife (Roud 160; Child 278; G/D 2:320) (2.23)
17. Arthur Baker: The Shooting Gallery (Roud 1568) (3.33)
18. Don Mitchell: The Streets of Minturno (Roud 29969) (1.52)
19. James Cleveland: My Bonny Bon Boy (Roud 10; Child 12; G/D 2:209; Henry H814) (2.05)
20. Bob Arnold: The Bedmaking (Roud 1631) (1.39)
21. Tony Lloyd: Lamkin (Roud 6; Child 93; G/D 2:187; Henry H735) (3.33)
22. David Gardiner: The Gloucester Blinder (Roud 1735) (2.05)
23. Charlie Milam: John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (1.19)
24. Gwilym Davies: Around Her Leg She Wore a Yellow Garter (Roud 10642) (1.23)
25. Ray Driscioll: Pompalarie Jig (Roud 18853) (1.35)