Recorded and produced by John Howson

Musicians

Jeff Wesley: vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. Brisk and Bonny Lad (Roud 606) (2.39)
2. Ninety-Nine and Ninety (Roud 161; Child 1) (3.10)
3. The Scolding Wife (Roud 2132)
4. Hares on the Mountain (Roud 329) (1.56)
5. Robin-a-Thrush (Roud 2792; TYG 1) (1.55)
6. The Reed Cutter’s Daughter (Roud 5397) (2.48)
7. Butlin’s (Roud 5398)
8. Green Grow the Laurels (Roud 279; G/D 6:1138; Henry H165ab) (4.49)

Side 2

9. All Jolly Fellows Who Follow the Plough (Roud 346; G/D 3:418) (2.32)
10. The May Song (Roud 305) (1.20)
11. Life of a Man (Roud 848) (2.59)
12. Father’s in the Pig-Sty (Roud 5399) (2.09)
13. Banks of the Sweet Primroses (Roud 586; G/D 8:1841)
14. The Day the Pub Burnt Down (Roud 5400)
15. The Bonny Labouring Boy (Roud 1162; Laws M14; Henry H576) (3.09)
16. I’m the Boss (Roud 5401)

All tracks trad.

Track 1 is also on Stepping It Out! (VTC1CD, 1993);
Tracks 9, 15 are also on Down in the Fields (VTC4CD, 2001);
Tracks 5-6, 8, 12 are also on It Was on a Market Day—One (VTC6CD, 2005);
Tracks 2, 4, 10-11 are also on It Was on a Market Day—Two (VTC7CD, 2006)

Produced by Doug Bailey and Tom Brown;
Recorded at The White Lion, Wherwell, Hampshire, on 19 November 2005 in front of an invited audience;
Recorded and edited by Doug Bailey;
Notes by Jeff Wesley

Musical Traditions review by Rod Stradling
NetRhythms review by David Kidman

Musicians

Jeff Wesley: vocals

Tracks

1. Two Lovers (Roud 991; Laws O22) (4.21)
2. Turtle Dove (Roud 422) (3.38)
3. The Light Brigade (Roud 1443) (3.53)
4. Introduction to The Tarry Sailor (0.35)
5. The Tarry Sailor (Roud 531; Laws K38; G/D 1:49) (1.56)
6. Introduction to Ladysmith (0.17)
7. Ladysmith (2.00)
8. Introduction to The Charwelton Murder (1.30)
9. The Charwelton Murder (3.54)
10. Warm Summer Evening (3.31)
11. Apron Strings (Roud 60) (4.08)
12. Rum and Raspberry (3.26)
13. The Empty Echoes (4.37)
14. The Ballad of Boughton Fair (3.50)
15. Young and Growing (Roud 31; Laws O35; G/D 6:1222) (3.56)
16. Introduction to Couldn’t Help It (0.37)
17. Couldn’t Help It (2.01)
18. Unquiet Grave (Roud 51; Child 78) (3.10)
19. Johnny Sands (Roud 184; Laws Q3; G/D 2:319) (2.22)
20. Sailor’s Grave (Roud 2676; G/D 1:68) (2.44)
21. Last New Year’s Eve (Roud 382) (2.29)

All songs trad. except
Track 7 poem The Relief of Ladysmith by Hardwick Drummond Rawnsley, in Alexander Petrie: Poems of South African History, A.D. 1497-1910, p.112;
Track 9, 12: anon. / Wesley
Track 13: Alan Burbidge
Track 14: trad. / Wesley