Recorded and produced by Julien Batten

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals, accordion

Tracks

1. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559)
2. Oxford City (Roud 218; Laws P30; G/D 2:210)
3. You Rambling Boys of Pleasure (Roud 386)
4. The Old Ewe (Roud 23165)

Recorded and produced by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals, accordion, diddycordion;
James Dumbelton: harmony vocals, guitar, mandolin, crowdy crawn, shaky cans;
John Dipper: fiddle;
Jenny Sartin, Doug Bailey: chorus vocals [11]

Tracks

1. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (3.35)
2. The Hunting of Arscott of Tetcott (Roud 6902) (6.11)
3. Down by the Tan-Yard Side (Roud 1021; Laws M28; Henry H52b) (2.59)
4. The Pricklie Bush (Roud 144; Child 95; G/D 2:248) (4.16)
5. Down by the Old Riverside (Roud 564; Laws P18) (3.19)
6. Harvest Song (Roud 1474) (4.22)
7. Rewind (4.57)
8. The Carnal and the Crane (Roud 306; Child 55) (3.36)
9. The Lusty Young Smith (Roud V6823) (2.58)
10. Sing Ivy (Roud 21093; TYG 23) (4.03)
11. The Whimple Wassail (Roud 209) (6.09)
12. Yonders Hill (Blind Beetles) (Roud 60; Laws P25; G/D 6:1170; Henry H683) (3.09)
13. Unwind (2.04)

Tracks 1, 3, 5-6 trad. arr. Jim Causley;
Tracks 2, 4, 10 trad. arr. Jim Causley, James Dumbelton;
Tracks 7, 13 Jim Causley;
Track 8 words trad., music Jim Causley;
Track 9 trad., John Dipper arr. Jim Causley, John Dipper;
Track 11 trad., Jim Causley arr. Jim Causley;
Track 12 trad. arr. Jim Causley, John Dipper

Recorded by Julien Batten;
Photography by Andrew Cadie;
Cover design by Lauren McCormick and Emily Portman

Musicians

Lauren McCormick: vocals;
Emily Portman: vocals;
Jim Causley: vocals, accordion

Tracks

1. Silver Dagger (Roud 22621; Laws M4) (3.00)
2. Lady All Skin and Bone (Roud 501) (2.21)
3. The Demon Lover (Roud 14; Child 243; G/D 2:332) (4.44)
4. The Leaves of Life (Roud 127) (2.43)
5. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (3.22)
6. Summer’s End (4.49)
7. Plymouth Town (Roud 649; G/D 7:1479) (3.23)

Track 1 trad. via Dolly Parton, arr. The Devil’s Interval;
Track 2 trad. arr. The Devil’s Interval;
Track 3 trad. via A.L. Lloyd, arr. Emily Portman;
Track 1 trad. via May Bradley, arr. The Devil’s Interval;
Track 5 trad. via Queen Caroline Hughes arr. Lauren McCormick;
Track 6 Jim Causley;
Track 7 trad. / The Devils Interval arr. The Devil’s Interval

Produced and recorded by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios, Wherwell, Hampshire;
Photography and design by David Angel

Musicians

Lauren McCormick: vocals, flute;
Emily Portman: vocals, concertina;
Jim Causley: vocals, accordion

Tracks

1. Green Valley (Roud 2125; G/D 6:1183) (3.06)
2. Silver Dagger (Roud 22621; Laws M4) (3.20)
3. Studying Economy (Roud 5377) (2.26)
4. The Leaves of Life (Roud 127) (2.56)
5. The Well Below the Valley (Roud 2335; Child 21) (3.44)
6. Two Crows (Roud 5; Child 26) (2.21)
7. The Bonfire Carol (4.27)
8. A May Carol (5.03)
9. Down Among the Dead Men (Roud 9623) (2.52)
10. The Cuckoo (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479) (3.50)
11. Long Lankin (Roud 6; Child 93; G/D 2:187; Henry H735) (5.17)
12. The Midsummer Carol (Roud 6913) (3.10)
13. Blow Me Jack (Roud 511; Laws K40) (3.16)

All tracks trad. arr. Lauren McCormick, Emily Portman, Jim Causley except
Track 8 Lauren McCormick arr. Lauren McCormick, Emily Portman, Jim Causley;
Track 9 John Dyer, around 1700, arr. Lauren McCormick, Emily Portman, Jim Causley

Recorded and produced by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios;
Cover design: David Angel

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals, accordion;
James Dumbelton: vocals, guitar, mandolin, crowdy crawn, shaky bean pods

with
James Delarre: fiddle [4, 9-10];
George Papavgeris: vocals [4, 7];
Sandra Kerr: Appalachian dulcimer [3]

Tracks

1. Polly Vaughn (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114) (3.49)
2. Cupid the Ploughboy (Roud 986; Laws O7) (4.49)
3. Wild Rover (Roud 1173; G/D 7:1480) (3.46)
4. Loving Hannah (Roud 454; G/D 6:1192; Henry H625) (4.02)
5. Shulé Rune (Roud 911) (4.00)
6. Lady All Skin and Bone (Roud 501) (3.19)
7. Traitor’s Love (3.12)
8. Oxford City (Roud 218; Laws P30; G/D 2:210) (3.15)
9. Autumn Days (2.31)
10. Rolling of the Stones (Roud 38; Child 49) (3.38)

Track 1 words trad., tune Shirley Collins arr. Jim Causley, James Dumbelton;
Track 2 trad., Jim Causley, tune Jim Causley arr. Jim Causley, James Dumbelton;
Track 3 trad. arr. Jim Causley, Sandra Kerr;
Tracks 4-6 trad. arr. Jim Causley, James Dumbelton;
Tracks 7 George Papavgeris arr. Jim Causley, James Dumbelton;
Track 8 trad. arr. Jim Causley;
Tracks 9 Estelle White arr. Jim Causley, James Dumbelton;
Track 10 trad. arr. James Dumbelton;

Recorded, mixed and edited by Stu Hanna at Proper Studios, London;
Produced by Stu Hanna

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals, accordion;
Danny Crump: vocals, bass guitar;
David Delarre: vocals, guitar, mandolin;
James Delarre: vocals, fiddle;
Alex Goldsmith: vocals, melodeon

with
Lauren McCormick: vocals [4]

Tracks

1. George’s Son [John Kirkpatrick] (3.37)
2. Jim Jones at Botany Bay (Roud 5478) (3.22)
3. Ye Mariners All (Roud 1191) (3.47)
4. Come My Lads (Roud 1238) (2.57)
5. Cookie Monster (4.12)
6. New York Trader (Roud 478; Laws K22; G/D 2:191) (3.28)

All tracks trad. arr. Mawkin:Causley except
Track 1 John Kirkpatrick;
Track 3 words trad., Jim Causley, music trad. arr. Mawkin:Causley;
Track 4 words trad., music Jim Causley;
Track 5 James Delarre

Recorded, mixed and edited by Stu Hanna at Proper Studios, London;
Produced by Stu Hanna

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals, accordion;
Danny Crump: vocals, bass guitar;
David Delarre: vocals, guitar, mandolin;
James Delarre: vocals, fiddle;
Alex Goldsmith: vocals, melodeon

Tracks

1. Jolly Broom Man (Roud 379; G/D 5:950; Henry H147) (4.53)
2. L’homme armé (3.25)
3. Drummer Boy for Waterloo (Roud 1804; Laws J1; Henry H728) (3.41)
4. Keeper of the Game (4.28)
5. Cutty Wren (Roud 236) (3.55)
6. The Saucy Sailor (Roud 531; Laws K38; G/D 1:49) (3.23)
7. Todos los bienes del mundo (3.12)
8. The Downfall of Charing Cross (4.30)
9. Cropper Lads (TYG 62, 148) (4.04)
10. Greenlander (4.11)
11. The Awkward Recruit (4.44)
12. I Am the Song (3.53)

All tracks trad. arr. Mawkin:Causley except
Track 7 Juan del Encina (1469-1529);
Track 10 Barrie Temple

Recorded and produced by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios;
Cover and artwork by Karen Cater

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals, accordion;
Jeff Gillet: guitar, mandola;
Nick Wyke: vocals, fiddle, viola, cello;
Becki Driscoll: vocals, fiddle, lyre;
Mark Bazely: vocals, melodeon;
Jason Rice: vocals, accordion, step dancing;
Rob Murch: vocals, banjo;
Mike Bond: vocals, gob irons;
Pete Flood: percussion;
Tom & Barbara Brown, Jackie Oates, Joe Sartin, Doug & Jennie Bailey: vocals

Tracks

1. When I Was Young (Roud V3198) (3.34)
2. Little Ball o’ Yarn (Roud 1404) (3.18)
3. Georgie (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (3.27)
4. Old Uncle Whiteway (Roud 23074) (3.16)
5. The Old Threshing Mill (Roud 22000) (2.58)
6. Sidbury to Stockland Set: Rew’s Waltz / Donw the Sides and Up the Middle / Plain Schottische (3.03)
7. The Earl of Totnes (5.00)
8. Royal Comrade (Roud 189; Laws Q33; G/D 2:228; Henry H176) (5.02)
9. Exeter Town (Roud 490; Laws L12; G/D 2:260; Henry H691) (3.38)
10. She Moved Through the Fair (Roud 861; Henry H141) / Germany Clockmaker (Roud 241) (4.05)
11. Tamar Valley Requiem (4.34)
12. Exmoor Anthem (3.37)
13. Honiton Lace (3.08)
14. The Game of Cards (Roud 232) (2.54)
15. In the Sidings (3.13)
16. Larkbeare (3.02)
17. The Tythe Pig (Roud 574; TYG 45) (3.37)
18. Wailey Wailer (The Whimple Carol) (3.57)

All tracks trad. arr. Jim Causley except
Track 5 John Duggan;
Tracks 11, 15 Cyril Tawney;
Track 13 Martin Graebe;
Track 16 Jim Causley

Musical settings of the poems of Jim’s relative, Charles Causley, to mark the tenth anniversary of his death.

Recorded by Nick Marshall in February 2013;
All tracks recorded live in Cyprus Well, Launceston, Cornwall except [9] recorded live in Mount Pleasant, Trusham, Devon;
Mixed at Totnesia Records, Totnes, Devon by Nick Marshall and Jim Causley;
Mastered by Peter Philipson at Pollen Road;
Design and illustration by Dom Cooper

Musicians

Jim Causley: accordion, piano, vocals;
Julie Murphy: vocals [1-3, 5, 10];
Ceri Owen-Jones: harp, trombone, vocals [1-3, 5-6, 8-10, 12];
Neil Davey: bouzouki, fiddle, vocals [2, 4];
Hilary Coleman: clarinet, bass clarinet, vocals [2, 4];
Pete Berryman: guitar [7];
Bob Holland: piano [7];
Keith Marshall: percussion [7];
Carl Allerfeldt: fiddle [9]

Tracks

1. On All Souls’ Day (2.56)
2. My Young Man’s a Cornishman (4.22)
3. A Song of Truth (4.59)
4. Dan Dory (4.19)
5. Eagle One, Eagle Two (3.49)
6. Rattler Morgan (0.59)
7. Timothy Winters (3.48)
8. Angel Hill (4.41)
9. Trusham (4.27)
10. Who? (1.52)
11. The Mystery of St Mylor (3.17)
12. Sibard’s Well / Night Before a Journey (4.16)

All tracks poems by Charles Causley, music by Jim Causley

Produced by Jim Causley and Mark Tucker;
Recorded by Phil Beer and Mark Tucker in 2015
except Kathryn Roberts on [11] recorded by Seth Lakeman;
Mixed and mastered by Mark Tucker at The Green Room Studios, Blackdown Hills, Dumnonia;
Photography by David Angel at Exeter Cathedral and The Dumnonni Chronicles Village;
Costume by Hillary Gillespie;
Design and layout by Brad Waters

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals [1-15], accordion [1-2, 4-15];
Steve Tyler: hurdy-gurdy [1a, 4];
Katy Marchant: shawm [1a], flageolet [1a], English bagpipes [4];
Steve Knightley: mandocello [1a, 4], vocals [1b, 4];
Phil Beer: vocals [1b, 10], laúd [2], guitar [6], fiddle [12];
Miranda Sykes: bass [2], double bass [6];
Chris Hoban: vocals [1a, 4-5, 13];
Ninebarrow (Jon Whitley, Jay LaBouchardiere): vocals [1a, 2, 6, 8, 13];
The Claque (Dave Lowry, Barry Lister, Tom Addison, Bill Crawford): vocals [1b, 8];
Phillip Henry: chaturangui [2], dobro [6];
Hannah Martin: fiddle [2];
James Dumbelton: vocals [7], guitar [3, 5, 7];
Nick Wyke: vocals [6], fiddle [4, 6, 8, 10], violin [14], Octave violin [14];
Becki Driscoll: vocals [6], fiddle [4, 6, 8, 10], violin [14], viola [14];
Reese Wesson: melodeon [6];
Rex Preston: mandolin [6];
Lucas Drinkwater: vocals [9], guitar [9], double bass [9];
Jackie Oates: fiddle [9];
Seth Lakeman: bouzouki [10];
Mark Tucker: percussion [10];
Kathryn Roberts: vocals [11], piano [11], organ [11];
Mark Bazeley: accordion [13];
Matt Norman: tenor banjo [13], bass banjo [13], mandolin [13], fiddle [13]

Tracks

1. Gabbro Bowl / The Peninsula Prayer (4.53)
2. Back in the Day (4.20)
3. Banks of the Tale (4.04)
4. The Road to Combebow (3.24)
5. Rewind (4.23)
6. Home (4.07)
7. This Weekend (4.31)
8. Pride of the Moor (3.48)
9. Summer’s End (5.28)
10. The Man You Know (2.53)
11. Reigning Men (5.14)
12. Goodnight Ballad (6.33)
13. Illogan Highway (7.01)
14. The Pastoria (5.49)
15. Sea Sick (2.48)

All songs written and composed by Jim Causley;
String arrangements by Becki Driscoll and Nick Wyke;
Track 1a features the chorus of The Foolish Shepherd (Roud 11; Child 112; G/D 2:301);
Track 4 features the first verse of The False Knight on the Road (Roud 20; Child 3)

A specially commissioned project by Bodmin Moor Poetry Festival; Jim Causley has collaborated with author Luke Thompson to make an album of poems by Cornish poet Jack Clemo as part his 2016 centenary celebrations. Clemo—a close friend of Charles Causley—was a fascinating poet who lived in the evocative Clay Country district of mid Cornwall and was greatly inspired by that dramatic, man-made landscape. Often described as angular, his poems couldn’t be more different from that of his Launceston friend and that is paralled in these new musical settings. Recorded in his home village, this project features some of the finest musicians in the Duchy and brings to life the clayscape world of Clemo.

Produced by David Woolley for Wwstwords / Bodmin Moor Poetry Festival;
Recorded by Dennis Morell at Brannel School;
Additional recording, mixed and mastered by Mark Tucker

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals, piano, pipe organ, accordion;
Luke Thompson: spoken word;
Richard Trethewey: fiddle, backing vocals;
Stephen Hunt: guitar;
Kerensa Wright: hammered dulcimer;
Neil Davey: bouzouki;
Matt Calder: hang-drums;
Brannell School Choir

Tracks

1. The Harrassed Preacher (4.30)
2. Sufficiency (3.11)
3. Gwindra (2.51)
4. The Blacksmith (3.28)
5. The Flooded Clay-Pit (3.08)
6. Gulls Nesting Inland (3.09)
7. Christ in the Clay-Pit (3.15)
8. The Clay-Dry (3.00)
9. A Calvinist in Love (3.02)
10. Wedding Eve (to Ruth) (4.10)

All words by Jack Clemo, all music by Jim Causley;
Poems selected by Luke Thompson

Musical settings of children’s poems of Jim’s relative, Charles Causley, to mark the centenary of his birth.

Recorded and produced by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios;
Artwork by Bex Bourne

Folking.com review by Dai Jeffries

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals, piano accordion, chromatic button accordion;
Anahata: melodeons, cello;
Pete Bullock: clarinet, baritone saxophone, piano;
Piers Butler: percussion;
Becki Driscoll: vocals, fiddle, viola, bassoon;
Jeff Gillett: guitar;
Mary Humphries: English concertina, five-string banjo;
Keith Kendrick: vocals, Anglo concertinas, big bass drum, high hat;
Sylvia Needham: vocals, banjolele;
Matt Norman: mandolin, four-string banjo, bass banjo, piano;
Mick Ryan: vocals;
Nick Wyke: vocals, fiddle, viola, guitar, mandolin

Tracks

1. Python on Piccolo (1.31)
2. Newlyn Buldings (2.45)
3. I Don’t Want to Grumble (1.29)
4. Here We Go Round the Round House (4.26)
5. At Linkinhorne (2.42)
6. The Money Came In (2.11)
7. Lady Jane Grey (1.16)
8. Mrs McPhee (1.08)
9. One Day at a Perranporth Pet-Shop (2.55)
10. Good Morning, Mr Croco-Doco-Dile (1.15)
11. One for the Man (1.08)
12. Colonel Fazackerley (1.54)
13. Lord Lovelace (4.20)
14. Tabitha Tupper (1.16)
15. As I Went Down Zig Zag (2.40)
16. I Saw a Jolly Hunter (0.54)
17. A Mermaid at Zennor (4.15)
18. John Tidy (1.51)
19. I Took My Wife to Market (2.17)
20. The Obby Oss (3.41)
21. I Am the Song (3.16)

All tracks poems by Charles Causley, music by Jim Causley

Recorded and produced by Mark Tucker at The Green Room, Upottery;
Photography by Brad Waters, location at Foggintor, Dartmoor;
Artwork design and manufacture by DMS Ltd, Plymouth

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals, accordion, piano

Tracks

1. City of Trees – for Common Ground’s ‘Exeter Tree Tales’ project (4.32)
2. Diamond of the Moor – for Tony Deane (5.35)
3. Green Lanes – for Valerie Belsey (4.36)
4. On the Border – for the Charles Causley Trust (2.04)
5. Pride of the Moor – for Simon Pope’s ‘Dartmoor Stannary’ project (3.48)
6. Glorious Devon Morning – for Martin Rooney (4.23)
7. Unearthed Theme – for Villages in Action (3.38)

All tracks by Jim Causley

Acknowledgements

Thank you very much to Jim Causley for an advance copy of his EP.

Recorded and produced by Marc Tucker at The Green Room, Upottery, Blackdown Hills, Devon except
Track 5 recorded by Nick Marshall in 2013 for Cyprus Well,
Track 8 recorded by Doug Bailey in 2011 for Dumnonia;
Photography by Benjamin Borley at The Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth;
Artwork and graphic design by John Griffiths at LUA Design, Plymouth

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals, accordion, piano;
Paul Downes: guitar, banjo;
Julie Murphy: vocals;
Ceri Owen Jones: trumpet;
Nick Wyke: vocals, violin, viola;
Becki Driscoll: vocals, violin, cello;
Pete Flood: vocals, percussion

Tracks

1. The Dartmoor Wassail (Roud 209) (2.52)
2. The Dunster Carol (Roud 23688) (2.01)
3. Hunting the King (Roud 236) (3.12)
4. The Jacobstowe Wassail (Roud 209) (2.12)
5. A Song of Truth (5.02)
6. My Christmas Day (2.44)
7. Christmas in No Man’s Land (4.08)
8. Wailey Wailer (The Whimple Carol) (3.50)
9. Innocent’s Song (2.18)
10. The Plymtree Carol (2.27)
11. Mistletoe (3.18)

Tracks 1, 4 trad. Devon (Baring-Gould collection) arr. Jim Causley;
Track 2 trad. Exmoor carol;
Track 3 trad. Devon arr. Jim Causley;
Track 5 words Charles Causley, music Jim Causley;
Tracks 6-7 Mick Ryan arr. Jim Causley, Paul Downes;
Track 8 trad. Devon coll. Jim Causley, music trad. arr. Jim Causley;
Track 9 words Charles Causley, music trad. (The Streets of Forbes) arr. Jim Causley;
Track 10 words Richard Smart, rector of Plymtree 1435-1477, music Jim Causley;
Track 11 words Walter de la Mare, music Jim Causley

All the fun and flavour of an evening with Jim Causley recorded live in Widecombe-on-the-Moor!

Recorded live by Mark Thomas at Widecombe Sailing Club, Cafe on the Green, Widecombe in the Moor, Dartmoor, Devon, on 1 December 2016;
Photography by Benjamin Borley;
Artwork and graphic design by LUA Design, Plymouth

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals, accordion, piano

Tracks

1. Old Uncle Whiteway (Roud 23074) (3.15)
2. In the Sidings (3.05)
3. The Mower (Roud 833) (2.33)
4. Honiton Lace (2.57)
5. Angel Hill (3.57)
6. Eagle One, Eagle Two (3.17)
7. The Dyslexic’s Alphabet (3.20)
8. Pride of the Moor (3.47)
9. St Boniface Day (4.11)
10. The Old Plantation (Roud 363) (3.08)
11. Jim Jones in Botany Bay (Roud 5478) (3.23)
12. Summer’s End (3.39)
13. Can Wil Y Tloty (2.41)
14. My Grandfather’s Ferret (2.26)
15. My Young Man’s a Cornishman (2.37)
16. Trusham (3.21)
17. Timothy Winters (3.05)
18. The Man You Know (2.54)
19. Who? (2.23)
20. Devon Glorious Devon (Roud 29947) (3.22)
21. Friends Like These (3.51)

Track 2 Cyril Tawney

Recorded by Jim Causley at home

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals, accordion, midi keyboard

Tracks

1. The Seasons in North Cornwall (2.16)
2. Bramblepark (2.32)
3. On Being Asked to Write a School Hymn (3.06)
4. Green Man in the Garden (2.02)
5. Cristo de Bristol (2.42)
6. Miller’s End (3.02)
7. The Question / At Candlemas (2.38)
8. Hawthorn White (2.48)
9. Innocent’s Song (2.26)
10. Song of the Dying Gunner AA1 (1.42)
11. I Am the Great Sun (2.16)
12. Guy Fawkes Day (2.25)
13. The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (1.16)
14. Devonport (3.27)
15. Elizabethan Sailor’s Song (1.04)
16. On the Border (2.12)
17. Keats at Teignmouth (2.32)
18. Eden Rock (2.12)

All tracks poems by Charles Causley, music by Jim Causley

All musicians recorded themselves at home;
Mixed by Jim Causley;
Mastered by DMS Plymouth;
Artwork by Karen Cater;
Layout by LUA Design

Folk Radio UK review by Peter Shaw

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals, piano accordion, button accordion, piano, keyboard;
Matt Norman: vocals, mandolin, banjo, mandola;
Nick Wyke: vocals, violin, viola, guitar, glockenspiel, ukulele;
Josephine Causley, Ross Causley: vocals;
‘Mariners Away’ Shanty Crew (Trev Munkenbeck, Steve Mathewson, Bev Hilton, David Ashby, Lew Bean, Mike Eastman, Ian Solomon, Ian McAvoy, Ed Holt)

Tracks

1. The Bell Ringing (Roud 1515) (4.14)
2. The Rounding of Cape Horn (Roud 4706; Henry H539) (6.21)
3. Bampton Fair (3.28)
4. Childe the Hunter (Roud 23155) (3.13)
5. What About a Little Drop o Cider (Roud 10681) (3.02)
6. The Blue Flame (SBG/1/6/70) / Queen of Hearts (Roud 3195) (5.15)
7. Old Cobley (Roud 137) (3.16)
8. Ockington (Roud 32934) (2.05)
9. The Dolton Boys (2.44)
10. Blackingstone Ravens (Roud 5; Child 26) (2.52)
11. The Mallard (Roud 1517) (3.43)
12. Out Stepped Mother and Me (Roud 18920) (4.55)
13. My Lady’s Coach (Roud 23078) (3.37)
14. Devon Glorious Devon (Roud 29947) (2.44)
15. Fremington Great Meat Pie (Roud 8092) (1.47)
16. Twenty-One Years on Dartmoor (Roud 2248; Laws E16) (6.18)
17. The Slapton Smuggler (3.37)
18. Tavistock Goozey Fair (Roud 10683) (3.24)
19. The Exeter Carol (2.26)
20. Widecombe Fair (Roud 137) (4.22)

All tracks trad. except
Tracks 5, 12 Albert John Coles;
Track 14 words Sir Harold Boulton, music Sir Edward German (1905);
Track 16 Bob Miller (1930);
Track 18 C. John Trythall;
Track 9 Richard Smart (1428-1466)

All musicians recorded themselves at home;
Produced and mixed by Jim Causley;
Cover artwork by Karen Cater;
Graphic design by John Griffiths at LUA Design, Plymouth

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals, piano accordion, button accordion, melodica, piano, keyboard;
Matt Norman: mandolin, banjo;
Nick Wyke: violin, viola, guitar;
Jo Freya: vocals, soprano saxophone, whistle, clarinet;
Ross Causley: vocals;
‘Mariners Away’ Shanty Crew (Trev Munkenbeck, Steve Mathewson, Bev Hilton, David Ashby, Lew Bean, Mike Eastman, Ian Solomon, Ian McAvoy, Ed Holt)

Tracks

CD 1

1. ’Twas One April Morning (Roud 1546) (4.25)
2. Bren’ Cheese an’ Zider (Roud 10680) (3.07)
3. The Oxen Ploughing (Roud 686) (5.08)
4. When Mother & Me Joined In (Roud 10679) (6.51)
5. The Merry Haymakers (Roud 153; Henry H697) (2.51)
6. Rolling in the Dew (Roud 298; G/D 4:812) (3.07)
7. Chagford Show (3.07)
8. Ye Men of Devon (3.10)
9. Rosemary Lane (Roud 269; Laws K43; G/D 7:1429; TYG 10) (4.48)
10. Craftsmen of the Moor (Roud 18432) (5.02)
11. Please Don’t Send the Devonshire’s Away (0.38)
12. Drake’s Drum (Roud B96606) (4.14)
13. Saint Boniface Day (5.00)
14. The Wife of Dunkeswell (Roud 196; Child 79) (3.51)
15. The Dilly Song (Roud 133) (3.19)
16. Chap From the Country (Roud 10715) (3.17)
17. Hunting the Hare (4.38)
18. Mortal Unlucky Old Chap (Roud 5182) (4.14)
19. Farewell to Kingsbridge (Roud 596; Laws J13) (2.38)
20. The Evening Prayer (Roud 1704) (3.40)

CD 2

21. Adam the Poacher (Roud 13907) (1.57)
22. Brixham Town (Roud 44780) (4.25)
23. Heavitree Wassail (Roud 209) (3.15)
24. The Cottage Well Thatched With Straw (Roud 1270) (3.09)
25. Margaret of Oxenham (2.16)
26. Bellever Week (2.07)
27. The Gallant Hussar (Roud 1146; G/D 5:982; H243a) (4.18)
28. Outward Bound (Roud 1104) (2.41)
29. Jolly Goss Hawk (Roud 1048) (5.30)
30. Down ’Pon Ole Dartimoor (3.02)
31. Cold Haily Night (Roud 135; G/D 4:778) (2.20)
32. Keeper of the Eddystone Light (Roud 22257) (1.36)
33. Down ‘Ome Kirton Town (4.08)
34. That Quare Vaylin’ (3.39)
35. The Wonnerful Wise Man o’ Tawton (4.22)
36. Dartmoor POW Medley: Of Dartamore Prison / Hunting Lice & Fleas / The Sharks of Dartamore (3.25)
37. Song to Lydia (2.47)
38. Devonshire Cream & Cider (Roud 9083) (3.58)
39. Devonshire Girls (Roud 12727) (3.38)
40. The Westernland (3.21)

All tracks trad. except
Track 2 W.P. Congdon (1923);
Track 4 A.J. Coles (1930);
Track 7 Tich Scott, Carl Allerfeldt;
Track 8 Transaction of the Devonshire Association (1891);
Track 10 Bob Cann (1916-1990);
Track 11 poem Sir Henry Newbolt (1897), music trad. adapted Heather Woods;
Track 12 words Jim Causley, music trad.;
Track 17 Transaction of the Devonshire Association Vol. 36 (1904);
Track 18 William Weeks (1925);
Track 26 Jonas Coker (1801-1890);
Track 30 C. John Trythall;
Track 33 words Fred C. Smale, music G.H. Stone (1903);
Track 34 William Weeks (1926);
Track 35 words Charles Biron Minter, music Kennedy Russell (1913);
Tracks 36abc, 37 poems by Joseph Valpey (early 1800s);
Track 38 words Theodore Curzon, music Wilfrid Sanderson (1919);
Track 40 words Fred C. Smale, music G.H. Stone (1904)

This album comprises ten new songs and ten re-recorded versions of Jim’s Christmas favourites (see A Causley Christmas) with guest musicians as listed on his website. The Bandcamp page for the album doesn’t have any recording or song details.

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals, accordion, piano;
Nick Wyke: fiddle, guitar;
Becki Driscoll: fiddle, guitar;
Matt Norman: mandolin, banjo;
Mariners Away Shanty Crew: chorus vocals

Tracks

1. Yule (3.07)
2. The Dartmoor Wassail (Roud 209) (2.52)
3. The Dunster Carol (Roud 23688) (2.26)
4. A Song of Truth (5.02)
5. Hunting the King (Roud 236) (3.12)
6. The Plymtree Carol (2.27)
7. Christmas in No-Man’s Land (4.09)
8. My Christmas Day (2.43)
9. Adam’s Fall (3.24)
10. The Jacobstowe Wassail (Roud 209) / Christmas Morn (3.18)
11. Innocent’s Song (2.52)
12. Bring in the Holly (1.44)
13. Heavitree Wassail (Roud 209) (3.12)
14. Hot Pot Hot (3.01)
15. The Dartmoor Nativity (3.02)
16. The Exeter Carol (2.25)
17. Mistletoe (3.18)
18. The Ivy and the Holly (2.18)
19. The Trees Are All Bare (Roud 1170) (2.20)

Tracks 2, 10a trad. Devon (Baring-Gould collection) arr. Jim Causley;
Track 3 trad. Exmoor carol;
Track 4 words Charles Causley, music Jim Causley;
Track 5 trad. Devon arr. Jim Causley;
Track 6 words Richard Smart, rector of Plymtree 1435-1477, music Jim Causley;
Tracks 7-8 Mick Ryan arr. Jim Causley, Paul Downes;
Track 11 words Charles Causley, music trad. (The Streets of Forbes) arr. Jim Causley;
Track 17 words Walter de la Mare, music Jim Causley;
Track 18 Chris Sugden;
Track 19 trad.

Produced, mixed and mastered by Jim Causley except tracks 12, 16 recorded by Paulo Tucker;
Cover artwork by Karen Cater of Hedingham Fair;
Graphics design by John Griffiths at LUA Design

Folking.com review by Dai Jeffries

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals, piano accordion, button accordion, accordina, melodica, piano, keyboards, programming;
Matt Norman: mandolin, banjo;
Nick Wyke: violin, viola, guitar;
Josephine Causley, Ross Causley: backing vocals;
Mariners Away Shanty Crew: chorus vocals;
Maggie Duffy: vocals [9];
Wilfrid Hodges: piano [9];
Bill Murray: vocals [15];
Marilyn Tucker: vocals [12, 16];
Paul Wilson: vocals [12, 16], accordion [12], guitar [16];
Jon Dyer: bass [12, 16]

Tracks

1. Adam the Poacher (Roud 13907) (1.57)
2. Craftsmen of the Moor (Roud 18432) (5.02)
3. Twenty-One Years on Dartmoor (Roud 2248; Laws E16) (4.59)
4. Blackingstone Ravens (Roud 5; Child 26) (3.54)
5. Bellever Week (2.07)
6. The Old Lych Way (3.49)
7. Chagford Show (3.08)
8. Childe the Hunter (Roud 23155) (3.15)
9. The Dinky Farm Nigh Burrator (3.44)
10. The Archangel Way (7.08)
11. Down ‘pon Ole Dartymoor (3.02)
12. The Hairy Hand (2.54)
13. Dartmoor POW Medley: Of Dartamore Prison / Hunting Lice & Fleas / The Sharks of Dartamore (3.25)
14. Song to Lydia (2.47)
15. Jan Pook (3.03)
16. Jay’s Grave (4.09)
17. My Lady’s Coach (Roud 23078) (3.39)
18. Tavvystock Goozey Vair (Roud 10683) (3.35)
19. Pride of the Moor (3.50)
20. Widdecombe Vair (Roud 137) (4.22)

Tracks 1, 4, 8, 17, 20 trad., Baring-Gould Collection;
Track 2 Bob Cann (1916-1990);
Track 3 Bob Miller, first published 1930;
Track 5 Baring-Gould Collection, words Jonas Coaker, music Jim Causley;
Track 6 Chris Hoban;
Track 7 Tich Scott, Carl Allerfeldt, both Dartmoor famers;
Tracks 9, 11 John Trythall, first published 1916;
Track 10, 19 Jim Causley;
Track 12 Paul Wilson;
Tracks 13-14 words Joseph Valpey, music Jim Causley;
Track 15 words Dr Puddicombe, music Bill Murray;
Track 16 words Marilyn Tucker, tune trad.;
Track 18 John Trythall, first published 1912

A compilation of Jim Causley’s Devon albums, with the tracks alphabetically sorted.

This probably should have been issued as HROC09 instead of the already used issue number HROC04.

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals, piano accordion, button accordion, melodica, piano, keyboard;
Matt Norman: mandolin, banjo;
Nick Wyke: violin, viola, guitar;
Jo Freya: vocals, soprano saxophone, whistle, clarinet;
Ross Causley: vocals;
‘Mariners Away’ Shanty Crew (Trev Munkenbeck, Steve Mathewson, Bev Hilton, David Ashby, Lew Bean, Mike Eastman, Ian Solomon, Ian McAvoy, Ed Holt)

Tracks

1. Adam the Poacher (Roud 13907) (1.54)
2. The Archangel Way (7.05)
3. Arscott of Tetcott (Roud 6902) (6.11)
4. Bampton Fair (3.28)
5. Bellever Week (2.05)
6. The Bell Ringing (Roud 1515) (4.13)
7. Blackingstone Ravens (Roud 5; Child 26) (3.52)
8. Bren’ Cheese an’ Zider (Roud 10680) (3.04)
9. Brixham Town (Roud 44780) (4.22)
10. Chagford Show (2.42)
11. Chap Vrum the Country (Roud 10715) (3.15)
12. Childe the Hunter (Roud 23155) (3.13)
13. City of Trees (4.32)
14. Cold Haily Night (Roud 135; G/D 4:778) (2.17)
15. Cottage Well Thatched (Roud 1270) (3.06)
16. Craftsmen of the Moor (Roud 18432) (5.00)
17. The Dartmoor Nativity (3.31)
18. Dartmoor POW Poems (3.22)
19. The Dartmoor Wassail (Roud 209) (2.52)
20. Devon Glorious Devon (Roud 29947) (2.43)
21. Devonshire Cream & Cider (Roud 9083) (3.56)
22. Devonshire Girls (Roud 12727) (3.35)
23. The Dilly Song (Roud 133) (3.16)
24. The Dinky Farm Night Burrator (3.42)
25. The Dolton Boys (2.44)
26. Down ’ome by Kirton Town (4.05)
27. Down ’pon Ole Dartimoor (2.59)
28. Drake’s Drum (Roud B96606) (4.12)
29. The Earl of Totnes (5.00)
30. The Evening Prayer (Roud 1704) (3.39)
31. The Exeter Carol (2.23)
32. Exeter Town (Roud 490; Laws L12; G/D 2:260; Henry H691) (3.38)
33. The Exmoor Anthem (3.37)
34. Farewell to Kingsbridge (Roud 596; Laws J13) (2.35)
35. Fremington Great Meat Pie (Roud 8092) (1.46)
36. The Gallant Hussar (Roud 1146; G/D 5:982; H243a) (4.15)
37. The Game of Cards (Roud 232) (2.54)
38. Georgie (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (3.27)
39. Glorious Devon Morning (4.22)
40. Harvest Song (Roud 1474) (4.22)
41. Heavitree Wassail (Roud 209) (3.12)
42. Honiton Lace (3.08)
43. Hoodicock Fair (3.14)
44. Hunting the Hare (4.35)
45. Hunting the King (Roud 236) (3.12)
46. The Jacobstowe Wassail (Roud 209) / Christmas Morn (3.18)
47. Jan Pook (3.00)
48. Jolly Goss Hawk (Roud 1048) (5.27)
49. Keeper of the Eddystone Light (Roud 22257) (1.33)
50. The Mallard (Roud 1517) (3.42)
51. Margaret of Oxenham (12.13)
52. The Merry Haymakers (Roud 153; Henry H697) (2.49)
53. The Midsummer Carol (3.17)
54. The Mortal Unlucky Old Chap (Roud 5182) (3.24)
55. My Lady’s Coach (Roud 23078) (3.36)
56. Ockington (Roud 32934) (2.04)
57. The Old Lych Way (3.47)
58. Old Uncle Whiteway (Roud 23074) (3.16)
59. Out Stepped Mother and Me (Roud 18920) (4.55)
60. Outward Bound (Roud 1104) (2.38)
61. The Oxen Ploughing (Roud 686) (5.06)
62. Please Don’t Send the Devonshire’s Away (0.35)
63. Pride of the Moor (3.47)
64. Rolling in the Dew (Roud 298; G/D 4:812) (3.05)
65. Rosemary Lane (Roud 269; Laws K43; G/D 7:1429; TYG 10) (4.45)
66. The Rounding of Cape Horn (Roud 4706; Henry H539) (5.20)
67. Royal Comrade (Roud 189; Laws Q33; G/D 2:228; Henry H176) (5.02)
68. Saint Boniface Day (4.57)
69. Sidbury to Stockland Set: Rew’s Waltz / Donw the Sides and Up the Middle / Plain Schottische (3.03)
70. The Slapton Smuggler (3.36)
71. Song to Lydia (2.45)
72. Tavistock Goozey Fair (Roud 10683) (3.32)
73. That Quare Vaylin’ (3.36)
74. The Tythe Pig (Roud 574; TYG 45) (3.37)
75. Tincombe Lane / Chaggyford to Tavvystock (1.30)
76. ’Twas One April Morning (Roud 1546) (4.23)
77. Twenty-One Years on Dartmoor (Roud 2248; Laws E16) (6.17)
78. The Westernland (3.21)
79. What About a Little Drop of Cider (Roud 10681) (3.01)
80. When I Was Young (Roud V3198) (3.34)
81. When Mother & Me Joined In (Roud 10679) (6.49)
82. The Whimple Wassail (Roud 209) (6.09)
83. Widecombe Fair (Roud 137) (4.20)
84. The Wife of Dunkeswell (Roud 196; Child 79) (3.48)
85. The Wonnerful Wise Man o’ Tawton (4.19)
86. Ye Men of Devon (3.07)

Music from the Sabine Baring-Gould centenary celebration show “Ghosts, Werewolves & Countryfolk” created and devised by John Palmer

The songs on this album are beautiful, but unfortunately neither the CD sleeve nor the album’s Bandcamp page has any recording details and information on the songs except for their titles.

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals, accordion, piano;
Miranda Sykes: vocals, guitar, double bass

Tracks

1. Last of the Singers (SBG/1/1/149) (5.16)
2. Cottage Well Thatched (Roud 1270) (3.06)
3. Bold General Wolfe (Roud 624) (3.32)
4. The Jovial Heckler Boy (Roud 1111; TYG 91) (2.12)
5. Onward Christian Soldiers (Roud 41301) (2.55)
6. Souls on the Wind (SBG/3/3/21) (3.20)
7. Childe the Hunter (Roud 23155) (2.55)
8. Blackingstone Ravens (Roud 5; Child 26) (3.46)
9. Squire Cabell (2.16)
10. My Lady’s Coach (Roud 23078) (3.36)
11. Widecombe Fair (Roud 137) (4.16)
12. The Blue Flame (SBG/1/6/70) (2.34)
13. Bellringing (Roud 1515) (3.18)
14. Now the Day Is Over (1.55)

Probably all songs trad. arr. Miranda Sykes, Jim Causley except
Tracks 5-6, 14 Sabine Baring-Gould

Musicians

Miranda Sykes: vocals, guitar, double bass;
Jim Causley: vocals, accordion, piano

Tracks

1. The Sun’s Coming Over The Hill (5.02)
2. Time in a Bottle (4.00)
3. How Far? (3.36)
4. New Favourite / When You Were Mine (5.57)
5. Easter Lillies (4.31)
6. Sally’s Pigeons (3.41)
7. Strange Lover (3.21)
8. Find My Way Back to My Heart (3.49)
9. Lowlands (3.54)
10. The Light in My Mother’s Eye (4.22)
11. Way Over Yonder (3.06)
12. Let Us Begin (4.24)
13. The Soul’s Electric (4.10)
14. Laughing Matters (3.58)
15. Everything Possible (5.30)
16. Planets (3.28)

Track 1 Karine Polwart;
Track 2 Jim Croce;
Track 3 ??;
Track 4a, 8 Alison Krauss;
Track 4b Prince;
Track 5 Ralph McTell;
Track 6 Cyndi Lauper;
Track 7 Ed Pickford;
Track 9 Gillian Welch;
Track 10 Chris While, Julie Matthews;
Track 11 Billy Bragg;
Track 12 John Denver;
Track 13 Chopper, John Jones, Lee Portis, Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Track 14 Bette Midler;
Track 15 Fred Small;
Track 16 Kate Rusby

Recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Geroge Arnold at Raunzel Studios, Seaton, Devon;
Outdoor, field, orchard and abrn recordings by Simon Pope and George Arnold;
Tracks 1, 4, 13, 16 recorded live at Halstow Farm on 18 January 2020;
Track 9 recorded live at Halstow Farm on 1 May 2023;
Track 18 recorded live in Whiddon Down Village Hall on 24 April 2023;
Cover and internal artwork by Karen Cater of Hedingham Fair;
Illustrated version of the Fruits of the Earth album cover by Jake Rowlinson;
Graphic design by John Griffiths of LUA Design, Plymouth

FATEA review by Marc Higgins

Musicians

Jim Causley: vocals [2-168, accordion [1-7, 9, 12-16, 18], piano [1, 6-8, 10-11, 17];
Mariners Away: vocals [1, 4, 13, 16];
Bill Murray: drum [1], vocals [4, 13, 16];
Nick Wyke: vocals [3, 5, 10, 12, 14-15, 17], strings [2, 5-7, 10, 12, 17], fiddle [3, 14];
George Arnold: vocals [3, 5, 8, 12, 14-15, 17], guitar [2, 5, 10, 12, 14], electric guitar [3, 8, 17], banjo [2], mandolin [7, 12], sousaphone [7], bass [2-3, 5-7, 10, 12, 14], percussion [2-3, 14-15], drums [5, 7, 10, 12, 17];
Tim Verbeek: vocals [3];
Paul James: English bagpipes [3], saxophone [8];
Thomas Hoste: hurdy-gurdy [3, 8, 15];
Halstow Wassailers: vocals [4, 13, 16];
Fruszina Rakoczy: vocals [5, 15], descant recorder [5];
Hazel Ridd: vocals [7], recorder [7];
The Devon Voice Group (Mara Pratt, Anne Edwarsdon, John Ridd, Hazel Ridd, JoJo Spinks): chorus vocals and vox pops [4];
Elizabeth-Jane Baldrey: harp [8, 10];
Sandford Singers: chorus vocals [9];
Miranda Sykes: vocals [10]

Tracks

1. Old Cider (3.32)
2. Devon ’87 (3.59)
3. Denkend aan Stenen (5.26)
4. Halstow Wassail in the Orchard (4.39)
5. Rise Sidwella (3.16)
6. This Darkened Land (3.11)
7. The Voice of the People (5.12)
8. Elegy for Geraint (6.00)
9. The Blossail Song (6.20)
10. Oh Cuckoo! (4.46)
11. The Imagined Village (4.24)
12. Rogation Day (3.40)
13. Halstow Wassail in the Pound House (3.31)
14. Poor Old Man (2.57)
15. Annie Appleseed (3.39)
16. Halstow Wassail in the Cider Cellar (4.34)
17. The Hidden Source (3.55)
18. Volks Roun’ Yur (3.59)

All songs written and composed by Jim Causley except
Track 7 words Anne Edwardson;
Some tracks feature snippets of traditional folk songs:
Track 1 features the Whimple Wassail Processional Tune;
Track 10 features some variants of The Cuckoo from Baring-Gould manuscripts; the instrumental melody is Robin Hood, a medieval English dance tune;
Track 7 features a hint of The Duke and the Tinker by Kate Rusby;
Track 8 features the traditional Welsh melody Ddiniwed

Musicians

Miranda Sykes: vocals, guitar, double bass;
Jim Causley: vocals, accordion, piano

Tracks

1. All Hail My Friends (Roud 23660) (2.42)
2. The Coldest Winds Do Blow (4.22)
3. Song of Truth (4.39)
4. Christmas Bells (4.01)
5. Infant King / December Child (5.34)
6. Song for Loders (3.43)
7. Medieval Mash-Up (4.34)
8. The Christmas Truce (4.40)
9. There’s Gonna Come a Morning (2.13)
10. Judas & Mary (4.40)
11. Granny’s Christmas Tree (2.52)
12. New Year’s Chimes (3.59)
13. The Coventry Carol (Roud 19028) (3.20)

Track 1 trad. Exmoor;
Track 2 Chris While;
Track 3 words Charles Causley, music Jim Causley;
Track 4 words Henry Wadsworth-Longfellow, music Miranda Sykes;
Track 5a Sabine Baring-Gould;
Track 5b Cyndi Lauper, Jan Pulsford;
Track 6 words Leonard Clark, music Johnny Coppin;
Track 7 trad. arr Miranda Sykes, Jim Causley;
Track 8 Chris Hoban;
Track 9 Leon Rosselson;
Track 10 Sydney Carter;
Track 11 Penny Sykes;
Track 12 words Francis Thompson, music Miranda Sykes;
Track 13 trad.