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May Bradley: Sweet Swansea

Sweet Swansea May Bradley (1902-1974) Musical Traditions Records MTCD349 (CD, UK, 2010)

Recorded by Fred Hamer in Ludlow, Shropshire, in September 1959, July and September 1965, and April 1966

Musical Traditions booklet notes by Rod Stradling

Musicians

May Bradley: vocals

Tracks

1. Sweet Swansea (Roud 1612) (2.25)
2. Long A-Growing (Roud 31; Laws O35; G/D 6:1222) (1.05)
3. Eileen O’Grady (Roud 21740) (2.09)
4. Calvary (McCaffery) (Roud 1148) (2.28)
5. All Jolly Fellows (Roud 346; G/D 3:418) (1.19)
6. Barrow Boy (Roud 21735) (0.52)
7. My Blue-Eyed Lover (Roud 16637) (1.55)
8. The Gown So Green (Roud 1085; G/D 4:907) (1.03)
9. Bonny Black Bess (Roud 620; Laws L9) (2.02)
10. Cold Blows the Wind (Roud 51; Child 78) (2.51)
11. The Barley Raking (Roud 1024; G/D 6:1154) (0.39)
12. Dublin (Roud 21742) (0.29)
13. Down the Green Groves (Roud 1478) (2.30)
14. I’m a Girl That’s Done Wrong (Roud 1386) (0.43)
15. The Blind Baby (Roud 21736) (3.08)
16. You Lads of Learning (Roud 3027; Henry H586) (1.30)
17. The Little Ball of Yarn (Roud 1404) (1.47)
18. The Leaves of Life (Roud 127) (2.03)
19. My Good for Nothing Man (Roud 5387) (0.53)
20. On Christmas Day (Roud 1078) (2.14)
21. The Outlandish Knight (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (5.21)
22. By the Shade of the Old Apple Tree (Roud 10242) (0.56)
23. Down by the Riverside (Roud 564; Laws P18; G/D 6:1188) (2.17)
24. The Tramp’s Philosophy (Roud 10672) (2.03)
25. If I Were a Blackbird (Roud 387; Henry H79) (2.00)
26. The Willow Tree (Roud 18831) (2.44)
27. (Space) (0.10)
28. Sweet Swansea (Roud 1612) (1.49)
29. Sweet Swansea (Roud 1612) (2.18)
30. Long A-Growing (Roud 31; Laws O35; G/D 6:1222) (1.03)
31. My Blue-Eyed Lover (Roud 16637) (1.49)
32. Cold Blows the Wind (Roud 51; Child 78) (2.03)
33. You Lads of Learning (Roud 3027; Henry H586) (1.19)
34. You Lads of Learning (Roud 3027; Henry H586) (1.35)
35. The Leaves of Life (Roud 127) (2.36)
36. On Christmas Day (Roud 1078) (1.34)
37. The Outlandish Knight (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (5.04)
38. If I Were a Blackbird (Roud 387; Henry H79) (2.03)
39. If I Were a Blackbird (Roud 387; Henry H79) (2.04)
40. The Willow Tree (Roud 18831) (2.55)