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Oxford Waits: Switter Swatter

Oxford Waits: Switter Swatter (Beautiful Jo BEJOCD-44)

Switter Swatter
Oxford Waits

Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD-44 (CD, UK, 19 January 2004)

Recorded by David Eynstone at the Den, Abingdon;
Cover photograph by Antony Moore, taken at the King’s Head and Bell, Abingdon

Musicians

Charles Spicer: vocals, smallpipes, shawm, pipe and tabor, flute;
Caroline Butler: vocals, fiddle;
Edward Fitzgibbon vocals, lute, orpharion, tambourine;
Ian Giles: vocals, hurdy-gurdy, side drum, nakers;
Tim Healey: vocals [14]

Tracks

  1. Portsmouth / Newcastle (RoudBS B190048) (2.26)
  2. Sir Walter Enjoying His Damsel (Roud V31057) (1.32)
  3. The Beggar’s Chorus (Roud 27971) (1.44)
  4. Stanes Morris (Roud V18894) (1.29)
  5. The Ranting Whore’s Resolution (Roud V30761) (2.35)
  6. Remember O Thou Man (Roud 23782) (2.27)
  7. Oxford Waits (1.58)
  8. The Lusty Young Blacksmith (Roud V6823) / Mal Peatly (2.55)
  9. The Poore Man Payes for All (RoudBS B133312) (2.34)
  10. Alman (RoudBS B250168) (1.53)
  11. Cavy Lillyman / Sawney and Jockey (3.09)
  12. Pillycock (Roud 22154) (2.43)
  13. Mayden Lane (RoudBS B106164) (1.28)
  14. The Doleful Dance, and Song of Death (Roud V11404) (2.31)
  15. Belle qui Tiens ma Vie / Parson Upon Dorothy / Hunting Song (3.50)
  16. Had She Not Care Enough (Roud 24411) (1.32)
  17. Put in All (RoudFS S334382) / Childgrove (2.09)
  18. Joan’s Ale Is New (Roud 139; G/D 3:561) (2.11)
  19. Stingo / Bobbing Joe (1.40)
  20. Good Morrow ’tis St Valentines Day (2.13)
  21. The Maiden’s Complaint (Roud V35043) (2.53)
  22. Argeers, or the Wedding Night (RoudBS B90887) (2.39)
  23. Christchurch Bells (Roud 1237) (1.04)
  24. Duke of York’s March (Roud 36016) / The Garter (1.18)
  25. The Comical Dreamer (Roud V186) (2.33)
  26. Gather Ye Rosebuds (Roud 24424) (2.32)
  27. A Rebus Upon Mr Anthony Hall (1.55)
  28. Whether Men Do Laugh or Weep (1.34)
  29. A New Rigadoon (1.50)

All tracks trad. arr. Oxford Waits except
Track 2 Henry Purcell;
Track 3 Richard Broome;
Track 6 Thomas Ravenscroft;
Track 10 Robert Johnson;
Track 14 Thomas Hill;
Track 16 Jeremiah Savile;
Track 23 Henry Aldrich;
Track 26 words Robert Herrick, tune William Lawes;
Track 27 words R. Tomlinson, tune attributed to Henry Purcell;
Track 28 Philip Rosseter