Produced by Ken Brown;
Recorded bv Ken Brown, except tracks 2-4, 14, 22 recorded by Paul Stamler;
Mastered by Clive Allen,
Cover painting by David Rankine, RR 2, Proton Station, Ontario, Canada;
Photo by Susan Urban

Musicians

Phil Cooper: vocals, guitar;
Margaret Nelson: vocals, doumbek, bodhrán;
Kate Early: vocals;
Cynthia Shelhart: harp;
Natural Bob Hodsworth: electric bass, harmony vocals;
Ken Brown: second guitar [19], flute;
Wendy Moore: English horn [8];
Matthew Shawn Fleming: percussion [5]

Tracks

1. Call Down a Blessing (1.31)
2. I Courted a Damsel (Roud 405; Laws M3) (2.30)
3. Newry Highwayman (Roud 490; Laws L12; G/D 2:260) (3.00)
4. Hearts Return (1.47)
5. Lucy Wan (Roud 234; Child 51) (3.46)
6. Sam Stone (3.36)
7. Old Woman Tossed Up in a Basket jig (2.00)
8. Lea Rig (Roud 8516) (4.15)
9. Lord Gregory (Roud 49; Child 76; G/D 6:1226) (5.24)
10. Highland Mary (Roud 1095) (2.31)
11. Greatest Man I Never Knew (2.15)
12. Bound for the Promised Land (Roud 11897) (2.00)
13. Dark Eyed Sailor (Roud 265; Laws N35; G/D 5:1037; Henry H232) (3.09)
14. Minor/Misfortune: Siobhan Ní Dhuibhir / Banish Misfortune (2.40)
15. Dink‘s Song (Roud 10057) (3.09)
16. Beauty of the North / Lady Louisa Gordon’s / Darling of the Uist Lasses (4.10)
17. Turn Ye to Me (Roud 23557) (2.24)
18. Shallow Brown (Roud 2621) (4.25)
19. O’ A’ the Airts strathspey (2.50)
20. Santa Fe Trail (Roud 5096) (3.03)
21. Fare Thee Well Sweet Mally (3.06)
22. Thanig on Gille dubh an Raoir na Bhaile So (Last Night Came the Dark Haired Youth to My Village) (2.16)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 Margaret Nelson;
Track 4 words Margaret Nelson, music J. Scott Skinner;
Track 5 words trad., tune Phil Cooper;
Track 6 John Prine;
Tracks 8, 10 Robert Burns;
Track 11 Layng Martine Jr., Richard Leigh;
Track 12 Samuel Stinett (late 18^th century);
Track 15 trad. arr. Bess B. Lomax, John A. Lomax;
Tracks 16b, 19 William Marshall (18^th century);
Track 17 words Christoper North (John Wilson) (1816); tune from Songs of the North;
Track 20 James Grafton Rogers;
Track 21 Robin Williamson

Produced by Ken Brown;
Recorded bv Ken Brown, except tracks 2-4, 14, 22 recorded by Paul Stamler;
Mastered by Clive Allen,
Cover painting by David Rankine, RR 2, Proton Station, Ontario, Canada;
Photo by Susan Urban

Musicians

Phil Cooper: vocals, guitar;
Margaret Nelson: vocals, doumbek, bodhrán;
Kate Early: vocals;
Cynthia Shelhart: harp;
Natural Bob Hodsworth: electric bass, harmony vocals;
Ken Brown: second guitar [19], flute;
Wendy Moore: English horn [8];
Matthew Shawn Fleming: percussion [5]

Tracks

1. The Cuckoo (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479) / The Leatherwing Bat (Roud 747) (5.21)
2. Saints and Sinners (2.09)
3. Farewell She (Roud 1034, 803; Henry H504) (2.24)
4. Irish Slow Air / Devil in the Kitchen (2.10)
5. The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (2.57)
6. Jamie Raeburn (Roud 600; G/D 8:1535; Henry H151) (2.58)
7. Dans les prisons de Nantes (2.49)
8. Delight Set (2.43)
9. Henry Martyn (Roud 104; Child 250) (3.33)
10. The Bergen (3.39)
11. Spencer the Rover (Roud 1115; TYG 3) (3.41)
12. Return No More (5.57)
13. The Sweetness of Mary (2.27)
14. The Drowsy Sleeper (Roud 22621; Laws M4) (5.31)
15. Dimming of the Day (3.01)
16. Barbary Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (3.06)
17. Divine Image (2.54)
18. Loch Lomond (3.32)

All tracks trad. except
Track 2 David Francey;
Track 15 Richard Thompson;
Track 10 Jez Lowe;
Track 12 Robin Williamson;
Track 17 words William Blake (1757-1827)

Musicians

Phil Cooper: vocals, guitar, cittern;
Margaret Nelson, Kate Early: vocals [5, 8, 12, 15]

with guest Andrew Calhoun

Tracks

1. Written in Our Eyes (3.01)
2. When First I Came to Caledonia (2.42)
3. Fare Thee Well My Dearest Dear (Roud 1035) (3.39)
4. St. Kilda’s Wedding instrumental (2.13)
5. Bonny Earl of Livingstone (Roud 59; Child 91) (4.06)
6. Death and the Lady (Roud 1031) (2.35)
7. Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (4.20)
8. Young Hunting (Roud 47; Child 68) (7.58)
9. The Bonnie Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5; G/D 1:155) (3.12)
10. Gypsy Laddies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (3.42)
11. Bogie’s Bonnie Belle (Roud 2155; G/D 7:1396) (5.03)
12. Clerk Saunders (Roud 3855; Child 69) (6.17)
13. Sally Free and Easy (3.15)
14. The Devil’s Ten Questions (Roud 161; Child 1) (5.58)
15. Ae Fond Kiss (Roud 38389) (2.19)
16. Dave Gordon’s Journey to New Grange instrumental (2.28)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 Charlie Madigan;
Track 2 trad. Cape Breton;
Tracks 5, 8, 12 words trad., music Phil Cooper;
Track 9 George Brown;
Track 14 Cyril Tawney;
Track 15 Robert Burns;
Track 16 Phil Cooper