Trad Song Tuesday is or was a regular Twitter event run by Fay Hield and her merry band of accomplices. Every Thursday, they suggest a theme, and every Tuesday, folk tweet about traditional and traditionalish songs that fit the theme. This EP is a selection of songs Piers has sung for the project and posted to YouTube.

All songs produced, recorded, arranged and performed by Piers Cawley

Musicians

Piers Cawley: vocals

Tracks

1. Searching for Lambs (Roud 576; Henry H548) (1.41)
2. The Night Visiting Song (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783) (2.57)
3. Silkie (Roud 197; Child 113) (2.28)
4. The Cuckoo’s Nest (Roud 1506, 5407) (3.07)
5. Rigs of the Time (Roud 876) (2.56)
6. Lyke Wake Dirge (Roud 8194; TYG 85) (3.50)

All tracks trad.

All songs produced, recorded, arranged and performed by Piers Cawley

Musicians

Piers Cawley: vocals

Tracks

1. A-Roving on a Winter’s Night (Roud 3601; G/D 8:1540) (2.28)
2. John Hamilton (Roud 5869; G/D 2:324) (1.54)
3. The Wagoner’s Lad (Roud 414) (3.30)
4. The Sans Day Carol (Roud 514) (2.31)
5. Carrickfergus (Roud 26183) (3.52)

All tracks trad.

Recorded one afternoon in August 2020 by Piers Cawley

Musicians

Piers Cawley: vocals

Tracks

1. Tamlyn (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (9.33)
2. Composed in August (Now Westlin’ Winds) (Roud 6936) (4.09)
3. Bonnie George Campbell (Roud 338; Child 210) (1.41)
4. Nine Times a Night (Roud 18411) (1.09)
5. The Grey Cock (Roud 179; Child 248) (4.24)
6. The Bird in the Bush (Roud 290) (2.42)
7. Annachie Gordon (Roud 102; Child 239; G/D 5:1021) (5.09)
8. What a Singing There Will Be! (2.27)

All tracks trad. except
Track 2 Robert Burns;
Track 8 Piers Cawley

Recorded, arranged and performed one afternoon in July 2020 by Piers Cawley as a distraction from the horrors of England’s official response to Covid-19.

Musicians

Piers Cawley: vocals

Tracks

1. On Board a Ninety-Eight (Roud 1461) (2.36)
2. All Among the Barley (Roud 1283) (2.43)
3. Night Visiting Song (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783) (3.11)
4. Bill Norrie (Roud 53; Child 83; G/D 2:214) (4.35)
5. The Brisk Lad (Roud 1667) (2.26)
6. Wayfaring Stranger (Roud 3339) (3.23)
7. The Cruel Ship’s Carpenter (Roud 15; Laws P36A; G/D 2:201, 2:202) (3.57)
8. The Cuckoo’s Nest (Roud 1506, 5407) (3.06)
9. Child of the Library (3.11)

All tracks trad. except
Track 9 Piers & Gill Cawley

Recorded one afternoon in late September quarantine 2020 by Piers Cawley

Musicians

Piers Cawley: vocals

Tracks

1. Ye Mariners All (Roud 1191) (1.39)
2. (The Clattering in the) Clyde’s Water (Roud 91; Child 216; G/D 6:1231) (4.09)
3. The Old Man from Lee (Roud 362; G/D 4:815) (2.49)
4. The Two (or Three) Sisters (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (4.11)
5. Lottery Song (1.46)
6. Wagoner’s Lad (Roud 414) (3.23)
7. Idumea (Roud 6678) (2.32)
8. Fair Annie (Roud 42; Child 62; G/D 6:1161; Henry H126) (7.15)

All tracks trad. except
Track 5 Piers Cawley;
Track 7 Charles Wesley, Ananias Davisson