Paul Gwynne Phillips performs traditional songs from the British Isles which he learned mostly from hearing them sung in pubs or by acquaintances. Phillips explains that "Bold English Navvy" was given to him by the proprietor's brother of the "The Whole in the Wall" pub but that he "didn't put in all the verses because he said I was 'too young'." Many of the songs are about the working class, exposing the hardships of labor while at the same time singing of love and courting. Other songs have a more serious subject, such as "Johnson's Motor Car", which grew out of the Irish revolution of 1916 and is political in nature.

Tracklist:

Johnson's Motor Car
Bold English Navvy
Barnyard Of Dalgherty
Skipping Bar'foot
The Old Man Came A-Courting
Did You Ever See
Queen Jane
McPherson's Lament
Trooper And Maid
The Blarney Stone
The Trees
Brave Benbow
Dublin City
My Uncle Tam
I Put My Hand
Funny One
First Bloody Thing
Dunlavin Green
Johnny Lad

UPC: 093070871922
Label: Folkways Records
Release Date: 5.30.12
Format: CD

Paul Gwynne Phillips - Folk Songs and Ballads of the British Isles (CD)