An English Folk Music Anthology, recorded between 1974 and 1980, features 47 tracks of nursery songs, ballads, and broadsides, as well as more contemporary political and union songs. Performers include rural and urban singers from all walks of life (housewives, retired bankers, coal miners, and many more), travelers, and children. The liner notes provide information on English folk music as well as song lyrics, and background on each track; there are also extensive references and a bibliography.

Tracklist:

Once In China
Old Roger Is Dead
The Fox
Kyman I-Doe
There Was A Lady Mrs. Green
The Worms Crept Out
Children's Songs With Games, Actions
Henry My Son
Parody And Impropriety
Wim, Wim Wobble O
Lent Crocking Song
Six Jolly Miners
Cob Coaling Song
The Captain's Song
Carhampton Wassail Song
The Herring's Head
The Derby Ram
Lord Lovell
The Fourteenth Of December
The Deserter
The Maid Of Australia
Butter And Cheese And All
All Jolly Fellows That Follow The Plough
The Two Butchers
Young A-Growing
He Pulled A Dagger
There Was An Old Man Lived In Yorkshire
The Battle Of Sahagun
McCathery
Maggie May
Jimmy MacElbee
Jimmy Run Down To Your Uncles
Medley: Do You Know Me, Father?/There Was An Old Man/I Lost My Arm
The Ringarangroo
The Game Of Football
T'Bobbin Winder's Song
The Doggey Putter
Joe Hill
Hallelujah! I'm A Bum
Harry Was A Bolshie
The Forty Pound Car
Canteen Tea
The Big Hewer And The Little Marra
The Shrewsbury Three
Demonstration Songs And Chants
No Cruise Missles
A Simple Lad Like Me

UPC: 093073855325
Label: Folkways Records
Release Date: 5.30.12
Format: CD

An English Folk Music Anthology - English Folk Music Anth / Various (2 CD)