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Folk Songs of the British Isles GCCD 4078 Product Description The rich traditional song heritage superbly displayed by Legendary Voices. This collection of popular folk songs from the British Isles includes several sea shanties thatpossibly have their origin from further afield: Blow the Man Down is thought to have been sung on ships in the West Atlantic and the tune is similar to those sung by African Americans. Its lyrics are indicative of the rough conditions on board ship where discipline was ruled by the fist or the cat o’ nine tails: the chief mates were known as Blowers and their second mates were referred to as Strikers. As well as portraying the violence on board ship shanties told of the loose living when sailors came on shore: A’ Rovin, sometimes called the Maid of Amsterdam, was first mentioned in Robert Heywood’s Rape of Lucrece (1608) and is a lighthearted exchange between a sailor and his lass.
Total time: 72:37
Barcode: 5027822-4078-29
Tracklist
| Track Name | Composer | Artist |
| The Keel Row | Trad. | Kathleen Ferrier / Phyllis Spurr (piano) |
| Cushie Butterfield | Trad. | Owen Brannigan / Gerald Moore |
| The Lincolnshire Poacher | Trad. arr. Britten | Peter Pears / Benjamin Britten |
| My Lady Greensleeves | Trad. | Luton Girls Choir / Melachrino Orchestra |
| Bonnie Mary of Argyle | Nelson/Jeffreys | Robert Wilson & Orchestra |
| The Kerry Dance | Molloy | Peter Dawson / Gerald Moore |
| The Star of the County Down | Trad. arr.Hughes | John McCormack / Gerald Moore |
| The Spinning Wheel | Waller/Murphy | Mary O’Hara |
| Charlie, He’s My Darling | Trad. | Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger |
| O Can Ye Sew Cushions? | Trad. arr.Bantock | Glasgow Orpheus Choir / Sir Hugh Bantock |
| The Skye Boat Song | Trad. | Kenneth McKellar / Bob Sharples & Orchestra |
| Annie Laurie | Trad. | Ian Wallace / Ron Goodwin Orchestra |
| Believe Me if all those Endearing Young Charms | Trad. | Ruby Murray |
| The Garden Where the Praties Grow | Trad. arr.Liddle | Josef Locke |
| The Last Rose of Summer | Trad. | Joan Hammond / Ernest Lush |
| A’Rovin | Trad. | Oscar Natzka with Orchestra |
| Myfanwy | Parry | Morriston Orpheus Choir / Ivor E Sims |
| The Foggy Foggy Dew | Trad. | Richard Lewis / Ch. Mackerras & Orchestra |
| Down by the Sally Gardens | Trad. arr.Hughes | Kathleen Ferrier / Phyllis Spurr |
| She Moved Through the Fair | Trad. | Father Sydney MacEwan / Duncan Morrison |
| Blow the Man Down…Hullabaloo Balay | Trad. | Oscar Natzka |
| Helston Furry Dance | Trad. | Richard Lewis / Ch. Mackerras & Orchestra |
| Counting the Goats | Trad. | Morriston Orpheus Choir / Ivor E Sims |
| Westering Home | Trad. | Kenneth McKellar / Bob Sharples & Orchestra |
| The Blaydon Races | Ridley/Trad. arr.Warrington | Owen Brannigan with Male Voice Quartet & Gerald Moore |
| All Thro’ the Night | Trad. | Morriston Orpheus Choir / Ivor E Sims |