Scarborough Fair

~ Release by The Madrigal Singers (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Greensleeves
recording of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
publisher:
Richard Jones (English printer, songwriter, and composer) (on 1580-09-03)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
music quoted on:
Une saison en enfer (Aut’Chose)
3:35
2Blow the Wind Southerly
recording of:
Blow the Wind Southerly
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2619)
3:53
3John Peel
recording of:
D’ye ken John Peel
lyricist:
John Woodcock Graves (English 19th century composer/lyricist, “John Peel”)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1239)
2:10
4The Lincolnshire Poacher
recording of:
The Lincolnshire Poacher (catch-all for arrangements)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 299)
1:12
5Blaydon Races
recording of:
The Blaydon Races
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3511)
2:08
6Scarborough Fair
recording of:
Scarborough Fair
written in:
England, United Kingdom
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 12)
version of:
The Elfin Knight (aka Scarborough Fair / Whittingham Fair / Rosemary Lane; title is easily confused with Child #4, check lyrics)
4:00
7The Keel Row
recording of:
The Keel Row (folksong)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3059)
1:02
8Lass of Richmond Hill
recording of:
Lass of Richmond Hill
lyricist:
Leonard McNally (Irish playwright and lyricist)
composer:
James Hook (composer and organist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1246)
1:59
9Strawberry Fair
recording of:
Strawberry Fair
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 173)
1:44
10Widdicombe Fair
recording of:
Widdicombe Fair (Devon folk song)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 137)
1:53
11The Water Is Wide
recording of:
The Water Is Wide (18th Century shanty)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 87) and Child Ballads (number: 204)
is based on:
O Waly, Waly
2:54
12Londonerry Air
recording of:
Danny Boy
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly (from 1910 until 1913)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
is based on:
Londonderry Air
1:18
13The Last Rose of Summer
recording of:
The Last Rose of Summer
lyricist:
Thomas Moore (Irish poet)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13861)
2:39
14The Blue Bells of Scotland1:36
15Ye Banks and Braes
recording of:
Ye Banks and Braes (traditional Scottish song)
lyricist:
Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13889)
1:46
16The Road to the Isles1:27
17Men of Harlech
recording of:
Men of Harlech
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24790)
is based on:
Rhyfelgyrch Gwŷr Harlech
2:25
18Golden Summers
1:44
19All Through the Night
3:10

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ASIN:UK: B000025473 [info]