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To
Althea, from Prison,
Poem by Lovelace set to music by Swarbrick
Al Bowlly’s in Heaven, Richard Thompson Across the Blue Mountain/I Was a Young Man, 2 songs of marital dysfunction, American and English Frida Kahlo’s Visit to the Taybridge Bar, Michael Marra's wonderful vision of Frida Kahlo coming back for a wee dram. Virginia
Lags, Traditional, contains one of the most depressing verses
in folk song.
A
Tree Song (Oak and Ash and Thorn), Kipling via Bellamy
The
Wife of the Soldier, from Kurt Weil, Berthold Brecht
Hostess’s
Daughter, Traditional
Wall
of Death, Richard Thompson, all the fun of the fair.
The
Brown and Yellow Ale, a translation from the Gaelic, a song
of magical seduction
Port
Mahon, Sydney Carter, one of his best.
Coasts
of High Barbary, Traditional story of derring do on the
high seas
Geordie,
Traditional, with an untraditional end.
Tom Paget, Traditional, rude and unprincipled, doldrums indeed! Fare
Thee Well My Dearest Dear, Traditional and the moral is?
We’ve
Been a While a-Wandering (The Yorkshire Wassail Song), Traditional
Christmas wassail song.
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Photos by Andy Basford: www.ursamajor.co.uk
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