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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. Album Tracks 1. Once in China 2. Old Roger Is Dead 3. The Fox 4. Kyman I-Doe 5. There Was a Lady Mrs. Green 6. The Worms Crept Out 7. Children's Songs with Games, Actions 8. Henry My Son 9. Parody and Impropriety 10. Wim Wim Wobble O 11. Lent Crocking Song 12. Six Jolly Miners 13. Cob Coaling Song 14. The Captain's Song 15. Carhampton Wassail Song 16. The Herring's Head 17. The Derby Ram 18. Lord Lovell 19. The Fourteenth of December 20. The Deserter 21. The Maid of Australia 22. Butter and Cheese and All 23. All Jolly Fellows That Follow the Plough 1. The Two Butchers 2. Young A-Growing 3. He Pulled a Dagger 4. There Was An Old Man Lived in Yorkshire 5. The Battle of Sahagun 6. McCathery 7. Maggie May 8. Jimmy MacElbee 9. Jimmy Run Down to Your Uncles 10. Do You Know Me Father / There Was An Old Man / I Lost My Arm (Medley) 11. The Ringarangroo 12. The Game of Football 13. T'bobbin Winder's Song 14. The Doggey Putter 15. Joe Hill 16. Hallelujah I'm a Bum 17. Harry Was a Bolshie 18. The Forty Pound Car 19. Canteen Tea 20. The Big Hewer and the Little Marra 21. The Shrewsbury Three 22. Demonstration Songs and Chants 23. No Cruise Missles 24. A Simple Lad Like Me
