TOPIC FOLK LP "SONGS OF" Series "Songs of Ceremony"

Volume 9 of 10

I've complete work on this LP, one of the last two in the series,  progress was slow, this one is quite noisy.

for more information Topic Records 12T197 (LP, UK, 1970)

A collection of songs related to seasonal ceremonies, once of magical intent, now often frivolous, recorded in the field from traditional folk singers in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Isle of Man

Tracks Side One

Cornish Wassail Song (Roud 209) Charlie Bate, Padstow, Cornwall; Truro Wassail Bowl Singers, Malpas, Cornwall New’r Even’s Song (Roud 4584) Sidney Scott and company, North Ronaldsay, Orkney The “Mari Lwyd” Ceremony David Thomas and party, Maesteg, Glamorgan; Margaretta Thomas, Nantgarw, Glamorgan The Joys of Mary (Roud 278) Teresa Maguire, Belfast Holly and the Ivy (Roud 514) Peter Jones, Bromsash, Ross, Hereford The Twelve Days of Christmas (Roud 68) Bob and Ron Copper, Rottingdean, Sussex The Bitter Withy (Roud 452) Charlotte Smith, Tarrington, Hereford; William Payne, Gloucester As I Sat on a Sunny Bank (Roud 700) John Thomas, Camborne, Cornwall The Singing of the Travels (Roud 873) Group of mummers, Symondsbury, Dorset Divers and Lazarus (Roud 477; Child 56) Emily Bishop, Bromsberrow Heath, Hereford The Gower Wassail (Roud 209) Charlie Bate, Padstow, Cornwall

Tracks Side Two

Taladh an Leinibh Losa Group of crofters, South Uist, Hebrides The St Clements Song (Roud 9679) Phyllis Carnwell, Hammerwich, Staffordshire The Shrove Tuesday Song (Roud 1516) Herbert Prince, Warminster, Wiltshire Shepherds Arise (Roud 1207) Bob and Ron Copper, Rottingdean, Sussex The Cherry Tree Carol (Roud 453; Child 54) John Partridge, Cinderford, Gloucester Somerset Wassail Song (Roud 209) Harry and Walter Sealy, Ash Priors, Taunton, Somerset Hunting the Wren (Roud 236) Joe and Winifred Woods, Douglas, Isle of Man Cheshire Souling Song (Roud 304) The Antrobus Soul-Cakers, Northwich, Cheshire Six Jolly Miners (Roud 871) Louis Rowe, Grenoside, Yorkshire John Barleycorn (Roud 164) Group of Boggans, Haxey, Lincolnshire Hal-an-Tow (Roud 1520) Townspeople with band, Helston, Cornwall Huntingdonshire May Carol (Roud 305) Mrs Church and Mrs Hall, Biddenham, Bedfordshire Cornish May Carol (Roud 305) Hobbyhorse party and townspeople, Padstow, cornwall

(Thanks to Reinhard for the title info, the rear of my LP is almost un-copyable) 
Those that are not familiar with the Roud index, this is the work of Steve Roud
a librarian from Croydon in the UK County of Surrey (almost my original home town)
this index is now available at the EFDSS (Google it)

Side one contains the audio, these track notes and the LP scan.
Side two just the audio. Both sides were encoded VBR to optimise the size
and quality, which is somewhat limited due to the original Mono source.
Password to unlock sides is gonzoSOC


For more details about the song origins and some excellent reviews, please visit  Reinhard's pages