tracks

I'm A Romany Rai
The Roaming Journeyman
Won't You Buy My Sweet Blooming Lavender?
The Banks Of Sweet Primroses
How Old Are You My Pretty Fair Maid?
Oh What A Life
The Game Of Cards
Come Father Build Me A Boat
Dear Father Pray Build Me A Boat
Higher Germany
The Rose Of Ardene
Meeting Is A Pleasant Place
Briny O'Then
The Bold Drunkards
The Little Ball Of Yarn
Green Grow The Laurels
The Banks Of The Sweet Dundee
Young Leonard
Down By The Sheepfold
Thorny Park
The Bold Poachers
Down By The Tanyard Side
I Am A Man That's Done Wrong To My Parents
Barbary Allen
A Blacksmith Courted Me
A Blacksmith Courted Me
The Soldier And The Lady
The Sprig Of Thyme
A Blacksmith Courted Me
The London Murder
As I Was A-Walking One May Summer's Morning
Once I Had A Colour
My Father He Built Me A Shady Bower
Georgie
Young Willie
My Black Dod And Sheep Crook
If I Were A Blackbird
Down By The Old Riverside
A Wager, A Wager
The Brake Of Briars
The Bird In The Bush
Flash Girls And Airy
The Game Of Cards
Catch Me, Bold Rogue If You Can
Jealousy Thoughts
The Long Lost Child
Henry My Son
Barbary Allen
Billy Boy
The Cuckoo
Died For Love
Lord Thomas And Fair Ellender
The Little Boy
Adieu To Old England
The Butcher Boy
My Truelove Was A Sailor Lad
Meet Me Tonight In The Moonlight
Tuning
The Draggle-Tail Gypsies

notes

Volume 22 of the Voice Of The People series. A selection of songs recorded from travellers and gypsies, mainly in Kent and Sussex during the 50's and 60's, chosen by Shirley Collins.

credits

Co-producer – Reg Hall, Tony Engle
Edited By [Series Editor] – Reg Hall
Presenter – Shirley Collins
Recorded By – Peter Kennedy (2)

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