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Bob and Ron Copper: Traditional Songs From Rottingdean

	Traditional Songs From Rottingdean Bob and Ron Copper EFDSS LP 1002 (LP, UK, 1963) Fledg’ling Records FLED 3097 (CD, UK, 26 January 2015) Fledg’ling Records FLLP 3097 (LP, UK, Record Store Day 18 April 2015)
	English Shepherd and Farming Songs Bob and Ron Copper Folk-Legacy Records FSB-19 (LP, USA, 1964) Folk-Legacy Records CD-19 (CD, USA, 2006)

Recorded by Peter Kennedy at The Central Club, Peacehaven, Sussex on 3 & 5 March 1958;
Notes by Bob Copper

Note: The EFDSS album gives recording dates of 1955 and 1963; the correct recording date of March 1958 is from Reg Hall: Peter Kennedy’s published recordings of British & Irish traditional music and related material: An annotated discography, London: 2017, p.298.

Folk-Legacy album booklet

Musicians

Bob Copper: vocals [1-2, 4-10, 12-16];
Ron Copper: vocals [1-16]

Tracks

EFDSS LP Side 1 / Folk-Legacy LP Side 2

1. Two Young Brethren (Roud 202) (2.29)
2. The Month of May (Roud 153; Henry H697) (2.00)
3. Honest Labourer (Roud 19; G/D 3:437; Henry H622) (3.08)
4. The Birds in the Spring (Roud 356) (1.43)
5. Shepherd of the Downs (Shepherd in Love) (Roud 1215) (4.40)
6. The Threshing Song (Roud 874) (1.34)
7. Dame Durdan (Roud 1209) (1.42)
8. The Ploughshare (The Seasons Round) (Roud 169) (3.49)

EFDSS LP Side 2 / Folk-Legacy LP Side 1

9. Sportsmen, Arouse! (The Innocent Hare) (Roud 1216) (2.55)
10. The Lark in the Morning (Roud 151) (2.02)
11. Hard Times of Old England (Roud 1206) (2.55)
12. Spencer the Rover (Roud 1115; TYG 3) (3.21)
13. When Spring Comes In (Spring Glee) (Roud 439) (2.35)
14. Good Ale (Roud 203; G/D 3:590) (2.40)
15. Babes in the Wood (Roud 288; Laws Q34) (2.01)
16. Cupid’s Garden (Roud 297; G/D 5:970) (2.34)

Note: The Folk-Legacy reissue LP and CD have the record sides swapped from the EFDSS original.