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Cover Versions of Cyril Tawney’s Songs

The Ballad of Sammy’s Bar

• Al O’Donnell on a Tribune single (1967) and LP Ballads for Drinking and the Crack (1968),
• Tara: Rigs of the Time (1994),
• Martin Simpson: The Bramble Briar (2001),
• Al O’Donnell: Ramble Away (2008),
• Martin Simpson: Prodigal Son: The Concert (DVD, 2009)

Bitter-Sweet Bed

• The Albion Band: Acousticity (1993)

Chicken on a Raft

• The Young Tradition: Chicken on a Raft (1967),
• Jim Mageean & Johnny Collins: Strontrace! (1983),
• Vulcan’s Hammer: The Two Magicians (CD reissue, 1995),
• Tony & Steve Haynes: Special Brew (2013),
• Corncrow: So Brightly Shining (2013),
• Sound Tradition: Blackbird (2014)

Diesel and Shale

• Jim Mageean & Johnny Collins: Live at Herga! (1982)

Five Foot Flirt

• John Robers and Tony Barrand: Mellow With Ale From the Horn (1975),
• Tony Rose: Exe (2008, rec. 1967),
• Martin Watson: Kelham Island Voices (2013)

The Grey Funnel Line

• The Clancy Brothers with Louis Killen: Save the Land (1972),
• Maddy Prior, June Tabor: Silly Sisters (1976),
• Dave Burland: You Can’t Fool the Fat Man (1979),
• Louis Killen on Sea Music of Many Lands: The Pacific Heritage (1980),
• Fraser & Ian Bruce on their album Veil of the Ages (1982) and CD The Best of… Mrs Bruce’s Boys (2015),
• Graham & Sheila Nelmes: High Is the Tower (1983),
• Swan Arcade: Nothing Blue (1988),
• Emmylou Harris, Dolores Keane & Mary Black on the BBC TV series’ soundtrack Bringing It All Back Home (1991): reissued on the anthology The Acoustic Folk Box (2002),
• Barry Dransfield: Be Your Own Man (1994),
• Jolie Holland on Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys (2006),
• Swarb’s Lazarus: Live and Kicking (2006),
• Al O’Donnell on Ramble Away (2008),
• Jon Boden: A Folk Song a Day (21 February 2011),
• June Tabor: Ashore (2011),
• The Ballina Whalers: Lowlands (2012),
• Tan Yows: Undipped (2012),
• Tony & Steve Haynes: Special Brew (2013),
• Linde Nijland: I Am Here (2014),
• Jenny Sturgeon: Source to Sea (2015)

In the Sidings

• Dave Goulder: The Man Who Put the Engine in the Chip Shop (1988), reissued on The Golden Days of Steam (2008)
• Jim Causley: Dumnonia (2011)

The Lean and Unwashed Tiffy

• Tony & Steve Haynes: Special Brew (2013)

The Oggie Man

• Owen Hand: Something New (1965),
• Martyn Wyndham-Read: A Wench, a Whale and a Pint of Good Ale (1966),
• Brenda Wootton, John the Fish, and Cornish Folk: Pasties and Cream (1971),
• Jon Boden: A Folk Song a Day (20 August 2010),
• Tony & Steve Haynes: Special Brew (2013)

On a Monday Morning

• The High Level Ranters: High Level (1971),
• Peter Bellamy: Won’t You Go My Way? (1972),
• Louis Killen on The Clancy Brothers: Live on St. Patrick’s Day (1973),
• Marion Wade: What a Day of Victory (1982),
• Martin Carthy: The Carthy Chronicles (2001),
• The Fraser Sisters: Going Around (2001),
• Nic Jones: Unearthed (2001),
• Rachel Unthank & The Winterset: Cruel Sister (2005),
• Barry Lister: Ghosts & Greasepaint (2006),
• Jon Boden: A Folk Song a Day (6 September 2010),
• Pete Coe: Backbone (2010)

Reunion

• Martyn Wyndham-Read: Mussels on a Tree (1992),
• Martyn Wyndham-Read & No Man’s Band: Jackeroo (2008)

Sally Free and Easy

• Carolyn Hester (1963), also included on Dear Companion (1995),
• Davy Graham: Folk, Blues & Beyond (1964),
• Three City Four (with Martin Carthy and Leon Rosselson): The Three City Four (1965),
• Danny Spooner and Gordon McIntyre on Soldiers and Sailors: Folksingers of Australia Volume 2 (1968),
• The Crofters: The Crofters (EP, CAM 22, 1969),
• Alan Stivell: Reflets (1970) / Reflections (Fontana 6399 008, 1974),
• Owen Hand: Something New (1965), also included on Anthems in Eden (2006),
• Dorris Henderson & John Renbourn: There You Go! (Columbia SX 6001, 1965),
• The Corries: The Corries in Concert (Fontana STL 5484, 1969), also on the anthology Focus on Folk (1971),
• The Trees: On the Shore (CBS 64168, 1970),
• Moira Kerr: Shadows of My Childhood (1971),
• Pentangle: Solomon’s Seal (Reprise K44197, 1972),
• Flying Saucer Attack: Sally Free and Easy (EP, 1996),
• Ian Cutler: Slaughterhouse (2000),
• Feast of Fiddles live at Folk Club, Nettlebed, 26 March 2001; on Live ’01 (2002),
• Keith Kendrick: Songs From the Derbyshire Coast (2006),
• Jon Boden: A Folk Song a Day (22 July 2010),
• Carthy Hardy Farrell Young: Laylam (2013),
• Tony & Steve Haynes: Special Brew (2013),
• Sound Tradition: Blackbird (2014),
• The Demon Barbers: Disco at the Tavern (2015),
• Andy Turner: A Folk Song a Week (21 May 2016).

Stanley the Rat

• Pete Coe: Tall Tailes (2011)

The Suit of Grey

• Martyn Wyndham-Read & No Man’s Band: Oceans in the Sky (2005),
• Jack Crawford: Pride of the Season (2008)

Tamar Valley Requiem

• Jim Causley: Dumnonia (2011)

There Are No Lights on Our Christmas Tree

• The Watersons: Mighty River of Song (2004)