Musicians

Ewan MacColl: vocals;
Peggy Seeger: banjo, guitar

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Wark of the Weavers (Roud 374) (3.13)
2. The Blantyre Explosion (Roud 1014; Laws Q35) (2.32)
3. Moses of the Mail (1.38)
4. Fourpence a Day (Roud 2586; TYG 107) (1.15)
5. Champion at Keepin’ ‘em Rolling
6. The Four Loom Weaver (Roud 937) (2.51)
7. The Plodder Seam

Side 2

8. Cosher Bailey’s Engine (Roud 4830)
9. The Gresford Disaster (Roud 3089) (2.21)
10. Cannily, Cannily (1.47)
11. The Coal-Owner and the Pitmans Wife (3.30)
12. Poor Paddy Works on the Railway (Roud 208) (2.39)

All tracks trad. arr. Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger except
Tracks 5, 7, 10 Ewan MacColl

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Alistair Banfield for one of the Shuttle and Cage cover pictures.

Musicians

Ewan MacColl: vocals;
Peggy Seeger: banjo, guitar

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Song of the Iron Road (3.12)
2. Droylsden Wakes (Roud 3290) (2.38)
3. The Calton Weaver (Roud 883; G/D 3:603; Henry H745) (2.12)
4. Twenty-One Years
5. The Best Little Door Boy (Roud 24060)
6. Oh, Dear Me (The Jute Mill Song) (Roud 2585) (1.17)
7. Will Caird (1.26)

Side 2

8. The Iron Horse (1.53)
9. The Durham Strike (Roud V46415)
10. The Collier Laddie (Roud 3787; G/D 5:991) (5.21)
11. The Colour Bar Strike
12. The Swan-Necked Valve

Tracks 2-3, 5, 10 trad. arr. Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger except
Tracks 1 Ewan MacColl arr. Peggy Seeger;
Tracks 4 Ewan MacColl;
Track 6 words Mary Brooksbank, music Ewan MacColl;
Tracks 7, 12 Alex Russell;
Track 8 Charles Balfour (1848);
Track 9 Tommy Armstrong;
Track 11 words Charlie Maye, music Ewan MacColl

Acknowledgements

Thank you very much to Ray Templeton for the second album cover picture.

This is a compilation of 16 tracks from two 10" LPs of the 1950’s, Shuttle and Cage and Second Shift.

Musicians

Ewan MacColl: vocals;
Peggy Seeger: banjo, guitar, mandolin

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Wark of the Weavers (Roud 374) (3.13)
2. Droylsden Wakes (Roud 3290) (2.38)
3. The Four Loom Weaver (Roud 937) (2.51)
4. The Calton Weaver (Roud 883; G/D 3:603; Henry H745) (2.12)
5. Oh, Dear Me (The Jute Mill Song) (Roud 2585) (1.17)
6. The Coal-Owner and the Pitmans Wife (3.30)
7. Fourpence a Day (Roud 2586; TYG 107) (1.15)
8. The Gresford Disaster (Roud 3089) (2.21)
9. Will Caird (1.26)

Side 2

10. The Iron Horse (1.53)
11. Poor Paddy Works on the Railway (Roud 208) (2.39)
12. Cannily, Cannily (1.47)
13. The Song of the Iron Road (3.12)
14. The Blantyre Explosion (Roud 1014; Laws Q35) (2.32)
15. The Collier Laddie (Roud 3787; G/D 5:991) (5.21)
16. Moses of the Mail (1.38)

All tracks trad. arr. Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger except
Tracks 3, 12 Ewan MacColl;
Track 5 words Mary Brooksbank, music Ewan MacColl;
Track 9 Alex Russell;
Track 10 Charles Balfour (1848);
Track 13 Ewan MacColl arr. Peggy Seeger

Tracks 1, 3, 6-8, 11-12, 14, 16 are from Shuttle and Cage (10T13, 1957);
Tracks 2, 4-5, 9-10, 13, 15 are from Second Shift (10T25, 1958)