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Cyril Poacher: The Broomfield Wager
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The Broomfield Wager Topic Records 12TS252 (LP, UK, 1975) |
Recorded by Tony Engle and Keith Summers in the singer’s home,
Grove Farm, Blaxhall, Suffolk, on 8 August and in September 1974;
Produced by Tony Engle;
Notes by Mike Yates and Keith Summers;
Sleeve design and photographs by Tony Engle
Musicians
Cyril Poacher: vocals
Tracks
Side 1
- Green Broom (Broomfield Wager) (Roud 34; Child 43; G/D 2:322; Henry H135)
- The Green Bushes (Roud 1040; Laws P2; Henry H143)
- Nancy of Yarmouth (Roud 407) (2.28)
- The Maid and the Magpie (Roud 1532) (2.29)
- The Bog Down in the Valley (Roud 129; G/D 8:1668)
- Australia (Roud 1488) (2.15)
- Joe Moggins (A Carless Young Lad) (Roud 847)
- Black Velvet Band (Roud 2146)
Side 2
- Flash Company (The Yellow Handkerchief) (Roud 954)
- Plenty of Thyme (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (1.42)
- The Bonny Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5; G/D 1:155) (2.34)
- A Sailor and His True Love (Pleasant and Delightful) (Roud 660; Laws O30; TYG 51) (2.26)
- I’m a Young Man from the Country (Roud 1510)
- The Faithful Sailor Boy (Roud 376; Laws K13; G/D 1:66; Henry H543)
- A Broadside (Roud 492; Laws N4; G/D 1:180) (2.12)
- The Nutting Girl (Roud 509; G/D 7:1475) (2.03)
All tracks trad.
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Cyril Poacher: Plenty of Thyme
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Plenty of Thyme Musical Traditions Records MTCD303 (CD, UK, 1999) |
Musical Traditions booklet notes by Rod Stradling
Musicians
Cyril Poacher: vocals
Tracks
- Plenty of Thyme (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (1.53)
- Running Up and Down Our Stairs (Roud 13305) (2.50)
- Green Broom (Broomfield Wager) (Roud 34; Child 43; G/D 2:322; Henry H135) (3.05)
- I’ll Be Your Sweetheart (Roud 13465) (2.18)
- The Irish Jolting Car (The Irish Jaunting Car) (Roud 13464; Henry H592) (1.59)
- Black Velvet Band (Roud 2146) (2.02)
- The Great Big Wheel (Roud 13302) (1.57)
- Bold General Wolfe (Roud 624) (2.06)
- The Farmer’s Boy (Roud 408; Laws Q30; G/D 5:960) (2.31)
- The Bonny Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5; G/D 1:155) (2.36)
- Fagan the Cobbler (Roud 872) (1.40)
- Captain Ward and the Rainbow (Roud 224; Child 287; G/D 1:39) fragment (0.35)
- Your Faithful Sailor Boy (Roud 376; Laws K13; G/D 1:66; Henry H543) (3.26)
- Slap Dab (Whitewash) (Roud 1754) (2.06)
- Nancy of Yarmouth (Roud 407) (3.22)
- The Bog Down in the Valley (Roud 129; G/D 8:1668) (1.56)
- Australia (Roud 1488) (2.18)
- Joe Moggins (A Carless Young Lad) (Roud 847) (1.53)
- The Nutting Girl (Roud 509; G/D 7:1475) (3.08)
- Just a Rose in a Garden of Weeds (Roud 13303) (2.32)
- The Green Bushes (Roud 1040; Laws P2; Henry H143) (2.24)
- Two Little Girls in Blue (Roud 2793) (2.14)
- I’m a Young Man from the Country (Roud 1510) (1.37)
- A Broadside (Roud 492; Laws N4; G/D 1:180) (2.20)
- Flash Company (The Yellow Handkerchief) (Roud 954) (3.09)
- Lamplighting Time in the Valley (Roud 13304) (2.43)
- The Maid and the Magpie (Roud 1532) (3.22)
- A Sailor and His True Love (Pleasant and Delightful) (Roud 660; Laws O30; TYG 51) (2.13)
- Strolling Round the Town (Roud 13322) (1.41)
- Australia (Roud 1488) 3 verses only (1.57)
- Nancy of Yarmouth (Roud 407) live (2.46)
Tracks 2, 8, 11 recorded by Neil Lanham at Grove Farm, Blaxhall, 1965;
Tracks 26 recorded by Neil Lanham at Blaxhall Ship, 1965;
Tracks 6, 16, 18-19, 23 recorded by Tony Engle at Grove Farm, Blaxhall, 8 August 1974;
Tracks 10, 17, 21 recorded by Tony Engle at Grove Farm, Blaxhall, September 1974;
Tracks 12 recorded by Mike Yates, Blaxhall, 1974;
Tracks 3, 15, 25, 30 recorded by Ginette Dunn at Grove Farm, Blaxhall, 10 September 1974;
Tracks 1, 9, 14, 24, 29 recorded by Ginette Dunn at Grove Farm, Blaxhall, 3 October 1974;
Tracks 4-5, 13, 20, 22, 27-28 recorded by Ginette Dunn at Grove Farm, Blaxhall, 26 June 1975;
Tracks 7 recorded by Ginette Dunn at Blaxhall Ship, 9 September 1975;
Tracks 31 recorded by Keith Summers at Worlingworth Swan, 1977
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