Tracks 1-15 recorded at Livingston Studios, Barnet, 1967;
Recording supervision by Bill Leader;
Cover photo and design by Brian Shuel

Musicians

Dave and Toni Arthur: mostly unaccompanied vocals, but also with concertina, melodeon, and whistle

Tracks

LP Side 1

1. A Maiden Came From London Town (Roud 168) (1.29)
2. Morning Stands on Tiptoe (Roud 24896, 24897) (2.30)
3. Female Rambling Sailor (Roud 17784) (4.51)
4. Padstow Drinking Song (Roud 1252) (1.53)
5. The Guilty Sea Captain (Roud 478; Laws K22; G/D 2:191) (2.23)
6. The Eynsham Poaching Song (Roud 1268) (1.55)
7. Green Grass (Roud 169) (1.54)

LP Side 2

8. The Barley Grain for Me (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (2.23)
9. The Jolly Plough Boys (Roud 202) (1.38)
10. The Blackburn Poachers (2.36)
11. John Peel (Roud 1239) (2.27)
12. Bold Robinson (Roud 2411) (1.57)
13. Green Broom (Roud 379; G/D 5:950; Henry H147) (2.19)
14. Bendigo Champion of England (Roud V7648) (2.39)
15. The Football Match (Roud 1291) (1.50)

Cherry Tree CD Bonus tracks (as The Strollers, 1965)

16. The Cuckoo (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479) (2.50)
17. A Rich and Rambling Boy (Roud 490; Laws L12; G/D 2:260; Henry H691) (3.33)

All tracks trad. arr. Dave and Toni Arthur

Recorded by Bill Leader in 1968/9;
Notes by Dave and Toni Arthur and A.L. Lloyd;
Sleeve photograph by Brian Shuel

Musicians

Dave Arthur: vocals, melodeon;
Toni Arthur: vocals, concertina;
Barry Dransfield: fiddle

Tracks

Side 1

1. All Frolicking I’ll Give Over (Roud 262; Laws P1; G/D 5:1059; Henry H188) (3.54)
2. The Death of Queen Jane (Roud 77; Child 170; G/D 3:693) (2.46)
3. Creeping Jane (Roud 1012; Laws Q23) (2.57)
4. The Merchant’s Daughter of Bristol (Roud 1058) (3.35)
5. The Bold Dragoon (Roud 162; Child 299; G/D 7:1470) (2.40)
6. Cold Blows the Winter’s Wind (The Unquiet Grave) (Roud 51; Child 78) (2.54)
7. The Lark in the Morning (Roud 151) (2.14)

Side 2

8. Poor Old Horse (Roud 513; TYG 60) (1.24)
9. Hey John Barleycorn (Roud 2141) (3.13)
10. Bedlam (Roud 578) (3.53)
11. Admiral Benbow (Roud 3141) (3.39)
12. Father Father Build Me a Boat (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245) (2.41)
13. The Press Gang (Roud 601; Laws N6; G/D 1:174; Henry H108a) (3.02)
14. Six Jolly Miners (Roud 877; TYG 61) (2.55)

All songs trad.

Recorded by Bill Leader and Nic Kinsey;
Produced by Bill Leader;
Sleeve photographs by Bill Leader;
Sleeve co-ordinator Ed Berry

Musicians

Dave Arthur: vocals [1-3, 5, 7-8], accordion [6], bodhrán [1, 3];
Toni Arthur: vocals [1-2, 4, 6-8], hammered dulcimer [7];
Kevin Burke: fiddle [3];
Packie Byrne: whistle [4];
Nic Jones: fiddle [5, 8]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Alison Gross (Roud 3212; Child 35) (2.44)
2. Tam Lin (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (4.22)
3. A Fairy Tale (7.14)
4. The Fairy Child (4.26)

Side 2

5. Broomfield Hill (Roud 34; Child 43; G/D 2:322; Henry H135) (4.07)
6. The Standing Stones (Roud 2151) (3.52)
7. The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (6.38)
8. Alice Brand (Roud V12908) (4.24)

All songs trad.

Notes

Dave and Toni Arthur’s essay Magic in Ballads was included on a leaflet with this album.

Musicians

Dave Arthur: vocals, accordion;
Toni Arthur: vocals, hammered dulcimer

Tracks

Side 1

1. Dave & Toni Arthur: Lazlo Feher

Side 2

1. Toni Arthur: Bushes and Briars (Roud 1027)

All songs trad.