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The Sheep and the Hay

The Sheep and the Hay Farmstead Fellside Recordings FE005 (LP, UK, 1977)

Recorded by Paul Adams on 7-9 April 1977;
Produced by Paul Adams and Farmstead;
Cover drawing by Edmund Blood;
Sleeve by Mary Blood

Musicians

Vere Foster: fiddles, viola, mandolin, guitar, vocals [4];
Robert Dugdale: guitar, vocals [1, 5, 7, 9-10, 12];
Lucy Rawlinson: whistles, flute;
Russell Jackson: vocals [2, 11];
Kevin Downham: accordion, spoons, morris dancing;
Bill Noble: jug

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Sheep and the Hay
2. Chickens in the Garden (Roud 2552)
3. Three Airs
4. Lord George
5. Western Breeze
6. The Three Peaks

Side 2

7. Sleeping Lion
8. The Huntsman’s Chorus (Roud 796)
9. The Line o’er the Fell
10. Turning of the Year / Morris Jig
11. The Roving Fiddler
12. Song of the Yorkshire Dales (TYG 70)

Tracks 1, 7 Robert Dugdale, Bill Noble, Vere Foster;
Tracks 2, 8, 11 trad. arr. Farmstead;
Track 3 trad. arr. Rawlinson;
Track 4 F.W. Moorman;
Track 5 Robert Dugdale;
Track 6 Vere Foster;
Track 9 Robert Dugdale, Dykes;
Tracks 10 F.W. Moorman, Robert Dugdale, trad.;
Tracks 12 F.W. Moorman, trad.