Recorded by Bill Leader and Mike Yates;
Notes by Mike Yates;
Photography by Mike Yates

Musicians

Fred Jordan: vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. We Shepherds are the Best of Men (Roud 284) (3.04)
2. The Ship That Never Returned (Roud 775; Laws D27) (3.05)
3. Down the Road (Roud 15128) (3.41)
4. We’re All Jolly Fellows That Follow the Plough (Roud 346; G/D 3:418) (2.50)
5. The Watery Grave (Roud 172; Child 24; G/D 6:1225) (1.07)
6. The Dark-Eyed Sailor (Roud 265; Laws N35; G/D 5:1037; Henry H232) (2.56)
7. Three Old Crows (Roud 5; Child 26) (2.02)

Side 2

8. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (2.46)
9. The Banks of Sweet Primroses (Roud 586; G/D 8:1841)
10. The Bonny Boy (Roud 31; Laws O35; G/D 6:1222) (3.32)
11. Polly’s Father Lived in Lincolnshire (Roud 1767)
12. The Royal Albert (Roud 2; Laws Q26; G/D 7:1404; Henry H680)
13. Down the Green Groves (Roud 1478)
14. The Farmer’s Boy (Roud 408; Laws Q30; G/D 5:960)

All tracks trad.

Recorded by Tony Foxworthy at Aston Munslow;
Notes by Mike Yates;
Sleeve photography by Brian Shuel;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle

Musicians

Fred Jordan: vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. Six Pretty Maids (The Outlandish Knight) (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (5.20)
2. The Banks of Claudy (Roud 266; Laws N40; G/D 5:1036; Henry H5, H693) (5.19)
3. Break the News to Mother (Roud 4322) (4.01)
4. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (1.59)
5. Turmot Hoeing (Roud 1376) (2.08)

Side 2

6. The Horn of the Hunter (Roud 1859) (3.23)
7. When the Frost Is on the Pumpkin (Roud 1149) (1.18)
8. The Seeds of Love (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (3.16)
9. The Bonny Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5; G/D 1:155) (4.45)
10. When Jones’s Ale Was New (Roud 139; G/D 3:561) (4.18)
11. The Volunteer Organist (Roud 5378) (3.57)

All tracks trad. except
Track 11 words W.B. Gray, music Henry Lamb

Produced by Derek Schofield, assisted by Brian Rich, Ian Russell and Malcolm Taylor;
Recorded by Ian Russell at Will Noble’s barn, Denby Dale, Yorkshire, on 5-6 October 1990 except
Track 13 recorded by Ian Russell at the National Folk Festival, Sutton Bonnington, on 19-21 August 1991,
Tracks 11-12, 18 recorded by Derek Schofield at the National Folk Festival, Sutton Bonnington, on 19-21 August 1991;
Mastered by Nigel Bewley;
Liner notes and photograph by Derek Schofield;
Duplication and inlay design by John Howson

Musicians

Fred Jordan: vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. Introduction by John Cocking
2. The Banks of the Sweet Primroses (Roud 586; G/D 8:1841) (2.59)
3. The Recruited Collier (Roud 3503)
4. Foggy Foggy Dew (Roud 558; Laws O3; G/D 7:1495)
5. The Worst Girl in the School (Roud 5179)
6. The Black Sheep of the Family (Roud 5180)
7. Sweet William (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245)
8. The White Cockade (Roud 191; TYG 2)
9. The Galway Shawl (Roud 2737; Henry H652)
10. The Farmer’s Boy (Roud 408; Laws Q30; G/D 5:960)

Side 2

11. The Gypsy’s Warning (Roud 1764)
12. Napoleon Bonaparte (Roud 17649)
13. The Jolly Ploughboy (Roud 186; Laws M24; G/D 1:170; Henry H105)
14. The Benefit Concert (Roud 5181)
15. Night Visiting Song (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783)
16. The Road to Dundee (Roud 2300; G/D 5:971)
17. The Old Armchair (Roud 1195; G/D 3:705)
18. The Rose of Allendale (Roud 1218)

Musicians

Fred Jordan: vocals

Tracks

CD 1 - 1950s & 60s

1. Six Pretty Maids (The Outlandish Knight) (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (3.59)
2. Turmot-Hoeing (Roud 1376) (1.16)
3. The Field of Barley (Roud 277; Laws O17; G/D 4:791; Henry H152) (1.25)
4. Talk about singing (0.29)
5. The Jolly Waggoners (Roud 1088) (1.31)
6. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (1.28)
7. The Dark-Eyed Sailor (Roud 265; Laws N35; G/D 5:1037; Henry H232) (2.59)
8. The Worst Girl in the School (Roud 5179) (1.25)
9. The Faithful Sailor Boy (Roud 376; Laws K13; G/D 1:66; Henry H543) (2.29)
10. Polly’s Father Lived in Lincolnshire (Roud 1767) (1.35)
11. The Poor Gypsy Maid (Roud 17648) (3.38)
12. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (2.39)
13. The Banks of the Sweet Dundee (Roud 148; Laws M25; G/D 2:224) (4.48)
14. Down by the Riverside (Roud 564; Laws P18; G/D 6:1188) (0.58)
15. The Banks of Sweet Primroses (Roud 586; G/D 8:1841) (2.40)
16. An Acre of Land (Roud 21093; TYG 23) (2.02)
17. Down the Green Groves (Roud 1478) (1.36)
18. The Royal Albert (Roud 2; Laws Q26; G/D 7:1404; Henry H680) (2.33)
19. When the Frost Is on the Pumpkin (Roud 1149) (1.04)
20. Three Old Crows (Roud 5; Child 26) (2.02)
21. We Shepherds are the Best of Men (Roud 284) (3.04)
22. Down the Road (Roud 15128) (3.41)
23. We’re All Jolly Fellows That Follow the Plough (Roud 346; G/D 3:418) (2.50)

Tracks 1-6: recorded by Peter Kennedy for the BBC, 1952;
Tracks 7-11: recorded by Fred Hamer, 1959;
Tracks 12-16: recorded by Mike Yates, 1965;
Tracks 17-19: recorded by Fred Hamer, 1966;
Tracks 20-23: from Songs of a Shropshire Farm Worker (12T150, 1966), recorded by Bill Leader and Mike Yates

CD 2 - 1970s, 80s & 90s

1. The Seeds of Love (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (3.11)
2. The Volunteer Organist (Roud 5378) (3.53)
3. The Bonny Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5; G/D 1:155) (4.40)
4. The Horn of the Hunter (Roud 1859) (3.18)
5. The Black Sheep of the Family (Roud 5180) (1.53)
6. The Banks of Claudy (Roud 266; Laws N40; G/D 5:1036; Henry H5, H693) (4.51)
7. The Galway Shawl (Roud 2737; Henry H652) (4.05)
8. The Spinning Wheel (Roud 17647) (3.32)
9. The Rigs of Rye (Roud 985; Laws O11; G/D 5:1054) (3.11)
10. The Saucy Sailor (Roud 531; Laws K38; G/D 1:49) (2.09)
11. The Bonny Boy (Roud 31; Laws O35; G/D 6:1222) (3.05)
12. The Ship That Never Returned (Roud 775; Laws D27) (3.11)
13. The Recruited Collier (Roud 3503) (2.42)
14. Foggy Foggy Dew (Roud 558; Laws O3; G/D 7:1495) (3.55)
15. Sweet William (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245) (2.54)
16. The Benefit Concert (Roud 5181) (2.47)
17. The Gypsy’s Warning (Roud 1764) (3.38)
18. The Rose of Allandale (Roud 1218) (4.25)
19. The Old Armchair (Roud 1195; G/D 3:705) (3.14)
20. Napoleon Bonaparte (Roud 17649) (3.20)
21. The Farmer’s Boy (Roud 408; Laws Q30; G/D 5:960) (4.04)

Tracks 1-4: from When the Frost Is on the Pumpkin (12TS233, 1974), recorded by Tony Foxwirthy;
Tracks 5-9: recorded by Dave Bryant at the Junction Arms, Groombridge, Kent, 1978/79;
Tracks 10-12: recorded by Sybil Clarke, 1982, courtesy of the EFDSS;
Tracks 13-21: from In Course of Time (VWML 006, 1991), recorded by Ian Russell