Produced by George Deacon and John Whitehead;
Recorded by Adam Skeaping, Margaret Hadley and Nick Glenny-Smith at Riverside Recordings;
Photography by Roger Perry;
Sleeve design by Barry Salter;
Co-ordination by John Whitehead and Laurence Aston

Musicians

George Deacon: vocals, guitar [1, 3, 5, 8, 11];
Marion Ross: collapsible harmonium [1-2, 4, 6, 8-10], harpsichord [7], bowed psaltery [3, 11], chorus [11];
Clive Woolf: guitar [3, 11];
Adam Skeaping: violone [10];
Margaret Hadley: tenor viol [10];
Filigree (Roger, Christine, Pat and Pete), Barbara O’Meara, David Oberle: chorus

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Devonshire Farmer’s Daughter (Roud 2638; Laws L2) (3.29)
2. The Astrologer (Roud 1598) (2.19)
3. Holsworthy Peter’s Fair (4.33)
4. Three Morris Tunes: Wheatley Processional / Twenty-Ninth of May / Brighton Camp (2.54)
5. The Bitter Withy (Roud 452) (3.51)
6. Sweet William’s Ghost (Roud 50; Child 77) (4.57)

Side 2

7. The Three Ravens (Roud 5; Child 26) (6.06)
8. The Broomfield Hill (Roud 34; Child 43; G/D 2:322; Henry H135) (3.40)
9. The Pressgang (Roud 662) (2.11)
10. The Mountains Adieu (Roud 1719) (2.12)
11. Fiddler’s Hill (5.50)

All tracks trad. arr. Marion Ross, George Deacon except
Track 3 Pete Gaskill;
Track 4 trad. arr. Marion Ross;
Track 5 trad. arr. George Deacon;
Track 7 trad. arr. Thomas Ravenscroft;
Track 11 words Peter Bellamy, tune trad. arr. Marion Ross, George Deacon

Musicians

George Deacon: vocals, guitar;
Isobel Deacon: harmonium;
Christine Hodgkinson: violin

Tracks

1. Here’s a Health Unto Thee Bonnie Lassie O (2.16)
2. The Week Before Easter (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (5.53)
3. A Brisk Young Shepherd (Roud 495) (2.44)
4. A Faithless Shepherd (5.59)
5. Mary Neil (Roud 6963) (3.28)
6. O Would I Were the Little Bird (3.35)
7. The True Lovers Farewell (Roud 422) (3.00)
8. The Constant Sailor’s Return (3.39)
9. O Silly Love (1.59)
10. Bushes and Briars (Roud 1027) (4.04)
11. The Maid of the Hall (2.39)
12. Dream Not of Love (3.35)
13. The Banks of Inverary (Roud 1415; G/D 6:1263) (2.11)
14. The Winter It Is Past (Roud 583; G/D 6:1104) (3.29)
15. Here’s As Sad Goodbye (4.20)
16. Bushes and Briars (Roud 1027) (5.04)
17. The Maiden’s Welcome (2.04)

Tracks 1, 4, 6, 8-9, 11, 15-17 John Clare;
Tracks 2-3, 5, 7, 10, 12-14 trad

See also these John Clare tribute albums:
Vikki Clayton: Midsummer Cushion (1991),
Innocent Hare: The Windings of Their Wandering Song (2025)