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Harry Langston: Dear Gladys, Dear Gertie …
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Dear Gladys, Dear Gertie … Musical Traditions Records MTCD352 (CD, UK, 2011) |
Recorded by Bill Smith’s son Andrew Smith in 1979-1982
Musical Traditions booklet notes by Harry Langston
Musicians
Harry Langston: vocals, banjo, guitar, concertina;
Bob Bray,
Danny Stradling,
Viv and Roger Grimes,
Ken Langsbury,
Geoff Gillett,
Tim Normanton,
Hugh Tarran,
Chrissie Molan: chorus vocals;
Brian Ainsley: fiddle;
Geoff Woolfe: mouth organ;
Nick Woodward: cello;
John Shaw: mountain dulcimer
Tracks
- Recall to Weavers (1.25)
- The Blackburn Poachers (5.30)
- Tackler Joe Proposes (3.08)
- It’s Nobbut Me (2.44)
- What Could Aw Say (6.55)
- Friends Are Few When Fooak Are Poor (3.59)
- A Lift Upon the Way (3.46)
- Coal Pit Lane (2.21)
- Accrington Pals (6.41)
- Pendle Sally (5.47)
- My Garden (Posey Joe) (4.05)
- Shuttle-Kissin’ (2.36)
- Manchester Song (Rich Man - Poor Man) (2.24)
- A Song of Windmill Land (4.47)
- Scatter Your Crumbs (1.44)
- Love (6.03)
- The Coaler (4.37)
- My Piece is o’ bu’ Woven Eawt (A Weaver’s Prayer) (4.16)
Tracks 1-2 words from newspaper cuttings;
Tracks 3, 8 words Mary Thomason (1863-1937);
Track 4 words John Holt (1842-1919);
Track 5 words William Barron (1865-1927);
Track 6 words William Billington (1825-1884);
Track 7 words Edwin Waugh (1817-1890);
Track 9 Harry Langston;
Track 10 words Robert West Whalley (1848-1904);
Track 11 words Joseph Cronshaw (1851-1921);
Track 12 words Sam Fitton (1868-1923);
Track 13 words Elisabeth Gaskell (1810-1965);
Track 14 words Allen Clarke (1863-1935);
Track 15 words Alfred Crowquill (1804-1872);
Track 16 words Thomas Brierley (1828-1909);
Track 17 words Walter Emsley (1860-1938);
Track 18 words Richard Rome Bealey (1828-1889);
All tunes written by Hayy Langston