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Innocent Hare: The Windings of Their Wandering Song

Innocent Hare: The Windings of Their Wandering Song (Leporidae 001)

The Windings of Their Wandering Song
A Tribute to John Clare
Innocent Hare

Leporidae 001 (CD, UK, 28 February 2025)

Recorded by Jake Middleton-Metcalfe;
Mastered by Scribe Records;
Photography by Colin Kempster;
Location: Milton Keynes Museum;
Sleeve notes by Dr Chloe Middleton-Metcalfe (January 2025);
Album art by Ian Middleton

Folking.com review by Dai Jeffries

Musicians

Chloe Middleton-Metcalfe: fiddle, harp, recorder, vocals;
Jake Middleton-Metcalfe: concertina, vocals;
Andrew Metcalfe: fiddle, guitar, vocals

Tracks

Note: The Clare numbering system is from George Deacon’s book John Clare and the Folk Tradition (2002).

  1. England’s Glory (Clare 117) (into ‘January’) (3.38)
  2. La Bel Jean (aka Belle Jeanette) (Clare 28) (2.14)
  3. Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires (Roud 71; Child 140; G/D 2:243) (5.24)
  4. Clare’s Hornpipes (Duke’s (Clare 254) / 180 / Egg (Clare 253)) (4.36)
  5. Young Viola (As Three Maidens Played at Ball or The Cruel Brother) (Roud 26; Child 11) (4.32)
  6. Clare’s Bugle (The Bugle Horn (Clare 117) / The Recovery (Clare 48) / The Novelty (Clare 154)) (5.00)
  7. Clare’s Maggot (Clare’s Lullaby (Clare 53) / Montrose’s Reel (Clare 29)) (4.56)
  8. Clare’s Fancy (Tank (Clare 157) / Tink-a-Tink (Clare 56) / Sham Peter (Clare 228)) (2.54)
  9. March in Scipio (Clare 60) (2.04)
  10. Legalaw (into Jackson’s Lodge in the Morning) (6.30)
  11. Clare’s Slip Jigs (The Roodlum (Clare 204) / The Grinders (Clare 200) / New Drops of Brandy (Clare 16)) (3.26)
  12. Clare’s Delight (The Devil Among the Taylors (Clare 199) / Speed the Plough (Clare 76, 189) / Money Musk (Clare 20)) (4.06)

Video

Innocent Hare play three of John Clare’s slip jigs:

See also these John Clare tribute albums:
Vikki Clayton: Midsummer Cushion (1991),
George Deacon: Dream Not of Love (2002)