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Folk Songs of Vermont
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Folk Songs of Vermont Folkways Records FH 5314 (LP, USA, 1962) |
Cover design by Ronald Clyde
Liner notes (PDF) at Smithsonian Global Sound
Musicians
Margaret MacArthur: vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, dulcimer
Tracks
Side 1
- The Needle’s Eye (Roud 4506) (0.27)
- Carrion Crow (Roud 891) (1.36)
- Gypsy Davy (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (1.57)
- Jennie Jenkins (Roud 731) (2.00)
- Linktem Blue (Reeling Song) (Roud 24880) (0.20)
- Cherries Are Ripe (1.28)
- Trot Trot to Boston (Roud 44406) (0.53)
- This Very Unhappy Man (1.40)
- Aunt Jemima (Roud 15452) (1.15)
- Gorion-Og (3.57)
- The Scolding Wife (Roud 2132) (0.56)
- Riddles (0.24)
Side 2
All tracks trad. except
> Folk Music > Records > Margaret MacArthur: The Old Songs
The Old Songs
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The Old Songs Philo Records PH 1001 (LP, USA, 1975) |
Recorded by Michael Couture at Earth Audio Techniques, North Ferrisburg, Vermont;
Mastered by Pet Helffrich;
Sleeve notes by Margaret MacArthur and Limda Morley;
Photography by Jim Barker and Susan Szasz;
Cover art by Ruth Adams;
Design by Huston Associates
Musicians
Margaret MacArthur: vocals,
harp [1, 5, 10],
dulcimer [2, 4, 7, 9, 11],
rhythm guitar [8];
Dan MacArthur: guitar [3-4, 7-8],
bass guitar [6, 12],
harmony vocals [6];
Gordon Bok: 12-string acoustic guitar [6, 12],
bass guitar [3]
Tracks
Side 1
- Haste to the Wedding / Speed the Plough (2.30)
- The Ballad of Robban’s First Ride (3.36)
- Bonnie Black Bess (Roud 620; Laws L9) (5.04)
- Growling Old Man and Cackling Old Woman / Pig Town Fling (2.55)
- Diamonds of Derry (Roud 7081) (3.25)
- Hills of Dover (3.13)
Side 2
- Fair Maid on the Shore (Roud 181, V28472; Laws K27) (4.06)
- Boomer Johnson (Roud 10630) (4.11)
- Dewdrop (Roud 803; Henry H504) (2.41)
- Bummer’s Reel / House of Gray (2.21)
- Dearest Dear (Roud 3601; G/D 8:1540) (4.51)
- Old Songs (4.25)
All tracks trad. except
Track 2 Malvina Reynolds;
Track 6 John Nutting;
Track 12 David W. Hanni

