Recorded by Brian Bedford at Park Head Studio, Birdsedge, Huddersfield

Musicians

Paul Davenport: vocals [1-10, 12], melodeon [3, 10], guitar [8];
Liz Davenport: vocals [1-2, 4-7, 9-12]

Tracks

1. Under the Leaves (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (3.36)
2. Betsy Bell and Mary Gray (Roud 237; Child 201; G/D 6:1257) (1.29)
3. Harry Barton (Roud 104; Child 250) (2.48)
4. Giles Howlett (Roud 3883; Child 291) (2.31)
5. Watercress-O (2.41)
6. Babes in the Wood (Roud 288; Laws Q34) (1.55)
7. The Rolling of the Stones (Roud 38; Child 49) (2.51)
8. Swansea Town (Roud 1416) (2.53)
9. Sir Patrick Spence (Roud 41; Child 58; G/D 1:17) (3.20)
10. The Old Wife of Coverdale (Roud 196; Child 79) (2.57)
11. The Leaves of Life (Roud 127) (2.49)
12. The Keys of Canterbury (Roud 573) (3.00)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 words Gavin Davenport, music Paul Davenport;
Track 3 words trad., music Paul Davenport;
Track 4 Paul Davenport;
Track 5 Roger Watson

Recorded by Brian Bedford at Park Head Studio, Birdsedge, Huddersfield

Musicians

Paul Davenport: vocals [1-11, 13-14, 16-18], guitar [9];
Liz Davenport: vocals [1-8, 10-15, 17-18];
Gavin Davenport: vocals [4-5, 8, 13, 17-18];
Richard Arrowsmith: melodeon [3, 13], vocals [18]

Tracks

1. The House That Jack Built (3.04)
2. Barbary Ellen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (3.12)
3. The Guist Ploughman (3.40)
4. Down in Yon Forest (Roud 1523) (2.19)
5. The Magpie (3.06)
6. The Mermaid (Roud 124; Child 289; G/D 1:27) (2.48)
7. The Sands of Dee (1.52)
8. Grace Darling (Roud 1441) (4.01)
9. Lucy Wan (Roud 234; Child 51) (3.47)
10. Stormy Winds (Roud 284) (2.53)
11. The Unquiet Grave (Roud 51; Child 78) (3.15)
12. Sorry the Day I Was Married (Roud 1561) (1.37)
13. The Next to Die (3.54)
14. The Demon Lover (Roud 14; Child 243; G/D 2:332) (4.36)
15. The Praties They Grow Small (Roud 4455) (1.55)
16. Died for Love (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245) (2.40)
17. The Wind and the Rain (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (2.34)
18. Pass the Good Old Bumper Round (Roud 1252) (2.31)

All tracks trad. except
Tracks 1, 6 Paul Davenport;
Track 3 Mike Barber;
Track 5 David Dodds;
Track 7 words Charles Kingsley, music Paul Davenport;
Track 13 Captain Darling;

Recorded by Brian Bedford at Park Head Studio, Birdsedge, Huddersfield

Musicians

Paul Davenport: vocals [1, 3, 5, 7-8, 10-12, 14-15, 17-19], melodeon [1, 7, 12, 18], guitar [3, 10, 14];
Liz Davenport: vocals [1-2, 4-6, 8-9, 11, 13-14, 16-17, 19]

Tracks

1. Spring Tide Rising (5.32)
2. Stowe Brow (Roud 185; Laws K18; G/D 1:20; TYG 7) (3.28)
3. Glasgerion (Roud 145; Child 67) (4.40)
4. Scarborough Sands (Roud 21098) (2.33)
5. Judas (Roud 3964; Child 23) (2.55)
6. If I Were a Blackbird (Roud 387; Henry H79) (2.30)
7. All on a Falling Tide (Roud 172; Child 24; G/D 6:1225) (3.33)
8. Young Hunting (Roud 47; Child 68) (2.17)
9. A Blacksmith Courted Me (Roud 816) (3.30)
10. Davy Cross (3.55)
11. Bendigo, Champion of England (Roud V7648) (3.45)
12. The Thresherman (Roud 19; G/D 3:437; Henry H622) (3.52)
13. Tarry Trousers (Roud 427) (1.48)
14. Pilgrimage (4.01)
15. Grange Moor (Roud 1667) (1.27)
16. The Rich Farmer from Sheffield (Roud 2638; Laws L2) (2.44)
17. Jenny Storm (1.27)
18. Captain Bart (Roud 134; Laws K33; G/D 1:38) (4.15)
19. Bring Out the Banners (3.31)

All tracks trad. except
Tracks 1, 10 Paul Davenport;
Track 14 Jess Arrowsmith;
Track 17 words F.W. Moorman;
Track 19 John Warner

Recorded and mastered by Tom Wright at Powered Flight Studio, Sheffield

Musicians

Paul Davenport: vocals, melodeon, guitar;
Liz Davenport: vocals

Tracks

1. Come, See the Boys Go Round (3.42)
2. Green Broom (Roud 379; G/D 5:950; Henry H147) (2.30)
3. Silver in the Pocket (3.01)
4. Leave the Sea Johnny (2.01)
5. The Nightingale (Roud 1093; Laws M37; G/D 1:18; Henry H75a) (3.33)
6. Seven King’s Daughters (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (3.23)
7. Iron Angels (4.12)
8. Ravenser Odd (4.20)
9. The Lads That Will Never Be Old (2.01)
10. Boggle Hole Pirates (2.53)
11. The Scent of Lilies (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (2.53)
12. The Lass of Humberside (Roud 23757) (4.23)
13. Nevison’s Ride (Roud 856) (2.59)
14. Old Billy Blue (2.48)
15. The Price of Cod (3.15)
16. Three Ships (Roud 700) (2.06)
17. God Speed the Plough (2.44)

Tracks 1, 3, 7-8, 15, 17 Paul Davenport;
Tracks 2, 5-6, 11-13, 16 trad.;
Track 4 words Hamish McLaren, tune trad. The Silvery Tide;
Track 9 words Alfred Edward Housman, tune Paul Davenport;
Track 10 Roy Blackman;
Track 11 trad. French, words trad. / Paul Davenport;
Track 14 Peter Wood

Recorded by Brian Bedford at Hillside Studios, Birdsedge, West Yorkshire;
Cover art by Paul Davenport shows Saddleworth Moor with an incoming tropical squall in Northern Queensland and Major Smith of Maltby in South Yorkshire in his dog-cart circa 1900.

Musicians

Paul Davenport: vocals [1-5, 7-13], 57 key Wheatstone Maccann Duet concertina [2, 5, 8, 11, 13];
Liz Davenport: vocals [1-2, 4-8, 10, 12-13]

Tracks

1. Come, Come My Brave Boys (Roud 17782) (3.20)
2. This Barren Shore (3.21)
3. The Leaving of Liverpool (Roud 9435) (4.02)
4. Bread and Roses (2.16)
5. Two Champions (Roud 2411) (2.43)
6. The Widowmaker (2.46)
7. Canterbury Bells (2.36)
8. Molly Mainprize (4.20)
9. Come Daylight (3.05)
10. It Was One Winter’s Night (Roud 604; Laws N29; Henry H581) (3.07)
11. This Is the Price (3.01)
12. Row On, Row On (Roud 2084) (4.23)
13. Shadows in the Mist (2.59)

Tracks 1, 3, 5, 10 trad.;
Track 2 words Gavin Davenport, tune Paul Davenport;
Track 4 trad. / James Oppenheim;
Track 6 John Conolly;
Track 7 David Howes;
Tracks 8-9, 11, 13 Paul Davenport;
Track 12 trad., tune Tim Laycock

Acknowledgements

Thank you very much to Paul Davenport for a copy of this CD.

Recorded by Jon Loomes at Talking Cat Records in summer 2024;
Cover image by the Davenports

Musicians

Amy, Gavin, Liz & Paul Davenport: vocals

Tracks

1. Hunton Sword Dance Calling-On (Roud 610; TYG 59) (3.01)
2. All on a Falling Tide (2.49)
3. Stormy Winds (Roud 284) (3.11)
4. This Barren Shore (3.50)
5. Padstow Drinking Song (Roud 1252, 5384) (2.33)
6. Unmooring (Roud 8227) (3.21)
7. Recessional (3.19)
8. Joke and Push About the Pitcher (Roud 1253) (3.25)
9. Evermore (2.51)
10. Foster’s Mill (TYG 63) (2.26)
11. Adieu My Lovely Nancy (Roud 165) (2.44)
12. Here’s a Health to the Company (Roud 1801; G/D 8:1516) (3.24)

All tracks trad. except
Tracks 2, 9 Paul Davenport;
Track 4 words Gavin Davenport, tune Paul Davenport;
Track 7 Rudyard Kiping, Peter Pellamy