Sleeve notes by Tony Wales;
Right sleeve photo: Radio Times Hulton Picture Library

Musicians

Phil Tanner: vocals, mouth music

Tracks

Side 1

1. Young Henry Martin (Roud 104; Child 250)
   Columbia CA 16052-2, rec. 1937
2. The Gower Wassail Song (Roud 209)
   Columbia CA 16053-1, rec. 1937
3. The Gower Reel
   Columbia CA 16054-2, rec. 1937
4. The Banks of the Sweet Primroses (Roud 586; G/D 8:1841)
   Columbia CA 16055, rec. 1937
5. The Oyster Girl (Roud 875; Laws Q13; G/D 2:304; Henry H725)
   (and Gower Reel)
   BBC Library No. 1711, rec. 21 December 1937
6. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236)
   (and Gower Reel)
   BBC Library No. 13384, rec. 22 April 1949

Side 2

1. Fair Phoebe and the Dark-Eyed Sailor (Roud 265; Laws N35; G/D 5:1037; Henry H232)
   BBC Library No. 13384, rec. 22 April 1949
2. The Bonny Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5; G/D 1:155)
3. The Parson and the Clerk (Roud 1154)
   both BBC Library No. 13385, rec. 22 April 1949
4. Gower Wassail (Roud 209)
5. Sweet Primroses (Roud 586; G/D 8:1841)
   both BBC Library No. 13386, rec. 20 May 1949
6. Young Roger Esquire (Roud 680; Laws P8; G/D 4:761; Henry H90)
   (and reel: Over the Hills to Gowerie)
7. Swansea Barracks (Roud 1416)
   both BBC Library No. 13387, rec. 20 May 1949

Musicians

Phil Tanner: vocals [2, 5-8, 10-14, 17-18], mouth music [4, 9, 15-16];
Wynford Vaughan Thomas: introduction [1, 3]

Tracks

1. The Gower Nightingale—Part 1 (5.38)
2. The Banks of the Sweet Primroses (Roud 586; G/D 8:1841) (3.16)
3. The Gower Nightingale—Part 2 (7.16)
4. The Gower Reel (2.33)
5. The Gower Wassail (Roud 209) (2.29)
6. Young Henry Martin (Roud 104; Child 250) (3.29)
7. The Oyster Girl (Roud 875; Laws Q13; G/D 2:304; Henry H725) (3.09)
8. Young Roger Esquire (Roud 680; Laws P8; G/D 4:761; Henry H90) (2.29)
9. Over the Hills to Gowerie (1.13)
10. Swansea Barracks (Roud 1416) (2.20)
11. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (2.26)
12. Fair Phoebe and the Dark-Eyed Sailor (Roud 265; Laws N35; G/D 5:1037; Henry H232) (3.51)
13. The Bonny Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5; G/D 1:155) (3.07)
14. The Parson and the Clerk (Roud 1154) (3.00)
15. The Gower Reel (1.33)
16. The Gower Reel with dancers (1.13)
17. Wassail Song (Roud 209) (4.41)
18. The Banks of the Sweet Primroses (Roud 586; G/D 8:1841) (3.27)

Tracks 1, 3: broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 15 February 1976;
Tracks 2, 4-6: recorded in November 1936; released on Columbia Records in 1937;
Tracks 7, 16: recorded by the BBC on 21 December 1937 at Llangennith;
Tracks 11-15 recorded by the BBC on 22 April 1949 at Penmaen;
Tracks 8-10, 17-18 recorded by the BBC on 20 May 1949 at Penmaen