Sleeve design by Roger Watson with help from Frank Hicklin;
Sleeve Notes by Eric Winter

Musicians

Roger Watson,
Muckram Wakes (John Adams, Suzie Adams, Helen Watson, Roger Watson),
The Garden Gnome Ceilidh Band,
Members of the Western Mere School Band,
Colin Cater

Tracks

Side 1

1. [MW] May Song
2. [RW] The Pick and the Malt Shovel
3. [RW] Thomas Hanley
4. [RW] The Malt House
5. [RW acc. MW] The Christmas Hare
6. [HW acc. RW, JA] The Manager’s Daughter
7. [RW acc. GGCB, MW] Gathering Corn

Side 2

8. [RW acc. WMSB] Salvation Band
9. [SA acc. MW] Sudbury Fair
10. [RW acc. GGCB, MW] Jack Tattersall
11. [RW acc. GGCB, MW] Sligo Bettison
12. [CC] The Number Two Top Seam
13. [RW acc. HW, JA] The Hole in Our Back Yard
14. [RW acc. GGCB, MW] Turn Him Up

All tracks written by Roger Watson except
Track 1, 10 trad. / Roger Watson;
Track 7 Roger Watson / trad.;
Track 9 Roger Watson / Helen Watson;
Track 12 Roger Watson / Colin Carter

Musicians

Roger Watson: vocals, melodeons, English concertina;
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Tracks

Side 1

1. Bourrée
2. Venezuela
3. Where, Oh Where Do I Live?
4. A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square
5. The Bold Princess Royal (Roud 528; Laws K29; G/D 1:47)
6. Song for the Derbyshire Colliers
7. Planxty Irwin

Side 2

8. Stow Brow (Roud 185; Laws K18; G/D 1:20, TYG 7)
9. Three Jovial Miners
10. The Inniskillen Dragoon (Roud 2185; Henry H98b)
11. Jeannette & Jeannot / The Lullaby of Broadway
12. Nottingham Miners
13. Shrimps on the Stove
14. Brothers, Can You Spare a Dime?

Track 4 Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin;

Recorded and produced by Doug Bailey and Roger Watson at WildGoose Studios.

Musicians

Roger Watson: vocals, two- and three-row melodeons, English concertina;
Jackie Oates: vocals, five-stringed viola;
Tim Walker: flugelhorn, vornet, vocals, side drum

Tracks

1. Gilliver (3.36)
2. Linnen Hall / The Fantocini (3.34)
3. Lovely Joan (Roud 592) (2.30)
4. Idbury Hill / Broken Dagger (4.18)
5. Peg of Derby (Roud 545; G/D 1:84) (5.17)
6. The Gobby-O (2.29)
7. Rip Van Winkle (4.28)
8. Bengal Rounds / Old Sir Simon the King (Roud 19766) (3.10)
9. Lowlands (Roud 681; Henry H469) (4.41)
10. Hunt the Squirrel / The First of August (3.35)
11. Two Brethren (Roud 202) (3.25)
12. The Manager’s Daughter (3.52)
13. Fred Pigeon’s Polka / Donkey Riding (3.49)
14. Seafarers (4.06)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 words Roger Watson, tune C. Cater;
Tracks 3, 5, 9, 11 trad. new lyrics Roger Watson;
Track 7 Bob Pegg;
Tracks 8a, 12 Roger Watson