Produced by Chris Pollington;
Recorded by Chris Pollington at Dragontail Studios, Lancashire;
Cover design and artwork by Dave Fenner

Musicians

Sarah Morgan: vocals, harmonium, English concertina;
Alison Fenner: vocals, duet concertina;
Alison Muir: vocals, harmonium, bowed psaltery;
Sheila March: vocals, guitar

with
Chris Pollington: synthesised drums [7]

Tracks

Side 1

1. New Jerusalem (Roud 15059)
2. The Blackbird (Roud 2375)
3. Blanche Comme La Neige
4. Bantry Girls’ Lament (Roud 2999)
5. Hark Hark What News (Roud 389, 3210)
6. Wolfe

Side 2

7. Daughters of the Revolution
8. Bay of Fundy
9. Maying Song / De Delai Lou Ribotel
10. Laddie Lie Near Me (Roud V39584)
11. The Red Lark
12. Schenectady
13. Home Lads, Home

Track 1 Isaac Watts, Jeremiah Ingalls;
Tracks 2-4, 9-11 trad. arr. Bread and Roses;
Track 5 Joseph Stephenson;
Track 6 Ashley Hutchings;
Track 7 Bernie Armstrong;
Track 8 Gordon Bok;
Track 11 Isaac Watts, Nehemiah Shumway;
Track 12 Cicely Fox Smith [credited as anon.], Sarah Morgan

Produced by Chris Pollington;
Recorded by Chris Pollington at Dragontail Studios, Lancashire;
Photography by Chris Knight;
Cover design and artwork by Dave Fenner

Musicians

Alison Fenner: vocals, duet concertina;
Sheila March: vocals, guitar, English Concertina;
Sarah Morgan: vocals, English concertina;
Alison Muir: vocals, drum

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Chartists
2. View the Land
3. Shift and Spin
4. Auction Block / Heavenly Aeroplane
5. Cape Breton Lullaby
6. Way Down the Road

Side 2

7. Showers of Blessings
8. Mr Fox
9. Work Song
10. Mr Fair and Rare One ((Mo Rùn Geal Dìleas)
11. En Roulant ma Boule / Dans Paris y a-t-une Brune
12. Superwoman

Tracks 1, 10-11 trad.;
Track 2 Sarah Moran;
Track 3 Ewan McVicar;
Track 4 anon.;
Track 5 Kenneth Leslie / trad.;
Track 6 Craig Johnson;
Track 7 Abraham Blocker;
Track 8 John Pole;
Track 9 Kate McGarrigle;
Track 12 Cathy Miller

Produced by Paul Sartin;
Recorded by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios, May Cottage, Wherwell, Hampshire;
Cover design by Davis Watson;
Cover artwork by John Rushton

Musicians

Alison Muir, Heather Bradford, Sarah Morgan: vocals

Tracks

1. The Wind and the Rain (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (2.02)
2. Cape Breton Lullaby (3.23)
3. The Shores of Jordan (3.03)
4. The L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore (2.41)
5. Hushabye My Laddie (3.09)
6. If I Was a Blackbird (Roud 387; Henry H79) (4.42)
7. Sea Invocation / Tarry Trousers (Roud 427) (5.05)
8. Flanders Tommy (3.25)
9. Normandy Orchards (5.05)
10. The Wife of the Soldier (2.09)
11. Bonnie Susie Cleland (Roud 45; Child 65) (5.57)
12. Till the Spring Comes on the River (2.55)

Tracks 1, 6, 7ab, 11 trad. arr. Sarah Morgan, Heather Bradford, Alison Muir;
Track 2 Kenneth Leslie;
Track 3 Iris Dement;
Track 4 Jean Ritchie;
Track 5 Peggy Seeger;
Track 7a translation from Manx Gaelic by Mona Douglas;
Track 8 Mick Ryan;
Track 9 Keith Marsden;
Track 10 Bertolt Brecht, Patrick John O’Hara Scott;
Track 12 John Tams

Produced by Paul Sartin;
Recorded by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios, May Cottage, Wherwell, Hampshire;
Inside photos by Stella Taylor;
Cover photos by Bob Naylor (Harris Naylor Asociates);
Cover artwork by Jenny Muncaster (The Colour Factory)

Musicians

Heather Bradford, Sarah Morgan, Alison Muir: vocals

Tracks

1. Come From the Heart (1.58)
2. All Things Are Quite Silent (Roud 2532) (2.21)
3. Railway Widow’s Blues (3.01)
4. Down the Long Road (2.58)
5. William Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757) (2.46)
6. Blanche Comme la Neige (4.00)
7. Greenwood Laddie (Roud 2123) (3.25)
8. Love Is the Sweetest Thing (2.51)
9. Somewhere Along the Road (3.13)
10. How Do I Look? (2.28)
11. The Blacksmith (Roud 816) (3.23)
12. Chocolate Song (3.31)
13. Harriet Tubman (3.05)
14. Now I ’as to Call ’im Father (3.06)
15. Keep You in Peace (3.22)
16. Waltzing’s for Dreamers (3.45)

Track 1 Susanna Clark, Richard Leigh;
Tracks 2, 5-7, 11 trad.;
Track 3 John Warner;
Track 4 Bob Davenport;
Track 8 Ray Noble;
Track 9 Rick Kemp;
Track 10 Claire Chapman;
Track 12 Marcus Turner;
Track 13 Walter Robinson;
Track 14 Ada Jones;
Track 15 Sarah Morgan;
Track 16 Richard Thompson

Produced by Carolyn Robson;
Recorded by Nick Sowden at Doghouse Studio, Guildford;
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering;
Portrait photography by Harris Naylor Associates and Malcolm austen;
Album photography and design by Rob Whitworth

Musicians

Moira Craig, Carolyn Robson: vocals;
Sarah Morgan: vocals, concertina

with
Anna Tabbush: fiddle;
Andy Johnson: piano

Tracks

1. Bannero (Roud 397; Laws P15; G/D 2:333) (3.41)
2. Peppers and Tomoatoes (4.35)
3. When the Snows of Winter Fall (6.02)
4. Minnie of Shirva’s Cradle Song (Roud 30664) (2.45)
5. The Besom Maker (Roud 910) (3.33)
6. Kilkerran Shepherd (2.46)
7. The Laily Worm (Roud 3968; Child 36) (4.56)
8. Fare Thee Well, My Dearest Dear (Roud 1035) (4.04)
9. Low Down in the Broom (Roud 1644) (4.08)
10. Farewell He (Roud 1034, 803; Henry H504) (2.41)
11. Keep You in Peace (3.54)
12. Blow the Wind Southerly (Roud 2619) (3.41)
13. The Leaves of Life (Roud 127) (3.10)
14. Rob ’Em All (2.58)
15. Only Remembered (Roud 7557) (4.52)

All tracks trad. except
Track 2 Ralph McTell;
Track 3 Graeme Miles;
Track 6 words Bernard Fergusson, from Lowland Soldier, music Sarah Morgan;
Track 11 Sarah Morgan

Produced by Carolyn Robson and Nick Sowden;
Recorded by Nick Sowden at Studiophonics, Thames Ditton, and SIPS, Guildford;
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering;
Photography by Malcolm Austen, Hilary Bix, Steve Jordan and Charlie West;
Design by Hilary Bix

Musicians

Moira Craig, Carolyn Robson: vocals;
Sarah Morgan: vocals, concertina

with
Paul Sartin: oboe;
Nick Sowden: guitar

Tracks

1. Wassail the Silver Apple (2.19)
2. The Easter Tree (2.54)
3. The Sailing Trade (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245) (4.42)
4. Awake, Behold (Roud 23739) (2.42)
5. The Night Visiting Song (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783) (3.48)
6. Hares on the Mountain (Roud 329) (2.51)
7. Polly Vaughn (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114) (2.55)
8. Two Magicians (Roud 1350; Child 44; G/D 2:334) (2.42)
9. Summon Up the Sun (3.08)
10. Willie’s Fatal Visit (Roud 244; Child 255) (3.56)
11. The Wonderful Sucking Pig (Roud 1615) (3.12)
12. The Blackbird (Roud 387; Henry H79) (3.31)
13. Abroad As I Was Walking (Roud 564; Laws P18; G/D 6:1188) (5.07)
14. The Christmas Song (Roud 1170) (2.41)
15. Crossing the Bar (3.54)

Tracks 1, 9 Mike Connor arr. Sarah Morgan;
Track 2 Dave Goulder arr. Sarah Morgan;
Tracks 3, 6, 8, 11 trad. arr. Craig Morgan Robson;
Track 4 anon. arr. Roger Watson;
Tracks 5, 7, 14 trad. arr. Sarah Morgan;
Track 10 trad. arr. Moira Craig;
Track 12 trad. arr. Moira Craig, Sarah morgan;
Track 13 trad. arr. Carolyn Robson;
Track 15 words Alfred Lord Tennyson, music Rani Arbo arr. Craig Morgan Robson

Produced by Carolyn Robson and Nick Sowden;
Recorded by Nick Sowden;
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering;
Photography by Stephane Rocher;
Broadbill hummingbird photo by Gregory R Scott;
Designed by Raymond Greenoaken

Musicians

Moira Craig, Sarah Morgan, Carolyn Robson: vocals;

with
Rachel Drayson: cello;
Jeff Gillett: guitar;
Andy Johnson: piano

Tracks

1. Cambric Shirt (Roud 21093; TYG 23) (2.50)
2. Boney on the Isle of St Helena (Roud 349) (3.48)
3. The Lark in the Morning (Roud 151) (2.45)
4. The Sandgate Lass on the Ropery Banks (Roud 3178) (4.05)
5. The Drowned Lovers (Roud 466; Laws K17; G/D 6:1244) (3.38)
6. The Bitter Withy (Roud 452) (3.25)
7. Bonny Moorhen (Roud 2944; G/D 7:1426) (3.08)
8. Lord Bateman (Roud 40; Child 53L; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470) (6.42)
9. Claudy Banks (Roud 266; Laws N40; G/D 5:1036; Henry H5, H693) (3.48)
10. The Guist Ploughman (2.58)
11. Mining Trilogy: The Batley Miner / Red Winged Blackbird / Guard Yer Man Weel (4.37)
12. It Was All for Our Rightful King (Roud 5789) (3.09)
13. Beautiful Star of Bethlehem (Roud 15755) (3.29)
14. Down the Lane (Roud 1046; TYG 55) (3.05)

All tracks trad. arr. Craig Morgan Robson except
Track 4 Robert Nunn;
Track 10 Mike Barber;
Track 11b Billy Ed Wheeler;
Track 12 Robert Burns;
Track 13 A.I. Phipps or A. M. Price and R. F. Brown

Traditional English songs collected by George Gardiner from five woman singers in Axford, Hampshire

Produced and recorded by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios, Wherwell, Hampshire

The Original Singers

Emma Jane Hopkins (aged 28 in 1907) [1, 7, 12];
Marty Munday (aged 55 in 1907) [2, 4-5, 10];
Sarah Goodyear (aged 72 in 1907) [3, 6, 8-9, 15];
Charlotte Hall (aged 71 in 1907) [11, 14];
Elizabeth Randall (aged 50 in 1907) [13]

CD Musicians

Emily Askew: vocals [1], fiddle [1-4, 6-7, 9-11, 14-15];
Hazel Askew: vocals [1, 4, 7, 10-11, 14], chorus vocals [15], melodeon [1-2, 4, 6-7, 9, 15], harp [14];
Moira Craig: vocals [1, 3, 5, 8, 12, 15];
Sarah Morgan: vocals [5-6, 8, 11-13], chorus vocals [15];
Carolyn Robson: vocals [1-2, 5, 8-9, 12], chorus vocals [15]

Tracks

1. The Gypsy Laddie (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (2.45)
2. He Was Under My Window (Roud 2463) (2.44)
3. Long Lankie (Roud 6; Child 93; G/D 2:187; Henry H735) (3.08)
4. Down in Fleet Street (Roud 218; Laws P30; G/D 2:210) (2.52)
5. Bold William Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757) (2.41)
6. Lord Derwentwater (Roud 89; Child 208) (3.26)
7. An Old Man Came Courting Me (Roud 210) (2.39)
8. The Lowlands of Holland (Roud 484; G/D 6:1116; Henry H180) (3.08)
9. Abroad As I Was Walking (Roud 564; Laws P18; G/D 6:1188) (4.48)
10. Beautiful Nancy (Roud 18525) (3.40)
11. Tarry Trousers (Roud 427) (2.31)
12. Down the Lane (Roud 607) (3.06)
13. A Famous Farmer (Roud 18; Laws M32) (4.18)
14. Sweet Lovely Joan (Roud 592) (2.36)
15. The Trooper’s Horse (Roud 1613) (2.57)

All tracks trad.

Recorded live in front of an invited audience at The White Lion, Wherwell, Hampshire, in February 2012;
Recording, mastering and artwork by Paul Marsh

Musicians

Sarah Morgan: vocals [1-4, 6-9], concertina [5];
Jeff Gillett: vocals [5], guitar

Tracks

1. The Broomfield Wager (Roud 34; Child 43; G/D 2:322; Henry H135) (3.52)
2. William Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757) (2.51)
3. The Flowers and the Wine (3.31)
4. The Golden Willow Tree (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37)
5. Jimmy and Nancy (Roud 551; Laws N8; G/D 1:63; Henry H561) (3.31)
6. Seven Summers (3.00)
7. The Grey Mare (Roud 680; Laws P8; G/D 4:761; Henry H90) (2.38)
8. Lord Bateman (Roud 40; Child 53L; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470) (6.36)
9. All My Sailors (3.29)

All tracks trad. arr. Sarah Morgan, Jeff Gillett except
Track 3 Pete Atkin, Clive James;
Track 6 Dave Goulder;
Track 9 Gordon Bok

Produced by Paul Sartin;
Recorded by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios, May Cottage, Wherwell, Hampshire;
Inside photos by Stella Taylor;
Cover photos by Bob Naylor (Harris Naylor Asociates);
Cover artwork by Jenny Muncaster (The Colour Factory)

FATEA review by Davie Kidman

Tracks

1. Through the Groves (Roud 1046; TYG 55) (4.57)
2. Seven Summers (3.05)
3. The Wind and the Rain (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (2.09)
4. Farm Dog (3.10)
5. Keep You in Peace (3.23)
6. The Lonely Lemming (3.16)
7. Home Lads, Home (3.39)
8. View the Land (2.51)
9. Sprig o’ Thyme (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (4.03)
10. In the Wild Wood (3.39)
11. Low Down in the Broom (Roud 1644) (4.11)
12. The Guist Ploughman (3.00)
13. Lord Bateman (Roud 40; Child 53L; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470) (6.44)
14. Cottage Garden Trees (3.56)
15. Lord Derwentwater (Roud 89; Child 208) (3.26)
16. Night Visit Song (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783) (3.54)
17. The Flowers and the Wine (3.38)
18. Only Remembered (Roud 7557) (5.10)
19. Somewhere Along the Road (3.22)

Tracks 1, 3, 9, 11, 13, 15-16, 18 trad.;
Track 2 Dave Goulder;
Track 4 Frank Mansall, Sarah Morgan;
Tracks 5, 8, 14 Sarah Morgan;
Track 6 Les Barker, Julie Astin;
Track 7 Cicely Fox Smith, Sarah Morgan;
Track 10 Graham Moore;
Track 12 Mike Barber;
Track 17 Pete Atkin, Clive James;
Track 19 Rick Kemp

Track 1 is from New Wood with Mary Eagle, Neil Stanford, Keith Marsden, and Helen Hockenhull on vocals;
Tracks 2, 17 are from Sarah Morgan and Jeff Gillett: The Flowers and the Wine (Forest Tracks FTM CD1, 2012);
Track 3 is from Hen Party: Nobody Here But Us (WildGoose WGS289CD, 1998);
Track 4 is from New Wood with Mary Eagle, Keith Marsden, and Helen Hockenhull on vocals;
Track 5 is from Hen Party: The Heart Gallery (WildGoose WGS311CD, 2002);
Track 6 is from New Wood with Mary Eagle and Sarah Morgan on harmonium;
Track 7 recorded for the show A Day’s Work (1995);
Track 8 is from Bread and Roses: Mr Fox’s Garden (Dragon DRGN 911, 1991);
Tracks 9, 19 are home demos;
Tracks 10, 14 recorded at WildGoose for a friend but never released;
Tracks 11, 18 are from Craig Morgan Robson: Peppers and Tomatoes (Reiver RVRCD06, 2005);
Track 12-13 are from Craig Morgan Robson: Hummingbird’s Feather (Reiver RVRCD10);
Track 15 is from The Askew Sistes & Craig Morgan Robson: The Axford Five (WildGoose WGS364CD, 2009);
Track 16 is from Craig Morgan Robson: Stranded (Reiver RVRCD08, 2006);