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The Trees Scarce Green

The Trees Scarce Green Steve Jordan Forest Tracks FTCD 206 (CD-R, UK, 2003)

This CD was recorded in the little thatched room at the back of the White Lion in Wherwell, Hampshire where Steve held his monthly “Song and Supper” nights. Tracks 1-6 recorded on Saturday, 11 January 2003. Tracks 7-19 recorded in front of an invited audience on Sunday, 12 January 2003;
Cover photograph by Annie Radford

Living Tradition review by Dai Woosnam

Musicians

Steve Jordan: vocals, guitar;
Geoff Jerram: vocals [2, 5];
Sarah Morgan: vocals [14];
Paul Sartin: fiddle [7, 13, 17];
Paul Hutchinson: accordion [7, 9, 13, 17]

Tracks

1. Fanny Blair (Roud 1393) (2.49)
2. Siege of St. Malo (Roud 3309) (1.42)
3. The Falkland Sailor (3.33)
4. Little Musgrave (Roud 52; Child 81) (8.57)
5. Babes in the Wood (Roud 288; Laws Q34) (2.33)
6. The Captain’s Apprentice (Roud 835) (3.18)
7. The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (Roud 24846) (3.04)
8. Joseph and Mary (Roud 453; Child 54; G/D 2:327) (2.35)
9. The Ghost of King Canute (2.02)
10. Left, Left, Right, Steady Man (5.38)
11. The Penny Wager (Roud 393) (1.56)
12. Fare Thee Well, My Dearest Dear (Roud 1035) (3.20)
13. With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm (Roud 37117) (3.29)
14. Rosebud in June (Roud 812) (2.54)
15. The Ship in Distress (Roud 807) (2.26)
16. In the Sidings (2.28)
17. Beware Chalk Pit (3.12)
18. I Must Go Home Tonight (Roud 30910) (2.57)
19. One of Those Days! (3.53)

Tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 11-12, 15 trad. arr. Steve Jordan;
Tracks 2, 5 trad. arr. Steve Jordan, Geoff Jerram;
Track 3 Geoff Lawes;
Track 7 Gilbert arr. Steve Jordan, Paul Hutchinson, Paul Sartin;
Track 9 Mike Sadler arr. Steve Jordan, Paul Hutchinson;
Track 10 Keith Marsden;
Track 13 Weston & Lee arr. Steve Jordan, Paul Hutchinson, Paul Sartin;
Track 14 trad. arr. Steve Jordan, Sarah Morgan;
Track 16 Cyril Tawney arr. Steve Jordan;
Track 17 Graham Penny arr. Steve Jordan, Paul Hutchinson, Paul Sartin;
Track 18 William Hargreaves arr. Steve Jordan;
Track 19 Dave Boulton, Jeff Partons (His Worship and the Pig) arr. Steve Jordan