Produced by Tim Laycock;
Co-ordinated by Gordon Mignot;
Recorded and edited by Andy Jackson;
The bells at Lydlinch recorded by Russ Barnes;
Front cover photograph by Dave Hurley from a photograph at Dorset County Museum;
Cover design by Gordon Mignot

Musicians

Frank Hilliar: reading [1, 7];
David Strawbridge: reading [2, 4, 12];
Tim Laycock: vocals [3, 6, 9, 13], duet concertina, humstrum;
Ethel Gumbleton: reading [5, 8, 10-11];
Charlie Andrews: reading [10, 14];
Jimmy Cooper: hammered dulcimer;
John Timpany: fiddle

Tracks

Side 1

1. [FH] Praise o’ Do’set
2. [DS] John Bloom in Lon’on
3. [TL] My Orcha’d in Lindea Lea (RoudBS B104645)
4. [DS] The Leane
5. [EG] Whitsuntide an’ Club Walken / Dorset four hand reel
6. [TL] White and Blue
7. [FH] The Love-Child
8. [EG] Lydlinch Bells

Side 2

9. [TL] Don’t Ceare
10. [EG, CA] A Bit o’ Sly Courten
11. [EG] A Witch
12. [DS] The Humstrum
13. [TL] Grammer’s Shoes
14. [CA] A Geate A-Vallen To

All tracks by Wiliam Barnes except
Track 3 William Barnes, tune Ralph Vaughan Williams;
Tracks 6, 9, 13 William Barnes, tune Tim Laycock

Most of the poetry on this album was originally released on Lydlinch Bells and on Blackmwore by the Stour, and was recorded by Andy Jackson, Russ Barnes and Chris Hardcastle;
New recordings by Tim Laycock were made and edited by Paul Sartin, Rob Harbron and Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios;
Cover photograph taken by George Laycock, with kind permission of Dorset Country Museum

Musicians

David Strawbridge: reading [2, 7, 9, 13, 15, 18, 25, 27, 32, 38, 41];
Ethel Gumbleton: reading [3, 10, 12, 17, 22, 26, 30, 35];
Tim Laycock: vocals [4, 6, 8, 14, 16, 19, 21, 24, 29, 31, 37, 39, 42], duet concertina, humstrum;
Frank Hilliar: reading [5, 36];
Charlie Andrews: reading [17, 43];
Margaret Knott: reading [20, 22, 40];
New Scorpion Band [28];
Jimmy Cooper: hammered dulcimer;
John Timpany: fiddle;
Nick Crumb;
John Holman;
Robin Jeffrey;
Sharon Lindo

Tracks

CD 1

1. The Year Clock: Spring (2.07)
2. [DS] The Young Rhymer Snubb’d (2.33)
3. [EG] Leady Day, An’ Ridden House (3.42)
4. [TL] Childhood (3.03)
5. [FH] The Love Child (2.16)
6. [TL] False Friends-Like (1.00)
7. [DS] Blackmwore Maidens (1.59)
8. [TL] Don’t Ceare (2.53)
9. [DS] The Leane (3.57)
10. [EG] May (3.13)

11. The Year Clock: Summer (0.48)
12. [EG] Whitsuntide, an’ Club Walken (5.26)
13. [DS] Woak Hill (1.52)
14. [TL] White an’ Blue (2.24)
15. [DS] John Bloom in Lon’on (4.33)
16. [TL] From the Veairies (1.31)
17. [CA, EG] A Bit o’ Sly Coorten (4.58)
18. [DS] The Child an’ the Mowers (2.03)
19. [TL] Lullaby (2.56)
20. [MK] Jenny’s Ribbons (1.25)
21. [TL] The Shepherd o’ the Farm (1.59)
22. [MK, EG] Evenen in the Village (2.49)

CD 2

23. The Year Clock: Fall (1.07)
24. [TL] A Zong ov Harvest Hwome (2.44)
25. [DS] Picken o’ Scroff (2.22)
26. [EG] Nanny Gill (2.39)
27. [DS] The Wold Waggon (2.35)
28. [NSB] Wheat (4.58)
29. [TL] Shrodon Fair (3.47)
30. [EG] A Witch (3.26)
31. [TL] The Wife A-Lost (3.37)
32. [DS] Our Fathers’ Works (2.04)

33. The Year Clock: Winter (0.45)
34. Pealing of the Church Bells at Lydlinch (0.57)
35. [EG] The Lydlinch Bells (2.58)
36. [FH] Praise o’ Do’set (2.51)
37. [TL] My Orcha’d in Lindea Lea (RoudBS B104645) (3.26)
38. [DS] The Humstrum (3.13)
39. [TL] What Dick an’ I Did (2.19)
40. [MK] The Settle an’ the Girt Wood Vire (2.37)
41. [DS] The Giants in Treades (3.10)
42. [TL] Grammer’s Shoes (4.04)
43. [CA] The Geate a-Vallen To (2.25)
44. The Year Clock (0.33)

All tracks by Wiliam Barnes except
Track 37 words William Barnes, tune Ralph Vaughan Williams;
Tracks 4, 6, 8, 14, 16, 19, 21, 24, 29, 31, 34, 37, 39, 42 words William Barnes, tune Tim Laycock