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A Wench, a Whale and a Pint of Good Ale

Martyn Wyndham-Read, Danny Spooner, Gordon McIntyre, Peter Dickie: A Wench, a Whale and a Pint of Good Ale (Score POL 038)

A Wench, a Whale and a Pint of Good Ale
Martyn Wyndham-Read, Danny Spooner, Gordon McIntyre, Peter Dickie

Score Records POL 038 (LP, Australia, 1966)

Notes by Mick Counihan

Musicians

Martyn Wyndham-Read: vocals [1-2, 5, 8-9, 11, 15], chorus, guitar;
Danny Spooner: vocals [6-7, 12, 14], chorus, guitar;
Gordon McIntyre: vocals [3-4, 10, 13, 16], chorus, chorus, guitar;
Peter Dickie: chorus [12]

Tracks

Side 1

  1. The Farmer’s Boy (Roud 408; Laws Q30; G/D 5:960) (4.09)
  2. The Apprentice Song (2.33)
  3. The Miller and the Maid (Roud 1128) (2.05)
  4. Er Fa La La Lo (3.20)
  5. The Devil and the Ploughman (Roud 160; Child 278; G/D 2:320) (2.31)
  6. Greenland Whale Fishery (Roud 347; Laws K21; G/D 1:9) (3.52)
  7. The Hogs-Eye Man (Roud 331) (1.50)
  8. Ale, Ale, Glorious Ale (Roud 1512) (1.46)

Side 2

  1. Banks of the Roses (Roud 603; G/D 7:1444) (4.14)
  2. I Drew My Ship (Roud 402; G/D 4:792) (2.35)
  3. The Nightingale (Roud 371) (3.03)
  4. Whip Jamboree (Roud 488) (3.32)
  5. The Oggie Man (No More) (2.42)
  6. The Coast of Peru (Roud 1997; Laws D26) (3.47)
  7. Ay Waukin O (Roud 6749, V16870; G/D 5:933) (2.53)
  8. Farewell to Tarwathie (Roud 2562; G/D 1:15) (3.25)

All tracks trad. except
Track 2 Ian Campbell;
Track 13 Cyril Tawney;
Track 16 George Scroggie

Acknowledgements

The album details are from the Mudcat Café thread 1960’s Australian Folk Albums which also quotes the liner notes on the singers and the individual songs.