THE WATERSONS

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Frost And Fire: A Calendar of Ceremonial Folk Songs

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The Watersons

--/66

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A Yorkshire Garland

--/66

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For Pence & Spicy Ale

08/75

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Sound, Sound Your Instruments Of Joy

01/78

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Green Fields

06/81

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Early Days [compilation]

07/94

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Mighty River Of Song [4-CD + DVD box set]

02/04

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A Yorkshire Christmas

11/05

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1) FROST AND FIRE: A CALENDAR OF CEREMONIAL FOLK SONGS

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Here We Come A-Wassailing
The Derby Ram
Jolly Old Hawk
Pace-Egging Song
Seven Virgins, Or The Leaves Of Life
The Holly Bears A Berry
Hal-an-Tow

Earsdon Sword Dance Song
John Barleycorn
Harvest Song: We Gets Up In The Morn
Souling Song
Christmas Is Now Drawing Near At Hand
Herod And The Cock
Wassail Song

UK Issue


USA Issue

John Harrison
Lal Waterson
Mike Waterson
Norma Waterson

Producer:

Vocals
Vocals
Vocals
Vocals

Tony Engle

2) THE WATERSONS

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Dido Bendigo
The North Country Maid
Brave Wolfe
The Jolly Waggoners
I Am A Rover

Fathom The Bowl
The Thirty-Foot Trailer
The Holmfirth Anthem
Twanky Dillo
The White Hare Of Howden
The Plains Of Mexico
All For Me Grog

John Harrison
Lal Waterson
Mike Waterson
Norma Waterson

Producer:

Vocals
Vocals
Vocals
Vocals

Tony Engle

3) A YORKSHIRE GARLAND

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The Poacher's Fate
The Morning Looks Charming
The Pretty Drummer Boy
The Tour Of The Dales
Willy Went To Westerdale
I'Anson's Racehorse
The Ploughboy

The White Cockade
Sorry The Day I Was Married
Ye Noble Spectators
Stow Brow
The Wanton Wife Of Castlegate
The Yorkshire Tup
The Whitby Lad

John Harrison
Lal Waterson
Mike Waterson
Norma Waterson

Producer:

Vocals
Vocals
Vocals
Vocals

4) FOR PENCE & SPICY ALE

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Country Life
Swarthfell Rocks
Barney
Swinton May Song
Bellman
Adieu Adieu (The Flash Lad)
Apple Tree Wassailing Song

Sheep Shearing
Three Day Millionaire
King Pharin
T Stands For Thomas
Malpas Wassail Song
Chickens In The Garden
The Good Old Way

UK Issue


US Issue

Martin Carthy
Lal Waterson
Mike Waterson
Norma Waterson

Producer:

Vocals
Vocals
Vocals
Vocals

Tony Engle

5) SOUND, SOUND YOUR INSTRUMENTS OF JOY

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God Bless The Master
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Windham
Heavenly Aeroplane
Christian's Hope
Bitter Withy
Emmanuelle

Idumea
Sound, Sound Your Instruments Of Joy
Come All Ye Faithful Christians
Green Fields
David's Lamentation
Morning Trumpet
Joy, Health, Love & Peace

Original LP


CD Reissue

John Adams
Martin Carthy
Tony Engle
Steve Heap
Lal Waterson
Mike Waterson
Norma Waterson
Alex West

Producer:

Trombone (Track 7)
Vocals
Saxophone (Track 7)
Cornet (Track 7)
Vocals
Vocals
Vocals
Tuba (Track 7)

Tony Engle

6) GREEN FIELDS

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Stormy Winds
Sedgefield Fair
Fare Thee Well, Cold Winter
Young Banker
While Gamekeepers Lie Sleeping
The Prickle-Holly Bush
We'll All Go A-Hunting Today

Hares In The Old Plantation
Rosebuds In June
The Furze Field
I Went To Market
Three Pretty Maidens
The Lincolnshire Shepherd
The Brave Ploughboy

Original LP


CD Reissue

Martin Carthy
Lal Waterson
Mike Waterson
Norma Waterson

Producer:

Vocals
Vocals
Vocals
Vocals

Tony Engle

7) EARLY DAYS

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Boston Harbour
The Greenland Whale Fishery
Three Score And Ten
The Broom Of Cowdenknowes
King Arthur's Servants
Rap Her To Bank *
Dido Bendigo
The North Country Maid
Brave Wolfe
The Jolly Waggoners
I Am A Rover
Fathom The Bowl
The Thirty-Foot Trailer
The Holmfirth Anthem
Twanky Dillo
The White Hare Of Howden
All For Me Grog
The Poacher's Fate
The Tour Of The Dales
Willy Went To Westerdale
I'anson's Racehorse
The Ploughboy
The White Cockade
Ye Noble Spectators
Stow Brow
The Wanton Wife Of Castlegate
The Whitby Lad

* Previously unreleased

John Harrison
Lal Waterson
Mike Waterson
Norma Waterson

Producer:

Vocals
Vocals
Vocals
Vocals

Tony Engle

8) MIGHTY RIVER OF SONG

 
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CD One
Here We Come A-Wassailing
Blood Red Roses [The Folksons, live]
Let The Bulgine Run [live] *
The Ploughboy *
Holbeck Moor Cock Fight *
Greenland Whale Fishery
Derby Ram
Hal-An-Tow
John Barleycorn [Mike Waterson]
The Barley And The Rye [Lal & Norma Waterson] *
Thirty-Foot Trailer
I Am A Rover
Rap Her To Bank
Three Score And Ten
Jolly Waggoners
Twanky-Dillo
Whitby Lad
Morning Looks Charming
Willy Went To Westerdale
White Cockade
Stow Brow [Lal Waterson] *
The Bird [Lal & Mike Waterson, demo] *
Red Wine Promises [Lal & Mike Waterson, demo] *
Song For Thirza [Lal & Mike Waterson, demo] *

CD Two
Pace-Egging Song *
Boston Harbour *
Sweet William [Mike Waterson, live] *
Souling Song
Barney [Lal & Norma Waterson]
Three Day Millionaire [Mike Waterson]
The Good Old Way
The Light Dragoon [live]
Jenny Storm [Lal & Norma Waterson]
Tam Lyn [Mike Waterson]
Sound Sound Your Instruments Of Joy
Heavenly Aeroplane
Emmanuel
Swansea Town [Mike Waterson]
The Unfortunate Lass [Norma Waterson]
The Welcome Sailor [Lal Waterson]
Young Billy Brown [Lal & Norma Waterson, live] *
The Khaki And The Blue (The Ploughboy) [live] *
The Whitby Lad [live] *
The Black And Bitter Night [Mike Waterson]

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CD Three
The Prickle Holly Bush
When I Die
I Went To Market
The Furze Field
The King's Song (Joy, Health, Love And Peace)
Swarthfell Rocks
Meeting Is A Pleasure
Doing A Bit
Young Banker
Chickens In The Garden
A Stitch In Time
All I Have Is My Own (The Brisk Lad)
Brave General Wolfe
May Song
Harvest Home (Sheepshearing)
Gower Wassail
Rumpsy Bumpsy Toralee (Tumble And Cut Me Bum)
John Ball [The Waterdaughters]
A Stor Mo Chroi [The Waterdaughters]
Stormy Winds
Mole In A Hole [Blue Murder]

CD Four
Hilda's Cabinet Band
The Rambling Irish Man
There Are No Lights On Our Christmas Tree
Coal Not Dole
The White Cockade
Cob A-Coating
T Stands For Thomas
I Bid You Goodnight [Blue Murder]
McIlroy The Emerald Cowboy [Mike Waterson]
Jack Frost [Mike Waterson]
Pleasure And Pain [Waterson:Carthy, live] *
Stars In My Crown [Waterson:Carthy, alternate mix] *
Flowers Of Knaresborough Forest
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Ain't No Man Worth The Salt Of My Tears
[Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy]
Black Muddy River [Waterson:Carthy, live] *
Just A Note [Lal Waterson & Maria Gilhooley]
Earth [Norma Waterson & Martin Carthy]
Stumbling On [Eliza Carthy]
Poor Boney [Norma Waterson, live] *
Bright Phoebus [Blue Murder, alternate recording] *
My Sweet Lullaby [Maria Gilhooley & Oliver Knight]

DVD - Travelling For A Living
The Jolly Waggoners
The Bonny Ship The “Diamond”
Three Score And Ten
The Thirty-Foot Trailer
Hal-an-Tow
Jolly Old Hawk
Dido Bendigo
The Greenland Whale Fishery
[Mike Waterson and Louis Killen]
The Barley And The Rye
The North Country Maid

9) A YORKSHIRE CHRISTMAS

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The Holly Bears A Crown
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
The Yorkshire Nativity Story
Stormy Winds
Carol Singing
Emmanuel
Christmas Shops
Wassail Song
The Blunderbuss Gun
Pace-Egging Song
Here We Come A-Wassailing
Our Christmas
Christmas Is Now Drawing Near At Hand
Christmas Wages
Sound, Sound Your Instruments Of Joy
On Christmas Eve
Herod And The Cock
A New Year Poem
God Bless The Master
The Hawes Tragedy
The Loss Of The Scotch Express
Father Christmas

Norman Benson
Kit Calvert
Martin Carthy
Mabel Race
Lal Waterson
Mike Waterson
Norma Waterson

Producer:

Speech (Tracks 7,16)
Speech (Tracks 3,9,14,18,20,21)
Vocals
Speech (Tracks 5,12,22)
Vocals
Vocals
Vocals

Dave Cousins

Recorded in December 1980 at Crathorne Hall, Crathorne, North Yorkshire, England for a Christmas radio programme broadcast by Radio Tees