Harry Cox is, simply, the most important and the finest among the great English traditional singers. This release brings together 54 tracks from recordings made between 1945 and 1970 to produce a 2 CD set. Combined with a 60 page booklet containing a detailed biography, extensive notes and song texts, the result is over 2 hours of previously unissued recordings.

"The quality of the repertoire and the standard of the singing are quite breathtaking. Even amongst the high standards that Topic have been setting in their recent releases of traditional music, this is outstanding" - FRoots Magazine
"Should be owned by anyone who professes an interest in English traditional song" - The Living Tradition Magazine
"an awesome 54-track compilation of one of the greatest traditional singers of them all - essential" Colin Irwin/Mojo
"A truly worthy testament to Harry's remarkable, majestic…style…. superb quality of the remastering" Rock'n'Reel

HARRY COX The Bonny Labouring Boy TSCD512D

CD 1
1 "You must get the tune first... "
2 The Female Drummer
3 "People what don't like to hear an old song... "
4 Two Jolly Butchers
5 Polka (melodeon)
6 "When I sing a song my mind is on it... "
7 Bold Archer
8 There's Bound to be a Row
9 Betsy the Servant Maid
10 Firelock Stile
11 The Green Mossy Banks of the Lee
12 The Pretty Ploughboy (song/fiddle)
13 The Watercress Girl
14 A Week's Matrimony
15 The Black Velvet Band
16 A Hornpipe (fiddle)
17 The Maid of Australia
18 Alone, Alone in London
19 Miss Doxy
20 The Bonny Labouring Boy
21 The Good Luck Ship
22 The Fowler
23 In Scarborough Fair Town
24 I Had an Old Hoss
25 The Green Bed
26 A Jig (melodeon)
27 The Bold Drover

CD 2
1 Georgie
2 A Schottische (melodeon)
3 Black-Hearted Gypsies 0
4 The Rigs of the Times
5 The Grand Hotel
6 The Transports (song/fiddle)
7 Where the Shamrocks Grow
8 Barton Broad Ditty
9 Adieu to Old England
10 Bold Fisherman
11 A Polka (fiddle)
12 Ekefield Town
13 A Happy Family
14 Old Joe, the Boat is Going Over (melodeon)
15 Blackberry Fold
16 They Told Me in the Gaol
17 The Fowler (fiddle)
18 Colin and Phoebe
19 Jack Tar on Shore
20 The Turkish Lady
21 A Slow Stepdance Tune (melodeon)
22 Lost Lady Found
23 Coming Home from the Wake
24 The Poacher's Fate
25 The Poor Smuggler's Boy
26 A Hornpipe (dancing doll & voice)
27 The Bonny Bunch of Roses

Harry Cox vocal
Production by Tony Engle and Paul Marsh