HARRY COX ~ THE BONNY LABOURING BOY TSCD512DÂ
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.
see also THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
- “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
CD 1
1Â “You must get the tune first… “
2Â The Female Drummer
3 “People what don’t like to hear an old song… “
4Â Two Jolly Butchers
5Â Polka (melodeon)
6 “When I sing a song my mind is on it… “
7Â Bold Archer
8Â There’s Bound to be a Row
9Â Betsy the Servant Maid
10Â Firelock Stile
11Â The Green Mossy Banks of the Lee
12Â The Pretty Ploughboy (song/fiddle)
13Â The Watercress Girl
14Â A Week’s Matrimony
15Â The Black Velvet Band
16Â A Hornpipe (fiddle)
17Â The Maid of Australia
18Â Alone, Alone in London
19Â Miss Doxy
20Â The Bonny Labouring Boy
21Â The Good Luck Ship
22Â The Fowler
23Â In Scarborough Fair Town
24Â I Had an Old Hoss
25Â The Green Bed
26 A Jig (melodeon)
27Â The Bold Drover
CD 2
1Â Georgie
2Â A Schottische (melodeon)
3Â Black-Hearted Gypsies 0
4Â The Rigs of the Times
5Â The Grand Hotel
6Â The Transports (song/fiddle)
7Â Where the Shamrocks Grow
8Â Barton Broad Ditty
9Â Adieu to Old England
10Â Bold Fisherman
11Â A Polka (fiddle)
12Â Ekefield Town
13Â A Happy Family
14Â Old Joe, the Boat is Going Over (melodeon)
15Â Blackberry Fold
16Â They Told Me in the Gaol
17Â The Fowler (fiddle)
18Â Colin and Phoebe
19Â Jack Tar on Shore
20Â The Turkish Lady
21Â A Slow Stepdance Tune (melodeon)
22Â Lost Lady Found
23Â Coming Home from the Wake
24Â The Poacher’s Fate
25Â The Poor Smuggler’s Boy
26Â A Hornpipe (dancing doll & voice)
27Â The Bonny Bunch of Roses 0
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