Shirley Collins’s sweet, self-effacing singing keeps her closer to the core of traditional song than many a more histrionic singer. Yet her work has been extraordinarily diverse: she has collaborated with the guitarist Davy Graham, the Incredible String Band, the Albion Country Band and her sister Dolly.
The limpid versions of Southern English songs on the 1965 The Sweet Primeroses album established Shirley Collins as a unique and influential voice on the folk scene.
1 All Things are Quite Silent
2 Cambridgeshire May Carol
3 Spencer the Rover
4 The Rigs of the Time
5 Polly Vaughan
6 The Cruel Mother
7 The Bird in the Bush
8 The Streets of Derry
9 The False Bride
10 Locks & Bolts
11 Rambleaway
12 A Blacksmith Courted Me
13 Brigg Fair
14 Higher Germanie
15 George Collins
16 The Babes in the Wood
17 Down in Yon Forest
18 The Magpie’s Nest
19 False True Love
20 The Sweet Primeroses
Shirley Collins vocals
Dolly Collins pipe-organ
The Young Tradition chorus
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