Walter Pardon (1914 – 1996) was one of the best singers of traditional folk-song in England, yet, outside his family, no one knew of his singing until he was 59 years old. Born in Knapton, near North Walsham in Norfolk, in a cottage where he lived for the rest of his life, Pardon finally came to national prominence in the folk-song world in the 1970s through a cassette tape passed to Peter Bellamy. The folklorist Mike Yates began a project to record and document Walter’s repertoire of over 150 songs. These recordings from the late 1970s capture a beautiful, gentle singer at the height of his powers.
1 Raggle Taggle Gypsies
2 Peggy Bawn
3 Bold Princess Royal
4 One Cold Morning in December
5 The Devil and the Farmer’s Wife
6 An Old Man’s Advice
7 Uncle Walter’s Tune
8 A Country Life
9 Cupid the Ploughboy
10 The Dandy Man
11 Jack Hall
12 I Wish, I Wish
13 Broomfield Hill
14 The Hungry Army
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