By the time of the release of this 1978 Topic album, the musical evenings in pubs in the district around Woodbridge in East Suffolk had long been diminished due to the popularity of television and the ability for easy travel to new entertainments, but the tradition had gained recognition through the recordings of singers like Jumbo Brightwell, Jimmy Knights and Dick Woolnough, as well as musicians like Fred Pearce, Eely Whent and Albert Smith, and Keith Summers presented some of the best of those performers and songs on this album.
- The Blacksmith’s Daughter Jumbo Brightwell
- Ratcliff Highway Jimmy Knights
- The Barn Dance (Woodland Flowers) Fred Pearce
- Cock of the North Fred Pearce
- The London Prentice Boy Dick Woolnough
- The Next Tune Tonight – Turkey in the Straw Albert Smith/Eely Whent
- The Banks of the Nile Jumbo Brightwell
- Out With My Gun in the Morning Jimmy Knights
- Old Country Waltz Eely Whent
- Pigeon on the Gate Fred Pearce
- Strolling Down to Hastings Alien Stollery
- The Fellow Who Played The Trombone Jimmy Knights
- Sailor’s Hornpipe Medley Eely Whent
- The Oak and the Ash Jumbo Brightwell
- The Jolly Tinker Billy Bolton
- Two Step Eely Whent
- Yarmouth Hornpipe Fred Pearce
- The Parson’s Creed Jumbo Brightwell
- Marrowbones Jimmy Knights
- Golden Slippers Fred Pearce
- The Chinaman’s Song Alien Stollery
- Old Brown in the Rose and Crown/Red River Valley/Pigeon on the Gate Albert Smith
- Polka Medley: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 The Bells of Love Jingle Bells Eely Whent
Recorded by Keith Summers
Production by Keith Summers and Tony Engle
First issued by Topic Records 1978
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