Song collections: Child Ballads

Songs catalogued by Francis James Child (1825 - 1896).

June Tabor.

Title.	Year.	Label.	number.
An Echo of Echo of Hooves	2003	Topic	TSCD543

Isla St Clair.

Title.	Year.	Label.	number.
Murder and Mayhem	2000	REL	REHCD533
Royal Lovers and Scandal	2000	REL	REHCD532

Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
Classic Scots Ballads	1959	Tradition	TLP1015

Ewan MacColl/ The Long Harvest

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
The Long Harvest 1	1966
The Long Harvest 2	1967
The Long Harvest 3	1968
The Long Harvest 4	1969
The Long Harvest 5	1970
The Long Harvest 6	1971
The Long Harvest 7	1972
The Long Harvest 8	1973
The Long Harvest 9	1974
The Long Harvest 10	1975

Ewan MacColl/ Blood and Roses

Title.	year.	Label.
Blood and Roses	1979	Blackthorne
Blood and Roses 2	1981	Blackthorne
Blood and Roses 3	1982	Blackthorne
Blood and Roses 4	1982	Blackthorne
Blood and Roses 5	1983	Blackthorne

Collaboration - A.L. Lloyd and Ewan MacColl.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) Vol 1	1956	Washington	WLP 715
[Reissued]	?	Folkways	FG 3509
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) Vol 2	1956	Washington	WLP 716
[Reissued]	?	Folkways	FG 3510
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) Vol 3	1956	Washington	WLP 717
[Reissued]	?	Folkways	FG 3511
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) Vol 4	1956	Washinton	WLP 718
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) Vol 5	1956	Washington	WLP 719

Album tracks.

an echo of hooves Recorded 2003. June Tabor (vocals), Huw Warren (piano, cello, piano accordion), Mark Emerson (viola, violin, piano), Tim Harries (double bass), Martin Simpson (guitar), Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian pipes).

Title.	Author.
1. Bonnie James Campbell (Child 210)	words: trad/ tune: Tabor
2. The Duke of Athole's Nurse (Child 212)	trad
3. The Battle of Otterburn (Child 161)	trad
4. Lord Maxwell's Last Goodnight (Child 195)	words: trad/tune: Tabor
5. Hughie Graeme (Child 191)	words:trad/tune: Tabor & Emerson
6. The Border Widow's Lament	trad
7. Fair Margaret and Sweet William (Child 74)	trad
8. Rare Willie (Child 215)	trad
9. Young Johnstone (Child 88)	words:trad/ tune: trad & Tabor & Simpson
10. The Cruel Mother (Child 20)	trad
11. Sir Patrick Spens (Child 58)	words:trad/ tune: trad & Tabor

The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) Volume 2 Running time ?? minutes ?? seconds. Recorded in 1956. Ewan MacColl (vocals), A.L. Lloyd (vocals). Each sings solo.

LP - Side one

Title	Author	Singer	Timing
1. Eppie Morrie (Child 223)	Trad	EM	3:38
2. Sir Hugh (Child 155)	Trad	ALL	3:17
3. The Shepherd Lad (112)	Trad	EM	3:22
4. Robin Hood and the Tanner (126)	Trad	ALL	3:34
5. Richie Story (232)	Trad	EM	5:40

LP - Side two

Title	Author	Singer	Timing
1. Get Up and Bar the Door (275)	Trad	EM	3:52
2. The Outlandish Knight (4)	Trad	ALL	5:34
3. The Bonnie Hoose O' Airlie (199)	Trad	EM	5:35
4. The Rantin Laddie (240)	Trad	EM	3:53

The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) Volume 3 Running time ?? minutes ?? seconds. Recorded in 1956. Ewan MacColl (vocals), A.L. Lloyd (vocals). Each sings solo.

LP - Side one

Title	Author	Singer	Timing
1. The Broomfield Hill (Child 43)	Trad	EM	2:39
2. The Prickly Bush (Child 95)	Trad	ALL	3:56
3. Johnnie O'Breadisley (Child 114)	Trad	EM	4:10
4. George Collins (Child 85)	Trad	ALL	4:24
5. The Trooper and the Maid (Child 299)	Trad	EM	4:24

LP - Side two

Title	Author	Singer	Timing
1. The Cooper O'Fife (Child 277)	Trad	EM	1:27
2. Fair Margaret and Sweet William (Child 74)	Trad	ALL	4:18
3. Glasgow Peggie (Child 228)	Trad	EM	3:06
4. The Broom of Cowdenknowes (Child 217)	Trad	EM	11:03

The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) Volume 5 Running time ?? minutes ?? seconds. Recorded in 1956. Ewan MacColl (vocals), A.L. Lloyd (vocals). Each sings solo.

LP - Side one

Title	Author	Singer	Timing
1. The Battle of Harlaw (Child 163)	Trad	EM	2:39
2. The Dover Sailor (Child 295)	Trad	ALL	3:56
3. Amang the Blue Flowers and the Yellow (Child 25)	Trad	EM	4:10
4. The Golden Vanity (Child 286)	Trad	ALL	4:24
5. The Douglas Tragedy (Child 7)	Trad	EM	4:24

LP - Side two

Title	Author	Singer	Timing
1. The Dowie Dens O' Yarrow (Child 214)	Trad	EM	1:27
2. Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford (Child 144)	Trad	ALL	4:18
3. The Gairdner Child (Child 219)	Trad	EM	3:06
4. Gil Morice (Child 83)	Trad	EM	8:37

Last updated on 26/09/2010