The Voice of the People

The Voice of the People is an anthology of folk songs produced by Topic Records containing recordings of traditional singers and musicians from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The series was first issued in 1998 as 20 CDs, compiled by Dr Reg Hall, a visiting fellow at Sussex University.
A second series was issued in 2012 consisting of four volumes compiled by Shirley Collins, Steve Roud and Rod Stradling.
A third series was issued in 2013 comprising 4 albums of field recordings recorded by Peter Kennedy and selected by Dr Reg Hall. A fourth series was released in 2016 with two albums of three CDs each chronicling the music of the 'London-Irish' from the 1950s to the present day.

Introduction

The traditional singers and musicians were celebrities within their own community but the majority were unknown to the world at large until the 1950s and 60s when collectors arrived with portable tape recorders. A few of them recorded enough material for an entire album. Most are known for a couple of songs. A few scraps of biographical notes are given in booklets that accompany the discs. Every one of them led working-class lives. Volumes 9 and 19 are collections of instrumentals. In a few cases the singers used song books or ballad sheets to supplement their repertoire, but in most cases their versions are from oral tradition. This collection is the UK equivalent of Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music.

Reviews

Brian Peters wrote in Roots World as "the crème de la crème of Britain's traditional singers and musicians". Veteran Records said it was "the greatest set of CDs of English, Irish and Scottish singing and music ever produced."
The album is listed in the accompanying book to the Topic Records 70 year anniversary boxed set Three Score and Ten as one of their classic records with Creeping Jane from volume 8 as the tenth track on the first CD and The Nut Dance from volume 16 as the first track on the second CD.

Track listing

The titles detailed below are those used by the singers although there are often other titles for the songs so the links may go to a different title. The references in parentheses for songs are from the three major numbering schemes for folk songs, the Roud Folk Song Index, Child Ballad Numbers originating from Francis James Child and the Laws Numbers from the George Malcolm Laws numbering system.

First series

The tune tracks are 6 with fiddle and piano, 9 bagpipes and track 15 accordion. All the other tracks are songs unaccompanied except track 5 accompanied by banjo and tracks 13 and 18 by banjo and fiddle.
Track 7 is a Morris dance tune with fiddle and vocals and track 25 is a dance tune on melodeons. All the remaining tracks are unaccompanied voice except track 9 accompanied by accordion, track 17 accompanied by fiddle and piano-accordion and track 21 accompanied by piano-accordion.

Track	Title	Artist	Instrument	Length
1	Herrings' Head	John Doughty		3:12
2	Burke's Engine	Tommy McGrath		3:38
3	Untitled Scottische	Scan Tester	concertina	2:07
4	You Canna Put It On to Sandy	Jimmy McBeath		2:28
5	Ladybower's/The Sister	Rose Murphy	fiddle	3:19
6	Three Sons of Rogues	George “Pop” Maynard		1:40
7	Young Bob Riley	Mary Ann Carolan		1:52
8	Uncle George's Hornpipe/Tommy Roberts’ Hornpipe	Bob Cann	melodeon	3:46
9	The Ball o’ Kerrimeer	John MacDonald		2:13
10	Widdlecombe Fair	Tom Brown		3:19
11	Oh, The Hampshires Do Like Duff	Sam Bond	mouth organ	1:02
12	A Nice Piece Of Irish Pig's Head	Maurice		2:19
13	Glendarel Highlanders/Kenmure's On and Awa’/Lovat Scouts/Monymusk	Curley McKay & Willie Kemp	piano accordion, vocals & trumpet	3:20
14	Clinking O'er The Lea	Maggie Murphy		3:18
15	The Derby Ram	Sid Steer		3:01
16	Old King Cole	Michael Gorman	with chorus	2:36
17	Live performance – Bampton Bill	Bampton Morris with Jinky Wells	fiddle & voice	2:36
18	Down the Road	Fred Jordan		3:42
19	The Rosin Box	John Reilly		1:47
20	The Stack of Barley	Ellen O’Dywer	concertina	1:28
21	Most Beautiful Leg of the Mallard	Henry Michelmore		3:02
22	The Keyhole in the Door	Jim Wilson	with chorus	3:02
23	The Blue Meadow	Paddy Breen	tin whistle	2:45
24	The VarsovianaThe Varsoviana	Ned Pearson	fiddle & vocals	2:44
25	The Old Sow	Albert Richardson		2:17
26	The Cod Fish	Nora Cleary		1:49
27	Stirling Militia/Ruthven House	Will & Ian Powrie	accordion & fiddle	3:09
28	Up to the Rigs of London Town	Charlie Wills		2:26
29	The Pigeon on the Gate	Jim & Seamus Donaghue	tin whistle & tambourine	2:05

Track	Title	Artist	Instrument	Length
1	Majuba Hill	John MacDonald	accordion	0:50
2	A Broadside	Bob Hart		2:27
3	The Wild Colonial Boy	Margaret Barry and Michael Gorman	accompanied by banjo & fiddle	2:49
4	The Wife of the Bold Tenant Farmer	Joe Heaney		3:04
5	MacPherson's Rant	Davie Stewart	accompanied by accordion	6:05
6	The Young Horseman	Martin Howley		2:16
7	The Haughs o' Cromdale	John MacDonald	accompanied by accordion	1:20
8	The Aghalee Heroes	Robert Cinnamond		2:32
9	Young Jimmy Foyers	Sheila Stewart		2:44
10	A Grand Conversation With Napoleon	Tom Costello		4:49
11	The Glen of Aherlow	Lucy Farr	fiddle	2:12
12	Creeping Jane	Joseph Taylor		3:02
13	Skibbereen	Freddy McKay		4:31
14	Bloody Waterloo	Willie Scott		4:08
15	Down in the Town of Old Bantry	Tommy McGrath		2:01
16	Boulavogue	Davie Stewart	accompanied by accordion	3:45
17	Bonaparte's Retreat	Bernard O'Sullivan & Tommy McMahon	concertinas	3:02
18	The Wind That Shakes the Barley	Sarah Makem		3:21
19	Hartlake Bridge	Jasper Smith		1:34
20	Morrissey and the Russian Sailor	Joe Heaney		3:49
21	The Bonny Bunch of Roses	Cyril Poacher		2:34
22	Calvery	May Bradley		2:26
23	Michael Power	Straighty Flanagan		4:15
24	The Bold Fenian Men	Margaret Barry	accompanied by banjo	4:13

Track	Title	Artist	Instrument	Length
1	Jenny Lind	Scan Tester & Rabbity Baxter	concertina & tambourine	1:59
2	The Flowers Of Edinburgh / Bobbing Around	Jinky Wells	fiddle & voice	3:10
3	The Yarmouth Breakdown	Percy Brown	melodeon	1:08
4	The Italian Waltz	Oscar Woods	melodeon	3:09
5	The Boscastle Breakdown	The Boscastle & Tintagel Players	concertinas, cello & stepping	1:21
6	Shepherd's Hey	Jack Hyde	mouth-organ	1:02
7	In And Out The Windows/ The Monkey Hornpipe	Scan Tester	concertina	3:08
8	Hands Across / The Four-Handed Reel	The Dorset Trio	fiddle, concertina & cello	2:18
9	Woodland Flowers / Uncle Jim's Barndance	Bob Cann	melodeon	4:07
10	Greensleeves/Napoleon's March	Stephen Baldwin	fiddle	2:51
11	Over The Waves / The Cuckoo Waltz	Jimmy Dixon & Ron Whatmore	mouth-organs	2:10
12	Old Mrs Cuddledee	Walter Bulwer	mandolin-banjo	0:53
13	The Egg Hornpipe / The Shipdham Hornpipe / The Sailor's Hornpipe	Walter Bulwer	fiddle	3:30
14	Untitled Polka	Scan Tester & Rabbity Baxter	concertina & tambourine	2:33
15	Johnny's So Long At The Fair	Arnold Woodley	fiddle	1:56
16	Over The Hills To Glory	Bill Kimber	concertina	2:18
17	Untitled Polka/Golden Slippers/Mick's Tune	Font Whatling	melodeon	2:41
18	The Irish Washerwoman / Garyowen / Rory O’More / St Patrick's Day	Billy Cooper	dulcimer	2:27
19	The Italian Schottische	The Dorset Trio	fiddle, melodeon & cello	2:00
20	The Gypsy Hornpipe. Untitled Schottische	Stephen Baldwin	fiddle	2:00
21	Untitled Schottische	Scan Tester & Daisy Sherlock	concertina & piano	1:57
22	The Veleta / The Heel And Toe Polka	Percy Brown	melodeon	3:53
23	The Earl Soham Slog. Harkie Nestling's	Fred Whiting	fiddle	4:13
24	The Manchester Hornpipe / Click Go The Shears	Ruth Askew & George Privett	melodeon & spoons	2:05
25	Sheep-Shearing. Untitled Polka	The Dorset Trio	fiddle, concertina & cello	3:18
26	Untitled Polka. Untitled Polka	Oscar Woods	melodeon	3:18
27	The Maid Of The Mill. Bacca Pipes / Jockey To The Fair.	Bertie Clark	fiddle	3:44
28	Nobody's Darling But Mine / Untitled/Quick- Step Medley	Jimmy Dixon & Ron Whatmore	mouth-organs	3:24
29	Live Performance on the streets of Minehead	The Sailors’ Hobby Horse	melodeon & two drums	1:51

Track	Title	Artist	Instrument	Length
1	Bonny Kate/Jenny's Chickens	Eddie Corcoran & Séamus Tansey	tin whistle & tambourine	1:58
2	The Herring	Mikeen McCarthy		3:59
3	The Old Jolly Booger	Jack Elliott	with chorus	2:34
4	MacKenzies's Highlanders/The Inverness Gathering	Willie Kemp & Curly MacKay	ocarina & piano accordion	3:25
5	The Leperchaun	Margaret Barry & Michael Gorman	banjo & fiddle	1:50
6	The Derby Miller	Jumbo Brightwell		2:33
7	Tell Her I Am/Teviot Brig	Will Atkinson	mouth organ	2:00
8	The Hungry Army	Walter Pardon		3:31
9	Hieland Rory	Jimmy McBeath		1:53
10	Old Joe, The Boat Is Going Over/Untitled Polka	Percy Brown	melodeon	3:26
10	The Pigeon on the Gate	Font Whatling & Wattie Wright	melodeon & step dancing	3:26
11	The Barley Grain	Austin Flanagan		5:56
12	The Heel and Toe Polka/The Morpeth Rant	Ned Pearson	fiddle	2:01
13	Sing ivy	Charlie Potter		1:22
14	I Am a Donkey Driver	Harry Upton		2:04
15	The Queen of the Fair/The lark in the Morning	Michael Grogan	accordion	3:03
16	The Ball O’ Kerriemeer	Willie Kemp & Curly MacKay	accompanied by piano accordion	3:18
17	The Pigeon at the Gate/The next Song in the Program	Albert Smith	jew’s harp & vocals	3:01
17	Tiddlewink Old Man	Jasper Smith		3:01
17	Derby Derby	Minty Smith		3:01
17	We are the Peckham Boys	Ray Driscoll		3:01
17	Yonder Comes the Devil	Joe Jones		3:01
17	Old Brown sat in the Rose and Crown	Albert Smith		3:01
17	Climbing Up My Old Apple Tree/St. Patrick's Dayjigs	Jasper Smith		3:01
18	Off to California/the Greencastle	Willy Taylor, Joe Hutton & Will Atkinson	fiddle, small pipes & mouth organ	3:12
19	Its Now’t to Do With Me Now	Martin Gorman		1:52
20	The Four-Hand Reel	Phil Tanner		2:34
21	Johnny McIndoe	Jimmy McBeath		2:26
22	Old John Wallis	Bob Brader		2:05
23	Ballydesmond/Knocknabowl	Julia Clifford	fiddle	2:23
24	I Wish There Was No Prisons	George Spicer		1:09
25	the Inverness Gathering/Dornoch Links	Donald Davison	mouth organ	3:27
26	I’m Going to be Mother Today	Johnny Doughty		1:42
27	A Parody	Unidentified & Margaret Barry	accompanied by banjo	4:07
28	the Soldier's Joy	Gargan's Athlone Accordion Band		3:10

Track	Title	Artist	Instrument	Length
1	The Nut Dance	The Britannia Coconut Dancers with The Nutters Band	Live Performance	4:59
2	Highland Mary	Jinky Wells	fiddle & voice	1:45
3	The Quaker	Bampton Morris	Live Performance	2:33
4	The Pace-Egging Song	Emma Vickers	voice	3:27
5	The Happy Wanderer	The Merrymakers	Live Performance	2:17
6	While Shepherds Were Watching Their Flocks By The Night	George Dunn	voice	2:52
7	By The Bright Silvery Light Of The Moon/Highland Fling	Wrenboys	Live Performance	2:38
8	Double Set Back	Bill Kimber	concertina	1:16
9	So Now We’ve Gained Our Victory/ The Quaker	Mummers	voice & melodeon	3:36
10	Dublin Fair/ The Boys Of Wexford/ Garryowen	Wapping Irish Flute & Drum Band & Guest Pipers	Live Performance	3:05
11	The Girl I Left Behind Me	Stephen Baldwin	fiddle	1:12
12	Live Performance	The Ripon Sword Dancers		3:20
13	Jockey To The Fair	Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers	Live Performance	2:14
14	The Wassail Song	Phil Tanner	voice	2:30
15	The Furry Dance	Helston Town Band	Live Performance	1:24
16	While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks By Night	Scan Tester	concertina	1:58
17	God Bless The Master Of This House	Frank Bond	voice	1:10
18	Where Does Father Christmas Go To?	Sam Bond	voice	2:34
19	Bobbing Around	Bampton Morris	Live Performance	2:26
20	Joe The Boat is Tipping Overtune	The Sailors’ Hobby Horse	Live Performance	2:28
21	The Waysailing Bowl	Billy Buckingham & Others	voices	2:45
22	The Great Little Army March	Widnes Star Novelty Band		2:53
23	Live Performance	Wassailers	voices	2:15
24	Cock O’The North	The Abbots Bromley Horn Dancers	Live Performance	1:42
25	The Garland Dance No.3	The Britannia Coconut Dancers with The Nutters Band	Live Performance	2:33
26	Live Performance	The Merrymakers	The Sash	3:26

Track	Title	Artist	Instrument	Length
1	While Gamekeepers Were Sleeping	Bob Roberts	voice	2:05
2	On Yonder Hill There Sits A Hare	Geordie Hanna	voice	2:02
3	The Irthing Water Hounds	Willie Scott	voice	4:22
4	The White Hare	Joseph Taylor	voice	2:25
5	Out With My Gun In The Morning	Jimmy Knights	voice	2:15
6	The Huntsman's Horn	Big John Maguire	voice	3:57
7	The Hungry Fox	Harry Burgess	voice	2:59
8	The Oakham Poachers	Wiggy Smith	voice	1:47
9	The Fox Hunt	Felix Doran	uilleann pipes & voice	3:16
10	Thornymoor Park	Jasper Smith	voice	1:16
11	The Fair Of Rosslea	Philip McDermott	voice	3:17
12	Williarn Taylor	Pop Maynard	voice	3:53
13	The Kielder Hunt	Willie Scott	voice	4:40
14	Hares In The Old Plantation	Wiggy Smith	voice	2:10
15	Champion He Was A Dandy	Jack Elliott	voice	3:14
16	The Reaping Of The Rushes Green	Philip McDermott	voice	4:59
17	Bold Keeper	Harry Brazil	voice	1:33
18	The House That Jack Built	Charlie Wills	voice	4:29
19	The Poachers’ Fate	Walter Pardon	voice	4:34
20	Killafole Boasters	Jimmy Halpin	voice	3:08
21	The Huntsman's Chorus	George Tremain	melodeon	2:50

Track	Title	Artist	Instrument	Length
1	Hexham Races / The Stool Of Repentance	Will Atkinson	mouth-organ	1:57
2	The Gilsland Hornpipe	Tom Hunter & Billy Ballantine	fiddle & piccolo	1:14
3	Untitled Hornpipe. Untitled	Ned Pearson	fiddle	1:58
4	Bonny North Tyne	Billy Ballantine	piccolo	1:57
5	The Braemar Gathering /J.D. Burgess	Willy Taylor	fiddle	2:27
6	The Friendly Visit / The Greencastle / The Lass On The Strand	Will Atkinson	mouth-organ	2:50
7	Christie MacLeod / The Gallowglass Rant / Charlie Hunter	Willy Taylor, Joe Hutton & Will Atkinson	fiddle, small pipes & mouth-organ	3:29
8	The Morpeth Rant	Jim Rutherford	fiddle	1:13
9	The Oyster Girl – 1st Figure/The Lass Of Dallowgill – 2nd Figure.	Arthur Marshall & The Loftus Sword Dancers	melodeon	4:04
10	Willy Taylor's Polka/There's Nae Good Luck	Willy Taylor	fiddle	2:03
11	The Pop Along Polka	Willy Taylor	accordion	1:18
12	Mrs. Jamieson's Favourite / Parnell's March	Willy Taylor, Joe Hutton & Will Atkinson	fiddle, small pipes & mouth-organ	4:33
13	The Polka Mazurka/Paddle Your Own Canoe	Ned Pearson	fiddle	1:59
14	Farewell To The Creeks	Will Atkinson	mouth-organ	2:16
15	Tom Hepple's Polka. The Tow House Polka	Adam Gray	fiddle	3:13
16	The Wild Rover / Copshawholm Fair / Yon Flowery Garden	Rob Forrester with Alf Adamson's Band	mouth-organ	2:31
17	J.B.Milne / The New High Level	Will Atkinson	mouth-organ	3:11
18	The Tenpenny Bit / The Rakes Of Kildare / I Lost My Love And I Care Not./Untitled Reel	Davie Rogerson	fiddle	3:24
19	Rosalie, The Prairie Flower. My Lodging / Blow The Wind Southerly	Billy Ballantine & Jimmy Hunter	piccolo & mouth-organ	2:45
20	Corn-Rigs/Untitled Jig For The Sylph 1/Untitled Jig For The Sylph 2	Ned Pearson	fiddle	2:48
21	Longueval	Will Atkinson	mouth-organ	2:20
22	The Kielder Schottische	Jake Hutton, Tom Hunter & Billy Ballantine	two fiddles & piccolo	1:38
23	The Sylph/Proudlock's Hornpipe	Billy Ballantine	piccolo	2:15
24	The Highland Laddie/The Pin Reel/The Cambo March	Ned Pearson	fiddle	3:36
25	A.M.Shinnie / The Hogmaney Jig / Elizabeth Adair	Will Atkinson	mouth-organ	4:00
26	Untitled Hornpipe. The Swallow's Tail	Davie Rogerson	fiddle	1:52
27	The Ideal Schottische	The Cheviot Ranters	band	4:07
28	Kelso Accordion And Fiddle Club / Linda McFarlane / The Scairlaveg	Willy Taylor, Joe Hutton & Will Atkinson	fiddle, small pipes & mouth-organ	4:33

Track	Title	Artist	Instrument	Length
1	The Overgate	Belle Stewart	voice	3:16
2	The Wee Weaver	Paddy Tunney	voice	1:49
3	We Shepherds Are The Best of Men	The Belhavel Trio	fiddle, uilleann pipes & accordion	3:03
5	The Flies Are on the Tummits	Ted Laurence	voice	2:02
6	Come All You Tramps and Hawkers	Jimmy MacBeath	voice	3:37
7	Muddley Barracks	Jumbo Brightwell	voice	2:21
8	The Shepherd's Song	Willie Scott	voice	4:19
9	In The Bar-Room	Jack Elliott	voice with chorus	2:22
10	An Spailpin Finach	Sean Mac Donnchadna	voice	2:10
11	Come To The Hiring	Jamesy McCarthy	voice	2:30
12	The Wandering Shepherd Laddie	John MacDonald	voice & accordion	1:22
13	There Was A Poor Thresherman	Harry Holman	voice	1:45
14	The Neatly Thatched Cabin	Big John Maguire	voice	2:10
15	The Banks Of The Dee	Jack Elliott	voice with chorus	2:34
16	My Father's A Hedger And Ditcher	Mary Ann Carolan	voice	1:08
17	Ground For The Floor	Pop Maynard	voice	4:51
18	Airlin's Fine Braes	Jimmy MacBeath	voice	2:05
19	The Little Ball Of Yarn	Mary Ann Haynes	voice	2:14
20	To Reap And Mow The Hay	Paddy & Jimmy Halpin	voices	5:21
21	The Roaming Journeyman	Tom Willett	voice	1:53
22	When The Kye Comes Hame	Willie Scott	voice	4:13
23	The Berry Fields O’Blair	Belle Stewart	voice	2:31

The Voice of the People – A Selection from the Series of Anthologies

This album released in 1998 contains one track from each of the first twenty volumes of the series.

Track	Title/Original Album	Artist	Instrument	Length
1	When a Man's in Love He Feels No Cold	Paddy Tunney		3.32
	Volume 1: Come Let us Buy the Licence - Songs of Courtship & Marriage	Volume 1: Come Let us Buy the Licence - Songs of Courtship & Marriage	Volume 1: Come Let us Buy the Licence - Songs of Courtship & Marriage
2	In Scarborough Town	Sam Larner		4:07
	Volume 2: My Ship Shall Sail the Ocean - Songs of Tempest & Sea Battles, Sailor Lads & Fishermen	Volume 2: My Ship Shall Sail the Ocean - Songs of Tempest & Sea Battles, Sailor Lads & Fishermen	Volume 2: My Ship Shall Sail the Ocean - Songs of Tempest & Sea Battles, Sailor Lads & Fishermen
3	The Two Brothers	Belle Stewart		4:02
	Volume 3: O’er His Grave the grass Grew Green - Tragic Ballads	Volume 3: O’er His Grave the grass Grew Green - Tragic Ballads	Volume 3: O’er His Grave the grass Grew Green - Tragic Ballads
4	Farewell, My Own Dear Native Land	Margaret Barry & Michael Gorman	banjo & fiddle	2:46
	Volume 4: Farewell, My Own Dear Native Land - Songs of Exile & Emigration	Volume 4: Farewell, My Own Dear Native Land - Songs of Exile & Emigration	Volume 4: Farewell, My Own Dear Native Land - Songs of Exile & Emigration
5	The Rocks Of Bawn	Joe Heaney		3:46
	Volume 5: Come All My Lads That Follow the Plough - The lLfe of Rural Working Men & Women	Volume 5: Come All My Lads That Follow the Plough - The lLfe of Rural Working Men & Women	Volume 5: Come All My Lads That Follow the Plough - The lLfe of Rural Working Men & Women
6	Bold William Taylor	Joseph Taylor		3:47
	Volume 6: Tonight I'll Make You My Bride - Ballads of True & False Lovers	Volume 6: Tonight I'll Make You My Bride - Ballads of True & False Lovers	Volume 6: Tonight I'll Make You My Bride - Ballads of True & False Lovers
7	Up to the Rigs of London Town	Charlie Wills		2:26
	Volume 7: First I'm Going To Sing You a Ditty - Rural Fun & Frolics	Volume 7: First I'm Going To Sing You a Ditty - Rural Fun & Frolics	Volume 7: First I'm Going To Sing You a Ditty - Rural Fun & Frolics
8	The Wind That Shakes the Barley	Sarah Makem		3:21
	Volume 8: A Story I'm Just About To Tell - Local Events & National Issues	Volume 8: A Story I'm Just About To Tell - Local Events & National Issues	Volume 8: A Story I'm Just About To Tell - Local Events & National Issues
9	Untitled Polka	Scan Tester & Rabbity Baxter	concertina & tambourine	2:33
	Volume 9: Rig-A-Jig-Jig – Dance Music of the South of England	Volume 9: Rig-A-Jig-Jig – Dance Music of the South of England	Volume 9: Rig-A-Jig-Jig – Dance Music of the South of England
10	The Seeds of Love	George 'Pop' Maynard		3:54
	Volume 10: Who's That at my Bedroom Window? - Songs of Love & Amorous Encounters	Volume 10: Who's That at my Bedroom Window? - Songs of Love & Amorous Encounters	Volume 10: Who's That at my Bedroom Window? - Songs of Love & Amorous Encounters
11	The Tan Yard Side	Phoebe Smith		2:19
	Volume 11: My Father's the King of the Gypsies – English & Welsh Travellers & Gypsies	Volume 11: My Father's the King of the Gypsies – English & Welsh Travellers & Gypsies	Volume 11: My Father's the King of the Gypsies – English & Welsh Travellers & Gypsies
12	Just as the Tide was A-flowing	Harry Cox		3:24
	Volume 12: We've Received Orders to Sail – Jack Tar at Sea & on Shore	Volume 12: We've Received Orders to Sail – Jack Tar at Sea & on Shore	Volume 12: We've Received Orders to Sail – Jack Tar at Sea & on Shore
13	I'm Often Drunk and Seldom Sober	Davie Stewart		3:21
	Volume 13: They Ordered Their Pints of Beer & Bottle of Sherry – The Joys & Curse of Drink	Volume 13: They Ordered Their Pints of Beer & Bottle of Sherry – The Joys & Curse of Drink	Volume 13: They Ordered Their Pints of Beer & Bottle of Sherry – The Joys & Curse of Drink
14	The Four-Hand Reel	Phil Tanner		2:34
	Volume 14: Troubles They Are But Few – Dance Tunes & Ditties	Volume 14: Troubles They Are But Few – Dance Tunes & Ditties	Volume 14: Troubles They Are But Few – Dance Tunes & Ditties
15	I'm a Stranger in This Country	Jimmy McBeath		2:32
	Volume 15: As Me and My Love Sat Courting – Songs of Love, Courtship & Marriage	Volume 15: As Me and My Love Sat Courting – Songs of Love, Courtship & Marriage	Volume 15: As Me and My Love Sat Courting – Songs of Love, Courtship & Marriage
16	Joe The Boat is Tipping Over	The Sailors’ Hobby Horse	Live Performance	2:28
	Volume 16: You Lazy Lot of Boneshakers – Songs & Dance Tunes of Seasonal Events	Volume 16: You Lazy Lot of Boneshakers – Songs & Dance Tunes of Seasonal Events	Volume 16: You Lazy Lot of Boneshakers – Songs & Dance Tunes of Seasonal Events
17	The Gypsy Laddies	Jeannie Robertson		6:08
	Volume 17: It Fell on a Day, a Bonny Summer Day - Ballads	Volume 17: It Fell on a Day, a Bonny Summer Day - Ballads	Volume 17: It Fell on a Day, a Bonny Summer Day - Ballads
18	The Poachers’ Fate	Walter Pardon		4:34
	Volume 18: To Catch a Fine Buck Was My Delight – Songs of Hunting & Poaching	Volume 18: To Catch a Fine Buck Was My Delight – Songs of Hunting & Poaching	Volume 18: To Catch a Fine Buck Was My Delight – Songs of Hunting & Poaching
19	Hexham Races / The Stool Of Repentance	Will Atkinson	mouth-organ	1:57
	Volume 19 Ranting & Reeling – Dance Music of the North of England	Volume 19 Ranting & Reeling – Dance Music of the North of England	Volume 19 Ranting & Reeling – Dance Music of the North of England
20	We Shepherds Are The Best of Men	Fred Jordan		3:05
	Volume 20: There is a Man Upon the Farm – Working Men & Women in Song	Volume 20: There is a Man Upon the Farm – Working Men & Women in Song	Volume 20: There is a Man Upon the Farm – Working Men & Women in Song

Second series

Selected by Steve Roud.
All the tracks are sung by Sarah Makem and selected by Rod Stradling from recordings made in the 1950s and 1960s.

Third series

A selection of Dance Music in Northumberland and Cumberland

Track	Title	Tune Type	Artist	Instrument	Length
1	The Soldier's Joy	Country Dance	Ned Pearson	Fiddle	1:12
2	The Ribbon Country Dance	Country Dance	Ned Pearson	Fiddle	1:06
3	We All Go A-hunting Today	Waltz	Ned Pearson	Fiddle	1:05
4	Ned's father's Strathspey	Strathspey	Ned Pearson	Fiddle	1:00
5	The Ladies’ Hornpipe	Hornpipe	Ned Pearson	Fiddle	0:48
6	Barbara Bell	Country Dance	Ned Pearson	Fiddle	0:59
7	The Coquet Reel	Reel	Billy Ballantine	Piccolo	0:51
8	The Lads of North Tyne	Hornpipe	Billy Ballantine	Piccolo	1:35
9	The Mosstroopers Polka	Polka	Billy Ballantine	Piccolo	1:43
10	The Wild Hills of Wannies	Waltz	Billy Ballantine	Piccolo	1:08
11	My Love She's But A Lassie Yet		Bob Clark	Jews Harp	0:39
12	The Clinch Polka	Polka	George Taylor	Melodeon	0:40
13	The Clinch Polka	Polka	Bob Clarke & George Taylor	Jew's Harp and Melodeon	1:17
14	George Foreman's Hornpipe	Hornpipe	Geordie Armstrong	Fiddle	1:21
15	The Sylph	Country Dance	Geordie Armstrong	Fiddle	1:01
16	Highland Laddie	Country Dance	Geordie Armstrong	Fiddle	1:08
17	The Keel Row	Country Dance	Geordie Armstrong	Fiddle	0:40
18	The Heel and Toe Polka: Duncan Gray	Polka	Geordie Armstrong	Fiddle	0:52
19	Proudlock's Hornpipe	Hornpipe	Geordie Armstrong	Fiddle	1:23
20	Patrick Conroy's March	March	Billy Conroy	Tin Whistle	1:44
21	Patrick Conroy's Waltz No. 1	Waltz	Billy Conroy	Tin Whistle	0:57
22	Patrick Conroy's Waltz No. 2	Waltz	Billy Conroy	Tin Whistle	0:43
23	The Rollicking Irishman	Jig	Billy Conroy	Tin Whistle	0:38
24	Corn Riggs	Country Dance	Jake Hutton	Fiddle	1:00
25	Jake Hutton's Strathspey	Strathspey	Jake Hutton	Fiddle	1:04
26	Durham Rangers / The Rights of Man	Hornpipe	Tom Hunter	Fiddle	1:14
27	Circassian Circle: Good Humour		Billy Ballantine	Piccolo	1:10
28	The Time for Step-dancing		Billy Ballantine	Piccolo	1:00
29	Russian Ballet		Billy Ballantine	Piccolo	0:32
30	Nancy		Geordie Armstrong	Fiddle	1:12
31	Drops of Brandy	Country Dance	Geordie Armstrong	Fiddle	0:53
32	The Maltese Schottische	Scottische	Geordie Armstrong	Fiddle	0:45
33	Roxburgh Castle	Country Dance	Geordie Armstrong	Fiddle	1:09
34	The Lancers, figure 1		Billy Ballantine	Piccolo	0:42
35	The Lancers, figure 2		Billy Ballantine	Piccolo	1:30
36	The Lancers, figure 3		Billy Ballantine	Piccolo	1:18
37	The Lancers, figure 4		Billy Ballantine	Piccolo	0:55
38	The Lancers, figure 5		Billy Ballantine	Piccolo	1:54
39	The Last Figure of the Lancers		Billy Ballantine	Piccolo	1:24
40	The West End	Hornpipe	Jim Rutherford	Fiddle	1:11
41	Corn Rigs	Country Dance	Jim Rutherford	Fiddle	0:46
42	The Garden House	Polka	Jim Rutherford	Fiddle	1:14
43	Louden's Bonny Woods and Braes	Scottische	Jim Rutherford	Fiddle	0:54
44	The Gilsland Hornpipe	Hornpipe	Willy Taylor	Melodeon	0:39
45	Peter Robson's Polka	Polka	Willy Taylor	Fiddle	1:09
46	The Roman Wall	Jig	Adam Gray	Fiddle	1:07
47	Billy's Father's Polka	Polka	Billy Ballantine	Piccolo	0:58
48	The Circassian Circle: The Whinshields Hornpipe	Hornpipe	Billy Ballantine	Piccolo	0:53
49	The Circassian Circle: Whinham's Reel	Reel	Billy Ballantine	Piccolo	1:04
50	The Triumph	Country Dance	Geordie Taylor	Fiddle	0:29
51	Corn Rigs	Country Dance	Geordie Taylor	Fiddle	0:31
52	The Ribbon Dance	Country Dance	Geordie Taylor	Fiddle	0:26
53	Cock Your Leg Up		Geordie Taylor	Fiddle	0:39
54	The Self	Country Dance	Geordie Taylor	Fiddle	0:40
55	The Circassian Circle – first figure		Geordie Taylor	Fiddle	0:36
56	The Circassian Circle – second figure		Geordie Taylor	Fiddle	0:20
57	Roxburgh Castle	Country Dance	Jimmy Hunter	Mouth Organ	0:38
58	Caddam Woods		Jimmy Hunter	Mouth Organ	1:15
59	Jack Heron's Waltz	Waltz	Jimmy Hunter	Mouth Organ	0:53
60	The Circassian Circle		Jimmy Hunter	Mouth Organ	1:40

The album consists of a CD and a DVD of recordings made by Peter Kennedy in Suffolk during the 1950s and selected by Reg Hall.
The film on the DVD has also been issued on the BFI DVD "Here’s a Health to the Barley Mow". The filming took place mainly on 19 November with some additional shots and part of The Nutting Girl on 10 December 1955 in the Ship Inn, Blaxhall.
The album consists of three CDs recorded by Peter Kennedy and Sean O’Boyle in 1952 and 1953.
CD1
The CD contains a mixture of dance tunes and songs from the two counties, Fermanagh and Donegal

Track	Title	Artist	Instrument	Length
1	Lough Erne Shore	Paddy Tunney	voice	2:04
2	The Mountain Streams Where The Moorcocks Crow	Brigid Tunney	voice	3:54
3	Untitled Polka	Joe Tunney	accordion	1:04
4	Pat Hart's	Joe Tunney	accordion	1:06
5	Miss Monaghan / The Gree Mountain / The Scholar	Joe Tunney	accordion	0:38
6	My Charming Buachall Roe	Annie Lunny	voice	1:54
7	Deartháirin ó mo Chroi	Annie Lunny	voice	2:36
8	Bundle and Go	John Doherty	fiddle & voice	0:43
9	Miss McLeod's Reel	John Doherty	fiddle & voice	1:14
10	Gusty's Frolics	John Doherty	fiddle & voice	1:15
11	Moorlough Mary	John Doherty	fiddle & voice	4:27
12	Marry When You’re Young	John Doherty	fiddle & voice	1:06
13	Boney Crossing the Alps	John Doherty	fiddle & voice	1:10
14	The Last Figure of The Lancers	John Doherty	fiddle & voice	0:58
15	The Rollicking Boys Around Tandragee	Mick Gallagher	voice	2:25
16	Buachaillin Donn	Maureen Melly	voice	2:04
17	Paddy Shinaghan's Cow	Maureen Melly	voice	1:32
18	Farewell Green Erin	Maureen Melly	voice	1:04
19	The Blackbird	Paddy Tunney	voice	3:39
20	The Loughanure Tune	Neilidh Boyle	fiddle & voice	2:25
21	Seán sa Cheo	Neilidh Boyle	fiddle & voice	1:32
22	Pleoid ar an Fharraige is i átá Morl	Neilidh Boyle	fiddle & voice	1:51
23	Sráid na mBúrcach	Neilidh Boyle	fiddle & voice	1:21
24	An Seanduine Dóite	Sheila Gallagher	voice	1:54
25	In Aimsir Bhaint an Fhéir	Sheila Gallagher	voice	0:34
26	The Wearing of the Britches	Pat Bell Keown	voice	2:08
27	The Blackbird of Avondale	Maureen Melly	voice	2:13
28	My Dark Slender Boy	Maureen Melly	voice	1:20
29	Bonnie Kate	Simie Doherty	fiddle	0:53
30	Cuffe Street	Simie Doherty	fiddle	0:39
31	The Pigeon on the Gate	Simie Doherty	fiddle	1:11
32	The Tullaghan Lasses	Simie Doherty	fiddle	0:57
33	Mooney's Favourite	Simie Doherty	fiddle	0:58
34	The Heathery Hills	Brigid Tunney	voice	3:07
35	The Soldier and the Sailor	Brigid Tunney	voice	1:22
36	Wee Paddy Molloy	Brigid Tunney	voice	1:33
37	The Atlantic Roar	John Doherty	fiddle & voice	1:07
38	Rocking The Cradle	John Doherty	fiddle & voice	3:26

CD2 Dance Music

Track	Title	Artist	Instrument	Length
1	The Basket of Oysters / Jackson's Rum Punch	Johnny Pickering	fiddle	1:44
2	Green Grow The Laurels O / Love, Will You Marry Me	Johnny Pickering, Jimmy Pickering, Unidentified	fiddle, accordion & lilting	1:24
3	Biddy The Bowl Wife / I Lost My Love & I Care Not/ King of the Cannibal Islands	McCusker Brothers Ceili Band		3:10
4	Untitled / Untitled / Jenny Lind	McCusker Brothers Ceili Band		3:19
5	The First of May	Vincent & John McCusker	fiddles	1:03
6	3 untitled mazurkas	Vincent & John McCusker	fiddles	1:36
7	Monymusk / Kafoozalum / Maggie Pickens	McCusker Brothers Ceili Band		3:10
8	Tatter Jack Walsh	Vincent & John McCusker	fiddles	1:00
9	The Princess Royal	Vincent & John McCusker	fiddles	1:00
10	The Man from Newry / The Barndance	McCusker Brothers Ceili Band		3:10
11	Jockey to the Fair	Vincent, John & Benignus McCusker	fiddles and accordion	2:05
12	The Orange Rogue	John McCusker	fiddle	1:53
13	McKenna's / The Tinker's Apron / The Antrim	McCusker Brothers Ceili Band		3:16
14	The Sweets of May	McCusker Brothers Ceili Band		3:17
15	The Gosson that Beat his Father	John Maguire	tin whistle	1:13
16	The First House In Connaught	John Maguire	tin whistle	1:21
17	Lovely Nancy	John Maguire	tin whistle	1:09
18	The Maid of the House	John Maguire	tin whistle	1:11
19	The Boys of Leefive	John Maguire	tin whistle	1:20
20	The Cuckoo's Nest	John Maguire	tin whistle	1:21
21	All The Way To Galway	Paddy McLuskey	fiddle	0:41
22	Napoleon Crossing the Alps	Paddy McLuskey	fiddle	0:59
23	The Cuckoo's Nest	Paddy McLuskey	fiddle	0:52
24	The Ewe with the Crooked Horn	Paddy McLuskey	fiddle	1:06
25	Coming Home from Reilly's Party	Danny McNiff	flute	1:22
26	The Clap Dance / The Soldier's Joy	Eddie Moor	fiddle	1:02
27	Unidentified / Monymusk	Philip Breen	fiddle	1:41
28	Woodland Whispers	Philip Breen	fiddle	1:00
29	The Flax In Bloom / The Dairymaid / The Galway Rambler	Philip Breen	fiddle	3:09
30	The Sailor's Bonnet / Kiss The Bride / Roaring Mary	Sean Maguire, Liam Donnelly, Tom Turkington, Bill Montgomery & John Maguire	fiddles & tin whistle	3:05
31	The Flax In Bloom / The Millstone / The Dairymaid	Sean Maguire & Bill Montgomery	fiddles	4:28

CD3 recordings made of the Travelling People
All the tracks are unaccompanied voice including the hornpipe.

Track

Title

Artist

Length

Instrumentalists

Group	Artist	Instrument	track
	John Fraser	fiddle
	Peter Pratt	tin whistle	tracks 12 – 16
		fiddle	tracks 29-31
	Bill Greave	fiddle
	William Clyne	guitar
	Tom Thomson	fiddle
	Jim Leslie	piano-accordion
	Ronnie Aim	fiddle
	John Burgess	fiddle
	Mary Ormand	fiddle
	Billy and Jimmy Meil	fiddles
The Garson Trio	Jimmy Garson	fiddle
	Iris Nicholson	Piano-accordion
	John Nicholson	guitar
The Orkney Strathsey and Reel Society	Ronny Aim	fiddle
		Several fiddles
		possibly piano-accordion	Track 25
		Piano
		Guitars
The Anderson Brothers Band	Jim and George Robson	Fiddles
	Alan, Robin and Jim Anderson	Piano-accordions

Track	Title	Artist	Length
1	The Greeny Hill March	The Garson Trio	1:18
2	King William's March	The Garson Trio	2:03
3	The Garson Trio	The Victoria Waltz	3:31
4	Napoleon Crossing The Rhine	John Fraser	1:05
5	Rory O’More	John Fraser	0:32
6	The Foursome Reel	John Fraser	1:07
7	Two Wedding Marches	John Fraser	2:45
8	Scapa Flow	The Anderson Brothers’ Band	1:08
9	Untitled Waltz	Billy & Jimmy Mell	1:26
10	Byrne's / The Elk's Festival	The Orkney Strathspey & Reel Society	1:42
11	Untitled / Untitled	The Orkney Strathspey & Reel Society	2:21
12	Two Quadrille Tunes	Peter Pratt	1:11
13	Miss Brown's Horning	Peter Pratt	0:43
14	The Morning Star	Peter Pratt	0:45
15	Kitty My Navel	Peter Pratt	0:39
16	Paddy Carter	Peter Pratt	1:37
17	Bob Johnstone's Strathspey & Reel	Bill Grieve & William Clyne	1:39
18	Deerness Quadrille Tune	Tom Thomson & William Clyne	1:08
19	The Venus Polka	The Garson Trio	1:28
20	Off She Goes / Dumfries House / Unidentified	The Garson Trio	1:37
21	The Red House	Jim Leslie	0:45
22	The House On The Hill	Jim Leslie	1:05
23	The Glimps Holm March	Ronnie Aim & William Clyne	1:28
24	Untitled March	Ronnie Aim	0:43
25	The Grand March	The Orkney Strathspey & Reel Society	2:32
26	Smith's A Gallant Fireman	John Burgess, Mary Ormand & Tom Thomson	0:42
27	Unidentified / Patience Quadrille	John Burgess, Mary Ormand & Tom Thomson	1:29
28	The Grand March	John Burgess, Mary Ormand, Tom Thomson & Jimmy Laird	1:18
29	Archie o’ Lamb Holm /Unidentified	Peter Pratt	2:00
30	The Bride's Reel	Peter Pratt	0:50
31	Tune for the quadrille	Peter Pratt	1:02
32	The Monymusk / The Iron Man	The Garson Trio	1:40
33	The House of Skene / The Four Stringer / MacDonald Black	The Garson Trio	4:37

Fourth Series

On 16 March 2016 Topic Records issued 2 more albums in the series to commemorate the traditional music of the 'London-Irish'. These two albums were compiled by Reg Hall. Both albums consist of 3 CDs and contain collections or rare recordings from Topic Records own archive, the Peter Kennedy archive in the British Library and many private collections. The albums are
It was mighty - The early days of Irish Music in London
It was great altogether - The continuing Tradition of Irish Music in London.

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