Various Artists - Folk Songs Of Britain Vol 1 [Songs Of Courtship]

A collection of love songs recorded in the field with Traditional Folk singers in Scotland, Ireland and England. These songs which would have been lost by now where lovingly collected and edited by Peter Kennedy and Alan Lomax, assisted by Shirley Collins. Included among the famous names here are many unknowns equally dedicated to their craft.....enjoy

Bonnie Kate - Agnes Whyte, Ballinakill, Co. Galway [fiddle]

Magpie's Nest - Jane Kelly, Keady, Co. Armagh

I’m a Young Bonnie Lassie - Blanche Wood, Portknockie, Banff

Dame Durden - Bob and Ron Copper, Rottingdean, Sussex

No John, No - Bob and Ron Copper, Rottingdean, Sussex

The Sweet Primroses - Bob and Ron Copper, Rottingdean, Sussex

The False Bride - Bob Copper, Rottingdean, Sussex

Bogie's Bonnie Belle - Davie Stewart, Dundee

Shule Aroon - Elizabeth Cronin, Macroom, Co. Cork

Aileen Duinn - Flora McNeill, Barra, Outer Hebrides

Our Wedding Day - Francis McPeake, Belfast [w/ uilleann pipes]

The False Young Man - Frank and Francis McPeake, Belfast [w/ uilleann pipes]

Green Grow the Laurels - Jeannie Robertson, Aberdeen

Old Grey Beard Newly Shaven - Jeannie Robertson, Aberdeen

My Darling Ploughman Boy - Jimmy McBeath, Elgin, Moray

Casadh an tSugain - Maire O’Sullivan, Ballylickey, Co. Cork

The Girl was Smart for the Fiddler - Michael Doherty, Co. Donegal [w/ fiddle]

The Coolin - Paddy Taylor, Foynes, Co. Limerick [flute]

By The River Of Gems [Cois Abhainn Na Se] - Máire Ni Cheocháin, Coolea, Co. Cork

The Mountain Streams Where the Moorcocks Crow - Paddy Tunney, Beleek, Co. Fermanagh

When a Man’s in Love - Paddy Tunney, Beleek, Co. Fermanagh

As I Roved Out - Séamus Ennis, Dublin

The Brown Thorn - Séamus Ennis, Dublin [uilleann pipes]

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Various Artists - Folk Songs Of Britain Vol 1 [Songs Of Courtship]