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John Wilson

TRACK LIST and LINKS

A version of "Long A-growing" where the young man survives I couldn't resist this melody! Resident group chorus fodder in early folk clubs; here a cheerful little ballad From Colm O'Lochlain's 'Irish Street Ballads' (1939) The perils of the Atlantic off New York A treat of a surprise in store (from the poem 'First Sight') A love song for the West coast of Scotland A leap of faith A leap into legend. See lyrics page and More About Willance Ancient mines in wild places (from the poem 'Ghosts') Recorded at Robin Hood's Bay Folk Club Published 1821, Newcastle, as "Collected by Josiah Shufflebotham." From the singing of Nic Jones The great tragic ballad written in 1809 by Glasgow poet Thomas Campbell Kavanagh's words set by the writer to an earlier melody

Lady Mary Ann The Young Highland Rover Lizzie Lindsay It was Early Early all in the Spring Get Her in to Shore Lambs that Learn to Walk in Snow Sandwood down to Kyle Icarus Robert Willance Remember Dear Bushes and Briars The Snows they Melt the Soonest Green Mossy Banks of the Lee Lord Ullin's Daughter Raglan Road

Robert Burns Robert Burns Trad/R.Burns/R.Allan Trad/Colm O'Lochlain Larry Kaplan Philip Larkin /John Wilson Dave Goulder Anne Lister John Wilson Robert Service /John Wilson Traditional Attr to Thomas Doubleday Traditional Thomas Campbell /John Wilson Patrick Kavanah

A selection of these tracks can be played from the Leap Year CD page.

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