A.L. Lloyd - England and Her Traditional Songs [CD]

Nineteen grand old songs with traceable histories dating back as far as the fifteenth century. The songs are sung here by A. L. Lloyd, whose wide experience of life helped him keep the songs in context - as songs of the folk, not arty-farty flounces. Lloyd recorded these songs in 1960, with Alf Edwards accompanying some tracks on English concertina. The songs words are from the Penguin Book Of English Folk Songs. Excellent recording quality, informative sleeve notes, and Lloyd’s tuneful but not too cultured voice make this a disc to treasure.

The Devil And The Ploughman; The False Bride; A Sailor’s Life; Rounding The Horn; Sailisbury Plain; One Night As I Lay On My Bed; George Collins; Gaol Song; The Whale-Catchers; The Trees They Grow So High; Ye Mar’ners All; Six Dukes Went A-Fishing; The Grey Cock; The Sailor From Dover; Lovely Joan; Geordie; The Gentleman Soldier; The Outlandish Knight; The Broomfield Hill.