The Singers

1. 1. Veronica Lowe
   2. Ivor Keates …………………… From Blackthorn Buskers
   3. Tricia Davies
   4. Bill Taylor…………………………From ReBil
   5. John Clark ( Farmer John from Fairford)
   6. Barry Watkins
   7. Ken Langsbury
   8. Andy Cambell
   9. .Roger Grimes
   10. Thomas  Owen
   11. Richard Booth
   12. Hugh Tarran

 

The Songs

• The King (Joy, Health Etc.  (1)(U)
• Modern Homeless Wassail (2)(U)
• The Old Year Now Away Is Fled, (Tune: Greensleeves) (3)(U)
• Dimming Of The Day (4)(G)
• Dorset Is Beautiful (5)(G)
• I Am My Own Grandpa (6)(Poem)
• My Bath Night, (7)(U)
• Let No Mermaids Flirt With Me (8)(G)
• The Lovely Irish Maiden (9)(U)
• Nailers’ Row, (By Colin Pitts) (10)(B)
• Gloucester Wassail (11)(U)
• Rothsay-O (1)(U)
• Rocks Of Bawn (12)(U)
• Poverty Knock (2)(U)
• Down In Yon Forest (3)(U)
• Peggy Gordon (4)(G)
• Five Foot Flirt, (Crow, Crow, Crow,) (5)(G)
• Brain In Neutral (6)(Poem)
• The Miner’s Dream Of Home (7)(U)
• Born At The Right Time (8)(G)
• The Month Of January (9)(U)
• Spanish Ladies (10)(B)
• Ramble Away (11)(U)
• Galway Shawl (12)(U)
• Brockweir Wassail (1)(U)
• Byker Hill (2)(U)
• The End Of Me Old Cigar (3)(U)
• Leaving On A Jet Plane (4)(G)
• O What A Beauty! (5)(G)
• Carol Singing (7)(Mono)
• The First Cut Is The Deepest (8)(G)
• Hunting The Wren, (Green Bushes Tune) (9)(U)
• Babylon Is Fallen (10)(B)
• The Hungry Child (11)(U)
• Here’s A Health To The Company (12)(U)

The Singers

1. Will Craswell ………..From Blackthorn Buskers & Western Stars
2. Karl Jennings
3. Rebecca Kay…………………………From Rebil
4. Bill Taylor…………………………….From Rebil
5. Tricia Davies
6. Chris Stiling.    \
7. Tom Jurgens      \………………….None The Wiser
8. Veronica Lowe
9. Ivor Keates ………….. From Blackthorn Buskers
10. Thomas Owen
11. Pete Meek (Jethro)
12. Rod Livings
13. Richard Whitehouse
14. Richard Booth
15. Eden Tanner
16. Roger Grimes
17. Ken Langsbury

 

The Songs

• Come On You Lucky Gentleman (1)(U)
• Go Kill A Wren (Own Song)(2)(Man)
• A Fairytale Of New York (3/4)(G/C)
• Santa Never Brings Me A Banjo (3/4)(G/Man)
• The Little Holly Tree (5)(U)
• I Was Wrong (Own Song)(6/7)(G)
• No One Said It Was Easy (Own Song)(6/7)(G)
• I Wonder As I Wander (8)(G)
• The Horn Of The Hunter (9)(U)
• God Rest You Merry Gentlemen (10)(B)
• Moonshadow (11)(Uke)
• The Holly Bears A Berry (12)(U)
• The Shoals Of Herring (13)(G)
• The Snow It Melts The Soonest (14)(U)
• The Year Comes Around (15)(U)
• Christmas Is Now Drawing Near At Hand (16)(U)
• Cherry Tree Carol (17)(U)
• Christmas Brings Us Mamas Plays (Own Song)(1)U)
• King Of The Woods (Own Song)(2)(Man)
• Miners Dream Of Home (3)(C)
• There Are No Lights On My Christmas Tree (4)(G)
• The Bitter Withy (5)(U)
• Give It Time (Own Song)(6/7)(G)
• Back To The Real World (Own Song)(6/7)(G)
• Gaudete (8)(U)
• The Greenland Whale Fisheries (9)(C)
• Good King Wenceslas (10)(B)
• Away In A Manger (12bar Version)(11)(Uke)
• Sleep Holy Babe (12)(U)
• Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right (13)(G)
• Homeboys Home (14)(U)
• The Old Beagle Inn (15)(U)
• The Boars Head Carol (16)(U)
• The Cherry Tree (17)(Mono)

The Singers

1. Robin Burton……….. From Swing Rioters
2. Gilly Elkins
3. Pete Meek (Jethro)
4. Veronica Lowe
5. Chris Stiling.    \
6. Tom Jurgens      \………………….None The Wiser
7. Richard Whitehouse
8. Rebecca Kay…………………………From Rebil
9. Bill Taylor…………………………….From Rebil
10. Rod Livings
11. Eden Tanner
12. John Hodgson
13. Richard Booth
14. Ken Langsbury
15. Alex Evans …………….From Western Stars
16. Ivor Keates ………….. From Blackthorn Buskers
17. Will Craswell ………..From Blackthorn Buskers & Western Stars

The Songs

• Only Remembered (1)(M)
• Not Dark Yet (2)(G)
• An Ode To Woad (3)(Ode)
• Christmas Is Now Drawing Near At Hand (4)(U)
• As Long As This World Keeps Spinning Round (Own Song)(5/6)(G)
• Looking Forward To Spring Time (Own Song)(5/6)(G)
• Farewell To The 30ft Trailer (7)(G)
• Too Far From She (8/9)(G)
• If This Guitar (8/9)(G)
• Strawberry Fair (10)(G)
• Poor Old Horse (11)(U)
• The Drowned Sailor (12)(G)
• The Shepherd On The Fell (13)(U)
• Three Golden Balls / The Prickly Bush (14/8)(U)
• Bright Blue Rose (15/16/17)(W/Bod/G)
• Pretty Peggy-O (15/16/17)(Man/Bod/G)
• The Thieves Song (1)(U)
• Byards Leap (3)(Uke)
• Fourpence A Day (4)(U)
• Back On Newlyn Quay (Own Song)(5/6)(G)
• Drink Till The Bar Runs Dry (Own Song)(5/6)(G)
• The Boxer (7)(G)
• Picking Up The Pieces (8)(G)
• Oh Peggy Gordon (9)(G)
• A Sailors Life (10)(U)
• Jan Knuckey (11)(U)
• Little Bit Of Everything (12)(G)
• John Peel (13)(U)
• Wind Up Your Little Ball Of Yarn (14)(U)
• The Springtime It Brings On The Sharing (15/16/17)(W/Bod/G)
• We Sing Hallelujah (15/16/17)(W/Bod/G)

The Singers

1. Will Craswell ………..From Blackthorn Buskers & Western Stars
2. John Bent-Marshall
3. Gilly Elkins
4. Karl Jennings
5. Rod Livings
6. Rebecca Kay…………………………From Rebil
7. Richard Whitehouse
8. Thomas Owen
9. Ivor Keates …………………………. From Blackthorn Buskers
10. Pete Meek (Jethro)
11. Veronica Lowe
12. Richard Booth
13. Roger Grimes
14. Eden Tanner
15. Bill Taylor…………………………….From Rebil

The Songs

• Faces On A Train (Own Song)(1)(G)
• Barrack Street (2)(U)
• The Flower Of Magherally (3)(G)
• Bad Habits (Own Song)(4)(Man)
• Mary Hamilton (5)(G)
• Follows The Heron Home (6)(G)
• Country Roads (7)(G)
• Reubens Train (8)(B)
• Rattling Bog (9)(U)
• The Girl From The Hiring Fair (10)(Uke)
• To Althea In Prison (11)(G)
• Matty Groves (12)(U)
• I Drew My Ship (13)(U)
• The Blacksmiths Son (14)(U)
• Fathom The Bowl (15)(U)
• Who Is The Fool Now (1/9)(U)
• Fiddler’s Green (2)(G)
• The Radio Lady (Own Song)(3)(G)
• Spells Of Frost And Spells Of Fey (Own Song)(4)(Man)
• Belle Of The Ball (6/15)(Man/G)
• Won’t Get Fooled Again (6/15)(C/G)
• The Blacksmiths Son (7)(G)
• The Sailors Grave (8)(B)
• Forever Autumn  (10)(Uke)
• Thousands Or More (11)(U)
• Follow The Innocent Hare (12)(U)
• Verdant Braes Of  Screen (13)(U)
• Lidl Aldi (14)(U)
• Stormy  (9)(U)

The Singers

1. 1. Will Craswell ………From Blackthorn Buskers & Western Stars
   2. Alex Evans ………… From Western Stars
   3. John Bent-Marshall
   4. Sheelagh Allen
   5. Karl Jennings
   6. Chris Stiling.    \
   7. Tom Jurgens      \………………….None The Wiser
   8. Gilly Elkins
   9. Dave Pitman
   10. Maria Gibbins
   11. Richard Whitehouse
   12. Rebecca Kay    \
   13. Bill Taylor               \  ………………..  Rebil
   14. Veronica Lowe
   15. Thomas Owen
   16. Pete Meek (Jethro)
   17. Jim Rowley …………………………. From Blackthorn Buskers
   18. Ivor Keates …………………………. From Blackthorn Buskers
   19. Ash Edwards
   20. Richard Booth
   21. Roger Grimes
   22. Ken Langsbury
   23. Rod Livings

 

The Songs

• Lady Franklin’s Dream (1)(G)
• My Son Came Home (2)(G)
• The Shanty Boys (3)(U)
• The Highland Piper (Own Song)(4)(U)
• As More Friends Say Goodbye (Own Song)(5)(Man)
• Safe Than Sorry (Own Song)(6/7)(G)
• A Matter Of Time (Own Song)(6/7)(G)
• Wagon Wheel (8)(G)
• Whiskey On A Sunday (9)(U)
• Hard Times Come Again No More (10)(U)
• Get You A Copper Kettle (11)(G)
• Blackwater Side (12/13)(G/C)
• The Broomfield Wager (12/13)(G)
• Home Lad Home (14)(U)
• Johnny I Hardly Knew You (15)(B)
• Save The Rich (16)(U)
• The Travellers Rest (Own Song)(17)(G)
• Johnny McEldoo (18)(U)
• The Kerry Recruit (19)(U)
• The Lark Above The Downs (20)(U)
• The Flowers Of The Town (21)(U)
• Three Knights (22/18)(U)
• Where Have All The Flowers Gone (23)(G)
• Steal Away (1/2)(G/W)
• Home Boys Home (3)(G)
• The Flanders Rose (4)(Poem)
• Gwenhidwys Flock (Own Song)(5)(U)
• Still It’s Not Enough (Own Song)(6/7)(G)
• In The Pines (9)(U)
• Jug Of Punch (10)(U)
• Tom Paine’s Bones (11)(G)
• Buddy Can You Spare A Dime (14)(G)
• The Star Of County Down (15)(B)
• Molly Mawk (16)(U)
• Rolling Down To A Old Maui (19)(U)
• Let Union Be (20)(U)
• Nancy Lee (21)(U)
• White Wings (22/21)(M)
• Sky Boat Song (23)(G)
• Here’s A Health To The Company (12/13)(G)

The Singers

1. 1. Will Craswell ………From Blackthorn Buskers & Western Stars
   2. Alex Evans ………….. Western Stars
   3. Ash Edwards
   4. Ivor Keates …………………………. From Blackthorn Buskers
   5. John Hodgson
   6. Jim Rowley
   7. Veronica Lowe
   8. Thomas Owen
   9. Richard Booth
   10. Pete Meek (Jethro)
   11. Bill Taylor …………………………… From Rebil
   12. Ken Langsbury
   13. Roger Grimes
   14. Colin Pitts

 

The Songs

• Copper And May (1)(G)
• Gem Of Roe (2)(G)
• Sammys Gone Away (3)(U)
• The Sea Is The Sailors Grave (Own Song)(4)(C)
• Black Muddy River (5)(G)
• Big Night In A Small Town (Own Song)(6)(G)
• The Blacksmith (7)(U)
• Harris And The Mare (8)(B)
• Bony Was A Warrior (9)(U)
• Country Life (10)(U)
• Dimming Of The Day (11)(G)
• The Girl I Left Behind Me (12/13)(M)
• Bournemouth (13)(U)
• Titanic (Own Song)(14)(G)
• Miners Lullaby (1/2)(G)
• Fields Of Athenry (1/2)(G/W)
• Maid On The Shore (3)(U)
• Carrying Nelson Home (4)(C)
• Fred Astaire (5)(G)
• Swansea Girls Are Easy (Own Song)(6)(G)
• Sing John Ball (7)(U)
• The Jolly Soldier (8)(B)
• Fathom The Bowl (9)(U)
• Donald Where’s Your Trousers  (10)(U)
• Ratcliffe Highway (11)(G)
• The Brown And The Yellow Ale (13)(U)
• John Barleycorn (12/4)(U)
• Living In Waltz Time (Own Song)(13)(G)

The Singers

1. Will Craswell ……………………….From Blackthorn Buskers
2. Sheelagh Allen
3. John Bent- Marshall
4. Maria Gibbins
5. Jerry Lewis
6. Tom Jurgens  \
7. Chris Stiling       \………………….None The Wiser
8. Ivor Keates …………………………. From Blackthorn Buskers
9. Thomas Owen
10. Roger Grimes
11. Ken Langsbury
12. Veronica Lowe
13. Rod Livings
14. Richard Booth
15. Bill Taylor

 

The Songs

• Now I’m Easy (1)(G)
• Bonnie Irish Maid (2)(U)
• The Bold Fenian Men (3)(G)
• Michael Rose About Ashore (4)(U)
• Bad Boy (5)(G)
• Modern Ways (Own Song)(6/7)(G)
• Get It Right This Time (Own Song (6/7)(G)
• Springhill Mining Disaster (8)(G)
• The Ballad Of Hollis Brown (9)(B)
• Millers Apprentice (10)(U)
• The Gown Of Green (10/11)(M)
• Bold Bonny Boy (12)(U)
• Maid Of Colmore (14)(U)
• Barbara Allen (15)(G)
• To Be A Farmers Boy (1)(U)
• Her Mantle So Green (2)(U)
• Keep Hauling (3)(G)
• The Sweet Nightingale (4)(U)
• Shut Down (Own Song)(6/7)(G)
• The Right Direction (Own Song)(6/7)(G)
• Chinese Bumboat Man (8)(U)
• When Sorrows In Encompass Me Round (9)(B)
• 1000 Years (10)(U)
• When You Are – A Poem By Alex Dean (11)
• Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (12)(G)
• Were You There When They Crucified My Lord (13)(U)
• The Carter (14)(U)
• Farmers Toast (15)(G)

The Singers

1. Ivor Keates …………………………. From Blackthorn Buskers
2. Sheelagh Allen
3. Thomas Owen
4. Tricia Davies
5. Richard Booth
6. Alex Evans
7. Rod Livings
8. Veronica Lowe

 

The Songs

• Oak And Ash And Thorn (1)(U)
• From Claire To Here (2)(U)
• Diverus And Lazarus (3)(B)
• Early One Morning (Alan Foster) (4)(U)
• Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy (5)(U)
• The Washing Song (6)(G)
• Work For The Working Man To Do (7)(G)
• Flower In The Meadow (Ukrainian Folk Song)(8)(G)
• Ballad Of Accounting (1)(U)
• By The Forde Upstream (Own Song)(2)(U)
• Oh Death (3)(B)
• Rolling Of The Stones (4)(U)
• Little Drummer Boy (5)(U)
• Her Mantle So Green (6)(G)
• Wild Mountain Thyme (&)(G)
• Let No Man Steal Your Time (8)(U)
• The Parting Glass (1)(U)
• Loch Bran (2)(U)
• The Lowlands Of Holland (3)(B)
• Grey Goose And Gander (4)(U)
• I Live Not Where I Love (5)(U)
• Shallow Brown (6)(U)
• Mantle Of Green (7)(G)
• Streets Of London (8)(G)

The Singers

1. Will Craswell. …………………………. From Blackthorn Buskers
2. John Bent-Marshall
3. Karl Jennings
4. Simon Thompson
5. Rod Livings
6. Thomas Owen
7. Ivor Keates …………………………. From Blackthorn Buskers
8. Jim Rowley …………………………. From Blackthorn Buskers
9. Richard Booth
10. Veronica Lowe
11. Roger Grimes
12. Ken Langsbury

 

The Songs

• The Rose (1)(G)
• Brennan On The Moor (2)(G)
• England Expects (Own Song)(3)(Man)
• Hair Today No Her Tomorrow (4)(Poem)
• Down To My Last Cigarette (5)(G)
• Wild Bill Jones (6)(B)
• One More Pull (7)(C)
• Swansea Girls (Own Song)(8)(G)
• Haul Away For Rosie – O  (9)(U)
• The Carnival Is Over(10)(G)
• The Three Ravens (11)(U)
• Meet Me Tonight In The Moonlight (11)(12)(M)
• Dido Bendigo (1/7/8)(U)
• Dorset Is Beautiful (2)(G)
• Highwayman (Own Song)(3)(Man)
• May I Feel Said He (4)(Poem)
• Know Your Limits (Own Song)(8)(G)
• Whiskey Is The Life Of Man (5)(U)
• Farmer’s Toast (9)(U)
• Constant Lovers (10)(9)
• Easy And Slow (11)(U)
• Waters Of Wearies Well (12)(U)
• Whip Jamboree (7)(U)

The Singers

1. Veronica Lowe
2. Mike Lowe
3. John Bent Marshall
4. Karl Jennings
5. Tricia Davies
6. Jackie Lyness
7. Lynne Briggs
8. Sheelagh Allen

 

The Songs

• Bygone Days (2)
• Brigg Fair (1)(U)
• Morning Glory (3)(G)
• Flash Company  (6)(U)
• Locks and Bolts (5)(U)
• Vain and Careless Heart (Own Song) (7)(G)
• Frederick and Matilda, (Own Song) (8)(U)
• Trumpet Hornpipe (2)
• Rolling down to old Maui (1)(U)
• Gloucestershire Rambler  (Own Song)(3)(G)
• Rap a ta Bank (6)(U)
• Precious Hostage (Own Song)(4)(Man)
• When all men sing (5)(U)
• Family and Friends (Own Song) (7)(G)
• A Bunch of Red  Roses  (8)(U)
• The Nightingale  (Van Eyck)(2)(R)
• Custard the Dragon (1)(U)
• Dirty old Town (3)(G)
• Bold Bonny Boy (Anne Briggs version) (6)(U)
• Sealed with a kiss (Own Song)(4)(Man)
• My Grandfather’s Ferret (5)(U)
• The Red Flannel Heart (7)(U)
• Peggy Gordon (8)(U)
• The Laird of Foveran (2)(U)
• Proper Cup of Coffee (1)(G)
• Make you feel my love (6)(U)
• Who knows where the time goes (5)(U)
• Molly Malone (8)(U)