The Sweet Primeroses

~ Release by Shirley Collins (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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1All Things Are Quite Silent
2:38
2Cambridgeshire May Carol
1:20
3Spencer the Rover
recording of:
Spencer the Rover
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1115)
4:05
4The Rigs of the Time
3:12
5Polly Vaughan
recording of:
Polly Vaughn (Polly Vaughan / The Fowler / The Shooting of His Dear)
writer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 166)
2:47
6The Cruel Mother
recording of:
The Cruel Mother (aka Greenwood Sidey / The Lady of York / Fine Flowers in the Valley)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
5:53
7The Bird in the Bush
2:00
8The Streets of Derry
3:32
9The False Bride
4:19
10Locks and Bolts
recording of:
Locks and Bolts (Locks and Bolts / Back o’ Benachie / I Dreamed Last Night of My True Love)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 406)
3:03
11Rambleaway
recording of:
Rambleaway (Young Rambleaway / Derry Down Fair)
lyricist:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 171)
3:32
12A Blacksmith Courted Me
2:46
13Brigg Fair
recording of:
Brigg Fair
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1083)
2:19
14Higher Germanie
2:44
15George Collins
3:46
16The Babes in the Woods
recording of:
Lost in a Wood (aka. Babes in the Wood)
writer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 288)
2:34
17Down in Yon Forest
2:37
18The Magpie's Nest
2:29
19False True Love
recording of:
False True Love (Shirley Collins arrangement)
arranger:
Shirley Collins
arrangement of:
The False True Love
3:37
20The Sweet Primeroses
recording of:
The Banks of the Sweet Primroses
writer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 586)
3:31