12:37

Topsham Folk Club July 11th 2021

01:43

Bonnie James Campbell understated ballad of despair

02:44

Huron carol - nativity symbolism from early Canada

03:09

Christmas Bells Carol - Peace on Earth

03:29

The Turtle Dove - projecting hopes of a lover onto a migrating bird

02:29

The return - some losses are more important than others

02:52

My Singing bird - the bird or the bird?

03:11

150 days out from Vancouver - Cicley Fox Smith poem witha rollicking tune by Tom Lewis

03:37

Sweet Lemeney - the object of unrequited love

04:36

Ghost ships, an evocative song by Jon Bell, from the Inland Haven, Exeter

02:30

Poor Old Horse, a slow shanty from the Inland Haven, Exeter

02:34

The Return, a Cicely Fox Smith poem sung at the Inland Haven, Exeter

02:22

Working on the Railway, from the Inland Haven, Exeter

02:23

Unfortunate Tailor, bighted hopes from the Inland Haven, Exeter

03:10

Death of Parker, a sad ballad from the Inland Haven, Exeter

00:50

The Onions Song, from the Inland Haven, Exeter

04:41

Whip Jamboree, a shanty from the Inland Haven, Exeter

02:34

Roving Kind, a warning to sailors from the Inland Haven, Exeter

02:13

47 Ginger Headed sailors, a jolly romp from The Inland Haven, Exeter

05:25

Victory, a song from the Inland Haven, Exeter

04:01

Paddy Lay Back, a shanty from the Inland Haven, Exeter

03:16

Lord Franklin, from The Custom House Crew, The Inland Haven Exeter (Lady Franklin's Lament)

03:42

The Smuggler's Song, sung by The Custom House Crew, The Inland Haven Exeter

01:33

Donkey Riding, a shanty from The Custom House Crew, The Inland Haven Exeter

02:57

Bonny at morn - a northern lullaby ballad

02:03

The Lark in the clear air - a glorious Irish melody

03:00

Row on, Row on - optimistic for a better tomorrow

03:16

Lament to the moon - sentimental light of the silvery moon

02:12

Little chickens in the garden - the only Yorkshire song I know

01:50

Heave away - A Newfoundland Shanty

02:28

So here's to you - an Alan Bell Song for my friends - song at a social distancing No. 4

01:32

Up in the morning - It's too cold to be getting up says Burns

03:19

Accident of birth - A Steve O'Donoghue song for intolerant times

03:44

Scarborough Fair; Impossible tasks to challenge a true lover

04:53

Bold Riley - songs at a Social Distance 1

04:38

Three craws - with a prelude - songs at a Social Distance 2.

03:32

Lovely Molly - Irish then Scottish, whatever; Songs at a Social Distance 3

05:05

Grey Cock or The Lover's Ghost - a song from Mrs Costello

02:48

Northern Tide; Fishing off Hull from Linda Kelly

03:02

American Stranger; An emigrant's song

03:11

Coalhole cavalry - a young Ted Edwards' dreamy imagination

03:22

The Water is wide - sad longing for love

02:38

John Ball - a celebration of an English revolutionary

03:15

Lay down your weary tune - Dylan's tribute to nature's music

02:01

Country Life - merry rambling in the hay

02:57

Crow on the cradle - Sydney Carter's observant Corvid

02:03

May Song - celebrating rebirth and enjoying it while you can

03:46

Wayfaring stranger

03:01

The Snow falls - A John Tams vision of optimism

06:39

The Land - Kipling's layers of English rural history

03:13

Queen of Hearts - very mournful cry fearing love's loss

02:45

Banks of the Bann - an Ulster love song

03:06

Rosebud in June - A Dorset gem

03:06

The Beggar - a jolly alcoholic scrounger

04:34

Peggy Gordon - why do you slight me?

03:15

Cool of the day - Jean Ritchie's environmental plea

02:07

Midnight on the water - a sloppy waltz

04:00

Northwest Passage - Stan Rogers classic across the cold of Canada

04:22

When the snows of winter fall - a Graeme Miles evocation of life in a harsh climate

03:34

The Death of Nelson - a hero falls at his finest hour but saves the nation