Hermes Nye: Early English Ballads from the Percy and Child Collections

Folkways Records FA 2305

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1957
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Celtic, & World
[Tracklist]
A01 Robin Hood's Golden Prize (3:15)
A02 The Death of Robin Hood (2:34)
A03 Whittingham Fair (2:53)
A04 The Outlandish Knight (3:19)
A05 The Three Ravens- Twa Corbies (3:39)
A06 Binnorie - The Cruel Sister (3:22)
A07 Thomas, The Rhymer (2:30)
A08 Sir Patrick Spens (2:52)
A09 Queen Eleanor's Confession (4:45)
B01 Clerk Saunders (3:02)
B02 Lord Thomas And Fair Ellinor (2:45)
B03 My Love Built Me A Bonnie Bower (2:57)
B04 Mary Hamilton (1:57)
B05 O, Waly, Waly (2:30)
B06 Rob Roy (2:47)
B07 Lizzie Lindsay (2:47)
B08 Glenlogie - Jean O Bethelnie (2:07)
B09 Get Up And Bar The Door (1:59)
B10 The Lament Of The Border Widow (3:27)
B11 King O'Luve - Fause Foodrage (1:25)
[Credits]
Hermes Nye (guitar/vocals)
Designgner: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Hermes Nye's "sneaking fondness for the English things from Percy and Child" takes center stage on this collection of ballads. The singer's commentaries enliven the notes: for example, Nye writes, "Sir Walter Scott collected ["Binnorie"], and probably had enough integrity not to add to it, although we can never be sure about those old boys."