Series: Folk Music Of The World
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1964
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Celtic & Children's
[Tracklist]
A1 The Beggar Man - Child 279 (6:06)
A2 Lord Gregory - The Lass of Roch Royal - Child 76 (5:48)
A3 Young Beichan - Child 53 (8:48)
A4 Glasgow Peggy - Child 228 (2:57)
A5 Amang the Blue Flowers and the Yellow - Child 25 (2:24)
A6 Bessie Bell and Mary Grey - Child 201 (0:53)
B1 The Bonnie House O' Airlie - Child 199 (4:50)
B2 Captain Ward and the Rainbow - Child 287 (1:53)
B3 The Gypsy Laddie - Child 200 (3:05)
B4 The Broomfield Hill - Child 43 (3:17)
B5 Hughie Graeme - Child 191 (4:07)
B6 Geordie - Child 209 (4:43)
B7 Proud Lady Margaret - Child 47 (2:14)
B8 The Sweet Kumadee - Child 286 (4:42)
[Credits]
Ewan MacColl (vocals)
Producer and Recorder: Moses Asch, Liner Notes: Ewan MacColl, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
The "Child Ballads" are a large collection of 305 songs from England and Scotland compiled by Francis James Child in the late 19th century. Here, Ewan MacColl presents 14 of these songs, sung without accompaniment. MacColl explains the notion of the ballad: "Defined in its simplest terms, the ballad is a folksong that tells a story … is always narrative, and is always learned from the lips of others rather than by reading." The songs presented here all detail historical events from Scotland and England. It is appropriate then that they are sung by MacColl who himself played a role in English history through his affiliation to the communist parties of the 1930’s which hindered his musical career at the time. His roots in the laboring class add authenticity to the concept of the ballad which grew out of the "popular" lower classes. Liner notes include some song information and lyrics.
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