Songs of Ceremony (The Folk Songs of Britain)

The Folk Songs of Britain, Vol. 9. Songs of Ceremony. Topic Records 12T197. Originally released as Caedmon TC1224 (USA)

Tracklist

1. Cornish Wassail Song - Charlie Bate, Padstow; Truro Wassail Bowl Singers, Malpas
2. New’r Even’s Song - Sidney Scott etc., North Ronaldsay Orkney
3. Mari Lwyd Ceremony - David Thomas etc., Maesteg, Glamorgan; Margaretta Thomas, Nantgarw, Glamorgan
4. Joys of Mary - Teresa Maguire, Belfast
5. Holly and the Ivy - Peter Jones, Bromsash, Ross, Herefordshire
6. Twelve Days of Christmas - Bob and Ron Copper, Rottingdean, Sussex
7. Bitter Withy - Charlotte Smith, Tarrington, Herefordshire; William Payne, Gloucestershire
8. As I Sat on a Sunny Bank - John Thomas, Camborne, Cornwall
9. Singing of the Travels - Symondsbury Mummers, Dorset
10. Dives and Lazarus - emily Bishop, Bromsberrow Heath, Herefordshire
11. Gower Wassail - Charlie Bate, Padstow
12. Taladh an Leinibh Losa - crofters, South Uist, Hebrides
13. St Clements Song - Phyllis Carnwell, Hammerwich, Staffordshire
14. Shrove Tuesday Song - Herbert Prince, Warminster, Wiltshire
15. Shepherds Arise - Bob and Ron Copper, Rottingdean, Sussex
16. Cherry Tree Carol - John Partridge, Cinderford, Gloucestershire
17. Somerset Wassail Song - Henry and Walter Sealy, Ash Priors, Taunton, Somerset
18. Hunting the Wren - Joe and Winnifred Woods, Douglas, Isle of Man
19. Cheshire Souling Song - Antrobus Soul Cakers, Northwich, Cheshire
20. Six Jolly Miners - Louis Rowe, Grenoside, Yorkshire
21. John Barleycorn - Boggans, Haxey, Lincolnshire
22. Hal-an-tow - Helston, Cornwall
23. Huntingdonshire May Carol - Mrs. Church and Mrs. Hall, Biddenham, Bedfordshire