Anthologies   •   Songs of Courtship: The Folk Songs of Britain — Volume 1

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  • Songs of Courtships:The Folk Songs of Britain — Volume 1
    • 1961 - Caedmon TC1142 LP (USA)
  • Side One
    1. Green Grow the Laurels Jeannie Robertson, Aberdeen
    2. The False Bride Bob Copper, Rottingdean, Sussex
    3. Our Wedding Day Francis McPeake, Belfast (w/Uilleann pipes)
    4. When a Man's in Love Paddy Tunney, Beleek, Co. Fermanagh
    5. Aileen Duinn — Flora McNeill, Barra, Outer Hebrides
    6. Bonnie Kate — Agnes Whyte, (fiddle) Ballinakill, Co. Galway
    7. Old Grey Beard Newly Shaven — Jeannie Robertson, Aberdeen
    8. The Sweet Primeroses Bob and Ron Copper, Rottingdean, Sussex
    9. The Coolin — Paddy Taylor, Foynes, Co. Limerick (flute)
    10. Shule Aroon — Elizabeth Cronin, Macroom, Co. Cork
    11. The Mountain Streams Where the Moorcocks Crow — Paddy Tunney, Beleek, Co. Fermanagh
    12. The Brown Thorn Séamus Ennis, Dublin (Uilleann pipes)
  • Side Two
    1. As I Roved Out — Séamus Ennis, Dublin
    2. Magpie's Nest — Jane Kelly, Keady, Co. Armagh
    3. Dame Durden — Bob and Ron Copper, Rottingdean, Sussex
    4. Casadh an tSugain — Maire O'Sullivan, Ballylickey, Co. Cork
    5. The Girl was Smart for the Fiddler — Michael Doherty, Co. Donegal (w/fiddle)
    6. My Darling Ploughman Boy — Jimmy MacBeath, Elgin, Moray
    7. The False Young Man Frank and Francis McPeake, Belfast (w/Uilleann pipes)
    8. I'm a Young Bonnie Lassie — Blanche Wood, Portknockie, Banff
    9. No John, No — Bob and Ron Copper, Rottingdean, Sussex
    10. Cois Abhain Na Sead — Máire Ni Cheocháin, Coolea, Co. Cork
    11. Bogie's Bonnie Belle — Davie Stewart, Dundee

  • Notes
    • Information on this release comes from outside sources.