Various
Artist:
Format:
Compact Disc (Audio)
No of Discs:
1
Availability:
Available
Release Date:
19-11-2002
Genres:
Label:
Packaging:
Jewel Case
Catalog Number:
FTSR5
Description
This collection of songs traces a year through its seasons, some of the ceremonies, some of the traditions and some of the attendant rituals. They are largely pre-industrial and in some cases, their roots lie in pre-christian rituals. Essentialy they are songs and customs that have been carried on by ordinary people who are attuned to the year's cycle and the need for a good crop: many of the "gusing" rituals are concerned with death and resurrection but in connection to the old year and new one rather than in a biblical sense.
Tracks
- Name
- The Moon Shines Bright - Ram's Bottom
- The Oxplough Song - Johnny Collins
- Gloucestershire Wassail - Ian Woods
- Trunkles - Laurence Platt
- Jack in the Green - White Hart
- April Song - Jolly Jack
- The Jolly Boys Song - Preston Isle Metal Band
- The Buffoon - Laurence Platt
- Midgley Pace Egg Song - Derek & Dorothy Elliott
- Jennifer Gentle - Martin Carter
- Bedfordshire May Song - White Hart
- The Five Wells - The Ripley Wayfarers
- Brimbledon Fair - John Rennard
- Gee Cross Fair/How Do You Do - Tom Shepley's Band
- Long Meg & Her Daughters - Linda Adams
- Bonny Hawthorn - Johnny Collins
- Country Gardens - Laurence Platt
- Mottram Wakes - Tom Shepley's Band
- Harvest Song - Johnny Collins
- Souling Song - Paul Adams
- The Tupper's Song - Notts Alliance
- All You That Are Good Fellows - Graham & Sheila Nelmes
- Shepherds Arise - White Hart
- The Boar's Head Carol - Teeside Fettlers
- Four Seasons - Bob Diehl
- Nowell Nowell - Ram's Bottom
- The Turning Of The Year - Farmstead