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1957
Row Bullies Row
Topic 8T7
The Blackball Line
Topic 8T8
Singing Sailors
Wattle C5
Shanties & Fo'c'sle Songs
Wattle C6
Shuttle & Cage
Topic 10T13
Bless 'Em All and other British Army Songs
Riverside RLP 12-642
Bad Lads And Hard Cases
Riverside RLP 12-632
Thar She Blows!
Riverside RLP 12-635
Matching Songs Of The British Isles And America
Riverside RLP 12-637
Convicts and Currency Lads
Wattle B2
Chants de Marins Anglais No 1
Le Chante du Monde LDY 4155
Chants de Marins Anglais No 2
Le Chante du Monde LDY 4157
Ewan MacColl
Bless 'Em All and other British Army Songs
1957
Riverside
RLP 12-642
12-inch LP
Tracks:
1. Bless 'Em All
(appears on other albums)
2. Tell Me Boys Have You Any Complaints
(appears on other albums)
3. The Dying Soldier
(appears on other albums)
4. The Ballad of Wadi Maktilla
(appears on other albums)
5. The Trooper Cut Down in His Prime
(appears on other albums)
6. Hand Me Down Me Petticoat
(appears on other albums)
7. All You Maidens Sweet and Kind
(appears on other albums)
8. Columbo
(appears on other albums)
9. Seven Years In the Sand
(appears on other albums)
10. Join the British Army
(appears on other albums)
11. When This Ruddy War is Over
(appears on other albums)
12. The Second Front Song
(appears on other albums)
13. Browned Off
(appears on other albums)
14. McKaffery
(appears on other albums)
15. The Fortress Song
(appears on other albums)
16. The D Day Dodgers
(appears on other albums)
17. On the Move
(appears on other albums)
18. The Ghost Army of Korea
(appears on other albums)
Personnel:
Peggy Seeger, banjo and guitar
Jimmy MacGregor, guitar
John Cole, harmonica
Related recordings:
Barrack Room Ballads (Topic 10T26)
Bundook Ballads (Topic 12T130)
British Army Songs (Washington WLP 711)
Thanks to Nick Guida for the information from his
Jimmy MacGregor's discography
.