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1960
Chorus From the Gallows
Topic 12T16
New Briton Gazette, Vol. 1
Folkways FW 8732
A Garland Of Scots Folksong
Folk-Lyric FL 116
Blow Boys Blow
Tradition TLP 1026
Unfortunate Rake
Folkways FS 3805
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
The Wanton Muse
1968
Argo
DA85
12-inch LP
Tracks:
1. Ballad Of The Trades
2. The Shepherd Lad (appears on other albums)
3. The Wanton Seed
4. The Wind Blew The Bonnie Lassie's Plaidie Awa' (appears on other albums)
5. The Coachman And His Whip
6. The Thrashing Machine
7. Maid Of Australia
8. The Cuckoo's Nest (appears on other albums)
9. The Gairdener's Chylde
10. The Vintner
11. Andrew And His Cutty Gun
12. The Game Of All Fours
13. The Cobbler
14. The Modiewark (appears on other albums)
15. The Furze Field
16. The Long Peg And Awl
17. The Maid Gaed To The Mill (appears on other albums)
18. The Bird In The Bush (appears on other albums)
19. She Was A Rum One (appears on other albums)
Personnel:
sung by Ewan MacColl
Peggy Seeger, appalachian dulcimer, English concertina, guitar, and 5-string banjo
additional backing chorus by Denis Turner, John Faulkner and Terry Yarnell