The King: The Best of Steeleye Span

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Tracklist

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#	Title	Rating	Length
1	A Calling On Song recording of: Calling-On Song	2	1:15
2	Fisherman's Wife recording of: Fisherman's Wife writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) and Ewan MacColl (folksinger, songwriter, actor)	3	3:13
3	Copshawholme Fair recording of: Copshawholme Fair lyricist: David Anderson (19C poet) (in 1830) writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9139)	4	2:36
4	All Things Are Quite Silent recording of: All Things Are Quite Silent lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2532)	4	2:36
5	My Johnny Was a Shoemaker recording of: My Johnny Was a Shoemaker writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1388)	3	1:10
6	Fly Up My Cock recording of: The Grey Cock lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Child Ballads (number: 248) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 179)		1:42
7	TWA Corbies recording of: The Three Ravens (Child 26, Roud 5) lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5) and Child Ballads (number: 26)	4	2:05
8	One Night as I Lay on My Bed recording of: One Night as I Lay on My Bed writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 672)	3	3:30
9	Cold, Haily, Windy Night recording of: Cold, Haily, Windy Night writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 135)		4:35
10	Prince Charlie Stewart recording of: Prince Charlie Stewart writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3099)		4:15
11	The Lark in the Morning recording of: The Lark in the Morning (Song: Oh the lark in the morning she rises from her nest) writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 151) part of: Folk Songs of the Four Seasons: Spring part of: Songs from Essex		4:30
12	The King recording of: The King (Wren Day song, “Joy, health, love and peace”) lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 19109)		1:29
13	Rave On cover recording of: Rave On writer: Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman (songwriter) and Sonny West (American songwriter and musician Joseph “Sonny” West) publisher: Melody Lane Publications Inc., Nor-Va-Jak Music, Southern Music (publisher) and Wren Music Co.		1:25
14	The Ploughboy and the Cockney recording of: The Ploughboy and the Cockney writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1688)		3:35
15	The Gower Wassail recording of: Gower Wassail lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 209)		5:24
16	Jigs: Paddy Clancey's Jig / Willie Clancy's Fancy recording of: Paddy Clancey's Jig recording of: Willie Clancy’s Fancy		3:08
17	Skewball recording of: Skewball (aka Skewbald) lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 456)		3:31

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Release information

Barcode:: 766126802224
Format:: CD
Length:: 49:59

Additional details

Type:: Album + Compilation
Packaging:: Jewel Case
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Mooncrest Records
CRESTCD 022

Release events

United States
1996

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