Heart of Oak: Songs and Folksongs of the British Isles

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1The Bay of Biscay
bass vocals:
Owen Brannigan (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Hendon Grammar School Choir
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
Pro Arte Orchestra (UK orchestra 1955–1970: do not use for anonymous budget compilations)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Ernest Tomlinson (composer)
recording of:
The Bay of Biscay
lyricist:
Andrew Cherry
composer:
John Davy
Andrew Cherry; John Davy2:37
2Cherry Ripe
orchestra:
Pro Arte Orchestra (UK orchestra 1955–1970: do not use for anonymous budget compilations)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Cherry Ripe
lyricist:
Robert Herrick (English poet)
composer:
Charles Edward Horn
Robert Herrick; Charles Edward Horn2:12
3It was a lover and his lass
bass vocals:
Owen Brannigan (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Hendon Grammar School Choir
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
Pro Arte Orchestra (UK orchestra 1955–1970: do not use for anonymous budget compilations)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
First Book of Ayres: It Was a Lover and His Lass
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Thomas Morley (English Renaissance composer) (until 1600)
is based on:
A Lover and His Lass (original poem)
part of:
First Book of Ayres
William Shakespeare; Thomas Morley2:22
4The Miller of Dee
bass vocals:
Owen Brannigan (operatic bass)
orchestra:
Pro Arte Orchestra (UK orchestra 1955–1970: do not use for anonymous budget compilations)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Miller of Dee (catch-all work)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
trad. English1:35
5Oh, the oak and the ash
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
Pro Arte Orchestra (UK orchestra 1955–1970: do not use for anonymous budget compilations)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Ernest Tomlinson (composer)
recording of:
The Oak and the Ash (aka The North Country Maid)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1367)
trad. English3:05
6Sign no more, ladies
choir vocals:
Hendon Grammar School Choir
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Sigh no more, ladies
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Richard J S Stevens (English organist and composer)
William Shakespeare; Richard J S Stevens1:41
7Early One Morning
choir vocals:
Hendon Grammar School Choir
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
Pro Arte Orchestra (UK orchestra 1955–1970: do not use for anonymous budget compilations)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Ernest Tomlinson (composer)
recording of:
Early One Morning
lyricist and composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 12682)
trad. English2:12
8The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington
bass vocals:
Owen Brannigan (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Hendon Grammar School Choir
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
Pro Arte Orchestra (UK orchestra 1955–1970: do not use for anonymous budget compilations)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Ernest Tomlinson (composer)
recording of:
The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 105) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 483)
trad. English3:03
9Charlie is my darling
bass vocals:
Owen Brannigan (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Hendon Grammar School Choir
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
Pro Arte Orchestra (UK orchestra 1955–1970: do not use for anonymous budget compilations)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Ernest Tomlinson (composer)
recording of:
Charlie Is My Darlin’ (Traditional scottish song)
lyricist:
Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
trad. Scottish2:11
10A-hunting we will go
bass vocals:
Owen Brannigan (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Hendon Grammar School Choir
orchestra:
Pro Arte Orchestra (UK orchestra 1955–1970: do not use for anonymous budget compilations)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Ernest Tomlinson (composer)
recording of:
A-hunting we will go
lyricist:
Henry Fielding
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Henry Fielding; trad. English2:12
11The Ash Grove
choir vocals:
Hendon Grammar School Choir
orchestra:
Pro Arte Orchestra (UK orchestra 1955–1970: do not use for anonymous budget compilations)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
The Ash Grove (Welsh tune, "The ash grove, how graceful")
lyricist:
John Oxenford
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
Llwyn Onn ("The Ash Grove", original melody)
John Oxenford; trad. Welsh3:08
12Heart of Oak
bass vocals:
Owen Brannigan (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Hendon Grammar School Choir
orchestra:
Pro Arte Orchestra (UK orchestra 1955–1970: do not use for anonymous budget compilations)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Ernest Tomlinson (composer)
recording of:
Heart of Oak
lyricist:
David Garrick (English 18th century actor)
composer:
William Boyce (English baroque composer)
David Garrick; William Boyce2:16
13Ye banks and braes
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
Pro Arte Orchestra (UK orchestra 1955–1970: do not use for anonymous budget compilations)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Ernest Tomlinson (composer)
recording of:
Ye Banks and Braes (traditional Scottish song)
lyricist:
Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13889)
Robert Burns; trad. Scottish3:03
14The Keel Row
choir vocals:
Hendon Grammar School Choir
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
The Keel Row (folksong)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3059)
trad. English1:22
15John Peel
bass vocals:
Owen Brannigan (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Hendon Grammar School Choir
orchestra:
Pro Arte Orchestra (UK orchestra 1955–1970: do not use for anonymous budget compilations)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Ernest Tomlinson (composer)
recording of:
D’ye ken John Peel
lyricist:
John Woodcock Graves (English 19th century composer/lyricist, “John Peel”)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1239)
John Graves; trad. English2:27
16Where the bee sucks
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
Pro Arte Orchestra (UK orchestra 1955–1970: do not use for anonymous budget compilations)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Where the Bee Sucks
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Thomas Arne (composer)
William Shakespeare; Thomas Arne2:03
17The Vicar of Bray
bass vocals:
Owen Brannigan (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Hendon Grammar School Choir
orchestra:
Pro Arte Orchestra (UK orchestra 1955–1970: do not use for anonymous budget compilations)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
The Vicar of Bray
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
trad. English3:44
18The Maypole Song
tenor vocals:
Richard Lewis (Welsh tenor)
orchestra:
Robert Masters Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Arne Dørumsgaard (Norwegian composer)
trad. English1:52
19I will give my love an apple
harp:
Tina Bonifacio (Harpist)
tenor vocals:
Richard Lewis (Welsh tenor)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Arne Dørumsgaard (Norwegian composer)
recording of:
I Will Give My Love an Apple
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
trad. English1:49
20Bingo
tenor vocals:
Richard Lewis (Welsh tenor)
orchestra:
Robert Masters Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Arne Dørumsgaard (Norwegian composer)
trad. English1:44
21The Foggy, Foggy Dew
harp:
Tina Bonifacio (Harpist)
tenor vocals:
Richard Lewis (Welsh tenor)
orchestra:
Robert Masters Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Arne Dørumsgaard (Norwegian composer)
recording of:
The Foggy Dew (English song)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
writer:
Trad. ([traditional], special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 558)
trad. English3:15
22The Helston Furry Dance
tenor vocals:
Richard Lewis (Welsh tenor)
orchestra:
Robert Masters Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Arne Dørumsgaard (Norwegian composer)
recording of:
The Helston Furry Dance
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
trad. English1:56
23O Waly, Waly
harp:
Tina Bonifacio (Harpist)
tenor vocals:
Richard Lewis (Welsh tenor)
orchestra:
Robert Masters Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Arne Dørumsgaard (Norwegian composer)
recording of:
O Waly, Waly
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Jay Bocook
publisher:
Blossom Music and Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Inc.
trad. English5:11
24The Briery Bush
tenor vocals:
Richard Lewis (Welsh tenor)
orchestra:
Robert Masters Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Arne Dørumsgaard (Norwegian composer)
recording of:
The Maid Freed From the Gallows (traditional song - not the Led Zep arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 95) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 144)
trad. English2:13
25O love, it is a killing thing
harp:
Tina Bonifacio (Harpist)
tenor vocals:
Richard Lewis (Welsh tenor)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Arne Dørumsgaard (Norwegian composer)
trad. English2:15
26The Stuttering Lovers
tenor vocals:
Richard Lewis (Welsh tenor)
orchestra:
Robert Masters Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Arne Dørumsgaard (Norwegian composer)
recording of:
The stuttering lovers
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
trad. English1:43
27An Eriskay Love-Lilt
harp:
Tina Bonifacio (Harpist)
tenor vocals:
Richard Lewis (Welsh tenor)
orchestra:
Robert Masters Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Arne Dørumsgaard (Norwegian composer)
recording of:
Eriskay Love Lilt
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
trad. Scottish3:44
28Ar hyd y nos (All through the night)
harp:
Tina Bonifacio (Harpist)
tenor vocals:
Richard Lewis (Welsh tenor)
orchestra:
Robert Masters Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Arne Dørumsgaard (Norwegian composer)
recording of:
Ar hyd y nos (John Ceiriog Hughes' version)
lyricist:
John Ceiriog Hughes (Welsh poet, 1832–1887)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
Ar hyd y nos (All Through the Night, traditional Welsh air (no lyrics))
trad. Welsh2:45
29There's none to soothe
tenor vocals:
Richard Lewis (Welsh tenor)
orchestra:
Robert Masters Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
arranger:
Arne Dørumsgaard (Norwegian composer)
recording of:
There's none to soothe
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
trad. English2:19