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Magpie Lane: The Oxford Ramble

The Oxford Ramble (Beautiful Jo BEJOCD-3)

The Oxford Ramble
Songs and Tunes of Oxfordshire
Magpie Lane

Beautiful Jo Records BEJO-3 (cass., UK, 1993)
Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD-3 (CD, UK, 2006)

Researched by Tim Healey with Magpie Lane;
Presented by David Lawton;
Recorded and engineered by Tim Matyear at Woodworm Studios, Oxon., 1983;
Cover picture shows Magpie Lane in 1814

Musicians

Andy Turner, vocals, Anglo concertina, melodeon, percussion;
Ian Giles, vocals, percussion;
Tom Bower, vocals, flute, recorder, pipe and tabor, percussion;
Matthew Green, fiddle;
Isobel Dams, cello, vocals;
Joanne Acty, vocals;
Peter Acty, guitar, vocals

with
Chris Leslie, fiddles [21], mandola [1 ,7a, 20b], Zeta violin [16];
Mandy Townsend, hammered dulcimer [3, 22];
Heather Bower, clarinet [3, 22], recorder [1], vocals;
Carol Turner, recorder [1], vocals

Tracks

  1. Magpie Lane tune (2.53)
  2. As I Walked Through the Meadows (Roud 594) (2.14)
  3. The First of May hornpipe (2.10)
  4. Oxford City (Roud 218; Laws P30) (4.02)
  5. The Oxfordshire Damosel (0.59)
  6. John Barleycorn (Roud 164) (2.35)
  7. Johnny So Long Morris tune / Eynsham Poaching Song (3.02)
  8. Old Molly Oxford Morris tune (0.59)
  9. The Boar's Head Carol (Roud 22229) (2.33)
  10. The Oxford Scholar (2.41)
  11. Great Tom Is Cast (0.37)
  12. Old Tom of Oxford Morris tune / Bonny Christ Church Bells (2.34)
  13. Astley's Ride country dance tune (2.00)
  14. The Oxford Ramble (3.39)
  15. Trunkles Morris tune (0.42)
  16. Near Woodstock Town (The Oxfordshire Tragedy) (Roud 8279) (4.04)
  17. Double Lead Through country dance tune (1.23)
  18. Princess Royal Bampton Morris tune (0.53)
  19. Husbandman and Servingman (Roud 873) (4.19)
  20. Banbury Bill Bampton Morris tune / As I Was Going to Banbury (Roud 2423) (2.30)
  21. Adderbury Medley: Stourton Wake / Constant Billy / Cobb's Horse Morris tunes (3.31)
  22. May Day Carol (3.47)

All tracks trad. arr. Magpie Lane except
Tracks 21ab trad. arr. Chris Leslie;
Track 21c composed and arr. Chris Leslie

> Folk Music > Records > Magpie Lane: Speed the Plough

Magpie Lane: Speed the Plough

Speed the Plough (Beautiful Jo BEJOCD-4)

Speed the Plough
Magpie Lane

Beautiful Jo Records BEJO-4 (cass., UK, 1994)

Musicians

Andy Turner, vocals, Anglo concertina;
Ian Giles, vocals, percussion;
Tom Bower, vocals, flute, recorder, whistles, pipe and tabor, harmonium, bass mandolin, piano, percussion;
Joanne Acty, vocals;
Peter Acty, guitar, mandolin, vocals;
Di Whitehead, cello, recorder, vocals

Tracks

  1. The Carter's Health (0.36)
  2. Regent's Fete / Sir Roger De Coverley (2.38)
  3. Green Bushes (Roud 1040; Laws P2) (2.54)
  4. The Highwayman Outwitted (2.08)
  5. Jockey to the Fair (1.03)
  6. Bonny at Morn (Roud 3064) (4.31)
  7. Davy, Davy, Knick-Knack (2.19)
  8. Poor Old Horse (Roud 513) (2.27)
  9. Kempshott Hunt / Death of the Fox (4.34)
  10. Swaggering Boney (1.33)
  11. The Painful Plough (3.37)
  12. Fool's Jig (0.42)
  13. The Mistress's Health (Roud 21096) (0.51)
  14. Girl With the Blue Dress On / Swiss Boy (2.44)
  15. Bushes and Briars (Roud 1027) (3.13)
  16. The Reading Summer Dance (1.40)
  17. The Beverly Maid and the Tinker (2.17)
  18. The Turtle Dove (Roud 422) / Bobbing Joe (2.23)
  19. The Shepherd's Song (Roud 284) (2.21)
  20. Shooter's Hornpipe (2.18)
  21. Bill Brown (Roud 609) (3.48)
  22. Streets of Oxford (3.26)
  23. All Jolly Fellows (Roud 346) / Speed the Plough (4.32)

> Folk Music > Records > Magpie Lane: Wassail!

Magpie Lane: Wassail!

Wassail! (Beautiful Jo BEJOCD-8)

Wassail!
A Country Christmas
Magpie Lane

Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD-8 (CD, UK, 1995)

Recorded and engineered by Mark Tucker at Woodworm Studios, Oxfordshire, 1995;
Digital mastering by Henry Smithson at Sounds Good, Reading;
Produced by Tim Healey;
Cover picture: Merry Christmas in the Baron's Hall by Daniel Maclise, National Gallery of Ireland

Musicians

Andy Turner, vocals, Anglo concertina;
Ian Giles, vocals, percussion;
Tom Bower, vocals, flute, recorder, whistles, pipe and tabor, harmonium, bass mandolin, piano, percussion;
Matthew Green, fiddle, vocals;
Joanne Acty, vocals;
Peter Acty, guitar, mandolin, vocals;
Di Whitehead, cello, recorder, vocals

with
Chris Leslie, additional fiddle, mandolin;
Heather Bower, clarinet;
Paul Sartin, oboe

Tracks

  1. The Gloucestershire Wassail (Roud 209) (1.48)
  2. The Bottom of the Punchbowl / The Christmas Baby (3.00)
  3. The Sheep Are Neath the Snow (3.47)
  4. Saint Stephen (Roud 8331) (4.12)
  5. Lullay My Liking (2.03)
  6. The Holly and the Ivy (Roud 514) (3.06)
  7. The Trees Are All Bare (Roud 1170) (3.57)
  8. Frost and Snow / Snow on the Hills (2.49)
  9. Down in Yon Forest (Roud 1523) (3.12)
  10. The King (Roud 19109) (2.41)
  11. The Christmas Holidays, or, Stuff Your Guts (3.15)
  12. The Somerset Wassail (Roud 209) (2.35)
  13. Hogmanay Jig / We Wish You a Merry New Year (2.38)
  14. Babes in the Wood (Roud 288; Laws Q34) (4.34)
  15. Poor Frozen-Out Gardeners (4.04)
  16. Here We Come A-Wassailing (Roud 209) (1.41)
  17. Nowell: The Bory's Hede (1.40)
  18. King Herod and the Cock (Roud 306) (2.10)
  19. The Standing Stones (4.06)
  20. Christmas Day in the Morning / The Sussex Carol (3.49)

All tracks trad. arr. Magpie Lane except
Track 2b Andy Turner;
Track 13a Andrew Rankine;
Track 15 trad. arr. Andy Turner, Chris Wood

> Folk Music > Records > Magpie Lane: Jack-in-the-Green

Magpie Lane: Jack-in-the-Green

Jack-in-the-Green (Beautiful Jo BEJOCD-22)

Jack-in-the-Green
Magpie Lane

Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD-22 (CD, UK, 1998)

Musicians

Andy Turner, vocals, Anglo concertina;
Ian Giles, vocals, percussion;
Tom Bower, vocals, flute, recorder, whistles, pipe and tabor, harmonium, bass mandolin, piano, percussion;
Joanne Acty, vocals;
Peter Acty, guitar, mandolin, vocals;
Di Whitehead, cello, recorder, vocals

with
Chris Leslie, additional fiddle, mandolin;
Heather Bower, clarinet;
Paul Sartin, oboe

Tracks

  1. May Song (3.04)
  2. Mother Goose / The Priest and His Boots / Hopkinson's Favourite (4.06)
  3. In Sheffield Park (Roud 860) (2.34)
  4. Thame Fair (2.13)
  5. The Flowers of Edinburgh (1.14)
  6. A Rosebud in June (Roud 812) (3.14)
  7. Jack-in-the-Green / Jack's Alive (5.07)
  8. The Sheepstealer (Roud 1667) (2.47)
  9. Quickstep at the Battle of Prague / Welch's Polka (3.24)
  10. Northill May Song (Roud 305) / The Cuckoo's Nest (Roud 1506) (3.05)
  11. The Seeds of Love (Roud 3) (2.35)
  12. Just As the Tide Was Flowing (Roud 1105) (3.08)
  13. The Banks of the Lea (Roud 9493 or 6857) (4.52)
  14. Font Whatling's Polka / Galloway Girth (3.31)
  15. Two Ravens (Roud 5) (3.34)
  16. Mayer's Song (Roud 305) / The Rochdale Coconut Dance / Three Around Three (5.46)

Track 1 Dave Webber

> Folk Music > Records > Magpie Lane: A Taste of Ale

Magpie Lane: A Taste of Ale

A Taste of Ale (Beautiful Jo BEJOCD-32)

A Taste of Ale
Magpie Lane

Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD-32 (CD, UK, 2000)

Recorded, engineered and mastered by Dave Eynstone at The Den, Abingdon;
Produced by Andy Turner and Ian Giles

Musicians

Andy Turner, vocals, Anglo concertinas, one-row melodeon, autoharp;
Ian Giles, vocals, side drum, tabor, tambourine, nakers;
Benji Kirkpatrick, vocals, bouzouki, guitar;
Di Whitehead, vocals, cello, descant recorder;
Mat Green, vocals, fiddle;
Tom Bower, vocals, whistles, flute, descant and bass recorders, reed organ, acoustic bass guitar, bass drum

Tracks

  1. A Drop of Good Beer (3.45)
  2. The Drunkard and the Pig (0.32)
  3. Bryng Us in Good Ale (Roud 203) (3.24)
  4. The Mail Coach Guard (3.40)
  5. O Good Ale (Roud 203) (1.58)
  6. Stingo (2.00)
  7. Of Honest Malt Liquor (1.45)
  8. Trowl the Bowl (2.36)
  9. So Was I (2.00)
  10. The Beautiful Landlady (4.50)
  11. The Merry Hostess (3.07)
  12. The Beer Drinking Briton (2.31)
  13. Beer Boys Beer (2.13)
  14. Hop Picking Song (2.39)
  15. The Hop Ground (2.44)
  16. Friezland Ale (Roud 12916) (3.19)
  17. The Bad-Husband's Folly (5.46)
  18. Drunk Last Night (0.43)
  19. John Barleycorn (Roud 164) (4.05)

All tracks trad. arr. Magpie Lane except
Track 4 tune Pat Palmer;
Track 9 Arthur Lennard;
Track 14 Peter Delaney;
Track 16 words Ammon Wrigley, tune Hugh Beech

> Folk Music > Records > Magpie Lane: Six for Gold

Magpie Lane: Six for Gold

Six for Gold (Beautiful Jo BEJOCD-42)

Six for Gold
Magpie Lane

Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD-42 (CD, UK, 2002)

Recorded by Dave Eynstone at The Den, Abingdon, August-September 2002;
Produced by Magpie Lane with Dave Eynstone

Musicians

Andy Turner, vocals, Anglo concertinas, triangle;
Ian Giles, vocals, hurdy gurdy, side drum, snare, bass drum, bodhrán;
Benji Kirkpatrick, vocals, bouzouki, guitar;
Marguerite Hutchinson, vocals, whistles, recorders, flute;
Mat Green, fiddle, vocals;
Sophie Polhill, vocals, cello

Tracks

  1. The Jovial Cutler (5.34)
  2. The Constant Lovers (Roud 466; Laws K17) (4.04)
  3. Round About the Maypole / Asiatic (5.08)
  4. John Reilly (Roud 270; Laws M8) (4.04)
  5. Juniper, Gentle and Rosemary (Roud 161; Child 1) (4.52)
  6. A-Begging I Will Go (Roud 286) (4.44)
  7. O Once I Was a Shepherd Boy (Roud 1113) (2.12)
  8. Long Peggin' Awl (Roud 2126) (3.38)
  9. Stottycake Polka / Ganivelle (6.32)
  10. Bold William Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11) (3.54)
  11. Foggy Dew (Roud 558; Laws O3) (5.34)
  12. I Saw a Maid in My Father's Garden (Roud 264; Laws N42) (2.58)
  13. Stokes Bay (3.28)
  14. Argeers / Polka d'Auvergne (4.28)
  15. Lazarus (Roud 477; Child 56) (3.26)
  16. My Old Hat That I Got On (Roud 475) (6.59)

All tracks trad. arr. Magpie Lane except
Track 9a Andy Turner;
Track 9b Frederic Paris

> Folk Music > Records > Magpie Lane: Knock at the Knocker, Ring at the Bell

Magpie Lane: Knock at the Knocker, Ring at the Bell

Knock at the Knocker, Ring at the Bell (Beautiful Jo BEJOCD-52)

Knock at the Knocker, Ring at the Bell
Carols, Songs & Tunes for the Christmas Season
Magpie Lane

Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD-52 (CD, UK, 2006)

Recorded by Dave Eynstone;
Produced by Magpie Lane with Dave Eynstone

Musicians

Andy Turner, vocals, Anglo concertinas, one-row melodeon;
Ian Giles, vocals, bass drum, side drum, snare;
Jon Fletcher, vocals, guitar, bouzouki, harmonica, mandolin;
Marguerite Hutchinson, vocals, recorders, whistles, Nurthumbrian smallpipes, flute;
Mat Green, fiddle, vocals;
Sophie Thurman, vocals, cello, tambourine

with special guest
Giles Lewin, English bagpipes, Highland smallpipes

Tracks

  1. Foster (While Shepherds Watched) (Roud 936) (3.21)
  2. Nowell Nowell (Roud 682) (4.06)
  3. All You Who Are to Mirth Inclined (Roud 2431) (2.27)
  4. The Winter's Tale / Christmas Polka (4.24)
  5. The Man That Lives (Roud 2110) (3.17)
  6. The Cherry Tree Carol (Roud 453; Child 54) (4.36)
  7. November Drinking Song (4.05)
  8. Hymn for Christmas Day (2.06)
  9. A Virgin Unspotted (Roud 1378) (4.14)
  10. This Is the Truth Sent from Above (Roud 2109) (2.38)
  11. Winter / Christmas Day in the Mornin' (Roud 497) (3.47)
  12. Lo! The Eastern Sages Rise (Roud 8360) (2.05)
  13. The Nine Joys of Mary (Roud 278) (5.16)
  14. Wren Boys' Song (Roud 19109) (5.13)

All tracks trad. arr. Magpie Lane except
Track 7 Martin Graebe