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Travellers

Travellers (Topic 12TS395)

Travellers
Songs, Stories and Tunes from English Gypsies
Various Artists

Topic Records 12TS395 (LP, UK, 1979)

Recorded by Mike Yates in 1973-78;
Produced by Mike Yates and Tony Engle;
Photography of Lemmy Brazil and notes by Mike Yates;
Design by Tony Engle

Musicians

Harry Brazil, vocals [2, 6, 9, 14, 16, 18-19];
Lemmie Brazil, vocals [5a, 21b];
Debbie & Penny Davis, vocals [12];
Bill Elson, accordion [11, 15];
Mary Ann Haynes, vocals [8, 22];
Joe Jones, vocals [5c, 21c];
Alice Penfold, vocals [4];
Derby Smith, vocals [24];
Jasper Smith, vocals [5b, 7, 10, 15, 20, 21a];
Wisdom (Wiggy) Smith, vocals [3, 13];
Chris Willett, vocals [1, 17, 23]

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. [CW] The American Stranger (Roud 1081) (2.36)
  2. [HB] Bold Keeper (Roud 321) (1.35)
  3. [WS] Go from My Window (Roud 966) (0.31)
  4. [AP] Little Footman Boy (Roud 45; Child 65) (1.59)
  5. [LB, JS, JJ] God Killed the Devil / Meeting the Devil / Yonder Comes the Devil (3.10)
  6. [HB] Sally Monroe (Roud 526; Laws K11) (2.10)
  7. [JS] Pepper & Salt (2.09)
  8. [MAH] Lovely Johnny (Roud 5168) (1.01)
  9. [HB] The Loyal Lover (Roud 405) (1.06)
  10. [JS] Climbing Up the Apple Tree / Tuning / Bird Scaring Cry / Hacking Clover (2.19)
  11. [BE] Step Dance Tune (0.47)
  12. [D&PD] Barbara Ellen (Roud 54; Child 84) (2.11)
  13. [WS] Hares in the Old Plantation (Roud 363) (2.15)
  1. [HB] Rambling Irishman (Roud 360) (1.24)
  2. [JS, BE] Down in the Meadow (Roud 18829) / Love Is Pleasing' (2.45)
  3. [HB] A Blacksmith Courted Me (Roud 816) (1.54)
  4. [CW] Once I Was a Servant (Roud 269; Laws K43) (1.54)
  5. [HB] The Gown So Green (Roud 1085) (1.55)
  6. [HB] The Flower Show (Roud 5213) (1.42)
  7. [JS] Waxy Candles (3.31)
  8. [JS, LB, JJ] The Coachman (Roud 862) / Bonny Black Hare (Roud 1656) / The Cuckoo's Nest (Roud 1506) (2.02)
  9. [MAH] Hopping Down in Kent (Roud 1715) / My Lovely Hops (2.37)
  10. [CW] Swinging Down the Lane (Roud 2870) (1.48)
  11. [DS] Will There Be Any Travellers in Heaven? (Roud 5214) (3.01)

All tracks trad. except
Track 24 words Derby Smith, music Jimmie Rodgers