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The Female Frolic

The Female Frolic

The Female Frolic
The Critics Group: Frankie Armstrong, Sandra Kerr, Peggy Seeger

Argo DA 82 (LP, mono, UK, 1968)

Musicians

Frankie Armstrong, vocals [1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10];
Sandra Kerr, vocals [1, 3, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15], tin whistle [9];
Peggy Seeger, vocals [1, 2, 6, 10, 11, 14, 16], autoharp [2, 8], concertina [9], guitar [12, 16];
with
Jack Warshaw, guitar [8, 9, 12];
John Faulkner, concertina [15]

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. The Doffin' Mistress (Irish)
  2. Girl of Constant Sorrow (American)
  3. The Blacksmith (English)
  4. My Husband's Got No Courage in Him (English)
  5. The Generous Lover (Irish)
  6. The Whore's Lament (American)
  7. Geordie (English)
  8. Come Me Little Son (Contemporary Engish)
  1. The Female Frolic (English)
  2. Children's Sequences (English / Scottish / American)
  3. An Old Man Came Courting Me (Canadian)
  4. Miner's Wife (Contemporary Engish)
  5. The Factory Girl (Irish)
  6. Lowell Factory Girl (American)
  7. The Broomfield Hill (English)
  8. The Housewife's Lament (American)

All tracks traditional except
Tracks 2, 9, 16 trad. arr. Peggy Seeger;
Track 7 trad. arr. Frankie Armstrong;
Tracks 8, 12 Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger;
Track 15 trad. arr. John Faulkner