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Soldiers Three

Soldiers Three (private issue)

Soldiers Three
Peter Bellamy

private issue (cass., UK, 1990)

This private cassette contains settings of Kipling's Barrack Room Ballads, including re-recordings of all songs from the Free Reed LP Peter Bellamy Sings the Barrack Room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling. It was released to coincide with the New Victoria Theatre, Stoke on Trent's production of Soldiers Three, scripted by Tony Perrin.

Musicians

Peter Bellamy, vocals, Anglo concertina;
Jamie O'Dwyer, fiddle;
Brian Stafford, Uilleann pipes [6];
Maggie Boyle, Steve Tilston, Keith Marsden

Tracks

  1. Two by Two
  2. The Widow at Windsor
  3. Tommy (3.38)
  4. The Young British Soldier
  5. Route Marching
  6. Shillin' a Day
  7. Soldier, Soldier (6.04)
  8. That Day
  9. Bill 'Awkins
  10. Ford o' Kabul River
  11. The Widow's Party
  12. Loot
  13. The Baynit and the Butt
  14. Private Orther is' Song
  15. Gunga Din
  16. Cells
  17. Cholera Camp (3.05)
  18. The Ladies
  19. Follow Me 'Ome
  20. Gentleman Rankers
  21. Danny Deever (3.52)
  22. Troopin'
  23. Mandalay

All tracks lyrics Rudyard Kipling, music Peter Bellamy except
Tracks 11, 15, 21-23 lyrics Rudyard Kipling, music trad. arr. Peter Bellamy

Tracks 3, 7, 21 were included in 1999 on Wake the Vaulted Echoes