Instrumental dance tunes and ballads with instrumental acc. Custer LaRue, sporano (in the ballads) ; The Baltimore Consort. Recorded at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, NY, Jan. 1996. Compact disc. Texts of ballads and program notes by Mary Anne Ballard with bibliographical references (16 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Contents:
Beautiful shepherdess of Arcadia : tune of The Sheperd's daughter or Parson upon Dorothy (9:48). Parsons farewell (1:52) -- Beggar boy (1:54) -- John come kiss me now (1:32) -- Newcastle (1:49) -- The French report : tune of A la mode de France or Nonesuch (5:03) -- The Mulberry garden (2:47) -- A Scots rant (3:26) -- A Trip to Killburn (4:02) -- The Broom of Cowdenknows : tune of The bonny broom (4:34) -- The Joviall broome man : tune of Jamaica (5:32) -- Lull me beyond thee (2:42) -- An Italian rant (1:30) -- The Famous ratcatcher : tune of Tom a Bedlam or The jovial tinker (5:24) -- Jenny pluck pears (2:32) -- Bobbing Joe (1:33) -- Merry, merry milkmaids (1:28) -- The Beautiful shepherdess of Arcadia : tune of The Sheperd's daughter or Parson upon Dorothy (9:48).
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