Singing in the Streets: Scottish Children's Songs

Alan Lomax Collection

Release Date: 22 Jun 2004
Label: ROUNDER
Genre: POP & ROCK

CAT # 82161-1795-2

1. London Bridge

2. My Girl's A Corker 1:47

3. I've A Sweetheart In America 1:02

4. There Are Hundreds Of These 1:23

5. The Night Was Dark

6. Harry Lauder and Mussolini Are Dead

7. As I Went Down To Windsor

8. Chinese Government / Interview 1:40

9. The Wind, The Wind 2:28

10. Poor Mary Sat A-Weeping 1:12

11. Here's A Poor Widow

12. Little Sally Walker

13. On the Mountain

14. All The Boys In London

15. The Big Ship Sails

16. In And Out The Windows 1:28

17. Up Against The Wall

18. I Paula Tay Paula Taska / Interview

19. Here Comes A Bluebird

20. My Father Bought The Little Coat

21. A Tisket A Tasket

22. In And Out The Dusty Bluebells

23. He's a Navvy 1:44

24. Mother, Mother, I Am Ill

25. PK Penny Packet / Mrs Mopp / Chicka Tony

26. One Two Three Alairy

27. Eevy Ivy Over / Interview

28. All The Way To London Town / Interview 1:29

29. Queen Elizabeth Lost Her Shoe

30. It Has To Come Out Quite Unconsciously

31. Down in the Valley 1:00

32. There's Usually An Argument Which One's Which 1:31

33. Jelly On The Plate

34. Cowboy Joe / Ippetty Soopitty

35. My Mother / My Little House 1:02

36. Eetle Ottle, Black Bottle

37. Flip Flop

38. One Two Three Four Five

39. My Name Is Sweet Jenny 1:02

40. I'm A Little Orphan Girl 1:10

41. Broken Hearted, I Wander 1:10

42. The Bonny Sailor Boy / Interview 1:40

43. When I Was Single 1:26

44. An Angel Said To Me

45. All That Shivers / Canaan's Shore / The Burning Deck

46. The World Must Be Coming To An End 1:16

47. Robert Burns

48. Put Him In The Bathtub

49. I'm Goin Awa In The Train

50. Paddy Knight

51. When I Was Young

52. Chairlie / The Cotton Spinners / The 42nd 2:32

53. Geese, Ducks, Stones, Fires and Rain 1:23

54. Aunty Mary Had A Canary / Wee O'Hara

55. The Donkey / The Croft / The Policeman 1:06

56. Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be?

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An album of rich, timeless musical gleanings of evocative or surreal ephemeral children's lore, gathered in a school playground in the crowded city of Edinburgh, a quiet little classroom on a sparsely populated Hebridean island, a suburban street in Aberdeen, and in quiet conversations with James T. Ritchie, one of Scotland's foremost childlore experts, and with two giants of Scottish folk music: Ewan MacColl and Hamish Henderson. Recorded from 1951 to 1957 by Alan Lomax, Hamish Henderson, and the MacLeans of Raasay. Introduction and notes by Ewan McVicar. Remastered to 24-bit digital from the original field recordings.

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