5017116700521

Various

Ceremonies & Rituals Seasons

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Format: CD

Cat No: FTSR5
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Release Date:  19 November 2002

Label:  Fellside

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5017116700521

Genres:  Folk  English Folk  

  • Description

    This collection of songs traces a year through its seasons, some of the ceremonies, some of the traditions and some of the attendant rituals.

    They are largely pre-industrial and in some cases, their roots lie in pre-christian rituals.

    Essentialy they are songs and customs that have been carried on by ordinary people who are attuned to the year's cycle and the need for a good crop: many of the "gusing" rituals are concerned with death and resurrection but in connection to the old year and new one rather than in a biblical sense.

  • Tracklisting

    1. The Moon Shines Bright - Ram's Bottom
    2. The Oxplough Song - Johnny Collins
    3. Gloucestershire Wassail - Ian Woods
    4. Trunkles - Laurence Platt
    5. Jack in the Green - White Hart
    6. April Song - Jolly Jack
    7. The Jolly Boys Song - Preston Isle Metal Band
    8. The Buffoon - Laurence Platt
    9. Midgley Pace Egg Song - Derek & Dorothy Elliott
    10. Jennifer Gentle - Martin Carter
    11. Bedfordshire May Song - White Hart
    12. The Five Wells - The Ripley Wayfarers
    13. Brimbledon Fair - John Rennard
    14. Gee Cross Fair/How Do You Do - Tom Shepley's Band
    15. Long Meg & Her Daughters - Linda Adams
    16. Bonny Hawthorn - Johnny Collins
    17. Country Gardens - Laurence Platt
    18. Mottram Wakes - Tom Shepley's Band
    19. Harvest Song - Johnny Collins
    20. Souling Song - Paul Adams
    21. The Tupper's Song - Notts Alliance
    22. All You That Are Good Fellows - Graham & Sheila Nelmes
    23. Shepherds Arise - White Hart
    24. The Boar's Head Carol - Teeside Fettlers
    25. Four Seasons - Bob Diehl
    26. Nowell Nowell - Ram's Bottom
    27. The Turning Of The Year - Farmstead