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Steeleye Span — John Kirkpatrick

Steeleye Span — Maddy Prior

Steeleye Span — Steeleye Span

Steeleye Span — Tim Hart

Steeleye Span — Rick Kemp

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Steeleye Span — Martin Carthy

Steeleye Span — Nigel Pegrum

Producers: Steeleye Span, Mike Thompson

The record

Track listing

16 tracks
  1. 0 Awake, Awake Preview sources
  2. 1 : A love song derived from the Song of Solomon. Preview sources
  3. 2 Sweep, Chimney Sweep Preview sources
  4. 3 : This is from the Copper family, here sung a capella. (Roud 1217) Preview sources
  5. 4 The Wife of The Soldier Preview sources
  6. 5 : An anti-war song, a sentiment also on Fighting for Strangers on the band's previous album, Rocket Cottage. Preview sources
  7. 6 The Victory Preview sources
  8. 7 : First published by John Ashton (in Modern Street Ballads) in 1888. According to Roy Palmer this is a re-writing of a ballad about General Wolfe. Preview sources
  9. 8 The Black Freighter Preview sources
  10. 9 : A barmaid in The Threepenny Opera has a fantasy about cutting rich men down to size. The song is also known as Pirate Jenny. Preview sources
  11. 10 Some Rival Preview sources
  12. 11 : This love song is possibly as old as 1656. Maddy sings it with a gentle acoustic guitar accompaniment. It is also known as Some Tyrant and A Rival Heart (Roud 587). Preview sources
  13. 12 Treadmill Song Preview sources
  14. 13 : Treadmills were used in English prisons from 1779 to 1902. This was first written down in 1906 in Somerset. Also known at The Gaol Song or Durham Gaol. Preview sources
  15. 14 Seventeen Come Sunday Preview sources
  16. 15 : An early version of this song is by Robert Burns (1792). A tale of very young love. Preview sources

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