Vol. 2 of this projected four-volume series has just been issued. Contains: Roud No. Nine English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachian Mountains (c. 1938, published 1967): 1 The Rich Old Lady T 183 1’54 2 The Tree in the Wood B 129 2’34 3 Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor B 4 4’03 4 The Lovers’ Tasks S & T 12/21093 3’18 5 John Randolph S & T 10 4’20 6 Fair Margaret and Sweet William S 253 4’42 7 Barbara Ellen B 54 4’34 8 The House Carpenter S 14 5’35 9 The Twelve Apostles T & B 133 3'01 Two English Folk Songs for voice & violin (c 1913, published 1935): 10 Searching for Lambs T & V 576 3’30 11 The Lawyer T & V 922 1’49 A Selection of Collected Folk Songs Volume 1 (1917): 12 Down by the Riverside B 1438 1’27 13 I will give my Love an Apple S 330 1’24 14 The Carter T 2408 1’47 15 The Painful Plough B 355 3’49 16 My Boy Billy S 326 2’03 17 The Fox T 131 1’02 18 The Female Highwayman S 7 2’40 19 Farmyard Song S & T 544 2’41 Total recording time: 56’22 Key: S = Soprano; T = Tenor; B = Baritone, V = Violin The piano accompanies tracks 1 to 9 and 12 to 19 Mary Bevan soprano, Nicky Spence tenor, Roderick Williams baritone, Thomas Gould violin, William Vann piano (Apols for the formatting of the table - but you get the gist, I'm sure: Title - Configuration - Roud No. - Time.)
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