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Shirley Elizabeth Collins FW03564

Shirley Elizabeth Collins delivers these traditional British love songs in her feathery soprano voice. She is accompanied by John Hasted, Ralph Rinzler and Guy Carawan on the guitar and five-string banjo.

Country(s) United Kingdom
Keyword(s) Animals; Ballads; Courtship; Grief; Laments; Love songs; Maritime; Marriage; Migration; Mining--Songs and music; Murder; Music--British Isles; Music--Juvenile; Occupational; Supernatural; Tragic songs; Wit and humor
Instrument(s) Banjo; Guitar
Year of Recording 1959
Record Label Folkways Records
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Produced by Alan Lomax ; Artist Shirley Collins ; Design by Ronald Clyne ; Cover photo by Louis Gordon

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Play	101	I Drew My Ship	Shirley Elizabeth Collins	2:23
Play	102	The Irish Boy	Shirley Elizabeth Collins	1:37
Play	103	The Spermwhale Fishery	Shirley Elizabeth Collins	2:43
Play	104	Dennis O'Reilley - Dennis O'Reilly	Shirley Elizabeth Collins	2:07
Play	105	My Bonny Miner Lad	Shirley Elizabeth Collins	1:51
Play	106	Just as the Tide Was Flowing	Shirley Elizabeth Collins	1:21
Play	107	Bobby Shaftoe	Shirley Elizabeth Collins	1:24
Play	108	Richie Story - The Earl of Weymss	Shirley Elizabeth Collins	4:08
Play	109	The Unquiet Grave	Shirley Elizabeth Collins	4:14
Play	201	The Swapping Song	Shirley Elizabeth Collins	1:30
Play	202	Poor Old Horse	Shirley Elizabeth Collins	1:12
Play	203	The False True Love	Shirley Elizabeth Collins	3:51
Play	204	The Foggy Dew	Shirley Elizabeth Collins	2:26
Play	205	Mowing the Barley	Shirley Elizabeth Collins	0:56
Play	206	Scarborough Fair	Shirley Elizabeth Collins	1:40
Play	207	The Cruel Mother	Shirley Elizabeth Collins	7:04
Play	208	The Bonny Cuckoo	Shirley Elizabeth Collins	1:30
Play	209	The Queen of May	Shirley Elizabeth Collins	1:49
Play	210	Died for Love	Shirley Elizabeth Collins	1:54

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