Skip to main content

Folk Ballads of the English-Speaking World

Paul Clayton
Folk Ballads of the English-Speaking World Here, singer and collector Paul Clayton performs fifteen texts collected in The Viking Book of Folk Ballads, including historical ballads to songs about tabloid crime. Rather than reproducing previous traditional singers' performances exactly, Clayton himself enters the "folk process" by combining texts and melodies from different versions of each ballad.

Track Listing

icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
101
Lilliburlero Paul Clayton 01:49
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
102
Bailiff's Daughter of Islington Paul Clayton 03:34
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
103
The Darby Ram Paul Clayton 01:36
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
104
The Sea Captain Paul Clayton 02:23
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
105
Botany Bay Paul Clayton 02:30
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
106
Great Silkie of Sule Skerry Paul Clayton 05:03
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
107
Omie Wise Paul Clayton 02:44
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
108
Lass of Roch Royal Paul Clayton 06:04
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
201
The Baffled Knight Paul Clayton 01:25
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
202
The Dying Stockman Paul Clayton 02:36
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
203
Dupree Paul Clayton 02:00
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
204
The Cherry-Tree Carol Paul Clayton 04:21
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
205
Katherine Jaffray Paul Clayton 03:24
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
206
The Avondale Mine Disaster Paul Clayton 02:53
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
207
The Twa Sisters (The Two Sisters) Paul Clayton 06:55