Songs of Ceremony (The Folk Songs of Britain)
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The Folk Songs of Britain, Vol. 9. Songs of Ceremony. Topic Records 12T197. Originally released as Caedmon TC1224 (USA)
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- Cornish Wassail Song - Charlie Bate, Padstow; Truro Wassail Bowl Singers, Malpas
- New’r Even’s Song - Sidney Scott etc., North Ronaldsay Orkney
- Mari Lwyd Ceremony - David Thomas etc., Maesteg, Glamorgan; Margaretta Thomas, Nantgarw, Glamorgan
- Joys of Mary - Teresa Maguire, Belfast
- Holly and the Ivy - Peter Jones, Bromsash, Ross, Herefordshire
- Twelve Days of Christmas - Bob and Ron Copper, Rottingdean, Sussex
- Bitter Withy - Charlotte Smith, Tarrington, Herefordshire; William Payne, Gloucestershire
- As I Sat on a Sunny Bank - John Thomas, Camborne, Cornwall
- Singing of the Travels - Symondsbury Mummers, Dorset
- Dives and Lazarus - emily Bishop, Bromsberrow Heath, Herefordshire
- Gower Wassail - Charlie Bate, Padstow
- Taladh an Leinibh Losa - crofters, South Uist, Hebrides
- St Clements Song - Phyllis Carnwell, Hammerwich, Staffordshire
- Shrove Tuesday Song - Herbert Prince, Warminster, Wiltshire
- Shepherds Arise - Bob and Ron Copper, Rottingdean, Sussex
- Cherry Tree Carol - John Partridge, Cinderford, Gloucestershire
- Somerset Wassail Song - Henry and Walter Sealy, Ash Priors, Taunton, Somerset
- Hunting the Wren - Joe and Winnifred Woods, Douglas, Isle of Man
- Cheshire Souling Song - Antrobus Soul Cakers, Northwich, Cheshire
- Six Jolly Miners - Louis Rowe, Grenoside, Yorkshire
- John Barleycorn - Boggans, Haxey, Lincolnshire
- Hal-an-tow - Helston, Cornwall
- Huntingdonshire May Carol - Mrs. Church and Mrs. Hall, Biddenham, Bedfordshire
