Ewan MacColl - English and Scottish Popular Ballads: 1

Description: Ewan MacColl - English and Scottish Popular Ballads: 1 - Child [New CD] Artist: Ewan MacColl Title: English and Scottish Popular Ballads: 1 - Child Condition: Format: CD Release Date: 2012 Label: Folkways Records UPC: 093070350922 Genre: Celtic, Irish Album Tracks1. Johnnie O'Breadisley (Johnie Cock)(Child No. 114)2. The Dowie Dens O'Yarrow - Child 2143. Lord Randall - Child 124. Sir Patrick Spens - Child 585. The Burning O'Auchendoun - Willie MacIntosh- Child 1836. Oud Goodman - Our Gudeman - Child 2747. The Rantin Laddie - Child 2408. Bawbee Allan - Barbara Allen - Child 849. The Brown Girl - Lord Thomas and Fair Annet - Child 7310. The Three Ravens - Child 2611. The Bonnie Earl O' Murray - Child 18112. The Battle of Harlaw - Child 16313. Thomas Rhymer - Thomas Rymour - Child 37 The "Child Ballads" are a large collection of 305 songs from England and Scotland compiled by Francis James Child in the late 19th century. Here, Ewan MacColl presents 13 of these songs, sung without accompaniment. MacColl explains the notion of the ballad: "Defined in it's simplest terms, the ballad is a folksong that tells a story... is always narrative, and is always learned from the lips of others rather than by reading." the songs presented here all detail historical events from Scotland and England. It is appropriate then that they are sung by MacColl who himself played a role in English history through his affiliation to the communist parties of the 1930's which hindered his musical career at the time. His roots in the laboring class add authenticity to the concept of the ballad which grew out of the "popular" lower classes. Liner notes include some song information and lyrics.Copyright DirectToU LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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