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01. SHIRLEY COLLINS - Sweet England
02. SHIRLEY COLLINS - Hares On The Mountain
03. SHIRLEY COLLINS - Hori-Horo
04. SHIRLEY COLLINS - The Bonny Irish Boy
05. SHIRLEY COLLINS - The Tailor & The Mouse
06. SHIRLEY COLLINS - The Lady & The Swine
07. SHIRLEY COLLINS - Turpin Hero
08. SHIRLEY COLLINS - The Cuckoo
09. SHIRLEY COLLINS - The Bonny Labouring Boy
10. SHIRLEY COLLINS - The Cherry Tree Carol
11. SHIRLEY COLLINS - Sweet William
12. SHIRLEY COLLINS - Omie Wise
13. SHIRLEY COLLINS - Blackbirds & Thrushes
14. SHIRLEY COLLINS - A Keeper Went Hunting
15. SHIRLEY COLLINS - Polly Vaughan
16. SHIRLEY COLLINS - Pretty Saro
17. SHIRLEY COLLINS - Barbara Allen
18. SHIRLEY COLLINS - Charlie
ARTIST
TITLE
Sweet England
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
FLED 3080CD FLED 3080CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
11/9/2010

"Sweet England, along with its sister album False True Lovers (FLED 3029CD), was recorded in the spring of 1958 when I was twenty-two years old. I had been living for the previous two years in London with Alan Lomax, the American folklorist, working for him as editorial assistant on his book The Folk Songs of North America and on his field recordings from America, Great Britain, Italy and Spain. The tracks that make up these two albums were recorded by Peter Kennedy and Alan in two days at Peter's home 'studio' in Belsize Park. English traditional music, at its best, expresses and provides everything in song that I need and feel, both musically and emotionally. Sweet England represents the first shaky steps of a journey that I have been on all my life, and that, happily, I still am." --Shirley Collins from the new sleeve-notes. Fledg'ling Records are very proud to present a remastered edition of this classic recording from the infancy of the mid-20th century folk revival. Guest musicians are Guy Carawan, Ralph Rinzler and John Hasted. Sweet England is a stunning collection of British and American traditional song, capturing a turning moment in the English folk song revival of the 1950s. Including a stunning, new digipak design with new sleevenotes from Shirley Collins.