‘English Folk Singer’

Fred Jordan

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Fred Jordan was first recorded in 1952 singing songs he had learnt from his family, from workmates and visiting Gypsies in his native Shropshire. With the emerging folk revival of the 1960s he began singing at folk clubs all over the country and over the next forty years he appeared at most major folk festivals. After a lifetime of singing he is viewed by many as the iconic English folk singer.

Tracks (click on the title to see the words of each song and read notes about it)

Disc 1 - 1950s & 60s
1. Six Pretty Maids (The Outlandish Knight) (3.59)
2. Turmot-Hoeing (1.16)
3. The Field of Barley (1.25)
4. Talk about singing (0.29)

5. The Jolly Waggoner (1.31)
6. Barbara Allen (1.28)
7. The Dark-eyed Sailor (2.59)

8. The Worst Girl in the School (1.25)
9. The Faithful Sailor Boy (2.29)

10. Polly's Father Lived in Lincolnshire (1.35)
11. The Poor Gypsy Maid (3.38)
12. John Barleycorn (2.39)
13. The Banks of the Sweet Dundee (4.48)
14. Down by the Riverside (0.58)
15. The Banks of the Sweet Primroses (2.40)

16. An Acre of Land (2.02)
17. Down the Green Groves (1.36)
18. The Royal Albert (2.33)
19. When the Frost is on the Pumpkin (1.04)
20. Three Old Crows (2.02)
21. We Shepherds are the Best of Men (3.04)
22. Down the Road (3.41)
23. We're All Jolly Fellows that Follow the Plough (2.50)
 

Disc 2 - 1970s, 80s & 90s
1. The Seeds of Love (3.11)
2. The Volunteer Organist (3.53)
3. The Bonny Bunch of Roses (4.40)
4. The Horn of the Hunter (3.18)
5. The Black Sheep of the Family (1.53)
6. The Banks of Claudy (4.51)
7. The Galway Shawl (4.05)
8. The Spinning Wheel (3.32)
9. The Rigs of Rye (3.11)

10. The Saucy Sailor (2.09)
11. The Bonny Boy (3.05)
12. The Ship that Never Returned (3.11)
13. The Recruited Collier (2.42)
14. Foggy Foggy Dew (3.55)
15. Sweet William (2.54)
16. The Benefit Concert (2.47)
17. The Gypsy’s Warning (3.38)
18. The Rose of Allendale (4.25)
19. The Old Armchair (3.14)
20. Napoleon Bonaparte (3.20)
21. The Farmer's Boy (4.04)

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