Sprig of Thyme
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The Sprig of Thyme
English folk song, collected by Cecil J. Sharp and published in his One Hundred English Folksongs (1916).
sound sample: sprig.wav (22.2 kHz, 314k, 14.2 sec)
ANNA— voice, octave mandolin
JOHN— cittern, synthesizer
Thrice Tosse These Oaken Ashes
Thomas Campion (1567-1620). From The Third Booke of Ayres (1617).
sound sample: ashes.wav (22.2 kHz, 215k, 9.2 sec)
ANNA— voice, hurdy-gurdy
JOHN— harp
NANCY WHARTON— cello
The Crystal Bransle
© 1992 by Anna Peekstok.
ANNA— hurdy-gurdy, didjeridu
JOHN— guitar
FELICIA DALE— hurdy-gurdy
WILLIAM PINT— mandola
The Two Ravens
Collected in America and published by Richard Chase (American Folk Tales and Songs, 1956). The tune is Scottish, and the song dates back in England at least to 1611.
sound sample: ravens.wav (22.2 kHz, 231k, 10.1 sec)
ANNA— voice, nyckelharpa
JOHN— Appalachian dulcimer, accordion
Jouissance vous donnerai (I Will Give You Joy)
Written by Claudin de Sermisy and first printed in 1527, this tune was included by Thoinot Arbeau in Orchesography (1589), the quintessential resource for information about dance and dance music in sixteenth-century France.
sound sample: bdt.wav (22.2 kHz, 165k, 7.3 sec)
ANNA— fiddle, recorder, bells
JOHN— cittern, doumbec
Tordion
Also from Orchesography, which instructs dancers to perform it immediately after the basse dance done to Jouissance vous donnerai (above).
ANNA— fiddle, recorder, bells
JOHN— cittern, doumbec
Matthew Green
Words and music © 1994 by Anna Peekstok. A new setting for the old ballad known as Matty Groves or Little Musgrave, about the consequences of adultery and revenge.
ANNA— voice, nyckelharpa
JOHN— guitar
Seal Rock
© 1996 by Anna Peekstok.
sound sample: seal.wav (22.2 kHz, 215k, 9.7 sec)
ANNA— nyckelharpa, recorder
JOHN— guitar
Molly Bahn
Irish folk song, originally published as a broadsheet ballad.
sound sample: molly.wav (22.2 kHz, 149k, 6.1 sec)
ANNA— voice, hurdy-gurdy
JOHN— guitar, synthesizer
Ruchenitsa
© 1990 by John Peekstok.
sound sample: ruch.wav (22.2 kHz, 215k, 9.3 sec)
ANNA— recorder
JOHN— guitar, percussion
Poor Wayfaring Stranger
Traditional folk hymn from the American South.
sound sample: stranger.wav (22.2 kHz, 149k, 6.5 sec)
ANNA— voice, tinwhistle
JOHN— guitar
The Agincourt Carol
Commemorates the English victory over the French in the Battle of Agincourt, which took place in 1415.
sound sample: agincourt.wav (22.2 kHz, 182k, 7.5 sec)
ANNA— voice, hurdy-gurdy
JOHN— drums
TIM GRAFFHAM— voice
Légende des Pelerins (The Legend of the Pilgrims)
Reportedly sung by medieval pilgrims on their journey to and from Santiago de Compostela in Northwestern Spain.
sound sample: pelerins.wav (22.2 kHz, 165k, 7.4 sec)
ANNA— voice, hurdy-gurdy, recorders
JOHN— guitar
La Rotta
Fourteenth-century Italian.
ANNA— hurdy-gurdy, recorder, bodhran
JOHN— guitar, bells
The Bad Girl
Collected in Virginia in 1941, this ballad is cousin to the English broadside The Unfortunate Rake (c. 1850).
sound sample: badgirl.wav (22.2 kHz, 182k, 8.3 sec)
ANNA— voice, hurdy-gurdy
JOHN— cittern, bass guitar
The Bar Room Bransle
© 1992 by Anna Peekstok.
ANNA— hurdy-gurdy
JOHN— cittern, bass guitar
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