25 track compilation of songs by southern English traditional singers. Shirley Collins was invited to select and present her choice of material for the first two volumes. She has a passionate interest in traditional song, and has been a professional singer for most of her working life with a prolific list of published recordings to her credit dating from 1955. Tracks:1. Ned Adams: The Bold Princess Royal 2. Joe Spicer: Heave on the Trawl 3. Lily Cook: Caroline and her Young Sailor 4. George Maynard: Down by the Seaside 5. Noah Gillette: The Bonny Bunch of Roses O6. Bob & Ron Copper: Birds in the Spring 7. George Burton: The Pretty Ploughboy 8. Lily Cook: The Lark in the Morning 9. Luther Hills & Mark Fuller: Dame Durden 10. Jim Barrett: Spencer the Rover 11. Jim Swain: Jim the Carter Lad 12. Turp Brown: Six Jolly Miners 13. Fred Hewett: While Jones's Ale Was New 14. Mrs. Hewett: Old Johnny Buckle 15. George Attrill: The Broken-Down Gentleman 16. George Maynard: Cloddy Banks 17. Enos White: The Bold Dragoon 18. Jim Copper: Lemany 19. Gladys Stone: Deep in Love 20. Luther Hills with Mark Fuller: The Foggy Dew 21. George Spicer: The Folkestone Murder 22. Harry Upton: Canadee-i-o 23. Lottie Chapman: The Silver Pin 24. Frank Cole: The Bold Trooper 25. Albert Beale: The Moon Shines Bright.