SCD 2217 Sound Library

Armstrong, Frankie

Lovely on the water : traditional songs and ballads / Frankie Armstrong - Workington : Fellside Recordings, 2000. - 1 sound disc : digital stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

Compact disc.

1. Tarry trousers -- 2. The green valley -- 3. Low down in the broom -- 4. The cruel mother -- 5. The crafty maid's policy -- 6. The maid on the shore -- 7. The frog and the mouse -- 8. Lovely on the water -- 9. The brown girl -- 10. The young girl cut down in her prime -- 11. The unquiet grave -- 12. The saucy sailor -- 13. The two sisters -- 14. Here's the tender coming -- 15. The nightingale -- 16. The sailor laddie -- 17. Liberty for the sailors -- 18. The sailor boy -- 19. Jordan -- 20. The mouse's song.

Compilation of tracks from three LPs, with the first 13 comprising her first solo LP. Tracks 1-13 from Lovely on the water (1972); tracks 14-18 from The valiant sailor (1973) and tracks 19-20 from Room for company (1972). Some songs sung unaccompanied, some with accompaniment.

SR07609