Released July 1981 Release date July 1981 | ||
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Folk rock albums The Bonny Bunch of Roses, Live at the LA Troubadour, Tipplers Tales, Moat on the Ledge: Live at Br, Angel Delight | ||
Smiddyburn is a 1981 folk album recorded by Dave Swarbrick and named after the farm in Aberdeenshire where Swarbrick lived at the time. The tracks are mostly renditions of traditional folk tunes, and Swarbrick is assisted by his erstwhile colleagues from Fairport Convention as well as his early mentor, Beryl Marriott.
Contents
Track listing
Side one
- "Wat Ye Wha I Met the Streen"/"The Ribbons of the Redheaded Girl"/"Ril Gan Ainm" (4:48)
- "Sir Charles Coote"/"Smiths" (2:43)
- "I Have a Wife of My Own"/"Lady Mary Haye's Scotch Measure" (3:37)
- "Wishing"/"The Victor's Return"/"The Gravel Walk" (5:15)
Side two
- "When The Battle is Over" (3:37)
- "Sword Dance"/"The Young Black Crow" (4:18)
- "Sean O'Dwyer of the Glen"/"The Hag With The Money"/"Sleepy Maggie" (4:52)
- "It Suits Me Well" - (Sandy Denny) (5:48)
Personnel
Tracks 1, 4, 6 and 8 are with Fairport Convention and Richard Thompson
Songs
1Wat Ye Wha I Met the Streen / The Ribbons of the Redheaded Girl / Ril Gan Ainm4:48
2Sir Charles Coote / Smiths2:43
3I Have a Wife of My Own / Lady Mary Haye's Scotch Measure3:37
References
Smiddyburn Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA