TSDL479 3 The Bird in the Bush TSDL479 4 The Bird in the Bush TSDL479 5 The Bird in the Bush TSDL479 6 The Bird in the Bush The Bird in the Bush In 1966 Topic records released the original version of this LP. This collection expands that album with additional material from Louis Killen, Frankie Armstrong and Norman Kennedy. The accompanists are Dave Swarbrick (fiddle), Alf Edwards (concertina) and Louis Killen (concertina). The songs here are made by men and women in close touch with nature, in tune with the run of the seasons, the growth of crops, the increase of stock, the fruitfulness of their own knd. They are mainly concerned with the great clean truths of desire and fulfilment, love and fruitfulness. 1 The Two Magicians — AL Lloyd (with Dave Swarbrick) 4.41 2 The Old man From Over the Sea — Frankie Armstrong 2.49 3 The Wanton Seed — AL Lloyd 1.30 4 Gathering Rushes in the Month of May — Anne Briggs 4.46 5 The Banks of Sweet Primroses — Louis Killen (acc. concertina) 2.16 6 The Maid on the Shore — Frankie Armstrong 4.07 7 The Bonny Black Hare — AL Lloyd (with Dave Swarbrick) 2.54 8 The Whirly Whorl — Anne Briggs 1.12 9 Pretty Polly — AL Lloyd 1.27 10 The Night Visiting Song — Norman Kenneddy 3.24 11 The Old Bachelor — AL Lloyd (with Dave Swarbrick & Alf Edwards) 3.42 12 The Cock — Louis Killen 2.59 13 The Stonecutter Boy — Anne Briggs 1.53 14 The Mower — AL Lloyd 1.57 15 The Bird in the Bush — Frankie Armstrong 2.55 16 The Pegging Awl — AL Lloyd (with Alf Edwards) 2.46 17 One May Morning — Louis Killen 2.07 18 Martinmas Time — Anne Briggs 4.50 19 The Widow of Westmorland’s Daughter — AL Lloyd (with Dave Swarbrick & Alf Edwards) 2.15 Digital remaster ℗1996 Topic Records Ltd. ©2013 Topic Records Ltd. The copyright in this sound recording and digital artwork is owned by Topic Records Ltd. All rights reserved. TOPIC TSDL479 www.topicrecords.co.uk.