Heather Wood

With Peter Bellamy and Royston Wood as The Young Tradition, 1965-1969

The Young Tradition Transatlantic TRA 142, 1966 (*)

• Byker Hill * # + Collected by John Hasted
• The Bold Fisherman
• Betsy the Servingmaid
• Henry the Poacher Fron Harry Cox, Sutton, Norfolk
• The Lyke Wake Dirge * # + Words adapted from Aubrey's version of 1686. Tune via Hans Fried from Peggy Richards of Scotland.
• The Banks of Claudy * # + From the Copper Family
• The Innocent Hare * # + From the Copper Family
• Dives & Lazarus
• Derry Down Fair * Words collected by Hammond from Robert Barrett of Puddletown, Dorset. Tune from elsewhere.
• The Truth Sent From Above * Collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams from Mr. W. Jenkins of King's Pyon, Herefordshire
• Pretty Nancy of Yarmouth * # Collected in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.

So Cheerfully Round Transatlantic TRA 155, 1967 (*)

• Daddy Fox # +
• The Season Round From the Copper Family
• The Bold Dragoon
• Watercress-O * (by Roger Watson) Based on a memory from Roger's grandmother's childhood.
• The Old Miser * Learned by Peter from Harry Cox at the Windmill in Sutton, Norfolk.
• The Foxhunt * # Collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams from Mr. Stephen Pole of Norfolk.
• Knight William & the Shepherd's Daughter * Child #110
• The Single Man's Warning * Collected by Cecil Sharp from Tom Sprachlan of Hambridge,Somerset.
• The Pretty Ploughboy
• The Hungry Child * (by Judith Piepe)
• The Whitsuntide Carol * # + Collected from Thomas Coningsby of Whaddon, Cambridgeshire.

Sea shanties. I wanted to call it "Just Add Water," but Peter and Royston wouldn't let me.

• Chicken on a Raft (by Cyril Tawney) # +
• Randy Dandy-O # +
• Fire Maringo # (tune by Royston)
• Hanging Johnny #
• Bring 'em Down #
• Haul on the Bowline #

Also released complete as Galleries Revisited Transatlantic TRA SAM 30

• Intro: Ductia
• The Barley Straw From Harry Cox of Norfolk
• What if a Day (by Thomas Campion, arranged by Dolly Collins)
• The Loyal Lover + From Lucy Broadwood's collection of West Countrysongs.
• Stones in my Passway (by Robert Johnson)
• Idumea + (by Charles Wesley/A. Davidson)
• The Husbandman & the Servingman From the Cantwell Family of Oxfordshire.
• The Rolling of the Stones
• The Bitter Withy + Learned from Audrey Coppard
• The Banks of the Nile + Composite version
• Wondrous Love + (by Rev. Robert Seagrave)
• Medieval Mystery Tour (part by Bert Jansch and John Renbourne)
• Upon the Bough + (Words APH, tune Heather)
• Ratcliff Highway + Composite version
• The Brisk Young Widow + Learned at school
• Pembroke Unique Ensemble: Soldiers Three + (played by Dave Swarbrick, Sandy Denny on piano)
• John Barleycorn + From the Cecil Sharp collection
• The Agincourt Carol +

* released in the US as The Young Tradition, Vanguard VSD-79246, 1967
# released in the UK as The Young Tradition Sampler, Transatlantic TRA SAM 13, 1969
+ released in the UK as The Young Tradition, Demon Records TRANDEM 5, 1989
(*) Two complete albums, The Young Tradition and So Cheerfully Round, released in the UK on one CD by Castle, ESM CD 409, 1996
(**) The complete album Galleries, the EP Chicken on a Raft, and selections marked ~ from No Relation (below) released in the UK on one CD by Castle, ESM CD 461, 1997

• The Boar's Head Carol YT
• Is it Far to Bethlehem? (words by Frances Chesterton) Shirley & Heather
• Lullay my Liking (Tune by Gustav Holst) All
• The Cherry-Tree Carol (Tune by Shirley) Shirley
• Shepherds Arise YT From the Copper Family
• I Sing of a Maiden Shirley
• Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day YT, Dolly, Adam & Roddy
• A Virgin Most Pure Shirley & Heather
• Coventry Carol YT, Shirley
• The Holly Bears the Crown YT, Shirley
• March, the Morning Sun (written by Royston) Shirley with Dolly
• Bring Us In Good Ale (All)