Paul Clayton Folk Ballads of the English-Speaking World (1956) CD

"This item is part of the Folkways (Cook, or Paredon, or Monitor) archives. The original liner notes from the LP are included."

Here, singer and collector Paul Clayton performs fifteen texts collected in The Viking Book of Folk Ballads, including historical ballads to songs about tabloid crime. Rather than reproducing previous traditional singers' performances exactly, Clayton himself enters the "folk process" by combining texts and melodies from different versions of each ballad.

     101      Lilliburlero      Paul Clayton      1:49     
     102     Bailiff's Daughter of Islington     Paul Clayton     3:34    
     103     The Darby Ram     Paul Clayton     1:36    
     104     The Sea Captain     Paul Clayton     2:23    
     105     Botany Bay     Paul Clayton     2:30    
     106     Great Silkie of Sule Skerry     Paul Clayton     5:03    
     107     Omie Wise     Paul Clayton     2:44    
     108     Lass of Roch Royal     Paul Clayton     6:04    
     201     The Baffled Knight     Paul Clayton     1:25    
     202     The Dying Stockman     Paul Clayton     2:36    
     203     Dupree     Paul Clayton     2:00    
     204     The Cherry-Tree Carol     Paul Clayton     4:21    
     205     Katherine Jaffray     Paul Clayton     3:24    
     206     The Avondale Mine Disaster     Paul Clayton     2:53    
     207     The Twa Sisters (The Two Sisters)     Paul Clayton     6:55