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Shirley Collins

368 songs

Total 34 albums

Anthems in Eden

1969

#	Title	Time
1	A Beginning2:02	2:02
2	A Meeting: Searching for Lambs2:45	2:45
3	A Courtship: The Wedding Song4:04	4:04
4	The Blacksmith3:56	3:56
5	A Forsaking: Our Captain Cried2:53	2:53
6	A Dream: Lowlands2:34	2:34
7	A Leavetaking: Pleasant and Delightful5:14	5:14
8	An Awakening: Whitsun Dance2:51	2:51
9	New Beginning: The Staines Morris1:50	1:50
10	Rambleaway4:23	4:23
11	Ca' the Yowes3:27	3:27
12	God Dog3:25	3:25
13	The Bonny Cuckoo1:56	1:56
14	Nellie the Milkmaid2:42	2:42
15	Gathering Rushes in the Month of May3:31	3:31
16	The Gower Wassail2:52	2:52

The Sweet Primeroses

1967

#	Title	Time
1	All Things Are Quite Silent2:36	2:36
2	Cambridgeshire May Carol1:20	1:20
3	Spencer the Rover4:02	4:02
4	The Rigs of the Time3:11	3:11
5	Polly Vaughan2:46	2:46
6	The Cruel Mother5:52	5:52
7	The Bird in the Bush1:58	1:58
8	The Streets of Derry3:29	3:29
9	The False Bride4:16	4:16
10	Locks and Bolts3:01	3:01
11	Rambleaway3:31	3:31
12	A Blacksmith Courted Me2:43	2:43
13	Brigg Fair2:19	2:19
14	Higher Germanie2:44	2:44
15	George Collins3:42	3:42
16	The Babes in the Woods2:32	2:32
17	Down in Yon Forest2:34	2:34
18	The Magpie's Nest2:26	2:26
19	False True Love3:35	3:35
20	The Sweet Primeroses3:30	3:30

Sweet England

1959

#	Title	Time
1	Sweet England2:38	2:38
2	Hares on the Mountain1:35	1:35
3	Hori-Horo1:42	1:42
4	The Bonny Irish Boy1:35	1:35
5	The Tailor and the Mouse1:59	1:59
6	The Lady and the Swine1:33	1:33
7	Turpin Hero2:36	2:36
8	The Cuckoo1:46	1:46
9	The Bonny Labouring Boy4:18	4:18
10	The Cherry Tree Carol3:44	3:44
11	Sweet William3:21	3:21
12	Omie Wise3:56	3:56
13	Blackbirds and Thrushes1:38	1:38
14	A Keeper Went Hunting1:48	1:48
15	Polly Vaughan2:40	2:40
16	Pretty Saro2:04	2:04
17	Barbara Allen3:18	3:18
18	Charlie2:35	2:35

Within Sound

2002

#	Title	Time
Disc 1
1	Dabbling in the Dew1:49	1:49
2	The Bonny Labouring Boy1:00	1:00
3	Turpin Hero2:36	2:36
4	The Cuckoo1:46	1:46
5	Just as the Tide Was Flowing1:20	1:20
6	I Drew My Ship2:23	2:23
7	The False True Love3:51	3:51
8	Sweet England2:38	2:38
9	Higher Germanie2:59	2:59
10	Long Years Ago2:42	2:42
11	Newcastle2:31	2:31
12	Dance to Your Daddy1:47	1:47
13	The Irish Girl3:32	3:32
14	The Foggy Dew3:05	3:05
15	She Moves Through the Fair3:30	3:30
16	Locks and Bolts3:01	3:01
17	Geordie2:47	2:47
18	The False Bride3:08	3:08
19	Cotton Eyed Joe / What Shall We Do With the Baby3:33	3:33
20	Pretty Saro4:18	4:18
21	Dearest Dear3:05	3:05
Disc 2
22	Nottamun Town3:40	3:40
23	Reynardine1:41	1:41
24	When a Man's in Love3:06	3:06
25	The Sweet Primeroses3:30	3:30
26	Down in Yon Forest2:34	2:34
27	George Collins3:42	3:42
28	The Streets of Derry3:29	3:29
29	Two Brethren2:53	2:53
30	Tyburn Tree1:05	1:05
31	Bonnie Boy3:43	3:43
32	Richie Story4:18	4:18
33	Over the Hills and Far Away2:27	2:27
34	Polly Vaughan2:49	2:49
35	Whitsun Dance4:03	4:03
36	God Dog3:25	3:25
37	The Gower Wassail2:52	2:52
38	The Blacksmith3:56	3:56
39	The Bonny Cuckoo1:56	1:56
40	I Sing of a Maiden That Is Makeless1:55	1:55
41	A Virgin Most Pure4:18	4:18
42	Is It Far to Bethlehem2:07	2:07
43	The Cherry Tree Carol2:48	2:48
Disc 3
44	Plains of Waterloo8:03	8:03
45	Geordie4:59	4:59
46	Polly on the Shore3:10	3:10
47	The Bold Fishermen4:37	4:37
48	Just as the Tide Was A-Flowing2:12	2:12
49	Banks of the Bann3:38	3:38
50	Poor Murdered Woman4:19	4:19
51	Murder of Maria Marten7:26	7:26
52	Staines Morris3:13	3:13
53	One Night as I Lay on My Bed4:43	4:43
54	The Blacksmith Courted Me3:13	3:13
55	Down by the Seaside2:47	2:47
56	The Banks of the Mossom3:17	3:17
57	Come All You Little Streamers2:44	2:44
58	The Little Gypsy Girl2:51	2:51
59	Horn Fair3:33	3:33
60	Fare Thee Well My Dearest Dear3:27	3:27
61	Bonny Kate3:24	3:24
62	Edi Beo Thu Hevene Quene2:27	2:27
63	The Hunt Is Up1:54	1:54
64	Hopping Down in Kent2:47	2:47
Disc 4
65	Honour Bright2:46	2:46
66	The Moon Shines Bright2:08	2:08
67	Never Again2:03	2:03
68	Gilderoy4:48	4:48
69	Mariner's Farewell4:14	4:14
70	Come All You Little Streamers2:10	2:10
71	All Things Are Quite Silent3:17	3:17
72	The Bonny Labouring Boy4:19	4:19
73	The Captain With the Whiskers3:44	3:44
74	Just as the Tide Was Flowing1:38	1:38
75	Come My Love2:47	2:47
76	Green Fields5:14	5:14
77	The Golden Glove3:03	3:03
78	Lord Allenwater5:07	5:07
79	Christ Made a Trance2:48	2:48
80	Bedfordshire May Carol2:39	2:39
81	The Tillington Poachers2:19	2:19
82	The Oakham Poachers2:21	2:21
83	Poor Sally Sits A-Weeping2:05	2:05
84	Lost in a Wood4:03	4:03

Sing Christmas and the Turn of the Year (The Live Christmas Day 1957 Broadcast on BBC Radio)

2000

#	Title	Time
1	Introduction and Hookup / Good King Wenceslas1:07	1:07
2	A Caroling in the Dark / Good King Wenceslas / Good King Wenceslas / This Is the Truth Sent From Above / The Holly and the Ivy / The Holly and the Ivy4:58	4:58
3	A Boscastle Breakdown / Padstow Wassail Song / St. David's Day Dance / I Wonder as I Wander4:09	4:09
4	We Wish You a Merry Christmas / Narration / Caroling Scene1:11	1:11
5	Peace O'er the World0:59	0:59
6	Introduction to "Ballad of Jesus Christ"0:49	0:49
7	The Ballad of Jesus Christ2:10	2:10
8	Excerpt From the Wakefield Second Shepherd's Nativity Play Pageant / Shepherd's Cradle Song / Coventry Carol / Excerpt From Wisbech Nativity Play2:46	2:46
9	Christmas in London0:43	0:43
10	The Derby Ram1:09	1:09
11	Christmas Morning Calypso1:51	1:51
12	Unite1:41	1:41
13	Pretty Little Baby1:52	1:52
14	A Reading From Luke 2: 15-19 / Psalm 23 / The Mother's Consecration (Coistrig Mathar) / The Christ Child Lullaby (Taladh An Leinbh Losa) / Saint Mary's Men Are We5:26	5:26
15	The Day We Went to Rothsay-o1:22	1:22
16	Regional Hookup: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen1:51	1:51
17	Cromwell Versus Father Christmas1:16	1:16
18	The Jug of Punch / Vinyl Ridge March1:46	1:46
19	Royal Belfast Hornpipe / Millicent's Hornpipe / The Tenpenny Bit / The Dublin Reel2:42	2:42
20	The Cherry Tree Carol1:45	1:45
21	Ar Gyfe Heddiwr Bore (Anglesey Carol) / Hiraeth (On This Day's Morning)1:39	1:39
22	Excerpt From the Symondsbury Mummers Play / Donny Brook Fair (Winlaton Sword Dance)2:06	2:06
23	Good King Wenceslas / When the Saints Go Marching In / Good King Wenceslas2:01	2:01
24	'Twas Mary Conceived / The Noble Stem of Jesse2:37	2:37
25	The Lord's Prayer1:25	1:25
26	Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis) / The Gift of Power / Metrical Psalm in Gaelic2:16	2:16
27	No Room at the Inn / Last Month of the Year2:50	2:50
28	Hark, What News the Angels Bring / I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In / Wassail, Wassail, All Over This Town / Here We Come a-Wassailing3:06	3:06

The Power of the True Love Knot

1968

#	Title	Time
1	Bonnie Boy3:43	3:43
2	Richie Story4:18	4:18
3	Lovely Joan2:30	2:30
4	Just as the Tide Was Flowing1:39	1:39
5	The Unquiet Grave3:26	3:26
6	Black-Eyed Susan3:36	3:36
7	Seven Yellow Gipsies1:48	1:48
8	Over the Hills and Far Away2:27	2:27
9	Greenwood Laddie1:45	1:45
10	Lady Margaret and Sweet William5:10	5:10
11	The Maydens Came1:59	1:59
12	Polly Vaughan2:49	2:49
13	The Barley Straw3:51	3:51
14	Barbara Allen3:26	3:26

Folk Roots, New Routes

1964

#	Title	Time
1	Nottamun Town3:40	3:40
2	Proud Maisrie4:03	4:03
3	The Cherry Tree Carol3:20	3:20
4	Blue Monk3:06	3:06
5	Hares on the Mountain3:00	3:00
6	Reynardine2:31	2:31
7	Pretty Saro4:18	4:18
8	Rif Mountain2:26	2:26
9	Jane Jane2:42	2:42
10	Love is Pleasin’2:34	2:34
11	Boll Weevil, Holler3:00	3:00
12	Hori Horo2:15	2:15
13	Bad Girl2:43	2:43
14	Lord Greggory3:37	3:37
15	Grooveyard3:03	3:03
16	Dearest Dear3:05	3:05

The Holly Bears the Crown

1995

#	Title	Time
1	Prologue From Hamlet0:27	0:27
2	The Boar's Head Carol1:38	1:38
3	Is It Far to Bethlehem?2:07	2:07
4	Lullay My Liking2:10	2:10
5	The Cherry Tree Carol2:48	2:48
6	Shepherds Arise3:09	3:09
7	I Sing of a Maiden That Is Makeless1:55	1:55
8	Interlude: The Great Frost2:15	2:15
9	Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day2:08	2:08
10	A Virgin Most Pure4:18	4:18
11	The Coventry Carol1:55	1:55
12	The Holly Bears the Crown2:49	2:49
13	March the Morning Sun2:23	2:23
14	Bring Us in Good Ale2:32	2:32

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Shirley Collins

Anthems in Eden

The Sweet Primeroses

Sweet England

Within Sound

Sing Christmas and the Turn of the Year (The Live Christmas Day 1957 Broadcast on BBC Radio)

The Power of the True Love Knot

Folk Roots, New Routes

The Holly Bears the Crown

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