“Broadside Ballads (London: 1600 - 1700) Volume 2 - Female Frollicks & Politicke” by Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger - album review

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TJR says

A companion set to Volume 1, Ewan continues to explore the broadside ballads of the seventeenth century. On side 1 “The Female Frolic” regales the tale of a female highwayman dressed a man, whilst in “Give Me My Yellow Hose” we learn that there was a time when the men who wore yellow stockings were deemed to be players! Side 2 opens with “A King And No King” which glorifies the coming of William of Orange in 1688. The epic “Constance Of Cleveland” closes the set and is almost an entire play in its own right, telling the tale of Lady Constance of Cleveland and her disloyal knight.

The Jukebox Rebel
10–May–2018

Tracklist
A1 [04:06] 6.5.png Ewan MacColl with accompaniments by Peggy Seeger, Alf Edwards and Alfie Kahn - The Female Frolic (Traditional) Folk
A2 [08:40] 5.9.png Ewan MacColl with accompaniments by Peggy Seeger, Alf Edwards and Alfie Kahn - Give Me My Yellow Hose (Traditional) Folk
A3 [05:36] 6.8.png Ewan MacColl with accompaniments by Peggy Seeger, Alf Edwards and Alfie Kahn - A King And No King (Traditional) Folk
B1 [16:50] 5.7.png Ewan MacColl with accompaniments by Peggy Seeger, Alf Edwards and Alfie Kahn - Constance Of Cleveland (Traditional) Folk

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