Hidden English

Various Performers

A celebration of English traditional music. If a single album can represent the wealth and variety of English traditional music, Hidden English is that album. Practically every documented facet of the tradition shines somewhere in this kaleidoscopic 25-track compilation, whether the country dance music, Morris tunes or the incomparable versions of lyrical songs and ballads by the greatest performers in the tradition.

  1 Joseph Taylor : Brigg Fair
  2 Bob & Ron Copper : The Sweet Primroses
  3 Walter Bulwer, Billy Cooper, Reg Hall, Daisy Bulwer, Mervyn Plunkett & Russell Wortley : Red Wing Polka
  4 Walter Pardon : Broomfield Hill
  5 William Kimber : Getting Upstairs / Blue-Eyed Stranger
  6 Louise Fuller : Hopping Down in Kent
  7 George 'Pop' Maynard : Polly On the Shore
  8 Billy Bennington : The Pony Trot Polka
  9 Cyril Poacher : The Nutting Girl
10 Billy Pigg : The Morpeth Rant
11 Phoebe Smith : Higher Germany
12 Jasper Smith : Died for Love
13 Scan Tester, Reg Hall & Daisy Sherlock : Jenny Lind Polka
14 Bob Hart : Australia
15 Johnny Doughty : The Golden Vanity
16 Oscar Woods : Oh, Joe the Boat is Going Over
17 Harry Cox : The Maid of Australia
18 Fred Jordan : The Outlandish Knight
19 Tintagel & Boscastle Players : Boscastle Breakdown
20 Tom Willett : While Gamekeepers Lie Sleeping
21 Eely Whent : Two Step
22 Bob Roberts : The Candlelight Fisherman
23 Sam Larner : The Bold Princess Royal
24 Bob Cann : Hot Punch / Uncle's Jug
25 Joseph Taylor : Lord Bateman