Volume 1: Folk Songs and Ballads
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CD 1: Tavern Songs — Catches and glees and other diverse entertainment of Merrie England
 Henry Purcell: A choice collection of the most diverting CATCHES, composed by Mr. Henry Purcell – 
 1      Man is for the woman made1:18
 2      Sir Walter1:43
 3      To thee and to the maid1:37
 4      Chiding catch ("Fie, Nay")1:25
 5      Once, twice, thrice2:45
 6      When the cock begins to crow2:49
 7      An epitaph: "Under this stone"1:57
 8 Earl of Mornington: T'was you, Sir1:26
 9 Jeremy Savile: Had she not care enough1:11
10William Turner: Young Anthony1:37
11anon., publ. 1764: Amo, amas, I love a lass1:46
12William Cornyshe: Ah, Robin2:25
13William Lawes: Bess black2:40
14Anon., publ. 1609: I am athirst0:36
15John Eccles: Wine does wonder2:35
16William Cornyshe: Hoyda, jolly rutterkin2:24
17Henry Purcell: An ape, a lion, a fox and an ass1:28
18Anon., coll. by Thomas Lant, 1580: Troll the bowl1:18
19John Travers: Fair and ugly, false and true2:38
20Anon., publ. 1614: We be soldiers three1:42
21John Bennet: Hunting madrigal: Lure, falconers, lure!1:36
22Henry Lawes: Sing fair Clorinda3:35
23Benjamin Rogers: Restoration pastoral: In the merry month of May1:45
24Henry Purcell: Patriotic song: True Englismen1:33
25Reginald Spofforth: 18th century glee club: L'ape e la serpe4:11
 The Deller Consort / Alfred Deller, director
Alfred Deller (ct), Gerald English (t), Wilfred Brown (t), Maurice Bevan (bs)		 
26John Hilton: Call George again1:16
27Luffman Atterbury: As t'other day1:45
28Thomas Arne: The street intrigue2:09
29John Blow: Batholomew Fair1:37
30Anon.: He that will an alehouse keep1:23
31John Blow: The self banished2:34
32Anon.: Inigo Jones1:43
33Thomas Arne: Which is the properest day to drink1:53
34John Blow: Galloping Joan1:28
35Anon.: Sumer is icumen in1:46
36William Boyce: John Cooper1:42
37Henry Lawes: The captive lovers1:54
38Henry Purcell: Young Collin2:14
39Henry Purcell: If all be true1:17
40Joseph Barnby: Sweet and low3:21
 The Deller Consort / Alfred Deller, director
Alfred Deller (ct), Edgar Fleet (t), Gerald English (t), Wilfred Brown (t), Owen Grundy (ba), Maurice Bevan (bs)		 
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CD 2: The Cries of London
 1 John Cobb (ed. D. Stevens): These are the Cries of London Town1:26
 2 Thomas Ravenscroft (ed. D. Stevens): New Oysters0:54
 3 Richard Dering (ed. D. Stevens): The Cries of London0:26
 4 Thomas Ravenscroft (ed. D. Stevens): A Bellman's song0:52
 5 Anon.: New Oysters1:13
 6 Anon.: The Painter's Song2:21
 7 Savage: Muffins Ho!1:16
 8 Richard Dering (ed. H. Purcell): Country Cries6:01
 9 Anon. (ed. D. Stevens): A Quart a Penny1:16
10Anon.: I Can Mend Your Tubs and Pails1:12
11Edmund Nelham (ed. D. Stevens): Have You any Work for the Tinker1:33
12Thomas Ravenscroft (ed. D. Stevens): Brooms for Old Shoes2:10
13Thomas Weelkes (ed. J. Noble): The Cries of London6:34
14Luffman Atterbury: One a Penny, Two a Penny1:32
 The Ambrosian Singers / Denis Stevens, conductor (1-2, 5, 7, 9-12)
The Deller Consort (3, 4-6, 8, 13-14)
Alfred Deller (ct, tr.4), April Cantelo (s, tr.13), Wilfred Brown (t, tr.6)
London Chambers Players / Alfred Deller, director
Granville Jones & James Barton (vln), Patrick Ireland & Kenneth Essex (vla), William Pleeth (c)		 
15William Lawes: She weepeth sore2:11
16Henry Lawes: Angler's Song1:07
17Jonathan Bartishill: Here on his back2:21
 The Deller Consort
Alfred Deller (ct), Edgar Fleet (t), Gerald English (t), Wilfred Brown (t), Owen Grundy (ba), Maurice Bevan (bs)		 
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CD 3: The Three Ravens / The Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies
 Anon.:
 1      The Three Ravens3:22
 2      The Cuckoo1:44
 3      How Should I Your True Love Know (Ophelia's song from Hamlet)1:43
 4      Sweet Nightingale2:16
 5      I Will Give My Love an Apple1:45
 6      The Oak and the Ash2:23
 7      King Henry2:43
 8      Coventry Carol2:20
 9      Barbara Allen2:10
10     Heigh Ho, the Wind and the Rain ("Twelfth Night")1:58
11     Waly, Waly3:02
12     Down in Yon Forest2:14
13     Matthew, Mark, Luke and John3:07
14     The Tailor and the Mouse1:34
15     Greensleaves2:17
16     The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies3:16
17     Lord Rendall5:40
18     Sweet Jane2:39
19     The Frog and the Mouse1:47
20     The Seeds of Love3:53
21     Flowers in the Valley2:17
22     Near London Town3:05
23     O Who's Going to Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot1:36
24     Blow Away the Morning Dew3:16
25     Searching for lambs2:17
26     Sweet England2:59
27     Dabbling in the Dew2:00
28     Strawberry Fair2:12
29     Just as the Tide Was a-Flowing2:24
 Alfred Deller, countertenor / Desmond Dupré, lute and guitar 
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CD 4: Ralph Vaughan Williams – Folk Songs of Britain / English Lute Songs
 Anon. trad. British, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams: 
 1      An Acre of Land1:33
 2      A Farmer's Son So Sweet1:36
 3      The Lover's Ghost3:24
 4      The Turtle Dove2:50
 5      John Dory2:25
 6      Greensleeves5:07
 7      The Jolly Ploughboy1:08
 8      Gloucestershire Wassail2:34
 9      Down by the Riverside1:34
10     Bushes and Briars2:57
11     Just as the Tide was Flowing2:15
12     Ca' the Yowes4:20
13     My Boy Billy2:14
14     The Spring Time of the Year2:49
15     Ward the Pirate2:47
16     The Painful Plough3:52
17     The Dark-Eyed Sailor2:08
18     The Cuckoo and the Nightingale2:02
19     Loch Lomond3:14
 The Deller Consort / Alfred Deller, director
Eileen Poulter (s), Mary Thomas (s), Alfred Deller (ct), Wilfred Brown (t), Gerald English (t), Maurice Bevan (ba), Geoffrey Coleby (bs)
Desmond Dupré, lute and guitar		 
20Thomas Campion: Shall I come sweet love to thee3:06
21Thomas Morley: Will ye by a fine dog1:17
22John Dowland: Me, me and none but me3:45
23     Wilt thou unkind1:39
 Alfred Deller, countertenor / Desmond Dupré, lute
 
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CD 5: Awake, Sweet Love – Airs & Partsongs of John Dowland / English Lute Songs
 1 John Dowland: First Book of Airs, 1597 – Wilt thou, unkind, thus reave me?1:59
 2      First Book of Airs, 1597 – Awake, sweet love3:27
 3      A Musical Banquet, 1610 – In darkness let me dwell4:41
 4      Third Book of Airs, 1603 – Me, me, and none but me3:58
 5      A Pilgrim' Solace, 1612 – Go, nightly cares5:19
 6      First Book of Airs, 1597 – If my complaints could passions move4:25
 7      First Book of Airs, 1597 – Sleep, wayward thoughts3:52
 8      Third Book of Airs, 1603 – Flow not so fast, Ye fountains3:56
 9      First Book of Airs, 1597 – Come again! Sweet love doth now invite2:03
10     Second Book of Airs, 1600 – Sorrow, stay4:11
11     If that a sinner's sighs3:23
 The Deller Consort
Honor Sheppard, soprano / Alfred Deller, countertenor / Maurice Bevan, baritone / Philipp Todd, tenor / Desmond Dupré, lute / Beatrice Reichert, viola da gamba (track 5) / Viktor Redtenbacher,violin (track 5)
 
12Francis Pilkington: Rest, sweet Nymphs4:07
13John Dowland: What if I never speed2:14
14Thomas Campion: Care charming sleep5:39
15John Dowland: Shall I sue2:52
 Alfred Deller, countertenor / Desmond Dupré, lute
 
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CD 6:Awake, Sweet Love / The Cruel Mother / The Western Wind
 1 John Dowland: Second Book of Airs, 1600 – Fine knack for ladies2:20
 2      Second Book of Airs, 1600 – Flow, my tears5:20
 3      First Book of Airs, 1597 – Can she excuse my wrongs4:04
 The Deller Consort
Honor Sheppard, soprano / Alfred Deller, countertenor / Maurice Bevan, baritone / Philipp Todd, tenor / Desmond Dupré, lute
 
 Anon.:
 4      When Cockleshells Turn Silver Bells1:47
 5      An Eriskay Love Lilt2:57
 6      Peggy Ramsay1:38
 7      Bushes and Briars2:22
 8      Brigg Fair2:17
 9      The Cruel Mother6:26
10     A Sweet Country Life1:36
11     The Bitter Withy2:44
12     Lang a-Growing4:45
13     The Lover's Ghost3:56
14     Lovely Joan2:03
15     She Moved Through the Fair3:33
16     A Brisk Young Lad He Courted Me2:30
17     Geordie3:54
 The Deller Consort / Alfred Deller, director
Eileen Poulter (s), Mary Thomas (s), Alfred Deller (ct), Wilfred Brown (t), Gerald English (t), Maurice Bevan (ba), Geoffrey Coleby (bs)
Desmond Dupré, lute		 
18     Westron Wynd0:47
19     Early One Morning2:14
20     Black is the Color1:52
21     All the Pretty Little Horses1:33
22     Lowlands2:35
23     The Sally Gardens (text: William Butler Yeats)2:04
24     Bendemeer's Stream (text: Thomas Moore)1:08
 Alfred Deller, countertenor / Desmond Dupré, lute and guitar / John Sothcott, recorder 
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CD 7: English Lute Songs / The Western Wind
 1 Anon.: Have you seen but a white lilly2:39
 2 Philip Rosseter: When Laura smiles1:48
 3 John Dowland: Come again! Sweet love doth now invite2:26
 4 John Danyel: Chromatic tunes8:35
 Alfred Deller, countertenor / Desmond Dupré, lute and guitar 
 Anon.:
 5      Annie Laurie (text: William Douglas of Fingland, 1686)3:30
 6      The Miller of the Dee1:34
 7      Cockles and Mussels1:50
 8      Drink to Me Only (text: Ben Johnson)2:57
 9      The Foggy, Foggy Dew1:58
10     Frog Went a-Courtin'1:48
11     The Turtle Dove3:22
12     Pretty Polly Oliver1:29
13     The Carrion Crow1:48
14     The Wife of Usher's Well3:52
15     Henry Martin2:32
16Anon., early settlers of De Kalb County, Texas: I am a poor wayfaring stranger4:14
17Anon.: Cold Blows the Wind4:40
18Anon.: Skye Boat Song1:35
19Anon., from Cecil Sharp's "English Folksongs of the South Appalachians": When the Sun Goes In6:39
20Anon.: A Ballad upon a Wedding (text: Sir John Suckling)1:35
 Alfred Deller, countertenor / Desmond Dupré, lute and guitar / John Sothcott, recorder