Track Notes & extra detailsSix Jovial Welshmen
Six Jovial Welshmen (the first and last verses that is) is supposed to be a bit of a St David's Day carol and if nothing else you can tell which side the singer was on in the Wars of the Roses. The three verses in the middle are from a totally unrelated song which just happens to have Welshmen in it as well.Ultrasound
Sung and played by Roger Wilson on the album Wood - Wilson - Carthy, this is “Roger's response to his first electronically generated glimpse of his daughter, Molly, 28 ˝ weeks before birth.” Martin Carthy does not appear on this track. You Must Unload
You offshore trusting Christians you refuse to pay your due
There'll be no place in God's Tuscan holiday villa for you! Two Sisters
An Appalachian version of this widely travelled ballad. The Taoist Tale
I learnt this song from a tape of Nic Jones singing at Chelmsford folk club many many years ago. Billy Boy
When the Dorset singer Mra Marina Russell sang Billy Boy to the Hammond brothers in the early years of the century, (she actually sang Bonny Lad Highland Lad), she gave them just the last verse with its little numbers game at the end. You too can add up the numbers to find that they make three score and ten, or one complete life span. Sometimes even the apparently lightweight songs reveal an intriguing depth, but then she had an intriguing repertoire. Lord Bateman
This CD has been a most enjoyable experience but the cherry on the cake for me is the recording of this song, I've been living with for about eight years and the relief finally 'coming out' is no small thing. Martin [Carthy] tells me that it is the story of Gilbert Bekett and Shusha Pye who, after the song finishes, apparently went on to have a son called Thomas. It's re-written all over the place principally with the intention of shortening it. Indian Tea
The chorus of this song was complete but homeless, until a friend lent me a copy of Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken. The poem, distilled down slightly, eventually became the set of four verses used here. | 
