The Bird in the Bush (Traditional Erotic Songs)

The Bird In The Bush (Traditional Erotic Songs)
Studio album by A. L. Lloyd, Anne Briggs and Frankie Armstrong
Released	1966
Genre	Folk
Length	54:30
Label	Topic Records
Producer	Tony Engle
Anne Briggs chronology
The Hazards of Love (1964) The Bird In The Bush (Traditional Erotic Songs) (1966) Anne Briggs (1971)

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The Bird in the Bush (Traditional Erotic Songs) is a folk album by A. L. Lloyd, Anne Briggs and Frankie Armstrong, released by Topic Records in 1966. The album is a collection of traditional erotic British folk songs, although the album's content is in the form of euphemism and metaphor, like "sport and play". The album was re-released in 1996 by Topic on CD with 5 additional tracks taken from other Topic folk albums of the same period.

Track listing

All songs are traditional.

1. "The Two Magicians"
2. "The Old Man From Over the Sea"
3. "The Wanton Seed"
4. "Gathering Rushes in the Month of May"
5. "The Banks of Sweet Primroses"
6. The Maids On The Shore
7. "The Bonny Black Hare"
8. "The Whirly Whorl"
9. "Pretty Polly"
10. "The Night Visiting Song"
11. "The Old Bachelor"
12. "The Cock"
13. "The Stonecutter Boy"
14. "The Mower"
15. "The Bird in the Bush"
16. "The Pegging Awl"
17. "One May Morning"
18. "Martinmas Time"
19. "The Widow of Westmoreland's Daughter"

Personnel

• A. L. Lloyd - Vocals (Songs 1,3,5,7,8,10,12,14)
• Frankie Armstrong - Vocals (Songs 2,11)
• Anne Briggs - Vocals (Songs 4,6,9,13)
• Dave Swarbrick - Violin (Songs 1,5,8,14)
• [[Norman Kennedy - Vocals (Song 10)
• Alf Edwards - Concertina (Songs 8,12,14)
• Louis Killen - Vocals (Songs 5, 12, 17)

References

[Category:Louis Killen albums]]