''Folksongs'' is a 1972 album by the countertenor

Alfred Deller Alfred George Deller, CBE (31 May 1912 – 16 July 1979), was an English singer and one of the main figures in popularising the return of the countertenor voice in Renaissance and Baroque music during the 20th century. He is sometimes referr ...

with his son Mark Deller and lutenist

Desmond Dupré Desmond John Dupré (19 December 1916, London – 16 August 1974, Tonbridge, Kent) was an English lutenist, guitarist, gambist and a prominent figure in the 20th century revival of early music. He was known particularly for his recordings on lut ...

.The Grove Book of Opera Singers 2008 p115 "often accompanied by the lutenist Desmond Dupré. In addition to actual folksongs it includes three songs composed by

Thomas Morley Thomas Morley (1557 – early October 1602) was an English composer, theorist, singer and organist of the Renaissance. He was one of the foremost members of the English Madrigal School. Referring to the strong Italian influence on the Engl ...

and one by Robert Jones.

Track listing

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The Three Ravens "The Three Ravens" () is an English folk ballad, printed in the song book ''Melismata'' compiled by Thomas Ravenscroft and published in 1611, but it is perhaps older than that. Newer versions (with different music) were recorded right up throug ...

" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (2:52) # " Black is the Colour of My True Love's Hair" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (1:53 ) # "Sweet Nymph, Come to thy Lover"

– Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré and Mark Deller (1:41) # "I go before my darling" by

– Alfred Deller, Mark Deller and Desmond Dupré (1:26) # " The Oak and the Ash" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (3:11) # " Barbara Allen" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (2:36) # "

Lord Randall "Lord Randall", or "Lord Randal", () is an Anglo- Scottish border ballad consisting of dialogue between a young Lord and his mother. Similar ballads can be found across Europe in many languages, including Danish, German, Magyar, Irish, Swe ...

" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (4:04) # " The Water Is Wide" (English version of Waly, Waly) – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (2:35) # " The Tailor and the Mouse" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (1:31) # "

Down by the Sally Gardens "Down by the Salley Gardens" (''Irish: Gort na Saileán'') is a poem by William Butler Yeats published in ''The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems'' in 1889. History Yeats indicated in a note that it was "an attempt to reconstruct an old song f ...

" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (2:21) # " I Will Give my Love an Apple" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (1:47) # "Miraculous Love's wounding" by

– Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré and Mark Deller (2:57 ) # "Sweet Kate" by Robert Jones – Alfred Deller, Mark Deller and Desmond Dupré (1:36) # " Bushes and Briars" (collected by

Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams, (; 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over ...

1908) – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (2:36 ) # " The Foggy, Foggy Dew" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (2:10) # " She Moved Through the Fair" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (3:44 ) # "Evening Prayer" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré

References

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