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, recorded live at various venues in the UK and Ireland in April and May 2019 and released in March 2020. It consists of 13 songs, sung by Rachel and Becky Unthank and Niopha Keegan without the accompaniment of other members of the Unthanks band. The audio CD is also packaged in a "Special film edition" which includes a film on DVD, ''As We Go'', by Ainslie Henderson (who is the partner of band member Becky Unthank), about the Unthanks' life on the road. The album is designated Vol. 5 in the Unthanks' Diversions series and follows on from Vol. 1 (''

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Songs from the Shipyards ''Songs from the Shipyards'', the seventh album by English folk group The Unthanks, was released on 5 November 2012. The album is designated Vol. 3 in The Unthanks' ''Diversions'' series and follows on from Vol. 1 ('' The Songs of Robert Wyat ...

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)'', released in May 2017.

Track listing

* "One by One" (

Connie Converse Elizabeth Eaton Converse (born August 3, 1924, disappeared August 1974), known professionally as Connie Converse, was an American singer-songwriter and musician, active in New York City in the 1950s. Her work is among the earliest known recordin ...

) – 2:55 * "Magpie" (Dave Dodds) – 5:01 * "I'm Weary of Lying Alone" ( Roud 9384) (traditional; arranged by the Unthanks) – 3:16 * "Geordie Wedding Set: We'll Aal Be Wed in Our Auld Claiths" (traditional; arranged by the Unthanks) / "Hi Canny Man" (traditional; arranged by the Unthanks) – 2:43 * "Griesly Bride" (words by John Manifold, music by Tom Campbell) – 3:55 * "Bees: Honeybee"(Connie Converse) / "The Bee-Boy's Song" (words by

Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. ...

, music by

Peter Bellamy Peter Franklyn Bellamy (8 September 1944 – 24 September 1991) was an English folk singer. He was a founding member of The Young Tradition and also had a long solo career, recording numerous albums and touring folk clubs and concert halls. He ...

) – 4:31 * "Guard Yer Man Weel" ( Johnny Handle; the Unthanks) – 4:35 * "Poor Mum" (

Molly Drake Mary Drake (born Mary Lloyd); 5 November 1915 – 4 June 1993), also known as Molly Drake, was an English poet and musician, best known as the mother of the actress Gabrielle Drake and the musician Nick Drake. Molly Drake never released any o ...

) – 2:05 * "Where've Yer Bin Dick" (Lee Nicholson) – 1:08 * "We Picked Apples in a Graveyard Freshly Mowed" (

Richard Dawson Richard Dawson (born Colin Lionel Emm; 20 November 1932 – 2 June 2012) was a British-born American actor, comedian, game-show host and panelist in the United States. Dawson was well known for playing Corporal Peter Newkirk in ''Hogan's Heroe ...

) – 4:54 * "Bread and Roses" (James Oppenheim,

Mimi Fariña Margarita Mimi Baez Fariña (April 30, 1945 – July 18, 2001) was an American singer-songwriter and activist, the youngest of three daughters to a Scottish mother and Mexican-American physicist Albert Baez. She was the younger sister of t ...

) – 3:27 * "Caught in a Storm" (

Graeme Miles Graeme Miles (1935 – 29 March 2013) was an English folk singer and songwriter based in Middlesbrough. Born in Greenwich, London, he grew up in Teesside and studied at West Hartlepool Art School. He became enamored with folk music and with the T ...

) – 4:46 * "Farewell Shanty" (traditional; arranged by the Unthanks) – 2:16

Personnel

* Rachel Unthank – voice * Becky Unthank – voice * Niopha Keegan – voice

References

External links

Official website
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