''The Ornament Tree'' is the 18th album by
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folk
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musician
Bert Jansch, released virtually simultaneously with another album, ''
Sketches''.
Track listing
All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.
#"The Ornament Tree (
Bonny Portmore
"Bonny Portmore" is an Irish traditional folk song which laments the demise of Ireland's old oak forests, specifically the Great Oak of Portmore or the Portmore Ornament Tree, which fell in a windstorm in 1760 and was subsequently used for shipbu ...
)" - 3:50
#"The Banks O'Sicily" (James Robertson,
Hamish Henderson
Hamish Scott Henderson (11 November 1919 – 9 March 2002) was a Scottish poet, songwriter, communist, intellectual and soldier.
He was a catalyst for the folk revival in Scotland. He was also an accomplished folk song collector and disc ...
) - 3:33
#"The Rambling Boys of Pleasure" - 4:40
#"
The Rocky Road to Dublin
"Rocky Road to Dublin" is a 19th-century Irish song written by Irish poet D. K. Gavan about a man's experiences as he travels to Liverpool, England from his home in Tuam, Ireland. Originally popularized by Harry Clifton, it has since been perf ...
" - 2:58
#"Three Dreamers" - 3:46
#"The Mountain Streams" - 3:49
#"The Blackbirds of Mullamore" - 4:47
#"Lady Fair" - 2:15
#"The Road Tae Dundee" - 4:07
#"Tramps And Hawkers" - 3:15
#"The January Man" (
Dave Goulder
Dave Goulder (born 1 January 1939) is a British singer, guitarist, dry stone wall builder,Wicked Local, mountain climber, railway fireman, humorist, and composer. He is best known for his song "January Man" and for his collections of railway so ...
) - 3:42
#"Dobbins Flowery Vale" - 3:33
Personnel
*Bert Jansch - guitar, vocals
*Peter Kirtley - guitar
*
Nigel Portman Smith
Nigel ( ) is an English masculine given name.
The English ''Nigel'' is commonly found in records dating from the Middle Ages; however, it was not used much before being revived by 19th-century antiquarians. For instance, Walter Scott published ...
- bass, accordion
*
Dave Turner - bass
*
Maggie Boyle - flute, whistles,
bodhran
*Paul Boyle - fiddle
*
Richard Curran - fiddle
*
Steve Tilston -
arpeggione,
mandolin
A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...
*Michael Klein - percussion, backing vocals
References
Bert Jansch albums
1990 albums
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