Kate Rusby: Hourglass CD Track Listing

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Kate Rusby Hourglass (1997)
Although this is Kate's first solo album, she is not alone! Joining her, with the album's multitalented producer John McCusker on fiddles, are:\n* Michael McGoldrick on flute and whistles\n* Ian Carr on guitar\n* Andy Cutting on diatonic accordion\n* Tony McManus on guitars\n* Alison Kinnaird on 'cello\n* Donald Hay on percussion\n* Conrad Ivitskyon double bass\n* Alan Reid and Davy Steele on harmony vocals\n* "Braveheart's" Eric Rigler on uillean pipes.\nRecorded at Temple Records Studio, Midlothian, Scotland.\nEngineer: Moray Munro.
This misc cd contains 11 tracks and runs 46min 50sec.
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1. Kate Rusby - Sir Eglamore (04:14)
   This is an "early humorous ballad" that I found in Frank Kidson's "Songs of Britain", set to my own tune. I have always loved tales of dragons and knights; this is one of them.
2. Kate Rusby - As I Roved Out (03:45)
   A very well-known Irish ballad from around Napoleonic times. It tellsthe sad story of lovers separated by a governmental decree that singlemen for monetary reward, should marry the wives of landed lords awayat war so that the land would still be worked.
3. Kate Rusby - Jolly Plough Boys (04:09)
   After ten years trying to obtain this song from my dad, I ended up swapping it for a 24 pack of Boddingtons draught-in-a-can! Words can getmisconstrued by young ears and I always thought this song should be called "A day in the life of some ploughspotters
4. Kate Rusby - Annan Waters (05:29)
   This is a song from the Scottish Borders. The River Annan runs into the Solway Firth and was often the scene of tragic accidents, when lovers on opposite banks tried unsuccessfully to reach each other. There are other copies of the ballad that do have a h
5. Kate Rusby - Stananivy - Jack & Jill (03:09)
   Stananivy was written for my lovely Nannan Ivy and Uncle Stanley-Norman by myself and John McCusker. I wrote the words for Jack and Jill inan Italian Hotel room after being woken up at five o'clock in the morning. I set them to a tune which I think we've
6. Kate Rusby - A Rose In April (05:45)
   This is a song written by me on a common theme in traditional music. The parents of a courting couple try to separate them with tragic repercussions.
7. Kate Rusby - Radio Sweethearts (03:35)
   This is a lovely song. The tune came first - Radio Sweethearts Waltz -from the pen of John McCusker, written for a country band he often plays with, called The Radio Sweethearts. The words were written by thelead singer of the aforementioned band, John Mi
8. Kate Rusby - I Am Stretched On Your Grave (03:05)
   The words of this song are from an anonymous Irish-Gaelic poem. I havealtered the tune considerably. It's one of the saddest songs I've ever heard.
9. Kate Rusby - Old Man Time (03:51)
   After realising that the spaces between tours were getting less, I wrote this song. It's the result of the night it all hit me.
10. Kate Rusby - Drowned Lovers (05:09)
    The tale of two mothers who use witchcraft and deception to separate their son and daughter, and just about everybody ends up drowned! Thisis a common ballad found in many collections and is also known as "TheMother's Malison" and "Clydes's Water". Howeve
11. Kate Rusby - Bold Riley (04:31)
    A lovely old sea-shanty that came to my parents via Jim Mageehan.