Mighty River of Song

Various Artists

Topic Records TSFCD4002

A 4 CD box set of material by the Watersons and members of the Waterson family includes a live version of the Garcia/Hunter song Black Muddy River by Waterson:Carthy.

Tracks / Musicians

CD 1;

• Here We Come A - Wassailing - The Watersons
• Blood Red Roses - The Folksons
• Let the Bulgine Run - The Watersons
• The Ploughboy - The Watersons
• Holbeck Moor Cock Fight - The Watersons
• The Greenland Whale Fishery - The Watersons
• The Derby Ram - The Watersons
• Hal-an-Tow - The Watersons
• John Barleycorn - Mike Waterson
• The Barley and the Rye - Lal & Norma Waterson
• The Thirty - Foot Trailer - The Watersons
• I Am a Rover - The Watersons
• Rap Her to Bank - The Watersons
• Three Score and Ten - The Watersons
• The Jolly Waggoners - The Watersons
• Twanky - Dillo - The Watersons
• The Whitby Lad - The Watersons
• The Morning Looks Charming - The Watersons
• Willy Went to Westerdale - The Watersons
• The White Cockade - The Watersons
• Stow Brow - Lal Waterson
• The Bird - Lal & Mike Waterson
• Red Wine Promises - Lal & Mike Waterson
• Song for Thirza - Lal & Mike Waterson

• Pace-Egging Song - The Watersons
• Boston Harbour - The Watersons
• Sweet William - The Watersons
• Souling Song - The Watersons
• Barney - Lal & Norma Waterson
• Three Day Millionaire - Mike Waterson
• The Good Old Way - The Watersons
• The Light Dragoon - The Watersons
• Jenny Storm - Lal & Norma Waterson
• Tamlyn - Mike Waterson
• Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy - The Watersons
• Heavenly Aeroplane - The Watersons
• Emmanuel - The Watersons
• Swansea Town - Mike Waterson
• The Unfortunate Lass - Norma Waterson
• The Welcome Sailor - Lal Waterson
• Young Billy Brown - Lal & Norma Waterson
• The Khaki and the Blue - The Watersons
• The Whitby Lad - The Watersons
• The Black and Bitter Night - Mike Waterson

• The Prickle Holly Bush - The Watersons
• When I Die - Peter Bellamy
• I Went to Market - The Watersons
• The Furze Field - Martin Carthy & Mike Waterson
• The King's Song - The Watersons
• Swarthfell Rocks - The Watersons
• Meeting Is a Pleasure - Lal & Norma Waterson
• Doing a Bit - Mike Waterson
• Young Banker - The Watersons
• Chickens in the Garden - The Watersons
• A Stitch in Time - Martin Carthy
• All I Have Is My Own - Mike Waterson
• Brave General Wolfe - The Watersons
• May Song - Norma Waterson & Martin Carthy
• Harvest Home - The Watersons
• Gower Wassail - The Watersons
• Rumpsy Bumpsy Toralee - Mike Waterson
• John Ball - The Waterdaughters
• A Stur Mo Chroi - The Watersons
• Stormy Winds - The Watersons
• Mole in a Hole - Blue Murder

• Hilda's Cabinet Band - The Watersons
• The Rambling Irish Man - Mike Waterson
• There Are No Lights on Our Christmas Tree - The Watersons
• Coal Not Dole - Norma Waterson
• The White Cockade - The Watersons
• Cob-a-Coaling - The Watersons
• T Stands for Thomas - The Watersons
• I Bid You Goodnight - Blue Murder
• McIlroy the Emerald Cowboy - Mike Waterson
• Jack Frost - Mike Waterson
• Pleasure and Pain - Waterson: Carthy
• Stars in My Crown - Waterson: Carthy
• Flowers of Knaresborough - Waterson: Carthy
• Ain't No Man Worth the Salt of My Tears - Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy
• Black Muddy River - Waterson: Carthy
• Just a Note - Lal Waterson & Maria Gilhooley
• Earth - Norma Waterson & Martin Carthy
• Stumbling On - Eliza Carthy
• Poor Boney - Norma Waterson
• Bright Phoebus - Blue Murder
• A Sweet Lullaby - Oliver Knight

Black Muddy River was recorded live at the Fiddler's in Bristol, UK on November 27, 1998