Track listing

1. Finisterre (Ian Telfer)
2. The Bleacher Lassie Of Kelvinhaugh (Trad. arr. Tabor)
3. The Grey Funnel Line (Cyril Tawney
   Cyril Tawney
   Cyril Tawney was an English singer-songwriter, proponent of the traditional songs of the West of England and traditional and modern maritime songs.- Biography :...
   
   )
4. Le Vingt-Cinquième du Mois d'Octobre (Trad. arr. Tabor, Cutting, Emerson)
5. Shipbuilding
   Shipbuilding (song)
   "Shipbuilding" is a song written by Elvis Costello and Clive Langer . Written during the Falklands War of 1982, Costello's lyrics discuss the contradiction of the war bringing back prosperity to traditional shipbuilding areas of Merseyside , North East England and Belfast to build new ships to...
   
    (Declan MacManus / Clive Langer
   Clive Langer
   Clive Langer is a British record producer active from the mid 1970s onwards. He usually works with Alan Winstanley. He composed the music for the films Still Crazy and Brothers of the Head. Prior to his record producing career he was a guitarist with the British cult band Deaf SchoolLanger...
   
   )
6. Jamaica (arr. Emerson, Cutting, Harries)
7. The Great Selkie Of Sule Skerry
   The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry
   The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry or The Grey Selkie of Suleskerry is a traditional folk song from Orkney. The song was collected by the American scholar, Francis James Child in the late nineteenth century and is listed as Child ballad number 113...
   
    (Trad.
   Child Ballads
   The Child Ballads are a collection of 305 ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, collected by Francis James Child in the late nineteenth century...
   
    arr. Tabor, Warren)
8. Winter Comes In (words: Jack Renwick, music: Ronald Jamieson) / Vidlin Voe (Frank Jamieson)
9. The Oggie Man (Cyril Tawney)
10. I'll go and enlist for a soldier (Trad. arr. Cutting, Harries)
11. The Brean Lament (Trad. arr. Tabor, Warren)
12. Le Petit Navire (Trad. arr. Tabor, Cutting, Emerson)
13. Across The Wide Ocean (words Les Barker
    Les Barker
    Les Barker is an English poet. He is best known for his comedic poetry and parodies of popular songs, however he has also produced some very serious thought-provoking written work....
    
    , tune trad)

Personnel

• June Tabor
  June Tabor
  June Tabor is an English folk singer.- Early years :June Tabor was inspired to sing by hearing Anne Briggs' EP Hazards of Love in 1965. "I went and locked myself in the bathroom for a fortnight and drove my mother mad. I learned the songs on that EP note for note, twiddle for twiddle. That's how I...
  
   - vocals
• Andy Cutting
  Andy Cutting
  Andy Cutting is an English folk musician and composer. Born 18 March 1969 in Harrow, he plays melodeon and has had instruments made by Castagnari to his own specification. He won the Folk Musician of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2008 and 2011...
  
   - diatonic accordion
• Mark Emerson - viola & violin
• Tim Harries
  Tim Harries
  Tim Harries is a British bass player.Harries studied music at the University of York, graduating in 1981 before going on to study Double Bass with Tom Martin at the Guildhall School of Music...
  
   - double bass
• Huw Warren
  Huw Warren
  Huw Warren is a jazz pianist and composer. A graduate of Goldsmiths College and Guildhall School of Music, he is known for his work with June Tabor, Perfect Houseplants, and various groups. Warren has recorded several albums under his own name on Babel Label, including projects with violinist Mark...
  
  - piano

External links

• Page at record label
• BBC Review by Colin Irwin
• Interview with June Tabor by Peter Paphides