Jack Orion is the third album by Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 folk musician Bert Jansch

Bert Jansch

Herbert "Bert" Jansch was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s, as an acoustic guitarist, as well as a singer-songwriter...

, released in 1966. It contains a number of traditional

Traditional music

Traditional music is the term increasingly used for folk music that is not contemporary folk music. More on this is at the terminology section of the World music article...

 songs, including the epic "Jack Orion": a ten-minute adaptation of the Child ballad "Glasgerion

Glasgerion

-Synopsis:Glasgerion is a king's son and a harper. He harps before another king, whose daughter arranges a tryst with him. He tells his servant to ensure that he wakes in time to make the tryst. The servant goes in his place and rapes the princess. She learns the truth and kills herself,...

" which tells of a court fiddler’s attempt to seduce a countess and his servant's treachery in successfully impersonating him. A number of songs are performed with friend and fellow guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

ist John Renbourn

John Renbourn

John Renbourn is an English guitarist and songwriter. He is possibly best known for his collaboration with guitarist Bert Jansch as well as his work with the folk group Pentangle, although he maintained a solo career before, during and after that band's existence .While most commonly labelled a...

, who would later join him in the group Pentangle

Pentangle (band)

Pentangle are a British folk rock band with some folk jazz influences. The original band were active in the late 1960s and early 1970s and a later version has been active since the early 1980s...

. "The Waggoner’s Lad" has Jansch unusually playing the banjo

Banjo

In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...

 with Renbourn supplying the guitar part.

Track listing

1. "The Waggoner's Lad" (traditional) – 3:32
2. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
   The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
   "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 folk song written by British political singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who was later to become his wife. At the time the couple were lovers, although MacColl was married to someone else. MacColl and Seeger included the song in their...
   
   " (Ewan MacColl
   Ewan MacColl
   Ewan MacColl was an English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer. He was married to theatre director Joan Littlewood, and later to American folksinger Peggy Seeger. He collaborated with Littlewood in the theatre and with Seeger in folk music...
   
   ) – 1:45
3. "Jack Orion
   Glasgerion
   -Synopsis:Glasgerion is a king's son and a harper. He harps before another king, whose daughter arranges a tryst with him. He tells his servant to ensure that he wakes in time to make the tryst. The servant goes in his place and rapes the princess. She learns the truth and kills herself,...
   
   " (traditional) – 9:50
4. "The Gardener" (traditional) – 1:40
5. "Nottamun Town
   Nottamun Town
   Nottamun Town is an English folk song which possibly dates from the late medieval period. It is popular in the Appalachian Mountains of the United States.-Lyrics:Most version of the song run along these lines:...
   
   " (traditional) – 4:30
6. "Henry Martin
   Henry Martin (song)
   "Henry Martin" is a traditional Scottish folk song about a youngest brother who turns pirate to support his older brothers. The first known printed version dates from the early 17th century and consisted of 82 verses describing the exploits of the freebooter Sir Andrew Barton and his two...
   
   " (traditional) – 3:17
7. "Blackwaterside
   Down by Blackwaterside
   Down by Blackwaterside is a traditional folk song, provenance and author unknown, although it is likely to have originated near the River Blackwater, Northern Ireland...
   
   " (traditional) – 3:49
8. "Pretty Polly
   Pretty Polly (ballad)
   "Pretty Polly", "The Gosport Tragedy" or "The Cruel Ship's Carpenter" is a traditional English-language folk song found in the British Isles, Canada, and the Appalachian region of North America, among other places....
   
   " (traditional) – 4:07

1970 US and 1991 Vanguard CD track listing

1. "The Waggoner's Lad" (traditional) – 3:32
2. "Blackwaterside" (traditional) – 3:49
3. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (MacColl) – 1:45
4. "900 Miles" (traditional) – 3:08*
5. "The Gardener" (traditional) – 1:40
6. "Pretty Polly" (traditional) – 4:07
7. "Nottamun Town" (traditional) – 4:30
8. "Henry Martin" (traditional) – 3:17
9. "Jack Orion" (traditional) – 9:50

• "900 Miles" from It Don't Bother Me
  It Don't Bother Me (album)
  It Don't Bother Me is the second album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released in December 1965. The album was produced by Nathan Joseph and Bill Leader, although Leader was left uncredited....
  
  UK release