Roberts and Barrand is a musical group formed in 1969 by John Roberts

John Roberts (musician)

John Roberts is an English musician residing in Schenectady, New York.He is best known for his musical collaborations with Tony Barrand. As Roberts and Barrand, they perform a cappella and accompanied performances of traditional English folk music. They also perform and record fare such as sea...

 and Tony Barrand

Tony Barrand

Dr. Anthony Grant Barrand is an academic and musician residing in Brattleboro, Vermont. He is Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University, where his courses include "Stalking the Wild Mind: The Psychology and Folklore of Extra-Sensory Perception and Psychic...

 while they were graduate students in psychology at Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

. Much of their repertoire is traditional English music, although they have also recorded albums of traditional sea shanties

Sea shanty

A shanty is a type of work song that was once commonly sung to accompany labor on board large merchant sailing vessels. Shanties became ubiquitous in the 19th century era of the wind-driven packet and clipper ships...

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The duo are also members of the four-man act Nowell Sing We Clear

Nowell Sing We Clear

Nowell Sing We Clear is a four member musical group that performs an annual yuletide concert series. They have also released a series of related albums.The concerts consist of yuletide stories and music, and often include a Mummers Play.-Members:...

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Spencer the Rover is Alive and Well… (1971, 2001)

Traditional English Ballads and Songs

1. "Spencer the Rover"
2. "Creeping Jane"
3. "I Wish They'd do it Now"
4. "Rambleaway"
5. "What a Mouth!"
6. "The Knight and the Shepherd's Daughter
   The Knight and the Shepherd's Daughter
   "The Knight and the Shepherd’s Daughter" is an English ballad, collected by Francis James Child as Child Ballad 110.-Synopsis:A knight persuades a shepherd's daughter to give him her virginity. She chases after him to court, on foot while he is on horseback, and demands marriage. He attempts to...
   
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7. "Silicosis
   Silicosis
   Silicosis, also known as Potter's rot, is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, and is marked by inflammation and scarring in forms of nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs...
   
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8. "The Coachman
   The Coachman
   The Coachman , also known as The Little Man , is a fictional character who appears in Carlo Collodi's book The Adventures of Pinocchio .-Role:...
   
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9. "The Lincolnshire Poacher
   The Lincolnshire Poacher
   "The Lincolnshire Poacher" is a traditional English folk song.The Lincolnshire Poacher can also refer to:*Lincolnshire Poacher , a numbers station*Lincolnshire Poacher , a type of cheese...
   
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10. "Warlike Seamen"
11. "Down the Plughole"
12. "Shine your Buttons with Brasso"
13. "Martin Said to His Man"
14. "Fanny Blair"
15. "So Green as the Leaves"
16. "Babylon is Fallen"
17. "Thyme
    Thyme
    Thyme is a culinary and medicinal herb of the genus Thymus.-History:Ancient Egyptians used thyme for embalming. The ancient Greeks used it in their baths and burnt it as incense in their temples, believing it was a source of courage...
    
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Across the Western Ocean (1973, 2000)

Songs of the North Atlantic Sailing Packets

1. Introduction
2. "New York Girls"
3. Captain Samuels on his sailors
4. "Blow the Man Down
   Blow the Man Down
   Blow the Man Down is a sea shanty. The lyric "Blow the man down" refers to the act of knocking a man to the ground.-Lyrics:The full lyrics areChorus:Oh, blow the man down, bullies, blow the man downWay aye blow the man down...
   
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5. Impressions of a first voyage
6. "The Crayfish"
7. "The Black Cook"
8. "The Limejuice Ship"
9. The wreck of the Staffordshire
10. "The Flying Dutchman
    The Flying Dutchman
    The legend of the Flying Dutchman concerns a ghost ship that can never make port, doomed to sail the oceans forever. It probably originates from 17th-century nautical folklore. The oldest extant version dates to the late 18th century....
    
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11. "Get Up Jack, John Sit Down"
12. "The Flying Cloud"
13. Immigration conditions
14. "Heave Away My Johnnies"
15. Perils of transatlantic dalliance
16. "Maggie May
    Maggie May
    "Maggie May" is a song written by singer Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton and recorded by Stewart in 1971 for his album Every Picture Tells a Story....
    
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17. "Peter Street
    Peter Street
    Peter Street is a former professional Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.At 211 cm he is the equal tallest player in the history of the VFL/AFL ....
    
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18. "The Seamen's Hymn"

An Evening at the English Music Hall (1974)

1. "When I Take My Morning Promenade"
2. "A Little Bit of Cucumber"
3. "I'm Shy"
4. "Lily of Laguna"
5. "Sweeney the Barber"
6. "My Old Dutch"
7. "Mrs. Moore"

Mellow With Ale From the Horn (1975)

1. "Save Your Money While You're Young"
2. "Staines Morris"
3. "Barbara Allen"
4. "Salt River, Colored Aristocracy"
5. "Oats and Beans and Barley Grows"
6. "Kate and Her Horns"
7. "Come Day, go Day (Glyn Hughes)
8. "The Albatross
   The Albatross
   The Albatross is a novella written by Susan Hill first appearing in the collection The Albatross and Other Stories published by Hamish Hamilton in 1971. It won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1972.. It appeared as a standalone book published by Penguin Books in 2000....
   
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9. "The Wings of a Goney"
10. "The Handsome Cabin Boy"
11. "File Foot Flirt"
12. "Our Bill"
13. "Albert and the Lion"
14. "Salvation Band"

Dark Ships in the Forest (1977, 1997)

Ballads of the Supernatural, with Fred Breunig & Steve Woodruff

1. "Oak, Ash, and Thorn"
2. "The Broomfield Wager"
3. "The Wife of Usher's Well
   The Wife of Usher's Well
   "The Wife of Usher's Well" is a traditional ballad, catalogued as Child Ballad 79, originally from Britain, and is more particularly considered a Scottish ballad, but also popular in North America...
   
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4. "Tom of Bedlam"
5. "The Dreadful Ghost"
6. "The Foggy Dew"
7. "The Derby Ram"
8. "The Maid on the Shore"
9. "Reynardine
   Reynardine
   Reynardine is a traditional old English ballad; in versions most commonly sung and recorded today, Reynardine is a werefox who attracts beautiful women to him so that he can take them away to his castle...
   
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10. "The False Lady"
11. "Polly Vaughn
    Polly Vaughn
    -Synopsis:A man, sometimes called Johnny Randle, goes out hunting for birds. Usually this is described as being in the evening or by moonlight in the rain. He sees something white in the bushes. Thinking this is a swan, he shoots. To his horror he discovers he has killed his true love, Polly...
    
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12. "The Two Magicians"

Live at Holsteins! (1983)

Eat Bertha's Mussels

1. "John Barleycorn
   John Barleycorn
   "John Barleycorn" is an English folksong. The character of John Barleycorn in the song is a personification of the important cereal crop barley and of the alcoholic beverages made from it, beer and whisky...
   
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2. "The Man that Waters the Workers' Beer"
3. "Garners Gay
   The Sprig of Thyme (song)
   Sprig of Thyme, The Seeds of Love, Maiden’s Lament, Garners Gay, Let No Man Steal Your Thyme or Rue is a traditional British and Irish folk Ballad that uses fairly obvious botanical and other symbolism to warn young people of the dangers in taking false lovers...
   
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4. "Three Drunken Maidens"
5. "Congleton Bear"
6. "The Rolling Mills of New Jersey"
7. "Eat Bertha's Mussels"
8. "Boozing"
9. "The Ballad of the Cowpuncher"
10. "Newman's Ale"
11. "The Man at the Nore"
12. "The Barley Mow
    The Barley Mow
    The Barley Mow is a cumulative song celebrated in the traditions of the folk music of Ireland, England, and Scotland. William Chappell transcribed the lyrics in his two-volume work The Ballad Literature and Popular Music of the Olden Time ."The Barley Mow" has become a drinking song sung while...
    
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A Present from the Gentlemen (1992)

A Pandora's Box of English Folk Songs

1. "Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy"
2. "Jackie Munro"
3. "Nine Times a Night"
4. "A Smuggler's Song"
5. "The Three Butchers"
6. "The Painful Plough"
7. "Dog and Gun"
8. "The Draggletail Gypsy/The Princess Royal"
9. "The Outlandish Knight
   Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
   "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight" is the English common name representative of a very large class of European ballads. The subject matter is frequently associated with the genre of the Halewyn legends circulating in Europe...
   
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10. "Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford
    Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford
    -Synopsis:Robin Hood, knowing the bishop is coming, has his men kill a deer, puts shepherd's clothing on himself and six others, and dresses the deer by the road. The bishop threatens to have them all hanged. Robin summons the rest of his men with his horn, compels the bishop to dine with them, and...
    
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11. "Our Hamlet"
12. "Sam Hall
    Sam Hall (song)
    “Sam Hall” is an old English folk song about a bitterly unrepentant criminal condemned to death . Prior to the mid 19th century it was called “Jack Hall”, after an infamous English thief, who was hanged in 1707 at Tyburn...
    
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13. "The Fellow that Played the Trombone"
14. Great War Trilogy:
    • "The Valley of the Shadow"
    • "The Old Barbed Wire"
    • Long, Long Trail"

Naulakha Redux (1997)

Songs of Rudyard Kipling

1. "Ford o' Kabul River"
2. "Tommy"
3. "Sir Richard's Song"
4. "The Land
   The Land (song)
   The Land is a protest song, traditionally sung by the Georgist movement in the United Kingdom in pursuit and promotion of land value taxation. Until the late 1970s it was sung at the end of each year's Liberal Assembly and was the party anthem of the Liberal Party until that party merged with the...
   
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5. "Philadelphia"
6. "Cells"
7. "Mandalay
   Mandalay (poem)
   Mandalay is a famous poem by Rudyard Kipling that was first published in the collection Barrack-Room Ballads, and Other Verses, the first series, published in 1892....
   
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8. "An Astrologer's Song"
9. "The Ballad of Minepit Shaw"
10. "Song of the Men's Side"
11. "The Liner She's a Lady"
12. "Frankie's Trade"
13. "We Have Fed Our Sea"
14. "A Carol"
15. "Danny Deever
    Danny Deever
    Danny Deever is an 1890 poem by Rudyard Kipling, one of the first of the Barrack-Room Ballads. It received wide critical and popular acclaim, and is often regarded as one of the most significant pieces of Kipling's early verse. The poem, a ballad, describes the execution of a British soldier in...
    
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16. "Follow Me 'Ome"

Heartoutbursts (1998)

English Folksongs collected by Percy Grainger

1. "Brigg Fair
   Brigg Fair
   "Brigg Fair" is an English folk song. It is best known in a choral arrangement by Percy Grainger and a subsequent set of orchestral variations by Frederick Delius....
   
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2. "Seventeen Come Sunday
   Seventeen Come Sunday
   "Seventeen Come Sunday" is an English folk song which was used in the first movement of Ralph Vaughan Williams' English Folk Song Suite and a choral version by Percy Grainger . The words were first published between 1838 and 1845 .-Lyrics:...
   
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3. "Creeping Jane"
4. "Turpin Hero"
5. "The White Hare"
6. "Rufford Park Poachers"
7. "Lord Bateman
   Young Beichan
   "Young Beichan" is a ballad, which with a number of variants and names such as "Lord Baker", "Lord Bateman", and "Young Bekie", was collected by Francis James Child in the late nineteenth century, and is included in the Child ballad as number 53 .-Synopsis:Beichan is born in London but travels to...
   
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8. "The Gypsy's Wedding Day"
9. "A Fair Maid Walking"
10. "The Lost Lady Found"
11. "Sprig of Thyme"
12. "Riding Down to Portsmouth"
13. "Horkstow Grange
    Horkstow Grange
    Horkstow Grange is an album by the English electric folk band Steeleye Span.Released in 1998, it is the band's 15th album, and the first album the band recorded without founding member Maddy Prior. Gay Woods provides most of the lead vocals, although the other three members of the band all do the...
    
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14. "The "Rainbow""
15. "William Taylor
    William Taylor
    William Taylor was a British scholar, polyglot, and translator of German romantic literature.-Early life:He was born in Norwich, East Anglia, England on 7 November 1765, the only child of William Taylor , a wealthy Norwich merchant with European trade connections, by his wife Sarah , second...
    
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16. "Lord Melbourne"
17. "Lisbon
    Lisbon
    Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
    
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18. "Died for Love"

Twiddlum Twaddlum (2003)

Live in Concert

• "Anchor Song"
• "The Golden Vanity"
• "High Barbary"
• "Jonah and the Grampus"
• "A Pilgrim¹s Way"
• "Old Bangum"
• "Who Killed Cock Robin?"
• "Two Foxes"
• "All Through The Ale"
• "The Rawtenstall Annual Fair"
• "Nell"
• "The Nutting Girl"
• "Claudy Banks"
• "The Week Before Easter"
• "The Cockerham Devil"
• "Row on"

As featured performers in an anthology

• Pleasant and Delightful, Vol 2 – Living Folk (1972)
• Songs and Sounds of the Sea – National Geographic Society
  National Geographic Society
  The National Geographic Society , headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical...
  
   (1973)
• Clearwater – Hudson River Sloop Restoration (1974)
• The Audience Pleased – Oberlin College
  Oberlin College
  Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...
  
  (1976)
• Clearwater II – Hudson River Sloop Restoration (1977)
• Champlain Valley Festival Highlights – Champlain Valley Festival (1990)
• Homeward Bound – Revels (2002)

External links

• Roberts and Barrand (homepage)
• Golden Hind Music (official site)