The Sallyangie were a 1960s folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 duo consisting of sibling

Sibling

Siblings are people who share at least one parent. A male sibling is called a brother; and a female sibling is called a sister. In most societies throughout the world, siblings usually grow up together and spend a good deal of their childhood socializing with one another...

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Mike Oldfield

Michael Gordon Oldfield is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age, and more recently, dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature...

 and Sally Oldfield

Sally Oldfield

Sally Oldfield is a singer-songwriter, and the sister of the composers Mike Oldfield and Terry Oldfield.-Early life:...

. In 1969 they released their first and only album Children of the Sun. The duo split in the fall of 1969 after limited success and a national tour. Both members have released albums since to great success.

The duo's name is reputed to be an amalgamation of "Sally" (Oldfield's name) and "Angie", the name of a guitar instrumental, written by Davey Graham

Davey Graham

David Michael Gordon "Davey" Graham, originally spelled Davy Graham, , was a British guitarist and one of the most influential figures in the 1960s British folk revival...

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"Two Ships"

"Two Ships" is the debut single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 by the folk duet, The Sallyangie, released in September 1969 by Transatlantic Records

Transatlantic Records

Transatlantic Records was a British independent record label. It was established in 1961. It started began primarily as an importer of American folk, blues and jazz records - by many of the artists who influenced the burgeoning British folk and blues boom. Within a couple of years, the company had...

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"Child of Allah"

"Child of Allah" / "Lady Go Lightly" is the second single by the folk duet, The Sallyangie, released in December 1972. It was released 3 years after The Sallyangie had split up, and the song "Child of Allah", subsequently ended up on Sally Oldfield's debut solo album, Water Bearer

Water Bearer

Water Bearer is the début studio album by British singer-songwriter Sally Oldfield, released in 1978.The song "Mirrors" was released as a single, and reached #19 in the UK charts.-Track listing:...

, six years later, in 1978.

The 7 inch vinyl single was produced by Jimmy Horowitz. The United States release of the single lists the A-side title as "Sweet Child of Allah". It was released on the Phillips record label but manufactured and distributed by Mercury Record Productions, Inc. A shortened version of the band name, S. Angie, was used as the writing credit. The catalog numbers were 40718 for the USA release and 6006259 for the UK.