BAWDY BALLADS OF OLD ENGLAND - 17TH CENTURY SONGS & DANCES - CITY WAITES

Bawdy Ballads of Old England -17th Century Songs & Dances

THE CITY WAITES
Lucie Skeaping, director

“it is no good having lewd words one cannot hear … so full marks for the City Waites and their swinging dialect style … items are sometimes accompanied, sometimes not, and this nicely provides contrast, but they are made into lively entertainments” (Penguin Guide 3*) “a taste of the broadside ballad culture which pervaded the Restoration … The Maid’s Complaint is a remarkably spontaneous scene, led by soprano Lucie Skeaping complete with a bunch of drunks who join in, late … Good fun but not very clean!” (Gramophone) “good diction allows particular clarity” (MusicWeb)

[1] Diddle Diddle or The Kind Country Lovers 3.22
[2] The Fair Maid of lslington 4.09
[3] Green Stockings 2.21
[4] The Jovial Lass or Dol and Roger 4.19
[5] Mundanga Was 2.49
[6] Lady of Pleasure 1.37
[7] The Old Wife 2.06
[8] The Beehive 2.33
[9] Blue Petticoats or Green Garters 2.02
[10] The Gelding of the Devil 6.54
[11] The Maid’s Complaint for Want of a Dil Doul 5.27
[12] Oyster Nan 2.20
[13] The Frolic 2.06
[14] The Husband who met his Match 5.27
[15] The Jovial Broom Man 2.56
[16] The Disappointment 3.49
[17] The Lusty Young Smith 2.28
[18] Greensleeves and Yellow Lace 2.31
[19] The Jolly Brown Turd 1.37
[20] Two Rounds: Tom Making a Manteau; When Celia was Learning 3.16
[21] Lady Lie Near Me 1.31
[22] Oh how you Protest 1.33
[23] A Ditty Delightful of Mother Watkin’s Ale 3.41
[24] Miss Nelly 2.30