Sweet Virginia

From the Rolling Stones’ 1972 double album “Exile On Main Street”

Ooh La La

Title trace of Faces’ 1973 album of the same name.

Mandolin Wind

From Stewart’s 1971 album “Every Picture Tells A Story”.

Orange in Bloom

Or “Sherborne Waltz”, from just over the border in Gloucestershire…

Dirty Old Town

Written in 1949 by Ewan McColl about his home town, Salford, for his play “Landscape with Chimneys”.   The Pogues arrangement from their album “Rum, Sodomy and the Lash” is probably the best known nowadays.

Dark Girl Dressed in Blue

A traditional Irish polka telling the story of a fellow tricked into laundering money on her behalf.

Portsmouth

Traditional English folk dance tune, a bit like a hornpipe. So much so that it is sometimes called “Portsmouth Hornpipe”

My Son John

A traditional song telling the story of someone having his legs shot off by a cannonball.

We play a version based on the John C Reilly version.

Matty Groves

We play something based around the Fairport Convention arrangement of Matty Groves on account of it being the one most people are likely to know.

Originally released on the 1969 “Liege and Lief” album and sung by the tragically late Sandy Denny.