From the 1971 album “Stick Fingers”
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.