The Old Songs

Margaret MacArthur Guitars: Dan MacArthur and Gordon Bok Philo Records 1001, 1975 re-issued Rounder

One song each from the H. H. Flanders Collection [FC], Margaret MacArthur collection [MC], and the University of Arizona Archive; three from printed sources; three from contemporary composers; three instrumental medleys.

Side One

1. Haste to the Wedding/Speed the Plough - Harp-zither instrumental
   
2. The Ballad of Robban's First Ride ©Malvina Reynolds, Dulcimer
   
3. Bonnie Black Bess - Laws L9 [MC] Guitars: Dan and Gordon
   
4. Growling Old Man and Cackling Old Woman/Pig Town Fling - Dulcimer     instrumental
   
5. Diamonds of Derry [FC] Harp-zither
   
6. Hills of Dover ©John Nutting Guitars: Dan and Gordon

Side Two

1. The Fair Maid by the Shore - Laws K27, from Carrie Grover A Heritage of , Dulcimer
   
2. Boomer Johnson, poem by Henry Herbert Knibbs, tune traditional [AA] Guitars: Dan and Margaret
   
3. Dewdrop from Norman Cazden Abelard Folk Song Book, Dulcimer
   
4. Bummer's Reel/House of Gray, Harp-zither instrumental
   
5. My Dearest Dear, from Cecil Sharp Eighty English Folksongs from the Southern Appalachians, Dulcimer
   
6. Old Songs ©David Hanni, Guitars: Dan and Gordon