| Product Code: | CFR 005 |
| Artist: | Various |
| Origin: | New Zealand |
| Label: | Cityfolk Record Co. (1983) |
| Format: | LP |
| Availability: | Enquire Now |
| Condition: |
Cover: VG+
Record: NM (M-)
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| Genre: | U |
Very smart clean vinyl with the cover showing minor ringwear.
Cabbage Fern Series. Recorded live at Whare Flat Folk Festival, Dunedin 1982/83.
"Simple Gifts" is a Shaker song written and composed in 1848 by Elder Joseph Brackett.
It has endured many inaccurate descriptions. Though often classified as an anonymous Shaker hymn or as a work song, it is better classified as a dance song.[1]
Tracklist
| A1 | – | Boys Of The Blue Hill | 1:19 |
| A2 | –Geoff Wright (3) & Barrie McDonald | Classical Gas | 2:56 |
| A3 | –Fred Hickling & Paul Bond (3) | Smuggler's Song | 4:30 |
| A4 | –Erin Morton | The Mason's Apron | 2:15 |
| A5 | –Susan Stark | Simple Gifts | 1:36 |
| A6 | –John Sutherland (2) | The Gallant Ninety Two | 2:00 |
| A7 | –David Kidd (2) | Kerry Jigs | 2:22 |
| A8 | –David Kidd (2) | Hamburger Polka | 1:50 |
| A9 | –David Kidd (2) & Barrie McDonald | King Of The Fairies | 2:07 |
| B1a | –John Harte & Paddie Harte | Walsh's Hornpipe | |
| B1b | – | The Old Torn Petticoat | |
| B1c | – | The Banks Of Ireland | 4:42 |
| B2 | –Dalriada | Bridget O'Malley | 3:28 |
| B3 | –Marcus Turner (2) | Kilfenora Jug | 2:05 |
| B4 | –Marcus Turner (2) | Songs For Old Lovers | 4:45 |
| B5 | –Marcus Turner (2) | Paddy's Not At Work | 4:30 |
| B6 | – | Silver Spear/ Star Of Munster | 2:25 |
