A Silk Purse, by Pig's Ear

A Silk Purse

by Pig's Ear

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1.	North Sea Holes 02:14	info	buy track
2.	In Safe Harbour 04:57	info	buy track
3.	The Winner's Song 03:18	info	buy track
4.	The Miner's Lifeguard 02:53	info	buy track
5.	A Florin A Day 02:57	info	buy track
6.	All in a Row 02:49	info	buy track
7.	Benjamin Bowmaneer 04:13	info	buy track
8.	Jolly Broom-man 02:52	info	buy track
9.	Rules of the House 03:42	info	buy track
10.	Sir Thomas Tildersley 03:15	info	buy track
11.	Sylvie! Sylvie! 01:48	info	buy track
12.	The Exciseman's Brasle 02:23	info	buy track
13.	The Wind Blows 01:55	info	buy track
14.	The Execution of Montrose 04:05	info	buy track
15.	Cunning Old Traitor 03:38	info	buy track
16.	Poor Man's Labour/Hares on a Mountain 05:44	info	buy track
17.	Take Down the Walls 04:15	info	buy track
18.	Harvest Home 02:32	info	buy track

about

A Silk Purse was Pig's Ear's first album, originally released on cassette in 1991 and remastered on CD in 2001. It includes lyrics and tunes written by both Sue and Keith, with some of the band's favorite traditional tracks and one from the acknowledged master, Ewan MacColl.
As the band said in 2001, "We hope this bumper crop brings as much pleasure to the listener as its recording and performance has to us."

credits

released December 30, 2001

Sue Rule - vocals, guitar, Appalachian dulcimer, recorder, banjo mandolin & giggle
Lyndsey Rule - vocals, oboe, flute, treble & descant recorder, Northumbrian small-pipes
Keith Rule - vocals, bodhran, tankards & florin
Grant Rule - vocals, Appalachian dulcimer, bodhran & bones

All tracks arranged by Pig's Ear. Information included on the origins of each track, lyrics and tune where known.

Re-released for download by Notbob Records.

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Pig's Ear England, UK

Pig's Ear was a family folk group that entertained audiences from the late 1980s to 2011, with a mix of carefully collected and researched traditional folk, self-penned songs and creative musical arrangements. Based in Kent, near the Sussex & Surrey border, in 2003 they started a small festival 'The Pig's Ear Folk Ale' at Markbeech, Kent which is still going today - folkale.co.uk ... more

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