Bawdy Ballads of Old England -17th Century Songs & Dances
THE CITY WAITES
Lucie Skeaping, director
“it is no good having lewd words one cannot hear … so full marks for the City Waites and their swinging dialect style … items are sometimes accompanied, sometimes not, and this nicely provides contrast, but they are made into lively entertainments” (Penguin Guide 3*) “a taste of the broadside ballad culture which pervaded the Restoration … The Maid’s Complaint is a remarkably spontaneous scene, led by soprano Lucie Skeaping complete with a bunch of drunks who join in, late … Good fun but not very clean!” (Gramophone) “good diction allows particular clarity” (MusicWeb)
[1] Diddle Diddle or The Kind Country Lovers 3.22[2] The Fair Maid of lslington 4.09[3] Green Stockings 2.21[4] The Jovial Lass or Dol and Roger 4.19[5] Mundanga Was 2.49[6] Lady of Pleasure 1.37[7] The Old Wife 2.06[8] The Beehive 2.33[9] Blue Petticoats or Green Garters 2.02[10] The Gelding of the Devil 6.54[11] The Maid’s Complaint for Want of a Dil Doul 5.27[12] Oyster Nan 2.20[13] The Frolic 2.06[14] The Husband who met his Match 5.27[15] The Jovial Broom Man 2.56[16] The Disappointment 3.49[17] The Lusty Young Smith 2.28[18] Greensleeves and Yellow Lace 2.31[19] The Jolly Brown Turd 1.37[20] Two Rounds: Tom Making a Manteau; When Celia was Learning 3.16[21] Lady Lie Near Me 1.31[22] Oh how you Protest 1.33[23] A Ditty Delightful of Mother Watkin’s Ale 3.41[24] Miss Nelly 2.30