Swarb! Forty Five Years of Folk's Finest Fiddler

Compilation by Dave Swarbrick

Released 21 July 2003

Tracklist

  • CD 1: D Is for Duo
  • 1
    Jack Orion
    Dave Swarbrick with Bert Lloyd
    4:04
  • 2
    Finale Medley: Bottom o’ the Punchbowl / Swallowtail / The Mason’s Apron
    Dave Swarbrick with Martin Carthy
    9:28
  • 3
    Our Captain Cried All Hands
    Dave Swarbrick with Martin Carthy
    2:06
  • 4
    Streets Of Forbes
    Dave Swarbrick with Trevor Lucas
    3:46
  • 5
    The Heilanman / Drowsy Maggie
    Dave Swarbrick with Beryl Marriott
    2:47
  • 6
    The Lark in the Clear Air
    Dave Swarbrick with Savourna Stevenson
    3:37
  • 7
    Around Cape Horn
    Dave Swarbrick with Peter Bellamy
    2:33
  • 8
    79th's Farewell to Gibraltar / The Atholl Highlanders / The Devil Among the Tailors
    Dave Swarbrick with Simon Nicol
    4:56
  • 9
    Pittengardner's Rant / The Floggin'
    Dave Swarbrick with Simon Nicol
    4:43
  • 10
    White Dress
    Dave Swarbrick with Ralph McTell
    3:16
  • 11
    The Pepperpot / Sailing Into Walpole's Marsh / Bunker Hill
    Dave Swarbrick with Martin Carthy
    5:44
  • 12
    Mrs Bermingham / No.178 / Blind Mary
    Dave Swarbrick with Martin Carthy
    7:36
  • 13
    Days of 49
    Dave Swarbrick with Alistair Hulett
    3:23
  • 14
    Nathaniel Gow's Lament / Rory of the Hills
    Dave Swarbrick with Lars Kjaedegard
    9:01
  • 15
    I Know My Love
    Dave Swarbrick with Kevin Dempsey
    4:23
  • 16
    Byker Hill
    Dave Swarbrick with Martin Carthy
    5:29
  • 17
    Banksie
    Dave Swarbrick with Kevin Dempsey
    1:57
  • CD 2: C Is for Collaboration
  • 1
    The Bride's March from Unst
    Dave Swarbrick with Beryl Marriott
    5:29
  • 2
    The Blind Man he Could See
    The Ian Campbell Folk Group
    3:24
  • 3
    Tail Taddle
    The Ian Campbell Folk Group
    1:25
  • 4
    Tunes my Mother Taught Me
    Fairport Convention
    4:25
  • 5
    Dirty Linen
    Fairport Convention
    3:58
  • 6
    Me with You
    Fairport Convention
    3:31
  • 7
    Hexhamshire Lass
    Fairport Convention
    2:29
  • 8
    Rising for the Moon
    Fairport Convention
    4:09
    2.5 ★
  • 9
    County Pie
    Fairport Convention
    3:07
  • 10
    Sword dance / Young Black Cow
    Fairport Convention with Richard & Linda Thompson
    4:16
  • 11
    Brilliancy Medley / Cherokee Shuffle
    Fairport Convention
    3:27
  • 12
    Boadicea
    2:12
  • 13
    Carolanning (Mrs Bermingham, Mrs Maxwell, John Jameson)
    Whippersnapper
    4:56
  • 14
    Farewell Lovely Nancy
    Whippersnapper
    4:34
  • 15
    Hen's March
    Whippersnapper
    3:24
  • 16
    Waltzing's for Dreamers
    Keith Hancock Band
    4:52
  • 17
    Nonesuch Medley
    Band of Hope
    3:57
  • 18
    Mad about you / Siege of Sydney Streets
    Eureka! with Dave Swarbrick
    5:27
  • 19
    Fiddlestix
    Fairport Convention
    3:05
  • CD 3: E Is For Extras
  • 1
    Royal Seleccion #13
    Dave Swarbrick with Simon Nicol
    3:58
  • 2
    The Bark Gay Head
    Ewan MacColl
    2:39
  • 3
    Interlude: The Pembroke Unique Ensemble
    The Young Tradition
    1:11
  • 4
    Tam Lin
    Fairport Convention
    6:06
  • 5
    General Taylor / Mason's Apron
    Fairport Convention
    8:01
  • 6
    Pleasure and Pain
    Brian Maxine
    3:50
  • 7
    Frog Up the Pump
    Dave Swarbrick with Martin Carthy
    3:29
  • 8
    When First to this Country
    Fairport Convention
    2:35
  • 9
    Now Be Thankful
    3 Desperate Mortgages
    3:05
  • 10
    Rosie / Pachelbel's Canon
    Whippersnapper
    6:03
  • 11
    My Little Fiddle
    Whippersnapper
    4:22
  • 12
    Foolish
    Whippersnapper
    5:16
  • 13
    Ship in Distress
    Dave Swarbrick with Martin Carthy
    4:54
  • 14
    Bonny Black Hare
    Dave Swarbrick with Martin Carthy
    5:46
  • 15
    Isle of Man set
    Dave Swarbrick with Beryl Marriott
    9:10
  • 16
    Sloth
    Dave Swarbrick with Simon Nicol
    8:26
  • CD 4: S Is For Swarb
  • 1
    Bonaparte's Retreat
    0:54
  • 2
    Rocky Road to Dublin / Drops of Brandy
    The Ian Campbell Folk Group
    1:29
  • 3
    The Widow of Westmoreland's Daughter
    Bert Lloyd
    2:16
  • 4
    Earl of Moray
    The Ian Campbell Folk Group
    3:31
  • 5
    Hen's March Medley (The Hen's March Through the Midden / Four-Poster Bed / Swallowtail / Tail Taddle / Villafjord / Rakish Paddy)
    Dave Swarbrick with Martin Carthy
    6:33
  • 6
    Father Kelly / Skopje / Sligo Maid
    Dave Swarbrick with Martin Carthy and Diz Disley
    3:43
  • 7
    Praties They Grow Small
    The Ian Campbell Folk Group
    2:49
  • 8
    The Liege & Lief Medley (The Lark in the Morning / Rakish Paddy / Foxhunter's Jig / Toss the Feathers)
    Fairport Convention
    3:53
  • 9
    The Hangman's Reel
    Fairport Convention
    3:24
  • 10
    Hanging Song
    Fairport Convention
    5:43
  • 11
    Rosie
    Fairport Convention
    3:20
  • 12
    Sheebeg and Sheemore
    Dave Swarbrick with Simon Nicol
    5:51
  • 13
    The Gravel Path / Leighton Buzzard Shuffle
    Dave Swarbrick & Friends
    3:33
  • 14
    Loving Hannah
    Whippersnapper
    6:06
  • 15
    Carthy's March / The Lemon Tree
    Dave Swarbrick with Martin Carthy
    4:38
  • 16
    The Trip We Took Over the Mountain
    Dave Swarbrick with Martin Carthy and Savourna Stevenson
    3:17
  • 17
    Bonny Black Hare
    3:11
  • 18
    The Wives
    Dave Swarbrick with Kevin Dempsey
    3:21
  • 19
    Two Magicians
    4:21
  • 20
    Lassies of Neilston
    Dave Swarbrick with Alistair Hulett
    1:33
  • 21
    My Heart's in New South Wales
    Dave Swarbrick with Kevin Dempsey and Fairport Convention
    5:10

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