Track 1: The Morris tune “ Bonnets so Blue” from the village of Bucknell in Oxfordshire was published by Cecil Sharp and George Butterworth in the “Morris Book, Part V” in 1913. Butterworth, Morris man and composer, was killed on the Somme in 1916. Sharp also collected a version of the tune from William Kimber of Headington in Oxfordshire.

Track 2: The tune “ Buttered Peas ” and the dance that goes with it both come from the Yorkshire Dales. They were collected by Leta M Douglas, the tune from Mr Sam Stables of Grassington and the dance from Mr Fred Falshaw of Buckden, Wharfedale. “ Salmon Tails ” is a Northumberland pipe tune. It's our favourite and if we don't use it for a dance, we invariably play it as a fill in between dances.

Track 3: The tune “ Galopede ” comes from Warwickshire and is also known as the Yarmouth Reel. The dance “ Speed the Plough ” was collected by Cecil Sharp in Surrey. Both are to be found in Sharp's Country Dance Book Part I, first published in 1909. Versions of the tune “ Soldiers Joy ” were collected by Maud Karpeles in Northumberland and by Cecil Sharp in 1914 at Blue Anchor in Somerset. It is also known as the “Kings Head”.

Track 4: The origins of the “ Bear Dance ” are a bit obscure, but it probably originated in the Netherlands. We use it for the dance Circassion Circle, the last dance of the evening. “ Sheepskins ” is a Border Morris tune, which also has words. Our version only includes the one bit of the song that isn't offensive; although we have left in the word “banjo”!

All Tracks: All titles traditional, arranged Jiggery Polkary.

Special Thanks To: Margaret@Mandarin for the cover design; Stewart and Jonathan at Meadow Farm Studio; Ray Newnham for the cover photograph.

The CD is available directly from the band, or in Tudor Tunes, Tudor Row, Lichfield