We've always had a soft spot for Characters, the larger-than-life folks who give us something to talk about.  Here we present a truly "characteristic" collection, good characters or bad, humorous or sad, witty or downright silly.

Andrew McKay and Carole Etherton

with

Andy Baker, Bridget Hayne, Chris Richardson, Ken Simpson and Joy Toole

 

Characters
Crane Drivin' Music CDMCD1002

  1  Down in a Diving Bell
     
Trad arr. McKay/Etherton


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  2  Scarecrow
     
© Maria Cunningham - the straw man

  3  Walk Her Away
     Dockside capstan shanty

  4  Icy Acres
     © Colin Wilkie - farewell to the north

  5  Harriet Lane
     Actually an early tinned meat product

 

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  6  Big Lil
     Campaigner for safety on Hull trawlers

  7  Shirley's Little Sunburnt Spot
     © John 'Mitch' Mitchell - a sore point

  8  Butterflies
     The end of the Swansea oyster fishery

  9  Love Now Let Me Call Your Name
     © Brian Ingram - a love song

10  A Smugglers' Song
     Rudyard Kipling - ponies at night


11  Too High or Else Too Low
     A tale of itinerant metal work - or not?

12  Childe The Hunter
     Dark deeds on Dartmoor

13  Mary Baker
     Portsmouth New Hampshire, USA

 

14  Laszlo Feher
     East European song trans A L Lloyd

15  May No More
     Maggie May's side of the story

16  Tomorrow Noon
     Emigration to the New World

Songs © Andrew McKay & Carole Etherton except where otherwise marked