In Search of Nic Jones is an album by Nic Jones

Nic Jones

Nicolas Paul "Nic" Jones is an English folk singer, fingerstyle guitarist and fiddle player whose professional career spanned the years 1964-1982. He recorded five solo albums, and was a frequent guest performer.-Biography:...

, released in 1998. It is a collection of remastered live recordings, performed between 1979 and 1982. The album was voted Mojo's Folk Album of the Month, August 1998.

Track listing

1. "Seven Yellow Gypsies
   The Gypsy Laddie
   "The Gypsy Laddie" , also known as "Black Jack Davy" and "The Raggle Taggle Gypsies" among many other titles, is a Border ballad , possibly written about 1720 on the Scottish side of the border...
   
   " (Traditional(Child
   Child Ballads
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   Roud Folk Song Index
   The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of 300,000 references to over 21,600 songs that have been collected from oral tradition in the English language from all over the world...
   
    #1)/Arr. Nic Jones) 3:17
2. "Texas Girl At The Funeral Of Her Father
   Little Criminals
   Little Criminals is a 1977 album from Randy Newman. Like most of Newman's work, the album eschews traditional pop-music themes in favor of musical story-telling, often featuring quirky characters and cynical views. The first song on the album — "Short People" — became a hit single in its own right...
   
   " (Randy Newman
   Randy Newman
   Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
   
   ) 2:52
3. "Lord Franklin
   Lady Franklin's Lament
   "Lady Franklin's Lament" is a broadside ballad indexed by George Malcolm Laws commemorating the loss of Sir John Franklin's British Arctic Expedition of 1845...
   
   " (Traditional(Roud
   Roud Folk Song Index
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    #487)/Arr. Nic Jones) 4:22
4. "Swimming Song" (Loudon Wainwright III
   Loudon Wainwright III
   Loudon Snowden Wainwright III is a Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. He is the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche, brother of Sloan Wainwright, and the former husband of the late folk singer Kate McGarrigle.To...
   
   ) 2:54
5. "Ploughman Lads" (John Wilson(Roud
   Roud Folk Song Index
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    #3448)) 3:13
6. "Ruins By The Shore" (Nic Jones) 3:51
7. "On Board The Kangaroo" (Traditional(Roud
   Roud Folk Song Index
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    #925)/Arr. Nic Jones) 3:14
8. "Hardiman The Fiddler" (Traditional/Arr. Nic Jones) 1:34
9. "Green To Grey" (Nic Jones) 2:26
10. "Rose of Allendale
    Rose of Allendale
    "The Rose of Allendale" is an English song, with words by Charles Jeffreys and music by Sidney Nelson, composed in the 1840s. Because the song has been recorded by Paddy Reilly and Mary Black, many people mistakenly believe the song to be a Irish song...
    
    " (Nelson/Jeffreys(Roud
    Roud Folk Song Index
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    #1218)/Arr. Nic Jones) 4:51
11. "Teddy Bears' Picnic" (Music by John W. Bratton) 2:19
12. "Thanksgiving" (Rick Lee) 2:39

Track 1, Seven Yellow Gypsies, was recorded from a BBC "Folk on 2" session on 1 March 1981. Track 3, Lord Franklin, was recorded from a concert in Italy in 1981.