Because It's There


Because It's There is an album by Martin Carthy, released in 1979. It was re-issued by Topic Records on CD in 1995.

Track listing

All songs "Traditional; arranged by Martin Carthy" unless noted otherwise. The Roud number refers to the Roud index of folk songs number and the Child number is from the Child Ballad numbering.
  1. "Nothing Rhymed" – 2:10
  2. "May Song" – 2:49
  3. "Swaggering Boney" – 2:46
  4. "Lord Randall" – 4:16
  5. "Long John, Old John and Jackie North" – 6:05
  6. "Jolly Tinker" – 3:01
  7. "Lovely Joan" – 3:14
  8. "Three Cripples" – 3:06
  9. "Siege of Delhi" – 4:18
  10. "Nothing Rhymed" – 1:18
  11. "Death of Young Andrew" – 8:37

Personnel

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