Ewan MacColl
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About Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl (born James Henry Miller in Salford, Lancashire, on 25 January 1915; died 22 October 1989) is recognised as the father of the British folk revival. The writer of classics such as "Dirty Old Town" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (which won him a Grammy in 1972), MacColl partnered Peggy Seeger and was father to musicians Kirsty MacColl, Neill MacColl and Calum MacColl, and grandfather to Bombay Bicycle Club's Jamie MacColl. Innovative and inspiring, both collecting traditional songs, as well as writing new ones.
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Top Tracks
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Dirty Old Town
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The ballad of Ho Chi Min
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The Shoals Of Herring
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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
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The Manchester Rambler
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Ballad Of Accounting
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Turpin Hero
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Song of the Iron Road
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The Press Gang
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Lord Randall - Child 12
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Go Down Ye Murderers
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My Old Man
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Ye Jacobites by Name
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Black And White
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The Driver's Song
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The Maid Gaed Tae The Mill
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The Moving On Song
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The Joy Of Living
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Brother Did You Weep
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Join the British Army
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Kilroy Was Here
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Looking For A Job
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Sheath And Knife
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Nobody Knew She Was There
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Derek Bentley
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Cam Ye O'er Frae France
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The Foggy Dew
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Johnny Lad
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Highland Muster Roll
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Minorie
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Johnnie O'Breadisley (Johnie Cock)(Child No. 114)
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Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation
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Green Grow The Rashes, O
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Aikendrum
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The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face
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Fourpence A Day
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Johnny Cope
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Farewell To Sicily
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The Elfin Knight
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Van Diemen's Land
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Cam Ye O'er Fra France
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Hughie The Graeme
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A Man's a Man for A' That
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Row Bullies Row
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The Black Velvet Band
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Such a Parcel O'rogues in a Nation
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The Banks of Newfoundland
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La Prima Volta (First Time Ever I Saw Your Face)
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Glasgow Peggy
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Galloway Tam
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