Track from 'The Works' featuring Spiers &amp; Boden with special guests Nancy Kerr and James Fagan on fiddle, bouzouki and vocals and with Hannah James &amp; Sam Sweeney on percussion.  This track was originally on the 2008 album Vagabond.

Tom Padget

There were several Horn Fairs documented in the south of England from the 17th century to the late 19th century and they were all reported to be boisterous leery affairs celebrating cuckoldry.  This version, collected in Essex by Ralph Vaughan Williams features special guests Maddy Prior and Martin Simpson and was originally recorded by Spiers &amp; Boden on the 2005 album "Songs"

Horn Fair

This is a southern version of a tune from a very northern tradition.  Coconut dancing with it's curious costume and resonances with other versions of morris dancing was performed around Easter time in some towns in the industrial north west including Rochdale, Burnley and Bacup which still retains a team of 'nutters'.  Because the southern version of the tune was not associated with the slower, swaggering dance any longer it was often performed at a faster tempo.  This version is certainly a lot faster!

The Rochdale Coconut Dance

A track commissioned by John &amp; Karen MacIntosh on the occasion of their wedding anniversary.  This track is not on any of the Spiers &amp; Boden albums.  Written by John Spiers

Scotland Lane (demo)

Duo playing mainly traditional English folk music on Melodeon, Fiddle, Guitar and Concertina.  High energy dance rhythms applied to acoustic instruments and blended with impeccable arrangements and the voice of folk superstar Jon Boden.  Now with 10 years and 1000 live gigs played together.

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