A Dutch saying: “In May, all the birds lay an egg”. But there are birds that do this the entire year. Whether or not in battery cages. The whole hour of this episode of Folk It!, the chicken, the rooster and the hen will be given attention. The reason for this is the (re)release of Cluck Old Hen on CD, a collection of American folk songs from the period 1926-1940 about poultry. We have selected several tracks from this release and we completed it with contemporary performances of folk songs in which the chicken plays a part. The sound quality, especially from the older recordings, is not optimal according to present standards, but musically you will be pleased. Want an egg???
01. Malicorne – Le Ballet des Coqs. (trad).
Le Bestiaire – Ballon Noir BAL 13012.
02. Tammles – Poule qui chante. (trad, Tammles).
Embarquement immediate – Escalibur BUR 813.
03. Young traditions – Chicken On A Raft. (Cyril Tawney).
Chicken on a raft – Transatlantic TRA EP 166.
04. John Doyle – The Cocks Are Crowing. (trad).
Wayward son – Compass 74408.
05. J.O. LaMadeleine – Chicken Reel. (J.M. Daley-J. Mittenthal).
Cluck old hen – Old Hat cd 1009.
06. Casey Bill – Rooster Blues. (Weldon).
Cluck old hen – Old Hat cd 1009.
07. Walther Rhodes with Pet and Can – The Crowing Rooster. (C. Patton).
Cluck old hen – Old Hat cd 1009.
08. Earl McDonalds Original Louisville Jug band – Under the Chicken Tree. (I. Jones).
Cluck old hen – Old Hat cd 1009.
09. Cliff Carlisle – It Takes the Old Hen to Deliver the Goods. (trad).
Cluck old hen – Old Hat cd 1009.
10. Grayson & Whitter – Cluck Old Hen. (trad).
Cluck old hen – Old Hat cd 1009.
11. Dixieland jug Blowers – Hen Party Blues. (trad).
Cluck old hen – Old Hat cd 1009.
12. The Georgia Browns – Who Stole de Lock. (Monroe & Mack).
Cluck old hen – Old Hat cd 1009.
13. Teddy Bunn & Spencer Williams -The Chicken and the Worm. (Bunn, Williams).
Cluck old hen – Old Hat cd 1009.
14. Six Jumping jacks – There’s a Trick in Pickin’ a Chick-Chick-Chicken. (H. Reser).
Cluck old hen – Old Hat cd 1009.
15. Fairport Convention – The Hens March Through the Midden & the Four Poster Bed. (trad).
Rosie – Island IMCD 152.
16. Alison Krauss & Union station- Cluck Old Hen. (trad).
Live – Rounder 610515.
17. Bert Jansch – Cluck old hen. (trad).
L. A. Turnaround – Charisma CAS1090.
18. At Tambur – Bourré Les Poules Houppées. (Gilles Chabenat).
At tambur – GRF001CD.
