Because It's There Explained

Because It's There
Type:Studio
Artist:Martin Carthy
Cover:File:Because It's There.jpg
Released:1979
Recorded:1979
Studio:Riverside Studios, London
Genre:Folk
Length:41:47
Label:Topic
Producer:Ashley Hutchings
Prev Title:Crown of Horn
Prev Year:1976
Next Title:Out of the Cut
Next Year:1982

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" (Gilbert O'Sullivan) – 2:10
  2. "May Song" (Roud 305) – 2:49
  3. "Swaggering Boney" (instrumental) – 2:46
  4. "Lord Randall" (Roud 10, Child 12) – 4:16
  5. "Long John, Old John and Jackie North" (Roud 3100, Child 251) – 6:05
  6. "Jolly Tinker" (Roud 863)– 3:01
  7. "Lovely Joan" (Roud 592)– 3:14
  8. "Three Cripples" (Roud 2422)– 3:06
  9. "Siege of Delhi" (instrumental) – 4:18
  10. "Nothing Rhymed" (reprise) (Gilbert O'Sullivan) – 1:18
  11. "Death of Young Andrew" (Roud 6740, Child 48) – 8:37

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