The Girl Who Couldn't Fly Explained

The Girl Who Couldn't Fly
Type:Album
Artist:Kate Rusby
Cover:girlwhocouldntfly.jpg
Released:11 October 2005
Recorded:Pure Records Studio, South Yorkshire
Genre:Folk
Length:49:27
Label:Pure Records
Producer:John McCusker
Prev Title:Underneath the Stars
Prev Year:2003
Next Title:Awkward Annie
Next Year:2007

The Girl Who Couldn't Fly is an album by British folk musician Kate Rusby, released in 2005. The title refers to Rusby's fear of flying.[1]

The album cover features a painting by Blur guitarist Graham Coxon.[2]

Track listing

All songs by Kate Rusby unless otherwise stated.

  1. "Game of All Fours" (Traditional, arranged by Rusby and John McCusker) – 3:40
  2. "The Lark" – 4:16
  3. "No Names" – 3:28
  4. "Mary Blaize" (Traditional lyrics, music by Rusby) – 3:25[3]
  5. "A Ballad" (Traditional lyrics, music by Rusby) – 4:50
  6. "You Belong to Me" (Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, Chilton Price)– 3:25
  7. "Elfin Knight" (Traditional)– 4:04
  8. "The Bonnie House of Airlie" (Traditional, arranged by Rusby and McCusker) – 5:39
  9. "Moon Shadow" – 4:23
  10. "Wandering Soul" – 4:12
  11. "Fare Thee Well" – 3:41
  12. "Little Jack Frost" – 4:24

Personnel

References

  1. Official web site at Web site: Kate Rusby - Biography Kate Rusby . 2009-09-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090916221824/http://www.katerusby.com/biography_katerusby.php . 2009-09-16 .
  2. See album sleeve notes.
  3. The lyrics are a poem by Oliver Goldsmith; illustrated by Randolph Caldecott