The Ornament Tree Explained

The Ornament Tree
Type:	Album
Artist:	Bert Jansch
Cover:	ornamenttree1990.jpg
Released:	November 1990
Recorded:	1990 at Heartbeat Sound, London
Genre:	Folk
Length:	43:41
Label:	Run River
Producer:	Michael Klein
Prev Title:	Sketches
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	When the Circus Comes to Town
Next Year:	1995

The Ornament Tree is the 18th album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released virtually simultaneously with another album, Sketches.^[1]

Track listing

All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.

1. "The Ornament Tree (Bonny Portmore)" - 3:50
2. "The Banks O'Sicily" (James Robertson, Hamish Henderson) - 3:33
3. "The Rambling Boys of Pleasure" - 4:40
4. "The Rocky Road to Dublin" - 2:58
5. "Three Dreamers" - 3:46
6. "The Mountain Streams" - 3:49
7. "The Blackbirds of Mullamore" - 4:47
8. "Lady Fair" - 2:15
9. "The Road Tae Dundee" - 4:07
10. "Tramps And Hawkers" - 3:15
11. "The January Man" (Dave Goulder) - 3:42
12. "Dobbins Flowery Vale" - 3:33

Personnel

• Bert Jansch - guitar, vocals
• Peter Kirtley - guitar
• Nigel Portman Smith - bass, accordion
• Dave Turner - bass
• Maggie Boyle - flute, whistles, bodhran
• Paul Boyle - fiddle
• Richard Curran - fiddle
• Steve Tilston - arpeggione, mandolin
• Michael Klein - percussion, backing vocals

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bert Jansch website. 2008-11-25. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081205024612/http://www.bertjansch.com/disco.html. 2008-12-05.