Brigg Fair

Notes

Ballad

Lyrics

It was on the 5th of August 
The weather fine and clear 
Unto Brigg Fair 
I did repair 
For love I was inclined

I woke up with the lark in the morning 
With my heart so full of glee 
On thinking there to meet my dear 
Long time I wished to see 

I looked over my left shoulder 
To see whom I might see 
And there I spied my own true love 
Come tripping down to me

For its meeting is a pleasure 
And parting is a grief 
But an unconstant lover 
Is worse than any thief 

Oh the green leaves they shall wither 
And the branches they shall die 
If ever I prove false to thee 
The girl who loves me

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The Roses and the Busy Bee

The Roses and the Busy Bee

The four-track EP, The Roses and the Busy Bee, was released in 2025.

 

Credits

Rob García: Guitar / Mandolin / Octave Mandola / Backing Vocals

Paul McNamara: Vocals / Guitars

Recorded at Kingshill Valley Studios, Hertfordshire, England.

Mastered by Ben Beheshty

We would like to thank the following for their help in the production of this album: Dan García, Ben Beheshty, Andy Garretty and Derek Wheeler.

 

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The Peril is Near

The Peril Is Near

The Peril Is Near was released as a single in 2025.

 

Credits

Rob García: Mandolin

Paul McNamara: Vocals / Guitar

Recorded at Kingshill Valley Studios, Hertfordshire, England.

We would like to thank Dan García, Andy Garretty and Derek Wheeler for their help in the production of this single

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Sisters and Brothers

Sisters and Brothers

Sisters & Brothers was released in 2019

 

Credits

Rob García: Guitar / Mandolin / Octave Mandola / Backing Vocals

Paul McNamara: Vocals / Guitars

Guest appearance by

Dan García: Bodhrán / Percussion

Recorded at Kingshill Valley Studios, Hertfordshire, England.

Mastered at The Gin Factory in Clerkenwell by Ben Beheshty

We would like to thank the following for their help in the production of this album: Dan García, Ben Beheshty, Jane Cutler, Andy Garretty, Ray Smith, Derek Wheeler, Richard Bicknell and Peter Marr.

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Navajos and Pirates

Navajos and Pirates

Navajos & Pirates was released in 2015

 

Credits

Rob García: Guitar / Mandolin / Octave Mandola / Backing Vocals

Paul McNamara: Vocals / Guitars

Guest appearance by

Dan García: Bodhrán / Percussion

Recorded at Kingshill Valley Studios, Hertfordshire, England.

Mastered at Lowland Masters, Essex 

We would like to thank the following for their help in the production of this album: Dan García, Tony Garrity, Andy Garretty, Craig Methven and Derek Wheeler of Blunt Arts and Nigel Palmer of Lowland Masters.

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Songs of the Spanish Civil War

Songs of the Spanish Civil War

Songs of the Spanish Civil War is an EP released in 2012.

Credits

Rob García: Guitar

Paul McNamara: Vocals / Guitars

Recorded at Kingshill Valley Studios, Hertfordshire, England.

Cover illustration: Paula Cox

Booklet design: Blunt Arts

Production: Rightback Records

We would like to thank the following for their help in the production of this album: Derek Wheeler and Craig Methven for their help in the production of this EP.

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The Bite

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The Bite

The Bite was released in 2010.

Credits

Rob Garcia: Guitar/ Mandolin/ Octave Mandola /Backing Vocals

Paul McNamara: Vocals / Guitar 

Recorded and Mixed at Blue Moon Studio Oxfordshire, England by Mark Lee. 

Mastered at Woodpecker Audio, Oxfordshire, England by Jeremy Paul Carroll. 

Cover design: Rosie McNamara,

Photos: Hannah West. 

Back page illustration for ‘The Bite’ by Paula Cox

We would like to thank Chris Leslie of Fairport Convention and Dan Garcia for performing with us on this album, and Craig Methven and Derek Wheeler at Blunt Arts/ Rightback Records for their support in its production, 

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I Once Loved a Lass

Notes

A Ballad

Lyrics

I once loved a lass and I loved her so well
I hated all others who spoke of her ill
And now she’s rewarded me well for my love
For she’s gone and she’s wed another

I watched my young love, up to the church go
With bride and bridesmaidens
she made a fine show
And I followed on with my heart full of woe
For she’s gone and she’s wed another

I watched my love as she sat down to dine
I sat down beside her and poured out the wine
And thought of the lassie
that should have been mine
But she’s gone and she’s wed another

The men in yon forest, they are scared of me
“How many strawberries grow in the salt sea?”
And I answer them with a tear in my eye
“How many ships sail in the forest?

Oh, dig me a grave and dig it so deep,
And cover it o’er with wee flowers so sweet
And then lay me down for to take the long sleep
And maybe in time, I’ll forget her

So they dug him a grave and dug it so deep,
And covered it o’er with wee flowers so sweet
And they lay him down for to take the long sleep
And maybe in time, He’ll forget her

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