Shirley Collins (British folk singer)

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Work	Writers	Artists	ISWC	Type	Lyrics languages
A Keeper Went Hunting	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins The Ian Campbell Folk Group		Song	English
A Sailor’s Life (aka Sweet William / Willie the Bold Sailor Boy)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Fairport Convention Judy Collins Shirley Collins Lal Smith (show 5 more)		Song	English
Are You Going to Leave Me?	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley & Dolly Collins Isobel Campbell		Song	English
Awake Awake (traditional song)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer) Thomas Deloney (writer)	Shirley Collins		Song	English
Awake Awake (May Song)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	The Watersons Shirley Collins Jean Ritchie Brass Monkey (show 7 more)		Song	English
Banks of Claudy (aka Claudy Banks)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Fairport Convention Loreena McKennitt The Young Tradition Shirley Collins and The Albion Country Band (show 11 more)		Song	English
Barbara Allen	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Bob Dylan Joan Baez Shirley Collins The Everly Brothers (show 45 more)		Song	English
Blackbirds & Thrushes	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins		Song	English
Bobby Shaftoe	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	[unknown] Shirley Collins Chris Barber’s Jazz Band Tim Hart & Friends (show 9 more)		Song	English
Brigg Fair	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley Collins George Shearing & Mel Tormé Martin Carthy with Dave Swarbrick Roy Bailey (show 6 more)		Song	English
Canada-i-o	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins		Song
Charlie	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins Laurie Lewis		Song	English
Crowlink	Matthew Shaw (writer) Ossian Brown (writer)	Shirley Collins		Song	English
Death and the Lady	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	The John Renbourn Group Shirley Collins Ian King Shirley & Dolly Collins (show 5 more)		Song	English
Dennis O'Reilly	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins		Song	English
Died for Love	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist, composer)	Shirley Collins Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick Elizabeth Cronin John Roberts & Tony Barrand Hannah James & Sam Sweeney		Song	English
Down by the Seaside	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley Collins George Maynard		Song	English
Fair Margaret and Sweet William	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist, composer)	Pete Seeger Trees Shirley Collins Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi (show 16 more)		Song	English
False True Love (Shirley Collins arrangement)	Shirley Collins (British folk singer) (arranger)	Shirley Collins	`T-011.454.405-6`	Song	English
Fare Thee Well My Dearest Dear (The Two Faithful Lovers)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins & Dolly Collins Shirley Collins Nic Jones Cyril Tawney (show 2 more)		Song	English
Geordie (aka Georgie)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist, writer)	Joan Baez Trees Martin Carthy Sandy Denny (show 16 more)		Song	English
Gilderoy	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer)	Shirley & Dolly Collins [anonymous] Jim Moray Hood
Glenlogie	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley & Dolly Collins John Strachan Ewan MacColl Dick Gaughan (show 2 more)		Song	Scots
Hal-an-Tow	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	The Watersons Shirley Collins and The Albion Country Band The Albion Country Band		Song	English
Hares on the Mountain (aka Sally My Dear / Blackbirds and Thrushes)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Steeleye Span Shirley Collins Shirley Collins & Davy Graham Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell (show 10 more)		Song	English
Horkstow Grange	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley Collins Jim Moray Coope Boyes & Simpson Steeleye Span John Roberts & Tony Barrand		Song
I Will Put My Ship in Order	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	June Tabor Shirley Collins Capercaillie Colin Meloy (show 3 more)		Song	English
Just as the Tide Was Flowing	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley Collins Shirley Collins and The Albion Country Band James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band (show 6 more)		Song	English
Lamkin (traditional ballad)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley Collins Mrs. Nicola "Aunt Nicky" Pritchard (Turbyfill)		Song	English
Locks and Bolts (Locks and Bolts / Back o’ Benachie / I Dreamed Last Night of My True Love)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley Collins Martin Carthy Nancy Kerr & James Fagan Jackie Oates (show 4 more)		Song	English
Lost in a Wood (aka. Babes in the Wood)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins The Copper Family Tim Hart & Maddy Prior Bob & Ron Copper (show 4 more)		Song	English
Lovely Joan (traditional English folk song)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley Collins Boiled in Lead Folkal Point Deller Consort, Desmond Dupré, Alfred Deller (show 3 more)		Song	English
Lowlands of Holland (aka The Cold Coast of Greenland / The Spermwhale Fishery)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Levellers Paddy Tunney Fotheringay Sandy Denny (show 7 more)		Song	English
Mowing the Barley	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley Collins Father Sydney MacEwan		Song	English
My Bonny Miner Lad	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins		Song	English
My Dearest Dear	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley Collins & Davy Graham Connie Dover		Song	English
Old Johnny Buckle (traditional song)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley Collins		Song	English
Omie Wise	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Bob Dylan The Pentangle G.B. Grayson Doc Watson (show 10 more)		Song	English
One Night as I Lay on My Bed	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Steeleye Span Shirley Collins June Tabor Ana Silvera Louis Killen		Song
Our Captain Calls	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley & Dolly Collins		Song	English
Polly on the Shore (Polly on the Shore / The Valiant Sailor / Bold Carter)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Trees Shirley & Dolly Collins Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick Martin Simpson (show 4 more)		Song	English
Polly Vaughn (Polly Vaughan / The Fowler / The Shooting of His Dear)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins The Dillards Chris de Burgh Tia Blake and Her Folk-Group (show 5 more)		Song	English
Poor Murdered Woman	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins and The Albion Country Band Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick The Woodbine & Ivy Band with Olivia Chaney Jackie Oates (show 2 more)		Song	English
Poor Old Horse	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins The Albion Band Kate Rusby Ian Campbell (show 4 more)
Pretty Polly	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Bob Dylan The Stanley Brothers Sandy Denny QueenAdreena (show 27 more)		Song	English
Pretty Saro	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Bob Dylan Shirley Collins & Davy Graham Judy Collins Doc Watson (show 14 more)		Song	English
Rambleaway (Young Rambleaway / Derry Down Fair)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (lyricist)	The Albion Band Shirley Collins The Young Tradition John Roberts & Tony Barrand (show 10 more)
Reynardine	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Fairport Convention Anne Briggs Shirley Collins & Davy Graham Buffy Sainte‐Marie (show 9 more)		Song	English
Richie Story	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins Trembling Bells Jackie Oates Peggy Seeger and Ewan Mac Coll		Song	English
Rolling in the Dew (Dabbling in the Dew / Rolling in the Dew / The Milkmaid's Song)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley Collins Isobel Campbell George Maynard Jean Ritchie (show 2 more)		Song	English
Salisbury Plain	Shirley Collins (British folk singer) (arranger) Dolly Collins (British folk musician) (arranger) [traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley & Dolly Collins		Song	English
She Moved Through the Fair	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist) Padraic Colum (lyricist)	Loreena McKennitt Fairport Convention Feargal Sharkey Celtic Woman (show 63 more)		Song	English
Short Jacket and White Trousers (A Maid That's Deep in Love)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist, writer)	The Pentangle A. L. Lloyd Tim Hart and Maddy Prior Shirley & Dolly Collins (show 3 more)		Song	English
Spencer the Rover	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Robin Dransfield Cara Dillon The Copper Family Shirley Collins (show 7 more)		Song	English
Sweet England	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins Jim Moray Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré Jo Freya Kate Fletcher		Song
Sweet Greens and Blues	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer) Austin John Marshall (writer)	Shirley Collins		Song	English
The Banks of Green Willow / The Green Banks of Yarrow / Bonnie Annie	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley Collins Mrs. Maguire Ron Taylor and Jeff Gillett		Song	English
The Banks of the Bann	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins and The Albion Country Band Jackie Oates Martin Simpson Bram Taylor (show 3 more)		Song	English
The Banks of the Sweet Primroses	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Fairport Convention Shirley Collins June Tabor The Dubliners (show 14 more)		Song	English
The Bold Fisherman	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley & Dolly Collins The Young Tradition Hayward and Parsons		Song	English
The Bonny Bunch of Roses	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Fairport Convention Séamus Ennis Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith Nic Jones (show 3 more)		Song	English
The Bonny Cuckoo	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins & Dolly Collins Shirley Collins		Song	English
The Bonny Irish Boy	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins		Song
The Bonny Labouring Boy	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins Emily Smith Harry Cox Oisín (show 5 more)		Song	English
The Brown Girl	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins		Song	English
The Captain with the Whiskers (aka The Captain's Whiskers / The Captain and His Whiskers / They Marched Through the Town)		Shirley Collins Shirley & Dolly Collins Magpie Lane John Kirkpatrick
The Cherry-Tree Carol	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	José Feliciano Joan Baez The Pentangle Marlborough College Chapel Choir (show 20 more)		Song	English
The Cruel Mother (aka Greenwood Sidey / The Lady of York / Fine Flowers in the Valley)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley Collins Steeleye Span Judy Collins Simpson Cutting Kerr (show 22 more)		Song	English
The Cuckoo	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Clarence Ashley Taj Mahal The Pentangle Anne Briggs (show 25 more)	`T-010.750.574-7` `T-011.755.695-2`	Song	English [No lyrics]
The Drowned Sailor / The Drowned Lover / Stow Brow (traditional song)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley Collins		Song	English
The Elfin Knight (aka Scarborough Fair / Whittingham Fair / Rosemary Lane; title is easily confused with Child #4, check lyrics)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger Shirley Collins Kate Rusby Espers (show 9 more)		Song	Scots
The Foggy Dew (English song)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist) Trad. (writer)	Shirley Collins アグネス・チャン A. L. Lloyd Marty Robbins (show 18 more)		Song	English
The Gallant Hussar	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Eliza Carthy Ashley Hutchings, Simon Nicol, John Tams, Phil Pickett, Michael Gregory, Dave Mattacks, Shirley Collins, Martin Carthy, John Watcham, John Rodd, Albion Morris Men, Ian Cutler & Adderbury Village Morris Men Solas		Song	English
The Gardener (aka Proud Maisrie / The Gardener Child)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Bert Jansch Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger Offa Rex June Tabor (show 6 more)		Song	English
The Golden Glove (aka The Squire of Tamworth)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Fairport Convention John Wesley Harding Nic Jones Jim Moray (show 5 more)		Song	English
The Gypsy Girl (My Gypsy Girl / The Little Gypsy Girl / The Gypsy's Wedding Day)		Shirley Collins and The Albion Country Band Eliza Carthy John Roberts & Tony Barrand The North Carolina Ramblers Rattle On The Stovepipe		Song	English
The Irish Boy	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins		Song	English
The Lady & The Swine	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins		Song	English
The Murder of Maria Marten	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Shirley Collins and The Albion Country Band M.J. Harris & Martyn Bates Joseph Taylor		Song	English
The Outlandish Knight (title is easily confused with Child #2, check lyrics)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Nic Jones Martin Carthy Shirley & Dolly Collins Steeleye Span (show 20 more)		Song	English
The Plains of Waterloo	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley & Dolly Collins June Tabor Simpson Cutting Kerr Peter Rowan (show 5 more)		Song
The Queen of May	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins		Song	English
The Raggle Taggle Gypsy (aka The Raggle Taggle Gypsies O / The Gypsy Laddie / Black Jack Davy / Seven Yellow Gypsies)	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Steeleye Span The Waterboys Fotheringay Planxty (show 99 more)		Song	English
The Silver Swan	Orlando Gibbons (composer) (composer)	The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter The King’s Singers with The Consort of Musicke & Anthony Rooley Shirley Collins The Hilliard Ensemble (show 24 more)		Madrigal	English
The Swapping Song	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins Cyril Tawney Mike & Peggy Seeger Bradley Kincaid		Song	English
The Tailor & The Mouse	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Shirley Collins Alfred Deller		Song	English
The Unquiet Grave	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Gryphon Joan Baez Lau Shirley Collins (show 39 more)		Song	English
The Whitsun Dance	John Austin Marshall (writer)	Priscilla Herdman Shirley Collins Ruth Hazleton & Kate Burke Bruise (show 2 more)		Song	English
Turpin Hero	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (writer)	Ewan MacColl with Peggy Seeger Shirley Collins Eliza Carthy The Owl Service John Roberts & Tony Barrand		Song	English
Two Brethren	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	The Copper Family Bob & Ron Copper Shirley Collins Jon Boden (show 4 more)		Song	English
Wondrous Love	[traditional] (special purpose artist) (composer, lyricist)	Tennessee Ernie Ford Shirley Collins Chanticleer Blue Highway (show 12 more)		Song	English

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