01	Morris Call						02:10
	02	Greensleeves						01:46
	03	The Nutting Girl						04:36
	04	Old Woman Tossed Up In A Blanket / Sheperds' Hey / Trunkles						04:35
	05	Staines Morris						03:13
	06	Lads A'Bunchum / Young Collins						03:08
	07	Vandals of Hammerwich						01:04
	08	Willow Tree / Bean Setting / Shooting						03:52
	09	I'll Go and 'List For A Sailor						02:22
	10	Princess Royal						03:44
	11	Cuckoo's Nest						05:28
	12	Morris Off						00:58

Date of Release Jun 1972

John Kirkpatrick - Accordion, Arranger, Concertina, Harmonium, Tambourine, Vocals, Anglo Concertina
Richard Thompson - Arranger, Guitar (Electric), Vocals
John Wood - Producer, Engineer
Ashley Hutchings - Arranger, Guitar (Bass), Vocals
Bert Cleaver - Pipe, Tabor
Barry Dransfield - Guitar (Acoustic), Fiddle, Guitar, Arranger, Vocals
Shirley Hutchings - Vocals
Dave Mattacks - Arranger, Drums, Tambourine
Ray Worman - Dancer
Dan Morris
Morris On - Group, Performer
Keith Morris - Photography

CD Hannibal 4405
1991 LP Hannibal 4406
1991 CS Hannibal 4406





Morris On
Formed 1972

Morris On was a 1972 folk-rock "super-group" that left behind one self-titled album (think of them sort of like folk's Blind Faith, only more successful artistically), recorded for Island Records. Comprised of bassist Ashley Hutchings (Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Albion Band), guitarist Richard Thompson (Fairport Convention), drummer Dave Mattacks (Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span), accordionist John Kirkpatrick (Albion Band, Steeleye Span), and fiddler Barry Dransfield (the Humblebums, the Dransfields), the group had a deliberately less-polished, more authentically rough-hewn sound than either Steeleye Span or Fairport Convention, as though proper traditional musicians had suddenly gotten hold of electric guitars, basses, and drum kits.
Morris On was successful enough to lead to another go-around (Son of Morris On), and their first album is in print on compact disc in America from Hannibal Records. In terms of popularity outside of folk circles, the group's impact was negligible, being too authentically coarse and unstudied to appeal to mass audiences in the manner of Fairport or Steeleye. On the other hand, anyone wishing to hear songs such as "Staines Morris" or "Cuckoo's Nest" in versions close to what they sounded like in their own environments could do far worse than check out Morris On. The group name, incidentally, refers to morris dancing, a form of folk dance often practiced in England on May Day, in which the participants wear costumes associated with characters out of legend, especially the Robin Hood stories. - Bruce Eder


1972 Morris On Hannibal
1976 Son of Morris On Harvest
1976 Son of Morris On


Old Woman Tossed Up in a Blanket

There was an old woman
tossed up in a blanket
99 miles beyond the Moon
and under one arm she carried a basket
and under 'tother she carried a broom.

"Old Woman, Old Woman, Old Woman" cried I,
"Oh whither, O whither, O whither so high?"
"I'm going to sweep cobwebs from the sky
and I'll be back with you bye and bye."

Shepherd's Hey

I can whistle
I can play
I can dance
The Shepherd's Hey


Lad's A Bunchum

(Singing, dancing and Morris bellls
by the Chingford Morris Men)

Oh dear mother what a fool I be
Six young fellows come a'courtin' me.
Five were blind and one couldn't see
Oh dear mother what a fool I be.