Home page News Albums History Musicians Work in progress FAQ Ordering Contacts	Work in progress – All Things are Quite Silent A traditional song collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1904 in Sussex and is the first song (as they are in alphabetical order I suppose there is a good chance of that) in my copy of The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs edited by RVW and A.L. Lloyd bought from the Cecil Sharp House bookshop back in the early ’70s and its pages are now, sadly, going brown! I was looking for songs collected by RVW as we have played a few times at Leith Hill Place, the National Trust property, which has a connection with the composer as he lived there for a period of his life. Coming across this song in the book I remembered it from the first Steeleye Span album, Hark! The Village Wait from way back in 1970. This song, a lament from a woman whose husband has been abducted by the press gang, is now well established in the band’s set list. ♫  Play sample from John’s demo   All text, images and music samples on this site are copyright © Childe Rolande.	Tracks All Things are Quite Silent Bonny at Morn Fairground Rides Just as the Tide was Flowing Lowlands Away Monk's Gate Rounding the Horn The Rout of the Blues Serafina Strange are the Ways