Back In Line

1. Edward

(6.20 Based on the Traditional Child Ballad 13 but re-worked with a new tune and arrangement by Bob Johnson)
 
Another classic arranged by Bob big ballad that has appeared on many tours and sung by various Steeleye members. 

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2. Lanercost

(4.33. Written by Rick Kemp and Maddy Prior)

Album liner notes:  Lanercost is a priory in the north of Cumbria close to the Scottish border. Edward I spent the last months of his life there directing a campaign against Robert the Bruce. Although very ill, he caught and hanged three of the Bruce's four brothers but he died trying to lead an army north himself.

B side to the 'Somewhere in London' single with a different instrumental ending rather than the re singing of the chorus on the album version (?). 'A Rare Collection 1972-1996' CD (1999)

3. Lady Diamond

(4.34 Based on the Traditional Child Ballad 269 but re-worked with a new tune and arrangement by Bob Johnson )

Bob: "About a Lady who falls in love with a peasant.. Not a song for vegetarians"

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4. Isabel

(5.22 written by Maddy Prior)

Album Liner notes:  Isabel of Buchan was rumoured to be the mistress of Robert the Bruce. She was born a McDuff (the family that traditionally crowned the Kings of Scotland) and since she was the only member of the family available, she stole her husband's horses and rode to Scone to crown him. When she was later captured by the English she was imprisoned in a cage in Berwick Castle for four years.

Lack of set lists means we are probably missing some live run outs of this song 85-88.

5. Canon by Telemann

(1.45 Arranged by Peter Knight)
Peter when asked for its source -  'The music says Canon Sonatas by Georg Philipp Telemann. The one I play is No.1, 3rd movement allegro'

6. Blackleg Miner

(4.07 Trad.) Recorded at the Theatre Royal Nottingham Nov 1985

7. Peace on the Border

(3.36 Written by Rick Kemp)
Rick: My View of what went on in the Debatable Lands of the Scottish border country a long time ago, and celebrating the peace whcih now exists - although having lived there for a large slice of my life, we could debate that. I'm also not entirely convinced that the brigand and marauder have gone.
Rick: 

8. Scarecrow

(4.23 Written by Bob Johnson).
This is about the Battle of Cropedy Bridge. When Bob visited the site of the battle he was struck by a scarecrow in the field and wrote the song from its perspective. 

9. Take My Heart

(4.00 written by Rick Kemp)

About the last wish of Robert the Bruce - that his friends should take his heart to the 'Holy Land'. Written in the form of a prayer

[1987] Played across the World Tour

10. White Man

(4.39 Written by Peter Knight)