Little Lights

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Little Lights
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Studio album by
Released4 June 2001
RecordedPure Records Studio, South Yorkshire
Genre Folk
Length52:25
Label Pure
Producer John McCusker
Kate Rusby chronology
Sleepless
(1999)
Little Lights
(2001)
10
(2002)
Professional ratings
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Little Lights is an album by British folk musician Kate Rusby, released in 2001.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Kate Rusby unless otherwise stated.

  1. "Playing of Ball" (Words trad., music Rusby) – 3:31
  2. "I Courted a Sailor" – 3:58
  3. "Withered and Died" (Richard Thompson) – 3:58
  4. "Merry Green Broom" (Words trad./Rusby, music Rusby) – 3:22
  5. "Let the Cold Wind Blow" – 5:18
  6. "Canaan's Land" (Trad. arranged by Rusby/John McCusker) – 3:50
  7. "Some Tyrant" (Trad. arranged by Rusby/McCusker) – 5:09
  8. "William and Davy" – 4:03
  9. "Who Will Sing Me Lullabies?" – 5:20
  10. "Matt Hyland" (Words trad., music Kate Rusby) – 4:59
  11. "My Young Man" – 4:05
    • "The Big Ship Sails" (Trad. arranged by Rusby/McCusker) (hidden track) – 2:11

Personnel

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References

  1. Lankford, Ronnie D. (2001-06-12). "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-10-16.