''Because It's There'' is an album by

Martin Carthy Martin Carthy MBE (born 21 May 1941) is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, and later artists such ...

, released in 1979. It was re-issued by Topic Records on CD in 1995.

Track listing

All songs "Traditional; arranged by Martin Carthy" unless noted otherwise. The Roud number refers to the Roud index of folk songs number and the Child number is from the Child Ballad numbering. # "Nothing Rhymed" (

Gilbert O'Sullivan Raymond Edward "Gilbert" O'Sullivan (born 1 December 1946) is an Irish singer-songwriter who achieved his most significant success during the early 1970s with hits including " Alone Again (Naturally)", " Clair", and "Get Down". O'Sullivan's s ...

) – 2:10 # "May Song" (

Roud The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of around 250,000 references to nearly 25,000 songs collected from oral tradition in the English language from all over the world. It is compiled by Steve Roud (born 1949), a former librarian in the London ...

305) – 2:49 # "Swaggering Boney" (instrumental) – 2:46 # "Lord Randall" (Rou
10
Child 12) – 4:16 # " Long John, Old John and Jackie North" (Roud 3100, Child 251) – 6:05 # "Jolly Tinker" (Roud 863)– 3:01 # "

Lovely Joan Lovely Joan is a traditional English folk song/ballad (Roud #592), and the tune to which it is sung. Its melody was used as the counterpoint tune used in British composer Ralph Greaves's arrangement of ''Fantasia on "Greensleeves"'' from Ralph Vaug ...

" (Roud 592)– 3:14 # "Three Cripples" (Roud 2422)– 3:06 # "Siege of Delhi" (instrumental) – 4:18 # "Nothing Rhymed" (reprise) (Gilbert O'Sullivan) – 1:18 # " Death of Young Andrew" (Roud 6740, Child 48) – 8:37

Personnel

*Martin Carthy – vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin (6), electric guitar (7) * John Kirkpatrick – accordion (1,7,8,10), concertina (2,6) * Howard Evans – trumpet (6,7) *

Bruce Rowland Bruce Rowland (born 9 May 1942 in Melbourne) is an Australian composer. Biography Rowland composed the soundtrack for the 1982 movie '' The Man from Snowy River'', as well as the soundtrack for its 1988 sequel ''The Man from Snowy River II'' ...

– percussion (2,9) *''uncredited'' – jew's harp (6) ;Technical *Ashley Hutchings – production *Jerry Boys - engineer *

Keith Morris Keith Morris (born September 18, 1955) is an American singer and songwriter known for his role as frontman of the hardcore punk bands Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and Off!. Born and raised in Hermosa Beach, California, he formed Black Flag at the ...

- photography Carthy, Kirkpatrick and Evans appeared on Carthy's Album ''

Out of the Cut ''Out of the Cut'' is an album by Martin Carthy, released in 1982. It was re-issued by Topic Records on CD in 1994. Track listing All songs are traditional and were arranged by Martin Carthy. The Roud number refers to the Roud index of folk son ...

'' released in 1984 and followed on as three fifths of the band Brass Monkey.

References

External links

*https://mainlynorfolk.info/martin.carthy/records/becauseitsthere.html {{Authority control 1979 albums Martin Carthy albums Topic Records albums