Folk Songs from the Eastern Counties is is the third in a series of four albums recording all 81 of the folk songs in English that Ralph Vaughan Williams arranged for voice and piano or violin. 57 of the 81 songs have not previously been recorded in these arrangements.
This third album has 21 tracks including 14 world premieres. The principal collection (15 tracks) comprises folk songs collected by Vaughan Williams himself from 'The Eastern Counties' – primarily Essex, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire – and published by him in these arrangements in 1908. These are thus the earliest works in the series. Additionally, there are Twelve Traditional Country Dances arranged for Maud Karpeles in 1931 and songs from The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs and from The Motherland Song Book.
1. Folk Songs From the Eastern Counties: Bushes and Briars
2. Folk Songs From the Eastern Counties: Tarry Trowsers
3. Folk Songs From the Eastern Counties: a Bold Young Farmer
4. Folk Songs From the Eastern Counties: the Lost Lady Found
5. Folk Songs From the Eastern Counties: As I Walked Out
6. Folk Songs From the Eastern Counties: the Lark In the Mornin
7. Folk Songs From the Eastern Counties: On Board a Ninety-Eigh
8. Folk Songs From the Eastern Counties: the Captain's Apprenti
9. Folk Songs From the Eastern Counties: Ward, the Pirate
10. Folk Songs From the Eastern Counties: the Saucy Bold Robber
11. Folk Songs From the Eastern Counties: the Bold Princess Roya
12. Folk Songs From the Eastern Counties: the Lincolnshire Farme
13. Folk Songs From the Eastern Counties: the Sheffield Apprenti
14. Folk Songs From the Eastern Counties: Geordie
15. Folk Songs From the Eastern Counties: Harry, the Tailor
16. Twelve Traditional Country Dances
17. Penguin Book of English Folksongs: Salisbury Plain
18. Penguin Book of English Folksongs: Banks of Green Willow
19. Penguin Book of English Folksongs: the Basket of Eggs
20. Motherland Song Book, Iii: We Be Three Poor Mariners