From the Beggar's Mantle...Fringed with Gold
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{{Infobox album
| name = From the Beggars Mantle...Fringed with Gold
| type = studio
| artist = Barbara Dickson
| cover = From the Beggar's Mantle.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1972
| recorded = 1971
| venue =
| studio = Decca, London
| length = 33:15
| label = Decca
| producer = Ray Horricks
| prev_title = Do Right Woman
| prev_year = 1970
| next_title = Answer Me
| next_year = 1976
}}
From the Beggar's Mantle ... Fringed with Gold is an album by Barbara Dickson.
"The Morning Lies Heavy on Me" by Allan Taylor is a soldier's farewell to his family. Dickson had met the folk singer Daisy Chapman (1912 - 1979) in 1968, and had learned "The Orange and the Blue" directly from her.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} It is a longer version of the song "All Around My Hat". "Lord Thomas of Winesberry and the King's Daughter" is sustained for 6 minutes with simple fiddle and guitar accompaniment. The album was recorded in 1971 and released on vinyl in 1972. It was re-released in 2006 on CD with Do Right Woman.{{Cite web |url=http://www.barbaradickson.net/from_the_beggars_mantle.html |title=Barbara Dickson site - album information |access-date=24 November 2008 |archive-date=17 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517040917/http://www.barbaradickson.net/from_the_beggars_mantle.html |url-status=dead }}
Track listing
Side One
- "Witch of the Westmorland" (Archie Fisher) (4:08)
- "If I Never, Ever Saw You Again" (Archie Fisher) (3:03)
- "Recruited Collier" (Traditional) (2:35)
- "The Morning Lies Heavy On Me" (Allan Taylor) (3:10)
- "Fine Flowers in the Valley" (Traditional) (3:01)
Side Two
- "Lord Thomas of Winesberry and the King's Daughter" (Traditional; arranged by Archie Fisher) (6:02)
- "The Climb" (Archie Fisher) (3:16)
- "The Orange and the Blue" (Traditional) (3:38)
- "Winter's Song" (Alan Hull) (4:32)
Personnel
- Barbara Dickson - vocals
- Nic Jones - fiddle, guitar
- Archie Fisher - guitar, concertina
- Daryl Runswick - bass, piano
- Bill DeMont - cello
;Technical
- Derek Varnals - engineer