exchange for a quatty went up or down accordingly. In all the versions mentioned above except the earliest, the melody is written in 2/4 or 4/4 time, but in Jekyll, the time signature is 6/8. The melody has been arranged for solo voice with piano. One of the earliest such publications was "Linstead Market: a Jamaican Folk-song," by Arthur Benjamin, Boosey & Hawkes, 1947 (5 pages). Among choral arrangements is one of the same title by A. H. Green, published by Oxford University Press in 1967 (8 pages). The song was included on the compact disc " The King's Singers in 1992. The song was recorded by the English folk group The Spinners, sung by their Caribbean singer Cliff Hall. The song is also published in modern collections, such as Songs of the Americas, arranged by Margery Hargest John, published by Boosey & Hawkes, London, 1993. More recently, published in January 2014, the album by Monty Alexander, titled "Harlem-Kingston Express, Vol. 2: The River Rolls On", contains track #11, "Linstead Market (Live Bonus)". It is 6:37 long and features a spoken introduction. Liner notes of the album by Monty Alexander reference the track by stating, "... this beloved old Jamaican folk song from way before my time, is one of the staples of the Mento repertoire." Brian Raphael Nabors arranged Linstead Market 2018 for string quartet, commissioned by Castle of Our Skins for its Celebrity Collaboration Project. The track was recorded by Rob Macomber in 2012 at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola in NYC. Additional liner notes from the album regarding the song: LINSTEAD MARKET LIVE BONUS (Public Domain) Arrangement: Monty Alexander Monass Music/BMI Monty Alexander piano, vocals Hassan Shakur acoustic bass Joshua Thomas electric bass Karl Wright, Winard Harper drums Andy Bassford guitar Earl Appleton keyboards Robert Thomas, Jr. percussion Hymn tune Quite a different direction of development was the inclusion of "Linstead Market," as LINSTEAD, arranged as a hymn tune by Doreen Potter in Break Not the Circle, Hope Publishing Co., 1975. Here, the melody is found with a hymn text by Fred Kaan. This arrangement appears in at least five hymnals: Presbyterian Hymnal (1990), no. 514 With One Voice (Lutheran, 2000), no. 754 Worship and Rejoice (2001), no. 698 Sing! A New Creation (CRC, 2002), no. 258 Singing the New Testament (2008), no. 166 References External links Hear a MIDI rendition of the song Full album on Apple