▁Hog wood ), ▁the ▁contrast ▁lies ▁in ▁the ▁intr ic acy ▁of ▁the ▁instrument al ▁line , ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁straightforward ▁vocal ▁presentation ▁of ▁trag ic ▁events . ▁ ▁The ▁most ▁cheer ful ▁of ▁the ▁songs ▁is ▁" F air ▁Ma id ▁of ▁Is ling ton ", ▁where ▁a ▁female ▁cell ar - keeper ▁gets ▁the ▁better ▁of ▁a ▁tre acher ous ▁v int ner . ▁It ▁is ▁s ung ▁to ▁the ▁dance ▁t une ▁of ▁S ellen ger ' s ▁Round . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁songs ▁which ▁found ▁its ▁way ▁into ▁the ▁re per toire ▁of ▁Ash ley ▁H utch ings ' ▁and ▁Sh ir ley ▁Collins ' ▁Alb ion ▁Country ▁Band , ▁as ▁test ified ▁by ▁performances ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 . ▁Terry ▁C ox , ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁Pent angle ▁at ▁this ▁time , ▁plays ▁under st ated ▁per cussion ▁on ▁three ▁songs . ▁ ▁The ▁last ▁four ▁tracks ▁were ▁recorded ▁at ▁the ▁original ▁studio ▁sessions , ▁but ▁were ▁ex cluded ▁by ▁reasons ▁of ▁time ▁constraints ▁on ▁long - play ing ▁records . ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁chosen ▁as ▁" F olk ▁Album ▁of ▁the ▁Month " ▁by ▁Mel ody ▁M aker , ▁and ▁was ▁short - list ed ▁for ▁album ▁of ▁the ▁year . ▁Sh ir ley ▁comments , ▁" It ▁wasn ' t ▁easy ▁music ▁to ▁listen ▁to , ▁I ' m ▁surprised ▁anybody ▁bought ▁any ▁of ▁it ▁at ▁all ". ▁ ▁The ▁album , ▁which ▁was ▁recorded ▁in ▁ 1