The Ornament Tree

The Ornament Tree
Studio album by Bert Jansch
Released	November 1990
Recorded	1990 at Heartbeat Sound, London
Genre	Folk
Length	43:41
Label	Run River
Producer	Michael Klein
Bert Jansch chronology
Sketches (1990) The Ornament Tree (1990) When the Circus Comes to Town (1995)

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The Ornament Tree is the 18th album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released virtually simultaneously with another album, Sketches.

Track listing

All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.

1. "The Ornament Tree (Bonny Portmore)" - 3:50
2. "The Banks O'Sicily" (James Robertson, Hamish Henderson) - 3:33
3. "The Rambling Boys of Pleasure" - 4:40
4. "The Rocky Road to Dublin" - 2:58
5. "Three Dreamers" - 3:46
6. "The Mountain Streams" - 3:49
7. "The Blackbirds of Mullamore" - 4:47
8. "Lady Fair" - 2:15
9. "The Road Tae Dundee" - 4:07
10. "Tramps And Hawkers" - 3:15
11. "The January Man" (Dave Goulder) - 3:42
12. "Dobbins Flowery Vale" - 3:33

Personnel

• Bert Jansch - guitar, vocals
• Peter Kirtley - guitar
• Nigel Portman Smith - bass, accordion
• Dave Turner - bass
• Maggie Boyle - flute, whistles, bodhran
• Paul Boyle - fiddle
• Richard Curran - fiddle
• Steve Tilston - arpeggione, mandolin
• Michael Klein - percussion, backing vocals