Old Songs & Bothy Ballads: Grand to be a Working Man: This is the fifth collection of Old Songs and Bothy Ballads recorded at the Fife Traditional Singing Weekend. Guest singers at the weekend (May 2008) included here are Brian Watson from Prudhoe in Northumberland, renowned for his rich repertoire of Geordie, Tyneside and Northumbrian song; Sara Grey originally from the USA and now living in Perth with her extensive repertoire of ballads and songs - some accompanied on 5-string banjo; Shona Donaldson a fine young singer from Huntly; Ellen Mitchell from Glasgow; Jimmy Hutchison from Newburgh and Alex Clarke with his light hearted songs and rich tales of Dundee. Many other singers took part in the weekend events and the CD captures some of these performances: a welcome return visit by Jock Duncan of Pitlochry; a fine ballad version from Yorkshire based Chris Coe; a song from Tom Spiers - self-accompanied on fiddle and a ballad from Rod Stradling of Stroud.