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The Yetties

"Dorset's Scrumpy & Western Stars!"

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Who Are The Yetties?

The Scrumpy & Western website would not be complete without including a mention of Dorset's famous sons The Yetties. They are still going strong and have their own web page run by long-serving original band member Bonny Sartin. You are recommended to visit Bonny's Official Yetties Webpage for details of the band's current activities, and to buy their latest CDs, merchandise, etc. The Scrumpy & Western Yetties Page is intended to complement The Yetties' own excellent page by providing some historical information not available there, for the benefit of Scrumpy & Western fans. In particular, we have built up what is intended to be a comprehensive discography of all their records not currently available, starting with the very earliest in 1968.

Contrary to a popularly held theory, The Yetties did not get their name because of their fancied resemblance to the fabled hairy Himalayan monsters - although, come to think of it, looking at those 1970s photos, I can see how this misunderstanding might have occurred! But they got their name because they hail from the Dorset village of Yetminster, near Yeovil and Sherborne.

Formed way back the early 1960s, the band's original members were Bonny Sartin, Pete Shutler, Mac McCulloch and Bob Common. The line-up remained unchanged until 1979, when Bob left. The remaining trio has continued to perform right up to the present day. Over the years they have toured the world and recorded a large number of albums, some of which are detailed below. Apart from their own compositions, the band has built up a huge repertoire of music of many types from diverse sources, including folk songs, dance music and popular songs from England, Scotland, Ireland, the US and other countries. Some of the Yetties' music is probably outside the scope of the Scrumpy & Western page, but throughout their career the Yetties have stayed true to their Dorset roots in spite of their worldwide travelling - their West Country humour and songs still form a much-appreciated part of their act.

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The Yetties

The Yetties

The Yetties Discography

This discography is intended to cover The Yetties' early records no longer available. The list probably isn't complete, so if you know of any records I've missed, please Don't Tell 'Ee - Tell I! For details of more recent recordings which are still available, visit The Yetties website.

45rpm Singles    
Argo AFW 113 Dorset Is Beautiful / Fling It Here! Fling It There! 1974
Argo AFW 120 Bandy Bertha's Birthday / One Morning In May 1975
Argo AFW 125 Costa Del Dorset / Fill Up The Cider Cup 1975
Decca F13654 Cigareetes, Whusky & Wild Wild Women / She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain 1976
Decca F13707 Have A Drink On Me / The Three Billy Goats Gruff (with Toni Arthur) 1977
Decca F13721 The Punch & Judy Man / The Fair Maids Of Portsmouth 1977
Decca F13796 The Dorset Juggernaut / Watercress 1978
Decca F13846 Oil / Green Fields Of Dorset 1979
ASV ASV101 Nellie The Elephant / My Grandfather's Clock 1981
White Hart YET3001 Freezy / Beautiful Dorset 1982
12" LPs    
Acorn CF 203

Fifty Stone Of Loveliness

Side 1: Overture / Bound For Baltimore / To Hear The Nightingale Sing / The Maypole / The Hunt / Rounding The Horn
Side 2: Farming Contractor's Song / I Touched Her On The Toe / Outward Bound / Instrumental Medley (Sligo Fancy; The Blackthorn Stick; Timor The Tartar) / The Leaf / The Nightingale

1969
Acorn CF 208

Who's A-fear'd? (subtitled "Songs and Music from Dorset")

Side 1: Pretty Nancy Of Weymouth / The Brewer Laddie / The Cattistock Hunt / Hardy Medley (Haste To The Wedding; Speed The Plough; Dorset Triumph) / The Grey Hawk / Ye Mariners All / Concertina Medley (Dorset Hornpipe; Drops Of Brandy)
Side 2: Dorset Militia Song / Nellie Was A Milkmaid / Dorset Four-Hand Reel / The Sailor Cut Down In His Prime / The Comfort Of Man / Home Dearest Home

1970
Argo ZFB 16

Keep A'Runnin' - It's The Yetties!

Side 1: The Fairy Dance-The Breakdown / The Broadside Man / Whip Jamboree / The Exmoor Hunt Song / The Peasant's Revolt / Yeller Girls / Good English Ale / McCann's Jig-The Lilting Fisherman-Drowsy Maggie / The Nightingale
Side 2: The Sound Of The Drum / Five Foot Flirt / Dunphy's Hornpipe / Take Your Time / South Australia / Corpus Christi Carol / Let The Bulgine Run

1970
Argo ZFB 32

Our Friends

Side 1: Aunt Hessie's White Horse; Villa Fiord / Out In The Green Fields / Lamorna / Three Reels (The Merry Blacksmith; Sheenan's; Colonel Rodney) / Towersey Fair / American Reels (Flop Eared Mule; Hen & Chickens) / The Rolling Hills Of The Border / Rodney's Glory / Sweet Thyme
Side 2: Santa Anna / Derry Hornpipe; Bottom Of The Punchbowl / The Lark In The Morning / Kelly's Joy (Slip Jig); The Teetotaller (Reel) / The Dreadnought / The King Of The Fairies / The Dancers Of Stanton Drew / Three Jigs (Shandon Bells; Father Kelly's; The Swallow's Nest) / The Thrashing Machine

1971
Argo ZFB 38

Dorset Is Beautiful

Side 1: Medley Of Country Tunes (Country Gardens; Lincolnshire Poacher; Brigg Fair; Helston Furry Dance; The Keeper; D'Ye Ken John Peel) / Fill Up The Cider Cup / Shepherd's Song / The Tailor's Breeches / Dancing At The Manor (Hunsdon House; Nonesuch) / No, Sir! No! / The Blackbird / Home, Dearest, Home / Diggery Venn
Side 2: Landlord Fill The Flowing Bowl / Dancing On The Green (Rigs O' Marlow; The Cuckoo's Nest) / The Country Carrier / The Mallard / The Story-Teller / Buttercup Joe / The Nutting Girl / Dorset Is Beautiful

1972
Argo ZFB 86

All At Sea

Side 1: Hornpipe Medley (Bosun's aka College; Trumpet) / Spanish Ladies / Fiddler's Green / The Mermaid / The Watchet Sailor / Three Sea Captains / Aboard The Kangaroo / Can't You Dance The Polka
Side 2: Ranter's Wharf / The Greenland Whale Fisheries / Concertina Medley / Stormalong / The Quaker / The Banks Of Newfoundland / The Candlelight Fisherman / Homeward Bound

1973
Argo ZDA 100

Up In Arms

Side 1: (We're Gonna Hang Out) The Washing On The Siegfried Line; Run, Rabbit, Run; Wish Me Luck (As You Wave Me Goodbye) / Old King Cole / Browned Off / Don't Be Angry With Me Sergeant; Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major; Our Sergeant Major Fell From 40,000 Feet / Colonel Bogey / Hanging On The Old Barbed Wire / Bless 'Em All
Side 2: In The Quartermaster's Stores / Position Capabilities Description / The Peat Bog Soldiers (Moorsoldaten) / Any Complaints? / Guarding The Home Of The Home Guard / Lili Marlene (The D-Day Dodgers) / The Soldier's Ten Commandments; When This Bloody War Is Over / Pack Up Your Troubles; Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel); It's A Long, Long Way To Tipperary

1974
Argo ZDA 168

The Yetties Of Yetminster

Side 1: The Gypsy Rover / Bandy Bertha's Birthday / One Morning In May / Widdecombe Fair / Downfield's Delight / Bread & Fishes / The Gentleman Soldier
Side 2: Dark Island / On A Monday Morning / Fling It Here! Fling It There! / The Marrow / Lord Of The Dance / Beau Psaltery / The Farming Contractor / Trelawney

1974
Argo ZDA 175

Let's Have A Party

Side 1: The Drunken Sailor / Tavern In The Town; Molly Malone; Little Brown Jug / The Gay Gordons (Scotland The Brave; The Gay Gordons; Atholl Highlanders) / Billy Boy / A-Roving / Tavistock Goosey Fair / Greensleeves; Shepherd, O Shepherd, Will You Come Home? / Round Britain Medley (Dorset Is Beautiful; Henry The Eighth; The Lincolnshire Poacher; Ilkley Moor Baht 'At; She's A Lassie From Lancashire; Blaydon Races)
Side 2: It's A Fine Thing To Sing / I Touched Her On The Toe / We Had Some Chickens / Cock Robin / Round The Camp Fire: Medley (Ging Gang Gooley; One Weny; You'll Never Get To Heaven; Upidee) / Last Waltz Medley (Daisy, Daisy; She Was A Dear Little Dicky Bird; I Belong To Glasgow; Now Is The Hour; Goodnight Ladies; Poor Old Landlord)

1975
Argo SPA 436

The World Of The Yetties

Side 1: Out In The Green Fields / The Nightingale / McCann's Jig; The Lilting Fisherman; Drowsy Maggie / The Lark In The Morning / Spanish Ladies / Dancing On The Green (Rigs O' Marlow; The Cuckoo's Nest) / Can't You Dance The Polka
Side 2: Lamorna / The King Of The Fairies / South Australia / The Mallard / The Banks Of Newfoundland / Dorset Four-Hand Reel / Landlord Fill The Flowing Bowl

1975
Decca SKL 5253

The Village Band

Side 1: The Village Band / Compliments Returned / Cigareetes & Whusky & Wild, Wild Women / Brigg Fair / Our Sarah / Henry My Son / The Parson's Farewell; Linden Lea / To Be A Farmer's Boy
Side 2: Whistling Rufus / The Barley Mow / Costa Del Dorset / January Man / The Jolly Ploughboy / Granny's Old Arm Chair / The Parting Glass / The Village Band

1976
Decca SKL 5282

Upmarket

Side 1: Barwick Green / Sing Me An Old Fashioned Song; A Fox Went Out; The Keeper / The Punch And Judy Man / On Horseback / Shrewsbury Lasses / The Old Lamplighter / Have A Drink On Me
Side 2: Padstow / Seven Golden Daffodils / Life Gets Tee-Jus, Don't It / The Fair Maids Of Portsmouth / The Roving Kind / On A Beach Down In Dorset / Come Outside (with Toni Arthur)

1977
Decca SKL 5299

Dorset Style

Side 1: Make Mine Country Style Medley (Turkey In The Straw; Country Style; Arkansas Traveller) / The Dorset Juggernaut / The Cornish Floral Dance / It's Always The Right Time For Love / Watercress / Whitsun Dance
Side 2: The Jolly Waggoner / Little Brown Jug / The Wedding Song / All The Good Things / Where The Lilac Grows / John O' Dreams

1978
Decca FOS 53/54

Focus On The Yetties

Side 1: Dorset Is Beautiful / The Gypsy Rover / Towersey Fair / Fiddler's Green / The Broadside Man / Granny's Old Arm Chair / The Three Billy Goats Gruff (with Toni Arthur)
Side 2: Bread & Fishes / A'Roving / Take Your Time / The Peat Bog Soldiers / Jackie Tar; The Matelot / If The Piddletrenthide Jugband Hit The Charts / Homeward Bound
Side 3: Cigareetes, Whusky & Wild, Wild Women / The Dancers Of Stanton Drew / I Touched Her On The Toe / Lili Marlene (The D-Day Dodgers) / Lord Of The Dance / Beau Psaltery / Sweet Bells
Side 4: The Sound Of The Drum / Trelawney / Bosun's Hornpipe; Trumpet Hornpipe / Buttercup Joe / The Exmoor Hunt Song / Round Britain Medley (Dorset Is Beautiful; Henry The Eighth; The Lincolnshire Poacher; Ilkley Moor Baht 'At; She's A Lassie From Lancashire; Blaydon Races) / The Village Band

1978
Decca SKL 5311

In Concert

Side 1: Razzamatazz / Roll Alabama Roll / Farmer Won't You Marry Me / The Scarecrow / Suzannah's A Funny Old Sow / The Lark In The Clear Air / Dorset Fore-Arm Smash / Dad's Medals
Side 2: Lucky Knickers / The Village Pump / My Little Liza / Five Drunken Nights / The Sailor Cut Down In His Prime / Sailing On The Briny Sea / My Bruddah Sylveste / Dancing Days / Alabama Jubilee

1979
ASV ALA 3001

A Little Bit Of Dorset

Side 1: A Thomas Hardy Medley (The New Rigged Ship; The Soldier's Joy; The Fairy Dance) / Poor, Poor Farmer / The Bell Ringing / The Beggar's Song / Windmills / Back 'n' Back Yer, You / Gypsy Woman / Life Of A Man / The Last Rose Of Summer; The Bloody Fields Of Flanders
Side 2: Nellie The Elephant / My Grandfather's Clock / Levi Jackson's Rag / The Grey Hawk / The Curate & The Vicar / The Ruined Maid / Needlecases / Us Poor Fellows / D'ye Ken John Peel

1981
ASV ALA 3003

A Proper Job

Side 1: Singing All The Way / Beaumont Rag / The Jolly Ploughboys / Ball Of Yarn / Romance / John Barleycorn / The Primrose Polka / Linden Lea / The Scarlet And The Blue / Astley's Ride; Balquihidder Lasses
Side 2: The Wanderer / Rose In June / The Bluebell Polka / 'Ee Weren't All Bad / Lillibulero / The Dorsetshire Hornpipe / Early One Evening / Farewell She / The Frost Is All Over; High Level Reel

1981
White Hart YET 3002

Cider 'n' Song

Side 1: I Wish I Were Back On The Farm / Come Stranger, Come Friend / Speed The Plough; The Waterloo Dance / The Sheep Stealer / All For Me Grog / Leanin' / Under The Double Eagle / Freezy
Side 2: Bournemouth / Farewell To Devon; Margaret's Waltz / The Shoemaker's Kiss / The Nightingale / Dead Dog Scrumpy / When I Leave The World Behind / Zummer Evenin' Dance / Dorset Four Hand Reel / Beautiful Dorset

1983
ASV ALA 3007

The Yetties

Side 1: Over The Hills & Far Away / Rabbit / Winter / John Barleycorn / Polka Medley / I Live Not Where I Love / We've Got Oil
Side 2: Sally The Salvage Queen / The Man At The Nore / Carolina Moon / Bread & Cheese & Kisses / Wave Over Wave / Long Pond / Praise O' Dorset

1986

CDs    
YET CD 3008

Play It Again

Polka Medley / Dorset Is Beautiful / Lamorna / Come Stranger, Come Friend / Buttercup Joe / Farewell To Devon; Margaret's Waltz / Jim The Carter's Lad / The Floral Dance / Grannie's Old Arm Chair / The Marrow / Scottish Medley / The Gypsy Rover / Costa Del Dorset / Freezy / Under The Double Eagle / The Juggernaut / Chickens / Cricket On The Village Green / Fling It 'Ere, Fling It There / Lennox Love To Blantyre; The Lass Of Gowrie; Duncan Gray / Bournemouth / When I Leave The World Behind / I Wish I Were Back On The Farm / The Farmer's Boy

1989
ASV CD ALA 3009

Singing All The Way

Over The Hills & Far Away / Ball Of Yarn / The Grey Hawk / Polka Medley / Rabbit / John Barleycorn / Winter / Poor, Poor Farmer / 'Ee Weren't All Bad / The Man At The Nore / Bread & Cheese & Kisses / We've Got Oil / The Beggar's Song / Beaumont Rag / Back 'n' Back Yer, You / The Scarlet & The Blue / Carolina Moon-Beautiful Dreamer / Early One Evening / Linden Lea / The Bell Ringing / Levi Jackson's Rag / Wave Over Wave / The Last Rose Of Summer / Praise O' Dorset

1989
Request CDRR 500

Out In The Green Fields

Out In The Green Fields / The Nightingale / Irish Medley / Bread & Fishes / Widecombe Fair / The Punch & Judy Man / Our Sarah / The Dark Island / Trelawny / 100 Pipers Medley / The Old Lamplighter / Bratton To Porlock Bay (The Exmoor Hunt Song) / Fiddlers Green / The Keeper / The D-Day Dodgers / The Drunken Sailor / Lord Of The Dance / Oldies Medley

1990
Request CDRR 502

Looking For The Sunshine

Rolling Round The World / Kathleen Tyrell - The Ship In Full Sail / Apple Blossoms / The Prune Song / Sweet Thyme / New York Girls / The King Of The Fairies / When Cannons Are Roaring / La Glinais / The Wife A Lost / The Girls Of Dorsetshire / Stealaway / Mr Bloom / Dill Pickle Rag / Courting Round Dorset / Rolling Home

1991

Appearances By The Yetties On Other Recordings

The Yetties have appeared on various recordings, including compilation albums, and as accompanists to other artists. Details of some of these are given here.
Note: Unless otherwise stated, all recordings listed below are 12" LP records. Tracks by The Yetties are marked *

Zeus CF201

Various Artists - "Festival At Towersey"

Side 1: Dance Medley / Ale Glorious Ale / Maggie May / The Hunt (The Yetties) / Liverpool Judies / Blow The Man Down
Side 2: How Can I Keep From Singing? / Martin Said To His Man / Once I Loved A Maiden Fair - The Hole In The Wall / The Leaf (The Yetties) / The Thrashin' Machine (The Yetties)

This sought-after album includes the Yetties' first appearance on record.

1968
BBC REC95S

Various Artists - "Folk On Friday"
"A Selection of Songs from the BBC Radio Series Produced by FRANCES LINE"

Side 1: Talcahuano Girls / Bold William Taylor / Dorset Is Beautiful (The Yetties) / The Death Of The Earl Of Essex / Farewell Johnny Miner / Arthur McBride
Side 2: Dan The Dustman (The Yetties) / Andy's Gone With Cattle / Two Pretty Boys / Compliments Returned / Ah Cud Hew / Instrumental Medley

1970
Argo SPA-A 132 Various Artists - "The World Of Folk"
Side 1: Broadside Man (The Yetties) / Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day / Border Widow's Lament / Canny Lad The Miner / Swapping Song / Kate Of Coalbrookdale / Twa Corbies
Side 2: Net Hauling Song / Turpin Hero / Black Is The Colour / Boar's Head Carol / Song Of Choice / Hot Stuff / The Oggie Man
1971
Argo SPA-A 150

O'Dalaigh's Ceili Band* - "The World Of Irish Dancing"

Side 1: REELS - Spanish Lady; Teetotaller; Mason's Apron / HORNPIPES - Harvest Home; The Kingston; The Sunshine / JIGS - Frost Is All Over; Blackthorn Stick; Swallow's Nest / WALTZES - Slieve Gallon Braes; Wild Colonial Boy; Green Glens Of Antrim / MARCHES - All The Way To Galway; Boys Of Wexford; Roddy McCorley / SET DANCE - The Hunt / JIGS - Kelly's; Foxhunter's; Drops Of Brandy
Side 2: REELS - Jimmy Allan; Down By The Sally Gardens; Drowsy Maggie / MARCHES - Kelly The Boy From Killane; Minstrel Boy; Lass Of Bon Accord / WALTZES - Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms; Bendemeer's Dream; Star Of The County Down / JIGS - Rakes Of Kildare; Munster Buttermilk; Irish Washerwoman / SET DANCE - Madame Bonaparte / HORNPIPES - Boys Of Bluehill; Sligo Fancy; Smith's Favourite / REELS - Scholar; Sheehan's; Peter Street

* Bonny Sartin admits that "O'Dalaigh's Ceili Band" were none other than The Yetties in disguise - and 'tis very fetching they look in their green outfits on the album cover, too!

1971

Argo ZFB 28

Cyril Tawney - "In Port"

Side 1: Sally Free & Easy / A Lean & Unwashed Tiffy* / The Ballad Of Sammy's Bar / Stanley The Rat / Diesel & Shale* / My Mother Came From Norway / Six Feet Of Mud* / In The Sidings
Side 2: Five Foot Flirt* / On A Monday Morning / Nobby Hall / Cheering The Queen* / New Names For Old / Chicken On A Raft* / The Grey Funnel Line

* these tracks feature The Yetties accompanying Cyril

1972
Argo ZFB 83

Bob Arnold - "Mornin' All"

Side 1: Jim The Carter's Lad / The Jolly Waggoner / Postponed / Stow Fair / Needle Cases / Poor Old Horse / As I Was Going To Banbury
Side 2: Turmut Hoeing / Where The Violets Are Blue / Three Maidens A-Milking / When Jones' Ale Was New / The Rest Of The Day's Your Own / Richard Of Taunton Dean / The Bell Ringers

The Yetties accompanied Bob on all tracks

1972
Argo SPA 304

Various Artists - "The World Of The Countryside"

Side 1: Out In The Green Fields (The Yetties) / The Ploughman / All Jolly Fellows Who Follow The Plough / The Lark In The Morning (The Yetties) / The Buxom Lass / Gossip Joan / The Shepherd's Song / We Gets Up In The Morning
Side 2: Towersey Fair (The Yetties) / The Sound Of The Drum (The Yetties) / The Cuckoo's Nest / Low Down In The Broom / The Carter / The Three Merry Men Of Kent / John Barleycorn / All's Dear But Poor Men's Labour / Farewell She

1974
Argo SPA 307

Various Artists - "The World Of Folk Vol. 2"

Side 1: The Bonny Ship The Diamond (The Yetties) / The Manchester Rambler / The Queen Of Hearts / Thyme / The Bald Headed End Of The Broom / Tottie / The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Side 2: Jones' Ale / Gilderoy / The Spotted Cow / The Pick & The Malt Shovel / Sweet England / Zummer's Evemen Dance / Yarmouth Town

1974
Decca DPA 3029/30

Various Artists - "This England" (Double LP)

Side 1: Old London / Drake's Drum / The Daffodils / The Floral Dance / I Am The Monarch Of The Sea - When I Was A Lad / Everything Stops For Tea / Suite Of Northumberland Songs
Side 2: Elizabethan Serenade / Widdecombe Fair (The Yetties) / The King's Horses / Yorkshire Pud / Leaning On A Lamp Post / The Eton Boating Song / Once More Unto The Breach, Dear Friends
Side 3: Overture: The Yeomen Of The Guard / Nymphs & Shepherds / Greensleeves / Linden Lea / We'll Gather Lilacs / Upon Westminster Bridge / The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended
Side 4: Blaydon Races / Sally - Sing As We Go - Looking On The Bright Side / Dorset Is Beautiful (The Yetties) / The White Cliffs Of Dover / Jerusalem / Land Of Hope & Glory / Rule Britannia

1976
Argo ZSW 593-5 Laurie Lee - "Cider With Rosie"
This is a triple-album box set which featured Laurie Lee reading his famous book. Pete Shutler and Mac McCulloch of The Yetties provided musical accompaniment.
1977
Argo 1187 Moira Shearer - "Tess Of The D'Urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy
A twin-cassette set featuring Thomas Hardy's famous novel read by actress Moira Shearer. The Yetties provided musical accompaniment to the reading at appropriate points in the story.
1979
White Hart YET 3003

John Arlott & The Yetties - "The Sound Of Cricket"
Poems read by John Arlott and songs by The Yetties

Side 1: Introduction - Cricket On The Village Green* / Maker Of Bat & Ball - John Small* / The Cricketers Of Hambledon On Windmill Down, 1789 / Stonewall Jack* - The Old Cricketer / Introduction - I Keeps It There Or Thereabout* / Introduction - The Flower Bowler*
Side 2: Fred Grace - The High Catch* / The Master Artful Dodgers - A Tickle O' Me Spinnin' Finger* / Introduction - Four Jolly Bowlers* / Pride Of The County - Harold Gimblett's Hundred* / Ian Botham, Somerset C. C. C. - Somerset* - Beefy's Army* - Closing

* songs by The Yetties

1984

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