Because It's There
# Because It's There

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Because It's There is an album by Martin Carthy, released in 1979. It was re-issued by Topic Records on CD in 1995.

## Track listing

All songs "Traditional; arranged by Martin Carthy" unless noted otherwise. The Roud number refers to the Roud index of folk songs number and the Child number is from the Child Ballad numbering.

* "Nothing Rhymed" (Gilbert O'Sullivan) – 2:10
* "May Song" (Roud 305) – 2:49
* "Swaggering Boney" (instrumental) – 2:46
* "Lord Randall" (Roud 10, Child 12) – 4:16
* "Long John, Old John and Jackie North" (Roud 3100, Child 251) – 6:05
* "Jolly Tinker" (Roud 863)– 3:01
* "Lovely Joan" (Roud 592)– 3:14
* "Three Cripples" (Roud 2422)– 3:06
* "Siege of Delhi" (instrumental) – 4:18
* "Nothing Rhymed" (reprise) (Gilbert O'Sullivan) – 1:18
* "Death of Young Andrew" (Roud 6740, Child 48) – 8:37

## Personnel

* Martin Carthy – vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin (6), electric guitar (7)
* John Kirkpatrick – accordion (1,7,8,10), concertina (2,6)
* Howard Evans – trumpet (6,7)
* Bruce Rowland – percussion (2,9)
* uncredited – jew's harp (6)

### Technical

* Ashley Hutchings – production
* Jerry Boys - engineer
* Keith Morris - photography

Carthy, Kirkpatrick and Evans appeared on Carthy's Album Out of the Cut released in 1984 and followed on as three fifths of the band Brass Monkey.

