The Riddle Song

~ Recording by Tim Hart and Friends

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.9The Riddle Song4:07Tim Hart and FriendsDrunken Sailor and Other Kids SongsTim Hart and FriendsAlbum
Music for PleasureMFP 41 5635 1, MFP 5635
2.9The Riddle Song4:11Tim Hart and FriendsMy Very Favourite Nursery Rhyme RecordTim Hart and FriendsAlbum + Compilation
Park RecordsPRKCD108

Relationships

producer:Tim Hart (UK folk singer and multi-instrumentalist)
bagpipe:Davy Spillane (Irish songwriter & musician of uilleann pipes, low whistle)
bass guitar:Rick Kemp
cello:Tamsy Kaner
concertina:Lea Nicholson
congas and percussion:Steve Noble (British drummer)
drum machine and synthesizer:Andy Richards (Strawbs keyboard player/record producer)
fiddle:Brian Golbey
French horn:Gina Fullerlove
guitar and hammered dulcimer [dulcimer]:Tim Hart (UK folk singer and multi-instrumentalist)
steel guitar:BJ Cole
background vocals:Spike Fullerlove
The Livingstone Hooray Ensemble
Deborah Paul
Beverley Jane Smith
vocals:Tim Hart (UK folk singer and multi-instrumentalist)
Maddy Prior
arranger:Tim Hart (UK folk singer and multi-instrumentalist)
recording of:The Riddle Song (aka “I Gave My Love a Cherry”)

The Riddle Song (aka “I Gave My Love a Cherry”)

lyricist and composer:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:I Gave My Love a Diamond
is the basis for:Shanagolden
The Twelfth of Never
arrangements:I Gave My Love a Cherry (Carly Simon arrangement)