HMS Donovan (album) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids HMS Donovan
Studio album by Donovan
Released	1971
Recorded	June 1968–1971
Genre	Folk
Length	74:10
Label	Dawn Records
Producer	Donovan Leitch, Mickie Most
Donovan chronology
Open Road (1970) HMS Donovan (1971) Cosmic Wheels (1973)
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HMS Donovan is the ninth studio album, and tenth album overall, from British singer-songwriter Donovan. It marks the second album of Donovan's children's music, after the For Little Ones portion of A Gift from a Flower to a Garden. HMS Donovan is the second double album of Donovan's career, and was released in the UK only, in July 1971 (Dawn Records DNLD 4001 (stereo)).

Reissues

In January 1998, Beat Goes On Records reissued HMS Donovan (BGOCD372) on CD in the UK. The label Media Arte issued the album on CD in South Korea in 2009.

Track listing

Side one

1. "The Walrus and the Carpenter" (words by Lewis Carroll, music by Donovan Leitch) – 8:36
2. "Jabberwocky" (words by Lewis Carroll, music by Donovan) – 2:37
3. "The Seller of Stars" (words by Thora Stowell, music by Donovan) – 2:52
4. "Lost Time" (words by Frida Wolfe, music by Donovan) – 2:29
5. "The Little White Road" (words by Thora Stowell, music by Donovan) – 2:05
6. "The Star" (words by Jane Taylor, music arranged by Donovan) – 1:45

Side two

1. "Coulter's Candy" (traditional, arranged by Donovan) – 1:44
2. "The Road" (words by Lucy Diamond, music by Donovan) – 1:08
3. "Things to Wear" (words by Agnes Grozier Herbertson, music by Donovan) – 1:06
4. "The Owl and the Pussycat" (words by Edward Lear, music by Donovan) – 2:24
5. "Homesickness" (Donovan) – 2:31
6. "Fishes in Love" (Donovan) – 1:04
7. "Mr. Wind" (Donovan) – 2:38
8. "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" (words by Eugene Field, music by Donovan) – 2:38

Side three

1. "Celia of the Seals" (Donovan) – 3:02
2. "The Pee Song" (Donovan) – 2:06
3. "The Voyage of the Moon" (Donovan) – 5:18
4. "The Unicorn" (Donovan) – 0:55
5. "Lord of the Dance" (Sydney Carter) – 2:31
6. "Little Ben" (Donovan) – 1:44
7. "Can Ye Dance" (Donovan) – 1:32

Side four

1. "In an Old Fashioned Picture Book" (Donovan) – 3:11
2. "The Song of the Wandering Aengus" (words by W. B. Yeats, music by Donovan) – 3:56
3. "A Funny Man" (words by Natalie Joan, music by Donovan) – 1:51
4. "Lord of the Reedy River" (Donovan) – 2:38
5. "Henry Martin" (traditional, arranged by Donovan) – 5:08
6. "Queen Mab" (words by Thomas Hood, music by Donovan) – 2:18
7. "La Moora" (Donovan) – 2:21

Personnel

• Donovan – voice, guitar, harmonica, producer
• Mary – fiddle
• Mike Thomson – bass guitar, Hammond organ
• John Carr – drums
• Danny Thompson – double bass on "Celia of the Seals"
• Cynthia – singing on "Star", "Wynken Blynken and Nod" and "Pee Song"

Technical

• Mike Bobak – engineer
• Mickie Most – co-producer on "Homesickness"
• John Patrick Byrne – paintings
• Sid Maurer – art direction

• H.M.S. Donovan at Discogs (list of releases)