The Ornament Tree
Studio album by Bert Jansch
Released	November 1990
Recorded	1990 at Heartbeat Sound, London
Genre	Folk
Length	43:41
Label	Run River
Producer	Michael Klein
Bert Jansch chronology
Sketches (1990) The Ornament Tree (1990) When the Circus Comes to Town (1995)

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The Ornament Tree is the 18th album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released virtually simultaneously with another album, Sketches.^[2]

Track listing

All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.

1. "The Ornament Tree (Bonny Portmore)" - 3:50
2. "The Banks O'Sicily" (James Robertson, Hamish Henderson) - 3:33
3. "The Rambling Boys of Pleasure" - 4:40
4. "The Rocky Road to Dublin" - 2:58
5. "Three Dreamers" - 3:46
6. "The Mountain Streams" - 3:49
7. "The Blackbirds of Mullamore" - 4:47
8. "Lady Fair" - 2:15
9. "The Road Tae Dundee" - 4:07
10. "Tramps And Hawkers" - 3:15
11. "The January Man" (Dave Goulder) - 3:42
12. "Dobbins Flowery Vale" - 3:33

Personnel

• Bert Jansch - guitar, vocals
• Peter Kirtley - guitar
• Nigel Portman Smith - bass, accordion
• Dave Turner - bass
• Maggie Boyle - flute, whistles, bodhran
• Paul Boyle - fiddle
• Richard Curran - fiddle
• Steve Tilston - arpeggione, mandolin
• Michael Klein - percussion, backing vocals

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