Collects the lyrics and music for a variety of traditional folk songs, including ballads, lullabies, and love songs. Includes guitar chord symbols and piano accompaniments.

David Bowie narrates Peter and the wolf.

Traces the downfall of the Earl of Essex who, presuming upon his privilege as the Queen's favourite, forces a tragedy upon them both, Elizabeth I never forgot that she was the Queen and that, as a woman, she had to show that she could rule with no less authority than a man; so she felt compelled to sentence Essex to death when he failed her and endangered her country.