"Old songs such as Robbers' Retreat and The Devil and the Farmer's Wife are reprised with exuberance, while new material like Chris Sarjeant's title piece - a touching tale of Victorian foundlings - are cut from familiar cloth. Oates's vocals, bright as a May morn, carry the tales and poems with easy grace, helped by polished accompanists, while a cover of the Sundays' Can't Be Sure comes with a lush string arrangement. One of English folk's class acts".