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Apr 8, 2020

THE SALLY GARDENS

SONGS FROM THE BALCONY The song is a setting of a W B Yeats poem which itself was a creative re-imagining of a part overheard lyric sung...

Apr 7, 2020

SPENCER THE ROVER

SONGS FROM THE BALCONY Our version of Spencer The Rover has been greatly inspired by John Martyn's recording from his 1975 album Sunday's...

Apr 5, 2020

THE BITTER WITHY

SONGS FROM THE BALCONY This story first raises its head in the Infancy Gospel of St Thomas, not part of the bible cannon but interesting...

Apr 3, 2020

HENRY V AND THE KING OF FRANCE

SONGS FROM THE BALCONY It's a glorious sunny day and out on the balcony Isobel and Jim play "Henry V and the King of France" in spirited...

Apr 3, 2020

KISS ME MOTHER

SONGS FROM THE BALCONY "Kiss Me Mother" or "I Am Weary" was written by Peter "Pete" Van Kuykendall (1938 – 2017), also known as Pete...

Apr 1, 2020

PLEASANT AND DELIGHTFUL

SONGS FROM THE BALCONY A relatively young song in folk terms and also a song which reached such heights of popularity that it became a...

Mar 29, 2020

SWEET THAMES FLOW SOFTLY

SONGS FROM THE BALCONY Written by Ewan MacColl in 1966 Sweet Thames Flow Softly formed part of an experimental production based on Romeo...

Mar 29, 2020

HERE'S THE TENDER COMING

SONGS FROM THE BALCONY Roud 3174. "Here's the Tender Coming" set in North East England during the French wars. The menfolk of the North...

Mar 28, 2020

HARD TIMES OF OLD ENGLAND

SONGS FROM THE BALCONY Sunny and windy on the balcony today. Isobel and Jim sing their arrangement of Hard Times of Old England. "Hard...

Mar 28, 2020

THE FALSE BRIDE

SONGS FROM THE BALCONY Recorded in isolation 28th March 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown. It is our habit to rehearse out on the balcony...