MATTY GROVES
SONGS FROM THE BALCONY An exuberant romp through adultery, swordplay and death, this song exists in many textual variants and has several...
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The Kimberleys
A unique and modern approach to traditional British folk music
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May 2, 2020
MOLLY LOVELY MOLLY
SONGS FROM THE BALCONY This is a very old song dating back to the early Jacobite rebellions in Scotland. Names of birds feature once...
May 1, 2020
THE SHEPHERD'S SONG
SONGS FROM THE BALCONY There have been versions of this song collected from all over England, Gloucester, Herts, Shropshire, all over I...
Apr 30, 2020
TWA CORBIES
SONGS FROM THE BALCONY (Child 26) Also known as "Three Ravens," the crows sit in a tree discussing what they will eat for breakfast....
Apr 29, 2020
JOCK STEWART
SONGS FROM THE BALCONY (Roud 975) This is an Irish narrative, the local landowner is in the pub buying drinks for all and generally...
Apr 28, 2020
THE SHOALS OF HERRING
SONGS FROM THE BALCONY The Shoals of Herring (Roud 13642) is a ballad, written by Ewan MacColl for the third of the BBC Radio ballads...
Apr 25, 2020
NOW WESTLIN WINDS
SONGS FROM THE BALCONY Or just as correctly "A Song Composed in August" by Robert Burns. Firmly set in an idyll of hunting and...
Apr 24, 2020
HARES ON THE MOUNTAIN
SONGS FROM THE BALCONY We have had this song in our repertoire for so long I cannot remember who passed it on to us, which is a great...
Apr 23, 2020
THE LOVELY JOAN
SONGS FROM THE BALCONY In 1907 Ralph Vaughn Williams collected this song from Christopher Jay of Norfolk. It's been found in other areas...
Apr 21, 2020
NAY NAY IVY
SONGS FROM THE BALCONY Obviously a Christmas carol is just the ticket for a sunny April morning and we have chosen an absolute favourite...
Apr 20, 2020
TAM LIN
SONGS FROM THE BALCONY Tam Lin has been around for hundreds of years, stealing the heart / maidenhead of women who live on the Scottish...
Apr 20, 2020
ERIN GO BRAGH
SONGS FROM THE BALCONY A three song medley, firstly "Erin-Go-Bragh", the story of a Highlander being mistaken for an Irishman whilst in...
Apr 18, 2020
EDWARD
SONGS FROM THE BALCONY Child Ballad 13, this is a "Murder Ballad" or "Incest Ballad". A young man has made love to his sister then kills...
Apr 17, 2020
RUFFORD PARK POACHERS
SONGS FROM THE BALCONY In Rufford Park near Mansfield in 1850 there was a fierce clash between gamekeepers and locals. As far as I can...
Apr 17, 2020
Apr 16, 2020
SAM HALL
SONGS FROM THE BALCONY From the early 18th century originally, this song has spread all over the English speaking world. This version is...
Apr 14, 2020
DERWENTWATER'S LAMENT
SONGS FROM THE BALCONY James Radclyffe, third Earl of Derwentwater backed James Stuart's cause in the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion....
Apr 13, 2020
THE WHITSUN DANCE
SONGS FROM THE BALCONY Today we're in the porch (still on the balcony) as it's windy out and we were being buffeted about. Singing AJ...
Apr 10, 2020
A ROSEBUD IN JUNE
SONGS FROM THE BALCONY "Rosebud in June" was first recorded as part of a musical called The Custom of the Manor in 1715 and collected by...
Apr 9, 2020
COME YE O'ER FRAE FRANCE
SONGS FROM THE BALCONY A gloriously irreverent Scottish folk song ladling criticism and innuendo on the House of Hanover, King George...
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