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Fortune Turns The Wheel 23 Jun 2013 | 04:00 am
Jon says “So here we are. Song 365. It’s possibly not the most appropriate farewell song given the sting in the tale. Over the years there were a fair few regulars who got themselves barred from the H...
Banks Of Sweet Primroses 22 Jun 2013 | 04:00 am
Jon recalls “This I learnt for a tribute concert to Fred Jordan at Cecil Sharp House shortly after his death. I missed out on hearing him sing sadly, but love his voice. This narrowly lost out to Lark...
The Way Through The Woods 21 Jun 2013 | 04:00 am
Jon reveals “I learnt this to sing at Rudyard Kipling’s house Batemans last year – we recorded a couple of songs on to wax cylinder in Kipling’s living room. Visitors can now play the wax cylinders ba...
Bold Archer 20 Jun 2013 | 04:00 am
Jon admits “I think this is the only song I’ve learnt from Harrry Cox – off The Bonny Labouring Boy double CD. Much as I enjoyed listening to it, this was the only one that demanded to be learnt. Evid...
Roll Alabama 19 Jun 2013 | 04:00 am
Jon recalls “I used to sing this a lot when I got started with fiddle-singing. It always used to go down well at the Talking Heads in Southampton. One of the great shanty choruses I think, although I’...
The Eighteenth Day Of June 18 Jun 2013 | 04:00 am
Jon attributes his source as “Sung by the mighty Wilsons on the fabulous Voices CD from Fellside. I think they had it from Pete Wood. Shame it doesn’t have a chorus as it feels like it should do, or a...
Grand Conversation With Napoleon 17 Jun 2013 | 04:00 am
Jon admits this is “One of the wordier Napoleon songs but a cracking tune and some really nice details. Interesting that the song’s sympathies seem to shift right at the end of the song – editorial pe...
Farmer’s Boy 16 Jun 2013 | 04:00 am
Jon says “It’s such a classic this one but I’m not sure how widely known it is outside of the traddier end of the folk scene? Will Noble sings this round our way.” Although it might not be a common so...
Rose Of Allandale 15 Jun 2013 | 04:00 am
Jon reveals “I first heard this from The Copper family, and it’s probably the song I come back to most when trying to think of a good chorus song to sing.” This one apparently dates from 1836 and the ...
Rag Fair 14 Jun 2013 | 04:00 am
Jon admits “I like the sound of ‘Rag Fair’. It’s a shame this song doesn’t go in to more detail, but I also love the closing image of this.” It’s very much a near relation of New York Girls, but like ...
