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Jun 28 2025

Week 326 – The Draggle Tail Gypsies-o

Andy Turner

For some reason, I’ve never had a version of Roud number 1 in my repertoire, despite having been familiar with the song for many many years – from the classic Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick LP Prince Heathen, the first Planxty album, and John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris’s excellent version on the...

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Feb 12 2025

Week 323 – The Bold Fisherman

Andy Turner

Following on from yesterdays’ post about KentTrad.org, here’s a song which you’ll find on the site: ‘Bold Fisherman’, collected by Cecil Sharp at Warehorne, Kent, on 23rd September 1908. Unsurprisingly, it was not the only time this song was collected by the early 20th century collectors in Kent:...

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