Three recordings from the tradition: a)- the unknown singer on a cylinder recording archived at Cecil Sharp House, in A Century of Song, A Celebration of Traditional Singers since 1898, EFDSS CD02; b) - Sidney Richards, Somerset, in A Soldier's Life for Me (The Folk Songs of Britain Volume 8, 1970; c) - Tom Phaidin Tom, in De Danann, The Mist Covered Mountain, 1980. *** Seven more recordings by musicians of the Folk Revival: d) - Ewan MacColl, in Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger, Classic Scots Ballads, 1959; e) - The Young Tradition, in Galleries, 1968; f) - A. L. Lloyd in The Valiant Sailor: Songs and Ballads of Nelson's Navy, 1973 (with Alistair Anderson, concertina, and Bobby Campbell, fiddle); g) - Roy Harris, in The Rambling Soldier: Life in the Lower Ranks 1750-1900 Through Soldier Songs, 1979; h) - Martin Carthy, in Right of Passage, 1988; i) - Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, in Song Links (England/Australia; disc one: English songs), 1998; j) - Fay Hield, in Looking Glass, 2010.
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