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GUEST,Chris Lamb	Thomas the Rhymer - MacColl omission (5)	Thomas the Rhymer - MacColl omission	17 Jan 19
An esoteric question born of curiosity: the recording of Thomas the Rhymer by Ewan MacColl for Folkways Records (FG 3509) has the lyrics, word for word, of Child's version C, but omits two of the strongest verses (15 & 16) with their striking imagery: O they rade on, and farther on And they waded thro rivers aboon the knee And they saw neither sun nor moon But they heard the roaring of the sea. It was mirk mirk night, and there was nae stern light And they waded thro red blude to the knee; For a' the blude that's shed on earth Rins thro the springs o that countrie. We can speculate about the reasons for the omission, but does anyone know for a fact why those verses are missing from MacColl's recording? Jim Carroll? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1RxXt7V1xA https://folkways-media.si.edu/liner_notes/folkways/FW03509.pdf Links added by Joe Offer

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