The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #72234   Message #1242089
Posted By: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca
07-Aug-04 - 07:22 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Foggy Dew (from Martin Carthy)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Foggy Dew - Martin Carty
From http://www.greenmanreview.com/liveatthelion.html
Not all the songs are familiar, at least not to me. There is a version of "Foggy Dew" which is not the usual warhorse, for which Harris thanks the late Ewan MacColl, and an American song called "Cambric Shirt" learnt from Laurence Older which, it will come as no surprise to learn, is a very distant cousin of "Scarborough Fair." Despite the disc's very English character, Harris is clearly not embarrassed at the inclusion of American material and his version of "The Lion's Den" is also a transatlantic one. It is interesting to note that in Martin Carthy's notes on his own version of this song, which appeared last year on his excellent and highly original album Signs of Life, he points out that he has known this song for over thirty years but did not record it until he found an English version!