The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #5238   Message #2974370
Posted By: Artful Codger
27-Aug-10 - 10:15 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Poor Babes in the Woods
Subject: RE: Origins: Poor Babes in the Woods
Well, IF YOU HAD BOTHERED TO READ THIS THREAD BEFORE POSTING (the minimum of consideration), you'd have noticed that Masato Sakurai posted several messages back in 2003 listing quite a number of recordings (with other background information).

The quintessential recordings, from which most of the others derive, were made by the Copper Family. These recordings and many others are readily available on CD, as individual downloads from sites like Amazon.com, and even as free-to-view YouTube clips (click here). Masato also linked to some variants in the Max Hunter collection web pages, which include playable clips. In addition, after the first message, Joe Offer prominently provided links to two other Mudcat threads containing even more information, and Joe and I provided MIDI links near the top of the page, allowing you to hear the original Gardiner tune(s)--the Coppers sing a rather different one. What more could you want that hasn't already been provided??