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Thread #158556   Message #3751157
Posted By: Richard Mellish
15-Nov-15 - 03:45 PM
Thread Name: Child #20- Greenwoodsidey- illustrated
Subject: RE: Child #20- Greenwoodsidey- illustrated
That version of the ballad with the crankie would be somewhat confusing if one didn't know the story from other versions. The penknife appears in the crankie but is not mentioned in the song. And the dialogue with the ghosts occurs without an introductory verse about her seeing them.

Although I enjoyed Elizabeth and Anna's gig at the Musical Traditions Club in London I would have preferred to hear more of Elizabeth's harder style of singing as on her first CD and in the snatches of her singing in the video linked by Bill D 15 Nov 15 - 10:26 AM.