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Thread #50752   Message #770715
Posted By: debils
24-Aug-02 - 07:39 AM
Thread Name: Ballads for the loss of a loved one?
Subject: RE: Ballads for the loss of a loved one?
i have at home a very deep meaningful song that always make me cry it's called "The Death of Parker" it is song by Parker's widow very touching it's about an 1797 naval mutiny at the Nore it is on a cd called dead maids land it is available from the wren trust okehampton devon england i believe they have a web site the song was collected from a stone mason in july 1893 and was added to the songs of the west by Sabine Baring-Gould