Sad traditional songs?

Subject: RE: Sad traditional songs?
From: GUEST,Gene Burton elsewhere
Date: 23 Mar 08 - 05:31 AM

GUEST above is I, BTW.

Subject: RE: Sad traditional songs?
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Mar 08 - 05:30 AM

The Leaves of Life, Swansea Town, The Lily of the West, The Queen of Hearts...just a few slow minor key trad songs from my own repertoire. But there's an awful lot out there! Best of luck, anyway.

Subject: RE: Sad traditional songs?
From: Jim Lad
Date: 23 Mar 08 - 05:00 AM

The Brick Layer Song.

Subject: RE: Sad traditional songs?
From: Kiss Me Slow Slap Me Quick
Date: 23 Mar 08 - 02:33 AM

The Wife Of Ushers Well
The Twa Brithers
Clerk Saunders
Braes O'Yarrow
MacCrimmond's Lamemt
Willie O'Windsbury
Lady Keith's Lament
Belt Wae Colours Three
Jamie Foyers

Subject: RE: Sad traditional songs?
From: Barry Finn
Date: 23 Mar 08 - 01:06 AM

It's not an odd request but it is daunting.

Annan Water
Six Lords Went-A Hunting
Long A Growing
Lord Randel
Ramble Away
Polly Vaughan
Bogy's Bonny Belle
The Brown & Yellow Ale
Jamie Duglas Tragedy (Wail, Waily)
Bonny LIght Horseman
Plain of Waterloo
Banks of the Nile
Lass of Maui
Jamie Raeburn
Low Lands of Hallland
She Moved Through the Fair
The Red Haired Man's Wife
Lakes of Ponchartrain
High Walls of Derry
Matty Groves
Sheep Crook & Black Dog
Banks of Red Roses
Lord Gregory
Death of Queen Jane
All Things Are Quite Silent
The Silkie of Sule Skerry
Lord Thomas & Fair Annet
Young Waters

There's a scratch on the surface
Good Luck
Barry

Subject: RE: Sad traditional songs?
From: Nerd
Date: 23 Mar 08 - 01:04 AM

Annan Water
Andrew Lammie

and about a thousand others....

Subject: Sad traditional songs?
From: GUEST,VulpesFish
Date: 23 Mar 08 - 12:03 AM

Hello!

I'm not sure if this is an appropriate place to ask this or not so I greatly apologise if it is not. I am looking for the names of any 'sad' traditional songs, in the same vein, for example, as such Scottish songs as Annachie Gordon or the Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes, or such Irish songs as The Green Fields of Canada, and so forth. Basically any old traditional songs with sad or slow melodies! :) Any help would be very much appreciated, though I am sorry if this is a somewhat odd request.

Have a good day!