The first time I heard "The Vampire" By Kipling/Marsden was a party where a Cockesdale album was playing in the background so that I could only hear Marsden's tune. I was so taken by it I immediately asked the hostess if I could borrow the record.
I took it home and played it just to hear that track and then Kiplings words hit home. It was at a time in my life, my first marriage had just broken up, when the words expressed exactly what I was feeling.
It instantly became a favourite and it still is, I sing it as often as I think folk club audiences can bare. I treasure the memory of hearing Keith sing it at Wherwell folk club for me.