Fairport Convention: The Deserter
[Trad. arr. Fairport Convention]

"Although we learned this song from a faded Victorian broadside, it is much older in origin. It was the habit of broadside printers to bring older songs up to date - in this case by including the name of Prince Albert." [Ashley Hutchings in "A Little Music"]

This is a tune that was played by Luke Kelly (according to Swarbrick), and is in 3/4 time. Sandy felt that this was the best song on the album Liege and Lief. The Island CD version of this record was mastered without a break between this song and the instrumental medley following it.

The question is

Does anybody know if Luke kelly sang on this version or just played.
Its said that he sung on a version of it for maybe 15 seconds or so.

Anybody got any idea

Cheers