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Thread #87841   Message #1643513
Posted By: Herga Kitty
07-Jan-06 - 02:10 PM
Thread Name: What is the longest song you know?
Subject: RE: Origins: What is the longest song you know?
I remember a ballad session at Sidmouth when Bob Berry (who runs Chippenham folk festival) tried singing the Flying Cloud, which he'd just learned. He needed some help from the audience.

I used to sing a version of Little Musgrave when I was waiting for buses. It lasted about 11 minutes.

Willie's Lady lasts quite a while, and you have to remember how the spell went in the first place so you can reverse it in the correct order.

Kitty

PS Alice's Restaurant was by Arlo Guthrie, son of Woody, and made into a film in the 1970s.