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Thread #98970   Message #1966465
Posted By: The Borchester Echo
13-Feb-07 - 04:15 PM
Thread Name: Chord Req: Willy o' Winsbury (from Pentangle)
Subject: RE: Chord Req: Willy O'Winsbury as done by Pentangle?
Pentangle did this version of Child #100 on Solomons Seal roughly to the Fause Foodrage tune (famously misappropriated by Andy Irvine) MIDI as did DG. I really love Dick's story of doing it to a roomful of Merseyside dockers who, when he got to Willie telling the father what he could do with the wealth he was trying to bribe Willie with to marry his daughter cos he had quite enough of his own already, thankuvmuch, got up and cheered.

But most of all I have two favourite versions: Nic Jones William Of Winesbury and Jim Eldon High Castle Wall, basically similar as far as tune and lyrics are concerned but treated very differently.