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Thread #102174 Message #2068905
Posted By: GUEST
05-Jun-07 - 06:31 AM
Thread Name: Worst Folk Song Ever?
Subject: RE: Worst Folk Song Ever?
We'll have to be careful or we'll find we've nominated every song in the folk genre and discovered that,actually,we hate folk music when it comes down to it ;-) I perform some of the songs noted here,including a "300 verse ballad about Margaret" altho its Maggie Boyle who sings it,I accompany on guitar - but Maggie could sing the phone book and it would still be sublime. There's no excuse for singing a tedious song - and Well Below The Valley is awful,lets face it,and was lauded for ages because it was a rare discovery.I also dont like The Bitter Withy and The Cruel Mother both of which are noble songs in a way,but which preach vindictiveness,and try to give it a religious justification.The cruel mother burns in hell,but if a british naval vessel drowns a shipload of turks, they just get an extra barrel of grog.Dont want to be pc here but I wonder if it was a man or a woman wrote The Cruel Mother(I dont really)?
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