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Thread #117495   Message #2531619
Posted By: Tootler
04-Jan-09 - 07:35 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Well Below the Valley/Maid & Palmer
Subject: RE: Origins: Well below the valley - discuss!
Roy Palmer included it in his "Book of British Ballads". He used the John Reilly version, though slightly modified - he notes the modification in a footnote.

I heard it first and learnt it from a CD I bought in an English Heritage shop, sung by Michael Henry - and a very fine version it is too. The CD sleeve notes acknowledge John Reilly and, judging by the words posted elsewhere here and in Roy Palmer's book, the singer sticks pretty close to the Reilly version.