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Thread #125951 Message #2838284
Posted By: Steve Gardham
13-Feb-10 - 01:24 PM
Thread Name: Taking on the Big Boys? - classic big long ballads
Subject: RE: Taking on the Big Boys? - classic big long ballads
Same as Paul, 'Barbara Allan', 'Raggle Taggle Gipsies', and 'Knight and Shepherd's Daughter' watered down, at school which I enjoyed. I think the first big ballad I consciously learnt as a folk singer was Child 21 'The Maid and The Palmer'. For several reasons. I liked the story and no-one else at the time was singing it. Also I fell in love with Bert Lloyd's and Mike Waterson's 'Tam Lin' and wanted to use the tune for something. I didn't want to just do their version of 'Tam Lin' so I set the tune to 'The Maid and the Palmer' altering it slightly to fit the new format.