Today's upload is Peter Bellamy's song Poor Fellows.

For me there's only a handful of writers who have succeeded in writing anything "in the tradition" - or even within hailing distance of the tradition - and Peter Bellamy is definitely one of them. This song could have come straight off a broadside. My version is after Tony Rose's, only without the accompaniment and with more messing about with the timing (it seemed to be asking for a bit of rubato).

A powerful and moving song - the first few times I practised it I couldn't get through it without filling up - and, sadly, no less relevant now. Let's hope that these hard times will soon pass away...