Song 10: Lal Waterson's extraordinary song the Scarecrow. Usually I run a mile from anything neo-pagan or Wicca-ish (or Wickerish), but this song breaks down my defences - there's something about it that just strikes home. The sunlit horror of those "twelve jolly dons"...!

It's a strong enough song to stand up to some quite varied treatment. My version, after Tony Capstick, strips away as much as possible and brings the metre to the fore.

With my full complement of ten songs uploaded, that concludes "Pip Radish sings trad-ish". (I may swap some out in future, but I won't post about it.)

Phil Edwards on MySpace:

The trees they do grow high
Sir Patrick Spens
This is the ballad of Sir Patrick Spens (Phil Edwards)
Little Musgrave
Ballad of accounting (Ewan MacColl)
Plains of Waterloo
Poor fellows (Peter Bellamy)
Blackwaterside
The bonny hind
The scarecrow (Lal Waterson)

In the immortal words of John Ebdon, "If you have been, thankyou for listening."