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Thread #77241 Message #2959409
Posted By: GUEST,Suibhne Astray
06-Aug-10 - 09:00 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Wife of Usher's Well:Carthy version
Subject: RE: Origins: Wife of Usher's Well:Carthy version
There's a fascinating variant by Jim Eldon up there too:
Farewell Stick ande Farewell Stone
My own is more standard, though the tune isn't, which was given to me by the fiddle in an instance of pure improvisation & stuck fast ever since!
Sedayne: Child Ballad #79 - The Wife of Usher's Well