as remote from the tradition as Peter Pears singing The Lyke Wake Dirge

In the history of LWD post-Revival I dare Peter Pears is just as close to the tradition as anyone else really, unless you have a particular source singer in mind for the song, in which case I'd dearly love to hear it.

The Dirge came before the Walk anyway, an association that dates back to 1955. A quick search on-line reveals that Tak up seems generally favoured of LWWers. We used to sing it at school on account of a treacher who was very fond of the song, the LWW and Folk in general. Can't remember if we sang tak up or receive though. Did I hear the Young Tradition version back then I wonder? I was just a nipper - 9 or 10, circa 1970-71 - and listening to it in more recent years it's always felt more than a little familar, but certainly no more or less effective than Peter Pears.