Week six and I bring you... multi-tracking! There's posh.

This week, it's two songs about happily-married middle-aged men. The London Waterman is one of my favourite songs in the tradition. I can't honestly say I've loved it since the first time I heard Peter Bellamy's recording - the first time, and probably the second as well, my reaction was more along the lines of "what the hell was *that*?" But once I got it, I'd got it for good.

Spencer the Rover, on the other hand, I've loved since the first time I heard it - sung on that occasion by John Kelly. I think my version is OK, but it's not a patch on John's.

As for the multi-tracking, I thought both of these songs would go well with a tune afterwards. So with the Waterman you get Constant Billy, and with Spencer you get Three Dusty Swords and the Rusty... Three Rusty Millers and... well, them. (The multi-tracking is just to enable me to start playing before I've finished singing. You guitarists don't know how lucky you are!)

As always, the songs can be listened to online or, if the fancy takes you, downloaded free of charge. The blog includes notes on the songs and how I approach them.

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