I started this back in November, November 2nd to be exact. The inspiration was Jon Boden's song a day blog and others like it, but I did not expect to add to it at regular intervals but rather when the mood takes me, so I called it "Occasional Folk Songs"

You can find it at http://tootlingeoff.blogspot.com/

I am mostly featuring songs from my You Tube channel, though I will also post some on my SoundCloud Channel.

I have posted three carols this week:

I sing of a maiden is a fifteenth century carol. Pip Radish has included a version of this in his "Fifty-two folk songs" based on a more traditional version. I have been a little more radical and rewritten it directly from the fifteenth century words into modern English and used a tune a wrote myself some years ago. No elaborate arrangement; I just accompany myself on ukulele.

Down in yon forest collected by Vaughan Williams in Derbyshire in 1908, clearly a derivative of the early 16th century "Corpus Christi" Carol. I accompany myself with my shruti box.

The Seven Joys of Mary another fifteenth century carol. The website Hymns and Carols of Christmas has a number of variants of this carol. Again I accompany myself on ukulele.

Scroll down for earlier posts to the blog. These are;

Van Dieman's Land - acc on Shruti box
The Unquiet Grave - also acc on shruti box
Some of my thoughts on accompaniment - I'm sure these will change over time
Westmoreland - from Playford, played on flute. You can also find this on the Mudcat CD without the accompaniment.