Two more songs added recently.

"Nightingale Sings" as I have always known it or "Bold Grenadier" which seems to be the more common title is one of those songs which I seem to have known forever. It has always been something of a favourite of mine and it seems to have been collected in a number of places both here in the UK and in North America. There are two tunes that are commonly used. The one I used together with "Arming down the road" chorus is how I first heard it, so that's what I sing.

"Never Weather Beaten Sail" is not really a folk song. It was written by Elizabethan poet and musician Thomas Campion, but it's a song I rather like, in spite of its religious message. Most versions I have come across are by classically trained singers but Maddy Prior recorded it on "Hang up Sorrow and Care" and album of 17th century popular song which she made with the Broadside Band.

My recordings of both have made use of my Yamaha MU15 to provide accompaniments in the way I described in my previous post. I have also used a flute and a recorder to provide extra accompaniment.

Occasional Folk Songs can be found at http://tootlingeoff.blogspot.co.uk/