From the Pete Seeger Workshop -
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - The Little Beggarman

Love the cableknit sweaters for the complete Irish touch.


Comments from Richard Farina Liner Notes

Tommy Makem Fantasy

Fariña's note on their first album explains that this is "a breed of 'Little Beggarman.'" This popular song appeared in Edward Bunting's Ancient Music of Ireland in 1840. Fariña may have learned it from The Songs of Tommy Makem (see the note on "A Sailor's Song" above). The Armagh referred to in Fariña's notes is Makem's home in County Armagh, Northern Ireland (not far from Fariña's mother's hometown in County Tyrone). Ian and Sylvia had recorded "Little Beggarman" for their 1964 album, Northern Journey.

Celebrations for a Grey Day (Richard and Mimi Farina)

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