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Thread #169274   Message #4092196
Posted By: Ged Fox
08-Feb-21 - 04:48 PM
Thread Name: Any February Songs?
Subject: RE: Any February Songs?
3 laments -
Bonny Earl of Moray - 7th Feb 1591/2
Derwentwater's Farewell - 24th Feb 1716
Essex's Farewell - 25th Feb 1601


Thank you Ged Fox Here are some further links to the songs you give:
THE BONNY EARL OF MORAY

info     https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/thebonnieearlofmoray.html

Bonnie Earl O'Murray Ewan MacColl     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKNl9416fh4
The Bonnie Earl O' Moray ~ Old Blind Dogs     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq3rHTM_DTw
The Bonnie Earl O' Moray ~ The Selkie Girls     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WL_0mzDCok
The Corries --- Earl O' Moray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGfuvpgp7tw
The Bonnie Earl O' Moray- Ronnie Browne     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoFT3L4KdAM



DERWENTWATER’S FAREWELL

Mainly Norfolk info:    
https://mainlynorfolk.info/louis.killen/songs/derwentwatersfarewell.html
Louis Killen- Derwentwater's Farewell    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHsZW1pfKR4
The Corries-Derwentwater's Farewell    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1yfbZi-hcY
Derwentwater's Farewell · Dave Webber & Anni Fentiman     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOJaSUS0RU4

ESSEX’S FAREWELL
Can anyone give more information or links to a performance of this song?
MUDCAT Folklore: Essex's Last Farewell   
/mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=87106
Found this, 11/02/21 Essex last good-night · The Toronto Consort     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNpXLy7nYOM
and this instrumental     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kjIc24u9cc
Ballad Sheet in Bodlian    http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/search/roud/V10245