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Lyr Req: Winter folksong woman up north conjures?

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Peter T. 26 Nov 24 - 12:27 PM
Howard Kaplan 26 Nov 24 - 10:09 PM
Peter T. 27 Nov 24 - 09:22 PM
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Subject: Lyr Req: Winter folksong woman up north conjures?
From: Peter T.
Date: 26 Nov 24 - 12:27 PM

Hi all, this song is in the back of my mind but is mostly lost. i think it is on Mudcat somewhere..... It involves a woman up north and at some point her (lost?) brothers appear at the door knocking. I guess it is in the dead of night. It is very eerie, traditional, so if you can help -- and who if not Mudcat? -- help?


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Winter folksong woman up north conjures?
From: Howard Kaplan
Date: 26 Nov 24 - 10:09 PM

If it's sons rather than brothers, then it might be "The Wife of Usher's Well", Child ballad #79. You can read more about it on the Bluegrass Messengers site here or on the Mainly Norfolk site here.


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Winter folksong woman up north conjures?
From: Peter T.
Date: 27 Nov 24 - 09:22 PM

YES!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so much, it was killing me. (Peggy Seeger's version rushed into my head).

Peter


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