A couple of sad songs this week, both based on real events.
When I recorded The poor murdered woman I’d worked out a concertina accompaniment, but I wasn’t up to playing it in real time. What you got on the original recording was a concertina backing with a vocal fitted on top of it. I’ve re-recorded it with the concertina played live; I think it sounds a lot better. (All I need to do now is work out where to position the microphone.)
The poor murdered woman is from 52 Folk Songs – Red; this new version is a free download.
The second song of this fortnight is an old recording of one of my favourite songs: The trees they do grow high. I wondered about re-recording this, but I don’t think I’ve ever sung it much better than I did last year.
The trees they do grow high is from 52 Folk Songs – Orange.
Fifty-Two Folk Songs 