Tell me, lovely people, what is your favourite folk song? Bonus points for a link to where I can listen to it! #FolkSongs #FolkMusic #FolkSingers #Folklore #FavouriteSong #FavouriteFolkSong
@Kizzia fave folk song? friend says Tam Lin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tam_Lin (i can’t decide amongst a handful of others)
Tam Lin - Wikipedia

@Kizzia Fairport Convention version justly famous but now i see Mediæval Bæbes on the list https://mediaevalbaebes.bandcamp.com/
Merch from Mediæval Bæbes

Merch from Mediæval Bæbes

Mediæval Bæbes
@Kizzia So many possible answers, but the first one that springs to mind is Nic Jones's utterly relentless Clyde Water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM5eHS527V8
Nic Jones - Clyde Water

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@Kizzia
I am fond of Derwentwater's Farewell.
I was led to this by an interest in English Jacobites.

Here's one version; I'll link to another in a reply to this toot.
https://youtu.be/Oq3KNCeIQXs?si=kFvMv5aHWlEHz_Oq
#EnglishFolkSong #DerwentwatersFarewell #Northumberland #FavouriteFolkSong

DERWENTWATERS FAREWELL TRADarrr

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@Kizzia

For those preferring a more "traditional" rendering:
https://youtu.be/LOJaSUS0RU4?si=fpAD5toXpQifskDl

Derwentwater's Farewell

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James Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater (1689-1716)

From an old Roman Catholic family, with their seat at Dilston in Northumberland, James Radcliffe was the eldest son of Lady Mary Tudor

@Kizzia Some consider it ubiquitous, but I have a soft spot for Barbara Allen https://youtu.be/R_ATUPYOBbQ?si=9OOtZnEJqHonnhte
Bob Dylan - Barbara Allen

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@Kizzia I've got 2 for you:
Scottish: Battlefield Band, Shepard lad. Great voice of Karine Polwart's. Nice guitar playing, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgZJfSP1OOE

Danish: Karen og Helene, Skøn Sired
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AttGAE_PbA

Shepherd Lad - Battlefield Band

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Selkie (A New Song for Jimmy)

Malcolm MacWatt · Song · 2023

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