Nick Caffrey a singer's view on traditional songs
A brief look at the history and tunes linked to popular traditional songs and ballads
Nick Caffrey a singer's view on traditional songs
19 The Grey Cock and other similar night visiting songs
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Nick Caffrey
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Season 2
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Episode 19
In today’s podcast I will look at night visiting songs that have a similar internal structure that is used to carry the narrative. I will look at their origins, where known, the printing history and sing samples of the tunes and text. I will end on a full performance of one of the songs