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
•
Nick Caffrey
•
Season 2
•
Episode 19
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
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