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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Eliza Pace
Author: traditional
Label: L.o.C.
Year: 1937
Lomax recording in Hyden, KY (mis-identified as In Bridgewater Town; real title: The Cruel Brothers). Eliza had been visited by Cecil Sharp (in 1917) for her broad range of folk repertoire, while making her own brand of moonshine on the side. Roud #18 (also as Bruton Town).
Covers:
A.L. Lloyd [on Riverside anthology Great British Ballads Not Included In The Child Collection]
Alex Campbell [as Bruton Town]
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick [as Bruton Town]
Pentangle [idem]
Tim Hart & Maddy Prior [idem]
Carolyne Hughes [Peter Kennedy recording in Dorset]
Anne Briggs [as Bruton Town; outtake from the sessions for her Topic debut album, reissued in '24]
Sandy Denny [idemn; BBC recording released in '86 on Who Knows Where The Time Goes]
Nelson Ridley [Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger recording in Kent]
Martin Simpson [title track cd]
Bellowhead [as Bruton Town]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)