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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: John Strachan
Author: traditional
Label: Rounder
Year: 1951
Gentleman farmer from Crichie, Aberdeenshire (1875-1958). Earned his own volume in the Portrait Series of the Alan Lomax Collection: Songs From Aberdeenshire. See also: Erin Go Bragh.
Covers:
Bob Dylan [as Pretty Peggy-O]
Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem [as The Maid Of Fife-E-O]
Journeymen [as Fennario]
Judy Collins [as Fannerio]
Hoyt Axton [as Peggy-O]
Joan Baez [as Fennario]
Simon & Garfunkel [as Peggy-O]
Weavers [as Fyvio at Carnegie Hall]
Michael Chapman [as Fennario]
Martin Carthy [as Handsome Polly-O]
Phil Lesh feat. John Scofield [as Peggy-O]
Jefferson Starship [as Fennario]
In radio series The Farm Years, broadcasted by the BBC live from Crichie, John Mearns sang The Bonnie Lass Of Fyvie in 1935. Fyvie's 3 miles from Crichie.
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)