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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: John McCormack
Author: traditional
Label: Odéon
Year: 1909
The universal lament of the seaman's widow on shore, prepared to ruin herself for a cold hard fact of evidence of her husband's whereabouts, just as in Lord Franklin (see: The Croppy Boy).
Covers:
Tim Hart & Maddy Prior [pre Steeleye Span]
Karan Casey & John Doyle [follow a version by Nora Cleary from Topic's Voice Of The People series]
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)