The Originals © by Arnold Rypens

DEAR COMPANION

Created on 30/07/2015
Latest update on 21/09/2023

Artist: Jean Ritchie
Author: trad./Jean Ritchie
Label: Riverside
Year: 1956

On lp Saturday Night And Sunday Too.

Covers:

1957:: Cynthia Gooding
1962:: Bonnie Dobson
1962:: Carolyn Hester
1963:: Jean Hart
1964:: Flatt & Scruggs [as Have You Seen My Dear Companion]
1978:: Any Old Time String Band
1980:: Alice Gerrard & Mike Seeger
1987:: Emmylou Harris-Dolly Parton-Linda Ronstadt [on the Trio album as My Dear Companion]
2003:: Peggy Seeger

Derives from English folk song My Dear Companion, recorded by the Carter Family in 1929 and by Terry Gilkyson in '52 as Fond Affection.

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Arnold Rypens
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