Artist: Sidney Richards
Author: traditional
Label: Caedmon/Topic
Year: 1952
Peter Kennedy recording in Somerset, released on anthology A Soldier's Life For Me. Roud #950. Napoleon song, dating from 1801 (General Abercrombie's campaign to Egypt). The oldest recording surviving (on cylinder) was released in '86 on Dambuster lp An Hour With Cecil Sharp And Ashley Hutchings.
Covers:
Fotheringay [with Sandy Denny]
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Arnold Rypens
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