BRAMBLE BRIAR, THE

Created on 23/09/2022
Latest update on 17/07/2023

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, but she appeared to make her own brand of moonshine on the side. Roud #18 (also as Bruton Town).

Covers:

1956:

A.L. Lloyd [on Riverside anthology Great British Ballads Not Included In The Child Collection]

1964:

Louis Killen

1965:

Alex Campbell [as Bruton Town]

1966:

Ewan MacColl

1966:

Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick [as Bruton Town]

1968:

Pentangle [idem]

1968:

Tim Hart & Maddy Prior [idem]

1968:

Davy Graham

1968:

Carolyne Hughes [Peter Kennedy recording in Dorset]

1972:

Sandy Denny [as Bruton Town; BBC recording released in '86 on Who Knows Where The Time Goes]

1974:

Nelson Ridley [Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger recording in Kent]

2001:

Martin Simpson [title track cd]

2008:

Bellowhead [as Bruton Town]

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