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:
A.L. Lloyd [on Riverside anthology Great British Ballads Not Included In The Child Collection]
Alex Campbell [as Bruton Town]
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick [as Bruton Town]
Pentangle [idem]
Tim Hart & Maddy Prior [idem]
Carolyne Hughes [Peter Kennedy recording in Dorset]
Sandy Denny [as Bruton Town; BBC recording released in '86 on Who Knows Where The Time Goes]
Nelson Ridley [Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger recording in Kent]
Martin Simpson [title track cd]
Bellowhead [as Bruton Town]
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Arnold Rypens
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B-2840 Reet (Rumst)