686. The Albury Ram (Traditional Australian)

[melbose]

Bloody hell this is filmed on a hand held camera and his voice sounds bloody good well done sir well done

[raymondcrooke]

@melbose Not hand held, mate. It's inbuilt on my laptop. Thanks for your comment.

[melbose]

@raymondcrooke Even better well done

[darlingtester1982]

Hello Raymond one of the classic song well done lots of hugs kisses love Gizmo xox

[StatenIslandFolkie]

Awesome! I love hearing how the same song can take such diverse forms.

[raymondcrooke]

So do I. Usually, the older the song the more variations you can find. This is especially true of the Child Ballads. I've uploaded four different versions of Child #95 (The Maid Freed From the Gallows) and have heard several more.

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[CoverMarguerite]

You're singing well!

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks, Marguerite.

[mg9589]

very nice version of this song - i have been listening to the andy stewart rendition of the darby ram, this is a nice variation.

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for listening to my version.

[beamerball666]

@raymondcrooke I like this version great voice sir

[travis101305027]

nice work

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you.

[UncleVRoy]

You should teach music history if you don't already. I would take that class!

[raymondcrooke]

I have taught some as part of English classes, when I was teaching in Australia.

[shawnmcnair1]

Great job Ray.

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks, Shawn.

[SirCoughsalot]

Oh, I love it so much! One of your best ever.

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks. Glad you liked it.

[barttheanorak]

Derby Ram crossed with Blow Away The Morning Dew!

Generations of British schoolchildren (myself included) learnt The Derby Ram from the radio programme Singing Together.

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks, Chris. The folk process is fascinating, isn't it?

[rington1]

Thanks for this one Raymond.

Alex...

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks, Alex.

[hultonclint]

Wow! How can I help but love this?: a great Australian ballad, with lots of juicy verses, belted out in bold a capella, and a connection to a chantey to boot!

I know you've already seen it, but in case anyone else is interested in the whaling version of this ballad (with scenes of the last existing traditional whaling bark!) here's me:

/watch?v=fYPfjLrIS2U

[raymondcrooke]

I thought you'd like this one, Ranzo. I've put a link to your rendition of the chantey by making this a video response to it.

[hultonclint]

thank you very much for the link!

[TravisTricky]

I love a capalla story songs! Thanks for sharing Raymond!

[raymondcrooke]

You're welcome. I guess it doesn't really tell much of a story though - just a series of exaggerations.

[TravisTricky]

This is very true, but I was having a short attention span today and the song fit my mood nicely !

[ghostgal30e]

Great rendition. Thanks for sharing.

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you, Ghostgal.