32. Jim Jones at Botany Bay (Traditional Australian)

[Hammersley1967]

Death is the termination of the biological functions that sustain a living organism. The word refers both to the particular processes of life's cessation as well as to the condition or state of a formerly living body. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include predation, malnutrition, accidents resulting in terminal injury, and disease. The nature of death has been for millennia a central concern of the world's religious traditions and of philosophical enquiry...

[TheGuerrillaPoet]

I first heard this on a Ted Egan album....very nice version!

[raymondcrooke]

@TheGuerrillaPoet I've had the pleasure of hearing Ted Egan live a couple of times. He's a very entertaining performer. I don't remember hearing him sing this song though. I'm sure he'd do it well.

[sublimeruca27]

Dylans album good as i been to you is one of my favorites! And this is bloody amazing! The facial expressions and all that. Totally Such an artiste!

[raymondcrooke]

@sublimeruca27 Thanks for your support.

[urwclwg]

I heard this first on a Dylan album; have you heard his version?

[raymondcrooke]

Yes, it's on his excellent acoustic album, "Good As I Been to You". There were some problems about the arrangement not being properly credited.

[urwclwg]

I knew that he did not write it, and it seems obviously an Australian song, but one poster claims it for the Irish. Can you shed some light on this?

[wanderer98123]

lovely song you do a good job singing those songs

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks. I like to do songs that tell a good story.

[timhately09]

I've also been singing this one for years but with a different tune, which I believe is the Lionel Long version, which I think is a bit more dramatic, and somewhat slower.

[raymondcrooke]

I've probably heard his version as I had a few Lionel Long LPs but this is the way I learnt it from Martyn Wyndham-Read's recording.

[ArtNatureMusic]

I love the songs of 'tales'. 5*

[raymondcrooke]

This one certainly tells a tale!

[kestorz]

Very nice. I liked it much. Your voice was a little too low at times (maybe it's just my laptop sound card ;) ), but all in all, it was lovely. Thanks for doing this and good luck on future songs :D

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you. I've put up nearly 500 since I did this one.

[SirCoughsalot]

Good song, I love the convict ballads. You've got the right accent for this one, lol. Good job!

P.S. Nice jacket.

[raymondcrooke]

Yes, I think I did okay on the accent. Maybe I have to restrict myself to Australian songs! Thanks for your comment.

[HonestObserver]

That was lovely.

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you. It's nice to try an unaccompanied song occasionally.

[stonesy76]

pipe doon auld yin

[kattyrocket]

Whats wrong with NSW?!!

[raymondcrooke]

It doesn't have Melbourne, the world's most liveable city. :-)

[senorMiguelCoconut]

oh sry that was a bit inaproppriate.. i didnt no youre a folk singer or what.. but anyway i meant it..

[raymondcrooke]

That's okay. I don't pretend to be from the younger generation!

[senorMiguelCoconut]

:-) good for you

[senorMiguelCoconut]

nice .. the older generation could really sing :)

[Natrix013]

pretty dam good

[davidselby1]

a beutifull and very interesting version !

[dbadagna]

Good on ya!