I like this version, because - unlike so many of the others out there - this one captures the sadness of the song... The modern twist to it just makes it that much more amazing. I've fallen in love with this ditty all over again.
The more I hear, the more I like this guy. He understands the traditional material and interprets it well. Particularly like the backing instrumentation, with the suggestion of a hurdy-gurdy.
i google the song all i can find out is who wrote it
william chappell between 1855 - 1859 no mention of who first sung it..but i believe he might have been the first singer back then they used to sing there own songs
Yes, i know it's a folk tune in the first place, just cracks me up that this and Sweet England are both hymns as well. Very Westlife in the singing and the strings (you could take that both ways) but also kind of gothic towards the end. I think it'll take me a while to get into this one...
bonanza
dumbtardface 1 month ago
I found this song in a book- the knife of never letting go.
kaston552 3 months ago
It may go back earlier than many of you think. It was used a couple of times on the show Bonanza. You know, with Hoss, little Joe, etc.
InsanityHere 7 months ago
wasn´t it in a buffy episode???
jolina0111 11 months ago
With his clear voice, I can SO see this as Ben singing this to Todd...
(Only seriously avid readers will get the reference I'm afraid...)
sugarpunch18 11 months ago
@sugarpunch18 ikr like in book 1 and 3 really good books
226Nico 10 months ago
@226Nico Oh yeah. *nods vigorously*
sugarpunch18 10 months ago
@sugarpunch18 Love that trilogy so so much <3
LukasoftheSky 9 months ago
@LukasoftheSky Oh good, so it ain't just me! :D
sugarpunch18 9 months ago
@sugarpunch18 Course not :P I wish more people knew about it though. It should be printed in gold :L
LukasoftheSky 9 months ago
Very good!!!
likemyviolin 11 months ago
I like this version, because - unlike so many of the others out there - this one captures the sadness of the song... The modern twist to it just makes it that much more amazing. I've fallen in love with this ditty all over again.
It's from the Rennaissance period in history :)
AtharAqua 1 year ago 4
Liz Montgomery sang it too in an episode of Bewitched, while playing the lute.
Cassthefiddler 1 year ago 2
I like this version... it's kinda psychedelic... I'll save it among my favourites.
Shadowsoul81 1 year ago 2
Wikipedia says it came from around 1803 In England
georgehalo123 1 year ago 2
BUFFY 4 LIFE!!!!!!!!!!
Garraninja55 1 year ago 3
I am singing this for a solo at Miami, Oklahoma for NEO Competitions :)
savannahsmiles14 1 year ago
The more I hear, the more I like this guy. He understands the traditional material and interprets it well. Particularly like the backing instrumentation, with the suggestion of a hurdy-gurdy.
wornpick1 1 year ago 4
my chior is singing this.
kianakosmetics 2 years ago
ok i've found this song from buffy, and fell in love with it instantly, but i have one question, Who sang this song really ? , i mean the first one.
jigzeus 2 years ago 3
It's a folk song.
DangerYourselfCopies 2 years ago 2
@DangerYourselfCopies oh so there's no real singer to it, well thanks alot . :D
jigzeus 2 years ago
@jigzeus
i google the song all i can find out is who wrote it
william chappell between 1855 - 1859 no mention of who first sung it..but i believe he might have been the first singer back then they used to sing there own songs
invisiblebunny219 1 year ago 2
@jigzeus yep: just like Spike said in a Buffy episode... it's an old folk ditty.
Shadowsoul81 1 year ago
did you know that this is an english folk song
1997camprock 2 years ago 2
Who me? Of course
DangerYourselfCopies 2 years ago
Strong
jacksontribe 2 years ago
Ah the song that made spike go insane for a few episodes of buffy the vampire slayer.
NumberOneAngelFan 3 years ago 8
ah a fan of the show.the main reason i looked for this song.wanted to hear all of it
invisiblebunny219 2 years ago
another Hymn tune?
meandmymandola 3 years ago
Yes, i know it's a folk tune in the first place, just cracks me up that this and Sweet England are both hymns as well. Very Westlife in the singing and the strings (you could take that both ways) but also kind of gothic towards the end. I think it'll take me a while to get into this one...
meandmymandola 3 years ago
westlife...haa
peaceandlove14ify 2 years ago
YOUR SONG IS PRETTY
DASKCSK 3 years ago