Jon Boden singing Peter Bellamy's version of Rudyard Kipling's poem The Land.mpg

Jon Boden's concert of Peter Bellamy's songs in The Ham at Sidmouth 2010 included Rudyard Kipling's poem "The Land". Quintessentially English and lovely!

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Music

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• Jon Boden
• Peter Bellamy
• Rudyard Kipling
• acoustic music
• English
• folk

[gaspode18]

Fantastic, absolutely magic - eleven out of ten.

Hobden is quite a common name in that part of Sussex so Kipling's poem may have had at least a little basis in fact.......

[oakhillrider]

@gaspode18

I couldn't agree more. Its a precious gem amongst our traditions.

[Buckeystown]

Jon is a confirmed Bellamite

[inaband]

Not a touch on Mr. Bellamys version. Its interesting to see how much Boden is modelling himself on Bellamy though - singing many of the songs Bellamy is well known for. Probably dangerous ground to tread on if you ask me...

[194jerry]

Perfect marriage of superb song and masterful singer.

[Bunnahabhain1982]

I like the pace and energy in this version, much more bounce the Peter Bellamy one. A studio version, getting the whole thing and without the noise would be even better

Only two "Err, which line have I got to..." moments doing this live is also rather good!

[194jerry]

This song was one of the highpoints of Sidmouth for me </:o)

[vivienclogger]

I generally prefer a upbeat morris tune to the average English folk song but this is an astonishing effort.....5 stars and counting.... thank you very much for posting this. I was at the concert and was blown away for Jon Bodens' incredible performance.

[raggedclown]

Thanks so much for uploading this. I saw him do this in our folk club back in June, and was gobsmacked by it. An incredible feat of memory apart from anything else.