Ralph McTell - Dranouter Folk Festival, Belgium 1989 - The Girl From The Hiring Fair

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Uploaded by on Jan 4, 2011

One of Ralph's best and most well known songs - often performed by Fairport Convention for whom he wrote it originally. But here in a wonderful solo version with the McMaster himself ;-)

http://www.ralphmctell.co.uk/

A great and very infomative Ralph McTell fansite with articles, reviews and interviews on Ralph McTell and his music, including a comprehensive discography. A must for any Ralphite ;-)

http://www.ralph-mctell.co.uk/

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  • 1 person ought to be strangled slowly - with a thin E-string ;-)

  • @Bjowolf2

    Que?!

  • @bickerandrue2

    Que? - to what?

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  • @Bjowolf2

    Que to this comment?? Aha I get it, the 1 dislike! LOL I see it all.......

  • What a beautiful, beautiful song. Ralph McTell is so talented. One of my all time favorite songs!

    Fan from North Carolina USA

  • @Bjowolf2

    The same goes for most of the early compilations - usually called "Best of", "Greatest Hits" etc.

    and released by Transatlantic or subsidiaries of it.

    "Tack så mycket" is Swedish, but I get it ;-) = "tak så meget" in D., but we would say "MANgE tak" ( MANY thanks) or "Tusind tak" ( Thousand .. ) ).

    dig = you , yes - even "thik" [theek] originally, corresponding to "thee" in E.

    ( just as du <- thu ~ thou & din ~ thine / thy )

  • @tennis11ish

    You are welcome - you may also want to check out the fansite mentioned at the top,

    which has several live sound samples, a complete discography as well as several

    articles and reviews etc.

    Yes, I got carried away a bit there LOL - there are so many of his songs

    that are among my favourites, so hard to select which albums to recommend.

    ( "At the End of a Perfect Day" is a no-go btw. - think it was made under some

    contractual obligation and far from his normal style ).

  • @Bjowolf2 - Thank you for all the work you did. I see you had so much good info, you had to write it up in a few replies! Again, Tak dig mycket

  • @Bjowolf2

    "Summer Girls" is a great song from the "The Boy With a Note" album.

    watch?v=UfKovOhGIjE

    Others are the amazing "Slip Shot Tap Room Dance" & the very beautiful "Caitlin's Song" / "Summer Birds are Leaving" sung by Maggie Reilly of

    Mike Oldfield & "Moonlight Light Shadow" fame - at her very best voice!

  • @Bjowolf2

    Correction: "Affairs of the Heart" is a 4X compilation CD-box!

    Also gives a really good impression of his career, although the focus

    here is mainly on "love songs" in the widest sense of the word.

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